life. You still may spend an hour a day in the gym, although that will still leave another 23 hours
or so for your muscles to function without using
any fancy equipment.
Whenever you do any type of exercise, the movement of your body during the exercise is known as the
range of motion. The more difficult the range of motion is, the more effective the exercise will be,
because your body has to work twice as hard to perform the movement.
Take for the instance the classic dumbbell bicep curl. If you aren't familiar with the exercise,
it is performed by standing up straight with your palms facing forward, and a pair of dumbbells held
down by your sides. You'll contract your biceps to bring the dumbbells up to your shoulder height,
then repeat the exercise as many times as you wish.
Using that same movement for exercise on a bicep curl machine, you should sit down, brace your
upper arms on a pad, grasp 2 handles that are in front of you, then perform the same movement as
above to move the handles in an upward motion.
Now, looking at the muscle contractions in this exercise, you are contracting essentially your
biceps if you are using the curl machine, and that is pretty much all you are doing. When you
use the machine you are sitting down, which will limit just how much your shoulders give. The
machine has several muscles used in this exercise limited to the biceps, as well as
the muscles in your forearms and fingers.
Most of the time, when using machine weights, you will always be limited as to what type of exercise
you can perform. You must always follow a strict procedure, which is pretty much the same with
free weights. Unlike free weights, machine weights offer a certain degree of resistance.
One of the best thing about free weights is the fact that you move a little chuck around to
select the weight you want to use. Instead of dragging it over to your exercise area,
you simply select it on the machine. When you are tired during a workout, this can be
a blessing.
A lot of people argue in the fact that free weights are the best for your body. While this
is normally true, many people out there feel that machine weights are the best. There are pros
and cons with both machines, although free weights have been around a lot longer and have
been proven time after time to achieve dramatic
results.
Body builders for example, have used free weights over the years to build very impressive
bodies. If you ask most of them about machine weights, they would probably laugh at you and
tell you that you need to quit joking around.
In a nutshell, free weights will use more of your muscles than the machines do, which makes them
more effective overall. This doesn't mean that the machines are a waste of use, as they
offer some great advantages. In some cases, it is best to stabilize the muscles that are
being used in a movement, which is where machines
are the best to use.
The decision on which to use for you should be based on what you hope to achieve with lifting
weights and where you plan to use the equipment, such as home or at a gym. Both systems are
great for your body, although the free weights are best to use if you want the best possible
workout, and always ensure that your muscles are getting the right workouts they need.
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