Group: New Members Greet & Meet - Introduce yourself

New Members Greet & Meet - Introduce yourself
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 1537, Messages: 27037

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machine vs free weight ?

jutx687
jutx687
Posts: 8
Joined: 2002/01/28
Malaysia
2002/01/30, 03:08 AM
with type of this execises is.. the most favourite among bodybuiders and why?
jbennett
jbennett
Posts: 1,558
Joined: 2001/02/28
United States
2002/01/30, 04:50 AM
Free weights are by far more popular because its all natural movement. Usually with machines (unless you're doing tri pressdowns, seated rows, etc.), your movement is confined to whatever the machine is set to do. With free weights, you use your stabilizer muscles for balance. You vs. gravity - that's free weights.
rpacheco
rpacheco
Posts: 3,770
Joined: 2001/12/13
United States
2002/01/30, 10:15 AM
I totally agree! Most machines only simulate what you can do with free weights.
Philia2
Philia2
Posts: 4,078
Joined: 2001/10/19
France
2002/01/31, 02:08 AM
For more muscle gain and stimulation, definitely free weights. BUT we often use machines as well to touch the muscle a little differently to avoid the muscle to get too use to your mouvements.
Machines are guided mouvements, and this can also be useful when doing declined bench presses for ex (for balance!), or to work with the muscle definition with the cables.

Actually we need both.