Quick question on strength training

From anyone in the know really! I understand the idea of the low rep ranges etc, but does this also apply to isolation exercises for something such as bicep curls or is it only for large compound exercises?

To be honest it all depends on hope your body reacts to the exercise.  Kevin Levrone said he had to do at least 8 reps for good growth, while others get the best response from 6 reps.  Again just depends on your body and what it responds to.

People tend to use them for compounds mate; squat, deadlift, over head press, row, chin ups, bench press etc. These exercises work all major muscle groups.

Thanks for the fast responses guys :)

If you are training for strength, why bother with isolation exercises ?

Because it's probably a different kind of strength to the one that you'd associate yourself with Pete, it's not specific to any sport for one thing. :)

Why isolate biceps when theres lots of exercise that can be done that involve biceps..

Bicep curls were merely an example, I'll show you what my bi-weekly upper body work-out currently looks like:

Warm-up and stretch

5 sets of 5 Wide-grip Pull-ups
5 sets of 6x 40kg Dumbell Chest Press
5 sets of 5x 75kg Clean and Military Press
5 sets of 6x Chin-ups

I then added:

5 sets of 8x 22kg Dumb-bell Flies
5 sets of 30x Press-ups