Best Isolation Exercises for Hypertrophy

[quote]pstruhar7786 wrote:
Right now I doing 3 full body workouts a week (blasphemy I know) and wanted to add 1-2 exercises per session for biceps triceps and shoulder (each on a different day).[/quote]

That’s fine, but what does a “full body workout” look like that doesn’t include some kind of shoulder work in each session?

What, exactly, do your workouts look like now (exercises, sets, and reps)?

[quote]I was thinking:
shoulders monday =
1 push presses
2"delt trio" (ie the lateral raise/front raise/shoulder press combo)

triceps wednesday =
1 weighted dips trying to keep a vertical plane
2 cable pulldowns or kickbacks whatever you want to call them

biceps friday =
1 regular ez curl bar curls
2 hammer curls? im not sure about the biceps[/quote]

Really quick… you said, “Best Isolation Exercises for Hypertrophy”, but push presses, shoulder presses, and dips aren’t isolation exercises, which should remind you that compound lifts plus isolation lifts are what deliver maximum growth. Don’t get hung up overemphasizing one or the other.

What you wrote is one way of doing it, sure. But depending on your goals and what you’re doing now, you could probably just add a little work for shoulders and arms to each workout, instead of adding one different part on each day.

Read through this, to get an idea of some better exercise choices:
http://www.T-Nation.com/free_online_forum/sports_body_training_performance_bodybuilding_beginner/best_exercise