On The Functionality Of Isolation Movements :

There is much talk of isolation exercises not being functional.

I have to disagree.

Whenever I’ve done cable chest flyes my bench increases.

I have a feeling that cable lateral raises serve in much the same way for shoulders, shoring up useable strength, and largely contributing to the look of “hollywood muscle”.

Side Delts & Trapezius

Curls, such a blasphemous thing to the “serious” trainer – to them I ask are pullups serious? – as curling, most strikingly on a preacher curl machine very clearly improves the ease in which I do pullups and my rep max at the same.

I say isolation movements are functional.