There are more options than ever for exercise equipment. Even your average mid-sized gym has racks of free weights and some sea machines.
However, in the battle of the free weights and machines, which option is better than the other?
Head coach of Boxing Evolution, Matthew Flavell, recommends these options, depending on your goals.
Goal: Overall health and fitness
Use: Free weights
Why: Free weights work more clusters of muscles, and it also trains your body to function in a way that you move your body each day.
Goal: Weight loss
Use: Free weights
Why: It moves more muscles at once; the harder it is to exercise the more calories are burnt.
Goal: Rehabilitate an injury or try accommodate the existing condition
Use: Machines
Why: Machines isolate specific group of muscles
Goal: Focus on one body part
Use: Free weights and Machines
Why: Alternating the two helps you in targeting a specific area like your shoulders. Free weights stabilize the muscles while the machines allow you to lift heavier weights to break down the muscle for more growth.
The Bottom Line
Both free weights and machines have a crucial role in your exercise regimen depending on your fitness objective. The golden rule is no matter the option you use, proper use is actually the key.
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