OK I want to bulk up over the summer but my local gym only has weight machines, no free weights.
I've been told free weights are better in the long run but machines can actually help the beginner looking to bulk up, as they allow for greater weight to be lifted while teaching good technique- would this be true?
Thanks a lot
2006-06-28 03:49:26 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
Weight machines are better than nothing. Use your own body weight, too. Push-ups and pull-ups and one-legged squats are some of the best exercises you can do!
2006-06-28 03:54:02 · answer #1 · answered by jenh42002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Any weights can help you bulk up but you need a good diet and good traning on the machines before you begin. Have a work with your local gym instructor he/she will give you some advice
2006-06-28 03:53:35 · answer #2 · answered by BenC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good technique can only be gained using the free weights. Not only do you need to lift the weights you must balance,concentrate etc so you do not fall or even hurt yourself. Machines steady everything for you, not to say they do not do you any good.
2006-06-28 07:04:51 · answer #3 · answered by S.W.A.T. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free weights are better because they make you use more control when you use them. When you use machine's you use momentum and don't get the full benefits.
As for exercises to do ... Take the machine's you use and replicate the movement's. You will get more for your buck by using free weights.
2006-06-28 03:55:33 · answer #4 · answered by hullo? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everything you have heard is true. While free weight help to strengthen indevidual musscle strands and weight machines help to build physique. One thing to remember is that you dont build musscle from lifting soft weights all the time, nor from lifting heavy weights all the time. Mix it up and be safe.
2006-06-28 03:55:27 · answer #5 · answered by bibb189 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't need lots of free weights if your gym has one of those big balls. You can exercise every single muscle and it works quicker too as the exercises cause many more muscles to fire during each repetition as you have to stabilize yourself as well as do the actual exercise. You can really feel them so it's not for wusses!
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2016-11-29 21:41:46 · answer #7 · answered by vikas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is better to start with the little weights.. so that your body can adapt to the weights and then use the machines.. personal thought
2006-06-28 03:54:31 · answer #8 · answered by Nerazzurro 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
absolutely use the free wieghts or the machines they both work good only one is with out demand
2006-06-28 03:55:52 · answer #9 · answered by upandatemm3 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-28 03:52:04 · answer #10 · answered by egger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋