only 1 exercise per workout,what would you choose?

[ryanhard]

only 1 exercise per workout,what would you choose?

[Fatpanda]

only 1 exercise per workout,what would you choose?

bench
pull ups/downs or rows
squat
overhead press
deadlift

[mass 04]

clean and press
squat
bench
deadlift

[jpm101]

One and one exercise only per workout (if I understand the question) would be squat cleans and presses. Probably morfing into push presses as the sets pile up. A mass producing exercise for sure if done GVT style.  For power, 5-6 sets of 3's. That would be for a total body workout with just that one exercise.

If meaning one exercise, per body part, per workout than the following:

Chest- dips- switch around the hand spacing from time to time.
Shoulder girdle-front presses
Back (traps/lats included)- PR DL's
Legs (quads/glutes/hams) Squats
Arms- in my personal view, a waste of time. But for guys who really care, the BB curl and the standing French press per workout.
Calves-40 yard sprints, broken into 4 to 6 sets.
Good Luck.

[benchthis]

shoulders/traps - clean and press also works out the traps, forearms, biceps, triceps, and upper back
back - deadlifts wide and narrow, nothing better for thickness and if you alternate the technique doing elevated, rack, and wide deadlifts you can really hit every part of the body...
legs - squats like the deadlift its a total body workout
chest - bench press ( close grip middle chest , wide grip outer pec, neck presses upper pec's)
arms- hammer curls (recruits some shoulder, traps, forearms, and biceps)
triceps - dips (also recruits lower chest, delts, and triceps)

[benchthis]

got me thinking what if i just do the listed excersizes going heavy for a few sets and reps for a few more sets ?
what do you think the results would be?