Can I get big just using machines? If I do a decent routine

>>41921651
free weights aint necessary better even though they're are my only lifts since i got into a homegym.
Free weights have the advantage of involving stabilizers muscles and enhancing proprioception.

Still can get big with machines, know a guy who almost only use them. Just know to fully work your body then

>>41921677
This is the redpill on machines. If you don't like free weights, don't use them.

>>41921651
You'll look weird, like that one lean spic who wouldn't stop posting new CBT threads

Compounds give you thickness, don't be a bitch you dyel

You can of course get big with just machines, it's just harder than being able to use free weights as well.
I mean, depending on what you mean by big you might not need any equipment at all, just food

>>41921685
t. First year SS victim.

>>41921651
But why though if you're talking home gym and get one of those gym siege machines then you're wasting gains and money just use a barbell bro

Any resistance training done in the same intensity will yield similar results IMO. /fit/ has swallowed the "muh functional strength meme" largely, and will likely all need hip and knee replacements by 50.

>>41921717
Why? you're wasting money.

Just buy a pair of rings and a foam mat.

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>>41921706
>t. Dyel who has no muscular balance and no functional strength
SS is a shit routine mate I never said machines were bad, but if you think only using machines is a good idea you're obviously a fucking retard lmao

>>41921738
>muh functional strength
>not a rippetard
Lol, you absolutely don't need barbells to gain mass. OP's goal is too get big, any gained strength is just a bonus.

>>41921651
Whats important is
Squat
Benchpress
Row
Deadlift
Pull up
Overhead press

Most od these you can replace with a machine but not squat (dont smith machine) and not deadlift

>>41921738
>functional strenght

>>41921795
You can replace skwatz and deadlifts. It just takes more time and effort.

Yes.

But the strength doesn't transfer over to free-weights, where as the free-weight strength does carry over to machines.


Also, you want to use machines like plate-loaded hammer strength machines n shit, as well as cable machines n sheet, yeeee nigga.

>>41921878
Wrong, you gain strenght in machines, you gains strenght globally.
You'll just have to learn and get yourself used to the free weight movement.

ie : lifing X lbs on a leg press =/= lifint X lbs on a squat
HOWEVER lifting X lbs on a leg press will allow you to lift Y lbs on a squat

>>41921850
You can replace everything, but there's only so much time and effort available.

>>41921898
>HOWEVER lifting X lbs on a leg press will allow you to lift Y lbs on a squat
And fold over like a twig, because your back, traps, and abs can't handle the static stress of keeping wieght Y in one place.

>>41921904
It's up to OP to decide how much he wants to avoid barbells.

>>41921923
Yeah i agree, that's why i said in a previous post that you need to wrork you whole body if you really want to replace a compound

ie squat :
> leg press
> something for lumbars, something like revers hyper ?
> thight adductor/abductor machine
> glute machine
> leg curl
....
So you won't get rekt like a twig