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08-04-2007, 06:31 AM
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Free Weights or Machines ?
hey guys wondering if u could help I`ve been told to stay off machines for now and just use free weights to increase my strength and mass is this the correct way to go about it ? or can i use machines as well to do the same job?
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08-04-2007, 06:33 AM
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Free Weights FTW..cannot be beaten, but some machine work wont hurt
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08-04-2007, 09:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TeenGettingBig
Free Weights FTW..cannot be beaten, but some machine work wont hurt
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x2!
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08-04-2007, 09:29 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TeenGettingBig
Free Weights FTW..cannot be beaten, but some machine work wont hurt
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Free weights FTW x2
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08-04-2007, 09:32 AM
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Machines are used to target certain muscle groups and certain areas within that muscle group, but in the end your targeting nothing if you don't have any muscle. Free-weights would be a good way to build the muscle up and afterwards you can mix some machine work in or something, although I don't recommend too much of it.
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08-04-2007, 09:44 AM
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Machines are good for a pre-workout warm up. And also holding my belt, water bottle, etc.
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08-04-2007, 10:35 AM
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According to a friend i have who was a serious body builder, free weights over machines is a myth. I don't really buy it but he uses mostly machines and he is huge.
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08-04-2007, 06:34 AM
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Nothing wrong with using machines, but you should be basing your workout around free weights. For every 3 freeweight exercise you do, you do 1 machine exercise.
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08-04-2007, 06:38 AM
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Free weights.
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08-04-2007, 06:39 AM
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Free weights. Period. No you can't use pussy-machines to get the same effect.
(Ok, so it's possible in certain cases, but in general, stick to frees)
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08-04-2007, 06:42 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Beowolf Agate
Free weights. Period. No you can't use pussy-machines to get the same effect.
(Ok, so it's possible in certain cases, but in general, stick to frees)
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You are an idiot. Machines aren't 'pussy'. They have their place just like anything else. Machines DO have advantages, believe it or not, and a lot of people make use of these advantages. i.e: pro bb'ers.
If they were so 'pussy' and useless then they wouldn't exist.
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08-04-2007, 06:47 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kyokushin1
You are an idiot. Machines aren't 'pussy'. They have their place just like anything else. Machines DO have advantages, believe it or not, and a lot of people make use of these advantages. i.e: pro bb'ers.
If they were so 'pussy' and useless then they wouldn't exist.
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It was kind of a joke. Damn, everyone takes everything so seriously here.
I even tried to clear that up with my parenthetical statement...
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08-04-2007, 08:48 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kyokushin1
If they were so 'pussy' and useless then they wouldn't exist.
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1lb dumbells for the win!!!
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08-04-2007, 09:16 AM
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Free weights for sure.
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08-04-2007, 06:42 AM
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Use machines when you can't do that action with free weights (eg cable row)
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08-04-2007, 06:44 AM
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machines=enemy
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08-04-2007, 06:49 AM
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Yea free weights in general, but I like machines as a final isolation exercise, they tend to hit the targetted muscle better without triggering the other groups associated with a specific muscle (stab's ect)
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08-04-2007, 03:33 PM
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Dumbells till I die.
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08-04-2007, 11:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KIrky15
hey guys wondering if u could help I`ve been told to stay off machines for now and just use free weights to increase my strength and mass is this the correct way to go about it ? or can i use machines as well to do the same job?
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Never voluntary take a tool out of the toolbox. Machines have their uses. But as a beginner or someone who has a lot more size to gain, Free Weights should be the focus of your time in the gym, you should spend most of your time with a barbell in your hands, but there is no reason to not use the machines as well.
You can incorporate hamstring curls into a leg workout after youve done a lot of free weight work, to cap it off. You could hit the pec deck for high reps after you've finished a chest workout. Just don't make the machines your priority.
(By machine I assume you do not mean things like leg presses, hip sleds, cable cross overs, seated rows, etc.)
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08-04-2007, 03:25 PM
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Eat dead animal.
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Free weights are a more natural movement, I think it helps with stability. Some machines are needed though.
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