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Generally the more advanced you are as a lifter the less specialised machines are going to benefit you. Machines are there for people who don’t know what lifts
by bennyelv 3y ago
Generally the more advanced you are as a lifter the less specialised machines are going to benefit you. Machines are there for people who don’t know what lifts to do and how to do them with proper technique.
If you glimpse inside the gym of a professional athlete you’ll generally find a comprehensive set of dumbbells, some Olympic bars + plates and a bench and not much else!
- carom 3y agoOn the other hand, barbells are great until you realize you're missing some critical stabilizer and that is why your shoulder or glute has been hurting for years. Then you would kill for a cable machine.
- opportune 3y agoPersonally I think smith machines and cable systems are pretty handy for bodybuilding - mostly because they help you isolate certain muscles in a way you can’t do with barbells and dumbbells. Or they allow you to do things like weighted lunges or shrugs or tricep exercises at high weights with much less risk of injury vs doing them with free weights. Plenty of examples of elite bodybuilders training with them.
- AA-BA-94-2A-56 3y agoSorry but this is not completely correct. Many expert bodybuilders use a variety of machines to train each muscle group. Power lifters, however, tend to focus on the compound movements and therefore probably need less equipment.
- criddell 3y ago> Machines are there for people who don’t know what lifts to do and how to do them That’s an overly broad generalization. If you look up pictures of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s home gym, it’s mostly machines.