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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Free Weights vs. Machines

Chris1980
Chris1980
Posts: 67
Joined: 2000/12/16
Canada
2002/03/13, 09:04 PM
Guys,

Just wondering if anyone knows the difference between working machines and free weights? I am trying to build some weight...what should i do to change my profile to help me gain weight. Does it matter if they are machine weights or free weights?

Chris
roni0906
roni0906
Posts: 1,008
Joined: 2002/01/24
United States
2002/03/13, 11:14 PM
It doesn't matter if you use free weights or machine, however even if you do the same type of exercise with both free weights and machines, it will actually taget different parts of the muscle. This is because when you use a machine, you are pretty much set in the form vice when you use free weights you have more play. Hope this helps.

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festus1113
festus1113
Posts: 73
Joined: 2002/02/22
United States
2002/03/13, 11:24 PM
If you use the search function at the top of the header on this page, there have been quite a few questions on machines versus free weights and some really good answers. Good luck!

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