>>37818788
If you're an intermediate to advanced lifter on Stength standards, adding any sort of isolation is going to break plateaus for you

>>37818975
what if on a beginner? is it better to do full body workouts (i.e. icf, SL, SS) rather than isolation?

>>37818994
Isolations can still help but they're kind of pointless. You're gonna see way more progress cleaning up your form and diet. When your deadlift and squat are both over 2~2.5 plate, start looking into core exercises, and start doing some bicep and shoulder isos when you get to 1.5 pl8 on your bench, but even those aren't super necessary to progress.

>>37818975
>>37819013
this guy doesn't know the difference between "isometrics" and "isolations"

i'm sure his advice is well worth reading, OP

>>37819013
im sorry for being such a noob but what exactly is a "plate" in terms of weight. i know the bar is 45 lbs. but how much is a plate?

>>37818788
If you're stalling on your main lifts and have the basics sorted out (diet, sleep, nutrition, etc), trying isos out couldn't hurt

>>37819034
I know what isometrics are, my point is that any sort of isolation, isomeric or otherwise, isn't going to be necessary for a newbie lifter, and even intermediate lifters will see relatively limited results

>>37819036
A plater is 45lbs.

1.5pl8 is 185, 2.5pl8 is 275.

>>37819048
Isometrics are not isolations.... It's shown that isometrics are great for recruiting many of the bodies large muscle groups to work together.

>>37818788
I do plank, handstand, rear plank, bridge, L-sit, planche and front lever progressions.
I'm pretty weak and some are really hard on my wrist but they are super fun, just love the grind of progressing on a skill.

>>37819069
fair enough, I misspoke

I still say that accessories are rarely useful to newbies