How To Get Better Fitness Results From Your Workout (While Spending Less Time At The Gym)
Multi-joint movements are the secret to amplifying your total-body fitness results while also spending less time at the gym. "Strength Changes Everything" podcast co-hosts Brian Cygan, Exercise Coach founder, and franchisee Amy Hudson explain that multi-joint movements can have a serious positive impact on your strength and physical fitness while taking less time to perform.
All exercises can be broken down into two kinds of human movements. These are multi-joint movements, also known as compound movements, and single-joint movements, also known as isolation movements. Chin-ups are the classic example of a compound movement, while bicep curls are isolation movements. No matter how you move, it will always fall into one of these two categories.
Researchers studied the effects of compound movements and found significant differences when compared to isolation movements because of their hormonal effects on the body. The hormonal effects benefit the entire body and are not limited to the muscles exercised. Adding compound movements to your exercise program releases a hormonal effect that will amplify the results you are looking for in other areas of the body.
For example, the leg press is perhaps the most important exercise within The Exercise Coach fitness program because of the way it delivers a total-body systemic effect.
Including compound movements into your exercise program releases a hormonal effect that will amplify the results you're looking for in other areas of the body. Additionally, compound movements will add efficiency to your workout because they can replace several isolation movements.
To learn more about the benefits of multi-joint movements, listen to the "Strength Changes Everything" podcast episode 67.
