The 15 Best Compound Exercises To Use In Total-Body Workouts
Double the sweat in half the time. Feb 12, 2021
Looking for the secret sauce that will make your workouts shorter and more effective? Search no further than compound exercises.
Compound exercises are multi-joint movements that target multiple muscle groups at once. While biceps curls only involve your elbow joint and challenge your biceps, a squat, for example, relies on both your hips and knees and recruits all of the big muscles in your lower-body (think glutes, quads, and hamstrings) while activating your core, too.
By getting more of your body working, compound movements give you more bang for your workout buck than isolation moves (like those curls). Working multiple muscles allows you to accomplish a lot more in a lot less time, so you can reap full-body benefits with every rep instead of relying on a whole slew of different moves to get your entire bod in on the action.