Reply With Quotetake any compound exercise you can think of.
now do it with one arm or one leg.
boom. unilateral compound exercise.
unilateral compound movements
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03-27-2008, 04:26 PM #1Senior Member ELITE MEMBER
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unilateral compound movements
Can you name some?
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Ok so for example:
Originally Posted by P-funk
one-legged DL
one-armed DB shoulder press
one-legged squat
Would a pistol be a compound movement?"A child does not learn to squat from the top down -- in other words, he does not suddenly make a conscious decision one day to squat. Actually, he is squatting one day and makes the conscious decision to stand." - Gray Cook
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As opposed to a double barrel shot gun? Originally Posted by Doublebase
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Yes, its multi-joint and uses quite a few muscles. Originally Posted by Doublebase
As for naming, yeah - what P-funk said, lol.
Favourites though are Uni Overhead Press, Uni Bench Press, and Uni Pulldowns.http://www.getlifting.info
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The unilateral compound that I would like to do is a one-handed chin or pull up.
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