Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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jball
jball
Posts: 2
Joined: 2003/12/21
United States
2003/12/24, 08:19 PM
the questionaire that i filled out wanted to know the type of equipment is available for use.my selection was free weights only.in some of my workouts im asked to use "machines"that arent available to me.what are my options?
agamble
agamble
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Joined: 2003/09/22
United States
2003/12/25, 10:44 AM
This happens from time to time. Look at the motion required by the machine and which muscle it is designed to work. Then substitute a free weight movement that is similar in motion and focus. There are very few machine exercises that cannot be duplicated in some way by free weights. Maybe not as efficiently but hey you gotta make do with what you have. Try looking at the exercise selection here at ft for specific muscle groups or go to www.exrx.net/exercise. Good Luck