10 Best Weights Training Exercises for Fast Results

I often get very frustrated when I see Personal Trainers give deconditioned people complex exercises. I believe they do this because they are bored and don’t have their clients best interests at heart. I understand that trainers often train 8-10 clients per day and may want variety, however that excuse is simply unacceptable.

The best weight training exercise for overall strength, toning and weight loss are those which recruit large muscle. Compound exercises are those that involve movement at 2 or more joints. (E.g. the Lat Pulldown)  Isolation exercises only involve movement at one joint. (E.g. the biceps curl).  Most people are time poor and want to get maximum results in minimal time. Therefore, to spend time doing isolation exercises is an inefficient and unnecessary use of time. Why would a trainer subject a client to a cable cross over to isolate the chest muscles and a triceps push down to isolate the triceps, when they can do a bench press which recruits both of those muscles at the same time?  

For time poor people, I believe only compound exercises should be performed. They include:

1. Bench Presses
2. Lat Pulldown
3. Shoulder Presses
4. Chin Ups
5. Push Ups
6. Seated Row
7. Dips
8. Squats
9. Lunges
10. Leg Press