# What Makes an Exercise Worth Keeping?

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Podcast: [Iron Hero FitCast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/iron-hero-fitcast-7081745)
Published: 2026-07-20T14:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://ironherocrossfit.com/
Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/42163d0f-a60c-4f09-a497-471d8f116470.mp3
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Episode Description: How do you decide whether the exercise you're doing is worth keeping in your workout? Is it effective? Could it be done better by something else? Let's take a look. What We're Covering: If you understand this, you can make your workouts better 1 - Exercises have to earn their place 2 - Compound beats isolation... most of the time 3- Is there carryover? 4 - Can anyone do it? 5 - Can it be progressed? 6 - Is it worth doing 10 years from now? The best exercise

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