Group: 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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free weights or pin weights

jnellie
jnellie
Posts: 924
Joined: 2002/02/24
United States
2002/07/07, 05:24 PM
just curious what you guys and gals like better and what gives you the best results.......
fireloard
fireloard
Posts: 665
Joined: 2001/03/27
United States
2002/07/07, 09:03 PM
I like freeweights too but sometimes I like some machines.. smith squats.. leg curls, and leg extensions I like on machines more.. and I guess there is a smaller chance of hurting yourself.. can't tell you how many times I 'almost' slipped and would of ended up with a weird injury with freeweights... but I don't remember ever remember messing up with machines.. but then again I don't think i've ever gotten as good a workout from machines as I have from freeweights.. I think there was a topic on this a while ago.. its mostly a matter prefrence...
7707mutt
7707mutt
Posts: 7,686
Joined: 2002/06/18
United States
2002/07/07, 09:11 PM
I like free weights most machines are designed for smaller people and they do not fit me at all.
rev8ball
rev8ball
Posts: 3,081
Joined: 2001/12/27
United States
2002/07/07, 10:02 PM
free weights. 99% of the lifts i did could not and can not be re-created on a machine.

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roni0906
roni0906
Posts: 1,008
Joined: 2002/01/24
United States
2002/07/08, 12:19 AM
I like to mix it up. I like to do different exercises so that I don't get bored, but yeah, I have to agree that free weights I like more ( I don't have to weight for the lighter weights as much as a machine). It usually gets me in and out of the gym faster.

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Lisa
Philia2
Philia2
Posts: 4,078
Joined: 2001/10/19
France
2002/07/08, 02:08 AM
I do both, I like to change.

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- Nina :o) La vie est toujours aussi belle.....