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CrazyStar_ t1_j5j41bu wrote

Reply to comment by mehuiz in LPT: To get the most muscle/sculpting for your buck at the gym, focus on compound lifts—the exercises that recruit multiple muscle groups. You only really need overhead press, bench press, squat, deadlift, rows, dips, and maybe pull-ups. These will give you most workout for the energy you put forth. by [deleted]

Tricep pulldowns / extensions and shrugs will give you far more bang for buck than dips and rows for those respective muscles.

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Wd91 t1_j5j5kjb wrote

But lose out on hitting all the other muscles. Thats the whole point here. The reality is most people don't need to target specific muscles because most people aren't bodybuilding or working with really heavy weights, they don't need to impress the judges with their massive lats and they aren't going to end up with major imbalances.

Most people just need to work out their whole body a couple of times a week without spending 5 hours in the gym, which compound exercises are great for.

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moonunit99 t1_j5j8ctx wrote

If this had been advice for building strength or cramming a better workout into a short amount of time it’d be spot on, but they specifically said it was a life pro tip for “sculpting muscle,” which it is not. The reason all those isolation exercises that OP is suggesting you ignore exist in the first place is because they allow you to target specific muscle groups for hypertrophy, i.e. sculpting your muscles.

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Wd91 t1_j5jcv9c wrote

I do tend to agree about the "sculpting muscle" phrasing tbh. For most people "sculpting muscle" is just cutting down on snacks and cola.

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bakedjennett t1_j5jtws1 wrote

Everyone is like “oh insert isolation movement is better for insert specific muscle as if the whole thread isn’t about compound movements lol

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hibernatepaths t1_j5jsmpl wrote

I don’t think you understand “bang for your buck”. If you can do a tri exercise that also hits other muscle groups, that is better bang for your buck. Two birds with one stone. Three muscle groups for the time it normally takes to do one.

Bang, if you will, for buck.

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