Compound exercises

[mik37]

I'm looking for a full body workout using compound exercises. In the past three years I've been focused on isolation exercises. My reason for compound exercises is I want overall strength.

My brother has Kettlebells, but I dont like the way they feel.

I don't work out that much now, but I want to get back into it and I don't want to spend so much time at the gym. I'd greatly appreciate suggestions for compound exercises. Thanks.

[ChuckyB]

Chinups (both under and overhand grip)
Squats (I like back squats better)
Tricep dips
Stiff-legged deadlifts
Bench press

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Chinups (both under and overhand grip)
Squats (I like back squats better)
Tricep dips
Stiff-legged deadlifts
Bench press

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well regular deads recruit more muscles than sldl's but they're both excellent exercise and nothing hits the hammies like sldl's

[mik37]

Any other exercises? like military/arnold press?

[MyTurn2Raise]

pm guids
he seems to know alot about this stuff

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Any other exercises? like military/arnold press?

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what chucky posted are pretty much your only "compound" (and bench and dips really aren't) exercises. the arnold/military press is strictly a shoulder (with some tricep involvement, i guess) exercise. what he posted are some good beginner exercises and you should pack on some nice mass with them, but i'd sub regular deadlifts for the sldl's

[Blarg]

Military presses involve substantial tricep work if you have shoulders strong enough that they aren't collapsing under a weight your trriceps find easy. That should happen once you've been doing military presses long enough. Overhead presses, especially heavy ones, also depend to a great deal on balance and good body aligment, so the sides, lower back, and abdomen play a part in how much weight you can push up and how steady it feels. This is the kind of full-body coordination that creates a more usable body than isolation exercises do.

One of the granddaddys of compound exercises is the clean and jerk, which works your coordination tremendously and brings pretty much the whole body into play. There's also the snatch.