Pre exhasut. Good or bad?

[MullacT]

I've recently seen/heard a lot about the pre exhaust style of working out. I understand that you are supposed to do a isolation exercise for the particular muscle that you are working out (ie Pecs) so that you can work your compound exercises with fatigue straight away making your muscles work twice as hard. What do you guys think about it? is it good?

I tried it out today and it felt really good.

This was my routine;

Pec dec 3x10

Incline DB bench 3x10

Flat DB bench 3x10

Dips 3x8

Pushups 3 x 15-10

Any advice would be appreciated

Cheers

[mike27]

id go for push ups 1st if your aiming to pre-fatigue

[holdenman]

id go for push ups 1st if your aiming to pre-fatigue

Whys that? Pec deck will isolate the chest, still lots of tris in press ups.

[HarryB]

My personal favourite technique for stubborn bodyparts, chest and back especially. Or if I am working around injuries I find it very effective.

[Shutupandsquat]

Jay Cutler does it. But I think that's just 'cause his chest has maxed so it's the only way he can improve it

[HarryB]

Jay Cutler does it. But I think that's just 'cause his chest has maxed so it's the only way he can improve it

Jay Cutler does it cos his shoulders dominate his pressing when he trains chest. So he pre fatigues with isolation exercises to get more chest involvment in his compound movements. I find pre exhaust is also good on days I just don't feel like going heavy.

[Shutupandsquat]

Jay Cutler does it. But I think that's just 'cause his chest has maxed so it's the only way he can improve it

Jay Cutler does it cos his shoulders dominate his pressing when he trains chest. So he pre fatigues with isolation exercises to get more chest involvment in his compound movements. I find pre exhaust is also good on days I just don't feel like going heavy.

Well he does it 'cause of that too. I like to do it just to switch it up. Doing it every now and then gives me crazy pump.

[train hard]

waste off time quoting what the pros do now i bet Jay never trained like that when he was coming up as a young fulla one off the biggest mistakes alot of newbies do is read too much flex magazine see what the pros do and think its right for them , Anyway pre exhaust is very good especially if you have allready gained some decent size and strength you can really isolate that particular muscle and also a good way to work around injuries because you don,t need to lift as much weight

[TankTeddio]

My personal favourite technique for stubborn bodyparts, chest and back especially. Or if I am working around injuries I find it very effective.

:nod:

ive been pre exhausting shoulders since i tore my left rotator cuff, managed to keep shoulder growth in proportion to other body parts despite only recently getting back to the weight that i was lifting before the injury.

[Chemo]

For stuff like rows i do a set of curls before the row. Its pre exhaust done wrong but helps me pull with the back rather than the arms.

[Chemo]

For stuff like rows i do a set of curls before the row. Its pre exhaust done wrong but helps me pull with the back rather than the arms.

[PeterDolan]

For stuff like rows i do a set of curls before the row. Its pre exhaust done wrong but helps me pull with the back rather than the arms.

Think that's a cool idea though. Kinda like supersetting front or sissy squats with squats. Like you said, it isn't the true definition but allows you to use heave weight while using the targeted muscle maximally

[Shutupandsquat]

waste off time quoting what the pros do now i bet Jay never trained like that when he was coming up as a young fulla one off the biggest mistakes alot of newbies do is read too much flex magazine see what the pros do and think its right for them , Anyway pre exhaust is very good especially if you have allready gained some decent size and strength you can really isolate that particular muscle and also a good way to work around injuries because you don,t need to lift as much weight

Like I said; his chest is pretty much maxed in mass