Exercise
Have You Heard Of Compound Muscle Exercises?
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If you want to build muscle and increase strength in the shortest amount of time, compound muscle exercises are the ones best to spend your time doing. With compound muscle exercises, you are using multiple joints throughout the range of the exercise. Consequently you are also using multiple muscle groups associated with each joint exercised.
Types of Compound Muscle Exercises
Some of the best compound muscle exercises are:
1) Deadlifts
If you could only do one compound muscle exercise, it would be this one. Why? Because it is one that uses the most muscle groups including, quads, glutes, hamstrings and back in the lower body, and the forearms, traps, rear deltoids and abdominal core in the upper body.
2) Squats
This exercise is great for building leg muscle. Primarily it works the quads, but also employs the hamstrings, glutes, lower back and abs. The hands are only used to balance the barbell as well as the shoulders supporting it, but they really don’t get worked all that much.
3) Barbell Press
While squats work the lower body, presses work the upper body, in particular the chest, triceps and shoulders. The exercise can be done on a flat, inclined or declined bench and it is the best exercise for building chest muscle.
4) Shoulder Press
The shoulder press is done from the sitting position on a bench and uses a pair of dumbbells. Muscles worked include anterior deltoids, triceps, lateral deltoid and the traps. The abdominal core is also worked as it is employed to provide stability when pushing the weight up over your head.
5) Rows
The family of row exercises primarily work the muscles of the back – the traps, lumbar and rhomboids. However, depending on the type of machine used, it can also bring into play the rear shoulders, quads, glutes, biceps and abs.
6) Dips
Done primarily for the development of triceps, dips can also work the lower chest and shoulders. Basically you are lifting your whole body weight using your triceps.
You can set up a routine that works for you or use the above compound exercises in the following routine:
Monday – Chest and Triceps
Tuesday – Legs and Abs
Wednesday – Rest Day
Thursday – Back and Biceps
Friday – Shoulders, Traps and Abs
Saturday – Rest Day
Sunday – Rest Day
On two of the rest days, you can either add in some cardio training or weight training that uses other types of muscles. On one of the rest days, actually take it off and do not train. The body needs that day off per week to recover and build.