{"status":300,"success":true,"article":{"company_name":"Fitness Maniac","company_url":"Fitness-Maniac","articleId":6053,"id":6053,"creator_id":59481,"title":"Compound exercises vs Isolation exercises","content":"

Doing exercise is essential for overall health and wellbeing. People exercise for different goals like building body mass, resistance, preparing for some sport, or for just general fitness. And there are different categories of exercises aimed at providing you specific benefits that you are looking for. Isolation and compound exercises are two main categories of exercises with different approaches and benefits.<\/p>

Isolation exercises:<\/strong><\/p>

An isolation exercise involves just one joint and major muscle group, keeping the involvement of other groups of muscles to a minimum. Typically, isolation exercises involve curling, extending, or raising a specific muscle.<\/p>

Example: side-raise, bicep curls, leg extension etc.<\/p>

Benefits of isolation exercises:<\/strong><\/p>