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Core strength: Squats and deadlifts, if done correctly, will give you better core strength than any body-weight exercise.

"Fade to fat": No such thing. Muscle cannot turn into fat anymore than fat can turn into muscle.

Compound movements are the most functional.

Certainly if you look at sports, how many movements are truly isolated? In what sport are you going to find movements that mimic, say, curls or flys?

No-one's saying you need to try to get huge - but compound movements are the optimum way to get stronger (to whatever size you wish to be).