What’s the current consensus on compound lifts? I saw on the link in the sticky, statements about compound lifts being superior. Is this still a common opinion?
Compound lifts?
What’s the current consensus on compound lifts? I saw on the link in the sticky, statements about compound lifts being superior. Is this still a common opinion?
Yes
>for hypetrophy
Not on their own, you'll need accessory work
>for strength
Ye
For beginners they’re superior for hypertrophy too. The fact that OP is acting such a dumb question indicates he’s a beginner.
Maybe
yes
Yeah if you want to get thick and Juicy make sure you do compounds but avoid powershitting
Compound lifts shorten my workouts which is nice because I'm already spending 2 hours in the gym
no
You need isolations for aesthetics, compare that Arnold thread from earlier.
Arnold literally won powerlifting competitions you dumb cunt
They’re great but you need to also do isolation movements especially for muscles like biceps and rear delts which the main compounds don’t do enough for
>Arnold literally won powerlifting competitions you dumb cunt
Doesn't change the fact he did high volume and isolations.
Yeah he did high volume and heavy weight, isolations and compounds.
That’s what literally everyone in the thread is telling OP to do
Only do compounds and you end up looking like Mewtwo
Only do isolations and you end up looking scrawny
They're essential, but limiting yourself to only compounds like many strength copers do is fucking retarded. If you want to LOOK like you lift, doing only compounds will give you suboptimal results, especially in muscles like lateral delts, which coincidentally are some of the most important for aesthetics.
For health and ofc aesthetics compounds are not enough.
Upper chest, lower lats, rear and lateral delts, abs, lower traps and external rotation for posture and and and and
Bodybuilding is the best.
Strength, muscle hypertrophy, health, joint health, higher metabolism due to muscle mass and and and
As you see bodybuilding is the best
Dont forget the cardio you get from training 2 hours every day. Bodybuilding is literally peak GPP. Only lacks speed work.
Once I listened to powershitters and bevlieved that squats and deadlifts are enough for abs.
Did a cut and barely saw my abs despite being low bf.
Did weighted ab exercises and had a very sexy sixpack.
Suddenly had more matches on tinder and bumble.
This was a wake-up call for me and switched to bodybuilding
Never ever looked back
Just do bodybuilding + a martial art and you will beat the shit out of muh strength powershitter
what were your lifts?
130 kg high bar squats and 180 kg deadlifts. Both for reps (5)
dyel cope
How is this dyel gay
1 rm high bar squat ez 150 kg and deadlift 200 kg
I never feel more spent than when I do heavy compounds even though I do a ton of volume work.
Because it is taxing on your nervous system
i dont know i just curl man
Bodybuilders are always seething about strength lifters because they know their preference is mere vanity. Strength training will give you 90% of the aesthetics that bb will, while also making you more useful as a person and as a man. Strength on the leg press has no application to reality; the coordination afforded by the squat is what you need to be strong in real life; so too with all compounds. Are you really going to devote thousands of hours of your life to preening in a mirror? Are you that feminine?
I OHP my girlfriend. Can you?
>I OHP my girlfriend. Can you?
Yeah and my training has been bodybuilding focused since day one.
It's not impressive for bodybuilders to OHP their gfs because they don't weigh 200lbs