# ATTN: Those that lift question

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**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [July 10, 2007, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-those-that-lift-question/191059 "2007-07-10T06:33:06Z")
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### Author: ![bics56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2007, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-those-that-lift-question/191059/21 "2007-07-13T11:29:33Z")

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> [@Must sea](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/must-sea/31254/11):
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> compound exercises FTW.

> [@Attn: Ritz Residents](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-ritz-residents/31265/10):
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> burn equals lactic acid build up in the muscle and not necessarily a good workout :)🙂 A good workout is achieved by increasing the work load of a targeted muscle. that is achieved by forcing the muscle to contract, isometric, concentric or eccentric, with more of a workload than it is used to.
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> as for compound exercises, I love them. Its all i do. Isolation exercises are far and few between in my workouts. there are a few muscles that have to be isolated, like biceps, to grow.

Listen to these two guys…they are spot on. I like a mix of compound and iso where the most exercises are compound.

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