Fitness and Whatnot
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Went back to the gym after 2.5 years of home-gym exercise.
I'm finding that interval sets really hurt on machines.
I'm fucking getting old. Shit.
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@Ganymede Do you have a reason to prefer machines over free weights?
I'd much rather take free weights for many reasons ( http://www.builtlean.com/2013/06/11/free-weights-vs-machines/ ) has some. But my main reason is that machines tend to isolate a single muscle, which is inferior - and somewhat dangerous - compared to compound exercises which work out and strengthen more than one muscle group at a time.
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@Arkandel said:
But my main reason is that machines tend to isolate a single muscle, which is inferior - and somewhat dangerous - compared to compound exercises which work out and strengthen more than one muscle group at a time.
It depends on what machines you're using. Cable-based machines are safe, and probably the best way to hit the groups I need and want to hit. It's kind of hard to do lat pulldowns at home without a machine.
At home, I used free-weights and did bodyweight training, as previously specified. Many of my TBT exercises were compound.