Sentences with phrase «isolation lifts focus»

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Machines and isolation movements don't stress as much muscle as compound movements do, so they don't burn as many calories as a result, so you should focus your attention on the multiple compound lifts.

Then, center the entire focus of your workout program around «beating the logbook» by either adding extra weight to the bar on the following workout (usually 5 - 10 pounds for big compound lifts and 2.5 - 5 pounds for smaller isolation lifts) or squeezing out a few extra reps with the same weight (while staying in that 5 - 12 rep range).

You will be more focused on lifting heavier load settings quite often with some attention to moderately loaded isolation lifts.

The reason is that by focusing more on multi-joint complex movements as opposed to single - joint muscle isolation lifts, you not only burn a lot more calories during each workout, but you also increase your metabolic rate, and stimulate production of more fat burning and muscle building hormones such as growth hormone and testosterone.

Isolation lifts are the lifts that focus on one joint and one muscle group to the exclusion of others.