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> It's kind of like with gyms: what you get is what the market wants, and since the market doesn't know much, you get gyms full of useless exercise machines, be
by bthallplz 2y ago
> It's kind of like with gyms: what you get is what the market wants, and since the market doesn't know much, you get gyms full of useless exercise machines, because that's what people think a good gym should have.
I'm curious: what should a good gym have?
- jwr 2y agoSquat rack, barbell+weights and bench as a minimum, bonus points for a pull-up bar and bars for triceps dips. Most machines in gyms are either mostly useless, or actually detrimental to your health and fitness.
- stavros 2y agoCan't really disagree with that.
- DiskoHexyl 2y agoThat works relatively well until you get injured, which, for people who train seriously, is almost inevitable. Then you have to train around said injury either temporarly or permantently and find great use for various machines. Or you get to a high enough level (for you genetics), where targeting a specific area is more efficient with some kind of a machine. Or you've been training for many years and are now getting older- lots of folks can't really bench after about 40, and same goes for the dips. Doing compound lifts is a great way to build both strength and muscle mass, but it is a bit myopic to call machines useless. Nuance is important. Must admit that I'm not a competitor in lifting, and it is only a secondary hobby, but 1.83x body weight bench isn't completely laughable either