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Top 10 Compound Exercises

Don’t have much time to workout? Want THE top muscle builders? Want to develop real strength? If so compound exercises should be the core of your strength routine! Compound exercises are simply exercises that target more than one muscle group. For clarity, exercises that target a single muscle group are called isolation exercises. Anyway on to the Herculean strength builders!!

Squats The good old traditional squat should be a part of any strength workout

Clean and Press This exercise will work the muscles AND the heart and lungs, it’s like a workout on its own!!

Deadlift You can move some big weights eventually with this strength builder

Chin Ups Tough to do at the start but worth persevering with as they will give you a fantastic physique

Bent over Row Really works the back, but make sure of your form when performing this exercise

Press Ups The good old fashioned press up has lasted the test of time for a reason!

Dips Another time tested exercise

Bench Press THE way to work out those pecs

Lunges A great leg builder that will also build explosive strength and the heart and lungs

Crunches Not strictly a compound exercise but simply the best way to work those abs!