Popsugar Health & Fitness Healthy Living What Are Compound Exercises Good For? Trainers Recommend Doing Compound Exercises to Burn Fat and Build Strength 25 January 2020 by Samantha Brodsky View On One Page Photo 7 of 10 ADVERTISEMENT () Start Slideshow Share This Link Copy ← Use Arrow Keys → 7 Squat to Overhead Press Stand with your legs just slightly wider than hip-distance apart, arms raised to shoulder height with elbows bent, holding weights by your ears. Bend your knees as if you were sitting in a chair, keeping weight on your heels. Press the dumbbells overhead as you straighten your knees to return to standing. Previous Next Start Slideshow Healthy LivingStrength TrainingPopsugar Interviews