If you are looking to lose fat chose exercises that burn the most calories. Stick with compound exercises over isolation exercises. The difference between the two is that isolation exercises use one muscle that crosses over one joint (ie. the bicep curl, which uses the bicep muscle and crosses over the elbow joint). A compound exercise uses more than one muscle and crosses over more than one joint (ie. the squat which uses a combination of the quads, glutes and hamstrings and crosses over the knee joint and the hip joint).
Compound exercises uses more muscles therefore requires more energy to perform them. This will burn more calories and fat per set. The more compound exercises you use in a workout will result in a better fat burning routine.
The following image is an example of the squat press. This exercise not only uses the leg muscles but also invloves the shoulder muscles. In the image she is using a barbell but thhis exercise can be done with dumbells or even cans of soup for beginners.
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