Free Weights Vs Machines – Which Are Better?
An important thing to factor in if you design your own exercise programme is how much time to devote to resistance machine training over free weights. There are pros and cons to both and it is important for you to understand the differences to know if your workout is effective or not. In the majority of cases I always consider free weights to be more useful than machines. Fixed-path machines are usually aimed at the beginner because you need little supervision when using them. This is why your average gym is crammed full of them even though there are more effective variations. For example, bench press machines don’t require a spotter when you go to failure but a barbell bench press would. If all gyms used free weights they would need more supervision from instructors and also need more advice given to their customers to ensure they used the equipment safely. – Free weights promote joint health. Each repetition is going to use a slightly different path to the one before it which reduces
