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Free Weights VS Machine Exercise

Something you need to keep in mind and never forgetis that when you exercise, you are training for life. You still may spend an hour a day in thegym, although that will still leave another 23 hoursor so for your muscles to function without usingany fancy equipment.

Whenever you do any type of exercise, the movementof your body during the exercise is known as therange of motion. The more difficult the range ofmotion is, the more effective the exercise will be,because your body has to work twice as hard to perform the movement.

Take for the instance the classic dumbbell bicepcurl. If you aren't familiar with the exercise,it is performed by standing up straight with yourpalms facing forward, and a pair of dumbbells helddown by your sides. You'll contract your bicepsto bring the dumbbells up to your shoulder height,then repeat the exercise as many times as you wish.

Using that same movement for exercise on a bicepcurl machine, you should sit down, brace your upper arms on a pad, grasp 2 handles that are infront of you, then perform the same movement asabove to move the handles in an upward motion.

Now, looking at the muscle contractions in thisexercise, you are contracting essentially yourbiceps if you are using the curl machine, andthat is pretty much all you are doing. When youuse the machine you are sitting down, which willlimit just how much your shoulders give. Themachine has several muscles used in thisexercise limited to the biceps, as well asthe muscles in your forearms and fingers.

Most of the time, when using machine weights, youwill always be limited as to what type of exerciseyou can perform. You must always follow a strictprocedure, which is pretty much the same withfree weights. Unlike free weights, machine weights offer a certain degree of resistance.

One of the best thing about free weights is thefact that you move a little chuck around to select the weight you want to use. Instead of dragging it over to your exercise area,you simply select it on the machine. When you are tired during a workout, this can bea blessing.

A lot of people argue in the fact that freeweights are the best for your body. While this is normally true, many people out there feel thatmachine weights are the best. There are prosand cons with both machines, although free weights have been around a lot longer and havebeen proven time after time to achieve dramaticresults.

Body builders for example, have used free weights over the years to build very impressivebodies. If you ask most of them about machineweights, they would probably laugh at you andtell you that you need to quit joking around.

In a nutshell, free weights will use more of yourmuscles than the machines do, which makes themmore effective overall. This doesn't meanthat the machines are a waste of use, as theyoffer some great advantages. In some cases,it is best to stabilize the muscles that arebeing used in a movement, which is where machinesare the best to use.

The decision on which to use for you should bebased on what you hope to achieve with liftingweights and where you plan to use the equipment,such as home or at a gym. Both systems aregreat for your body, although the free weightsare best to use if you want the best possibleworkout, and always ensure that your musclesare getting the right workouts they need.

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