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Are wheight lifting machines really that bad? 2017-08-17 12:13:20 Post No. 42532447
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Are wheight lifting machines really that bad?
Anonymous
2017-08-17 12:13:20
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I started lifting two weeks ago, and just read Beginner's Health and Fitness Guide.
It says machines are reeaaally bad compared to free wheight, and the teacher at gym made me a program with mostly all exercises being on machines, except for abs and bíceps.
What are your experience with free wheight x machines? Should I ask my next program to focus on dumbells and barbells?
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Yes, they suck. They focus on just one group of muscles and don't give you real-world strength. Compound movements with free weights is the trick.
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>>42532447
Machines are for injured athletes to use to train
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Use them as a supplement to free weights
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Machines aren't bad, they're just bad for beginners. They're excellent for more advanced body builders who want to isolate the muscle, mainly towards the end of the workout. If you have a choice between free weights and machines for your 1 or 2 exercises, the choice will always be free weights. More muscles used, the bar follows a natural path and strength progression is much easier.
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>>42532536
I've been doing this for almost 4 weeks now and I only have access to a machine. Is it really that big of a deal?
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