Retaining Hypertrophy from Isolation Exercises

Hi Jordan,

I imagine the answer to this question will largely be specific to the individual, but wondered if you had any thoughts on it from experience

If moving from a bodybuilding routine, with plenty of work on isolations for abs, calves, biceps, lateral delts etc. to a routine focusing solely on compounds, such as the endurance template (or any other including minimal to no isolation work) would we be likely to maintain the hypertrophy gains in the previously mentioned areas without training them directly?

And if so, would this only be in the short term or for a longer duration of not training them directly?

Thanks

It is highly unlikely that you’ll lose a significant amount muscle mass in the short or long term while still lifting weights and eating enough protein outside of rapid weight loss situations, illness, or severe injury.

Some of the extra glycogen storage and water content of the muscles might go down a bit, but not by a lot.

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