ISOLATION VS HEAVY LIFTS

There seems to be some confusion on the issue,especially amongst beginners.
Is it better to train specific muscles or to concentrate on the more synergistic heavy lifts that build strength and bulk?

Well...It depends where you are in your training journey peeps:
If your just starting out with your fitness routine, its common sense to master the aces in the deck of the lifting arsenal in all their colours and variations.These exercises add slabs of muscle and increase your strength like no other.

They are Namely (And in no particular order of importance) :
SQUATS  DEADLIFT  BENCH PRESS  CHIN UPS 

If you do not know what these are..Shame on you.. bro.These are compound movements that target a broad range of musculature.They should be your bread and butter if you are a new trainee.

I remember what these were like when I first started out. Horrible!  After a while and not so shortly after that while...They become rather delicious.You cant live without them!

Once you've got a year or two of training on mostly compound movements then it will be time to incorporate more and more isolation work.Targeting specific muslces to remove imbalances or just give newfound proportion to your new mass.

Once you have advanced to an adequate degree,and trust me...you will advance. Then and only then should you begin shifting your focus onto primarily isolation exercises.And by adequate degree I say 3 years minimum before these become your main focus on a workout.

Isolation exercises will add some strength and bulk to your physique, however it should be noted that they are used to correct imbalances and predominantly  aesthetic.

For example lets say your awesome enough to wrestle a lion   (which i am and usually do).I can assure you,you wont be bicep curling it.    

Yet these exercises all have a time and a place.You want to look epic on the beach?!
Well, once you've packed your titties full of muscle and your beginning to emulate a meteor in size...
 Then it is time. Incorporate isolation exercises into your arsenal.Focus on specific muscles to give proportion and balance to your physique.

 Personally,I like to always have the heavy lifting as the main course of my routine and add some isolation work towards the end of my workout.Rather logically I will incorporate more heavy lifting when bulking and more isolation exercises when cutting.It really does depend on your current goals once you reach a more advanced stage.

So to Summarize:

1.Heavy lifting should always constitute a sizable chunk of your workout.Specifically the exercises I mentioned or their variations.The more amateur you are,the more sizable the chunk should be.

2.Add less isolation work if your bulking and more if your getting ready to take your kit off in public areas.

3.Isolation exercises are good to target specific imbalances in the physique.

4.I enjoy wrestling Lions.