What weights machines do you use at the gym?
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What weights machines do you use at the gym?People always bang on about using free weights etc which I do mainly use, but I also use machines purely because I'm lazy a lot of the time.
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Machine rows because I don't care about rows that much
Seated shoulder press just for ease and I feel a nice pump. I obviously don't use this as my main shoulder press exercise
Reverse pec dec ...for ease
Machine leg press for single leg press to try and rectify imbalances. -
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Re: What weights machines do you use at the gym?I do cable cross overs on them mostly, and i am guilt to an occasional bicep curl and/or tricep pushdown(Original post by McHumpy92)
Yeah I would class it as machine.
I actually do facepulls on the cables...apart from that I hate them. The bicep boys love them. -
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Re: What weights machines do you use at the gym?This.(Original post by ArsLongaVitaBrevis)
The Smith machine, because my gym doesn't have a squat cage. -
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Re: What weights machines do you use at the gym?just do what ur comfortable with. i started lifting weights 5 years ago, and initially i only did machine weights as i could balance myself properly with the free weights. As i got used to it i began using free weights more. I would recommend using a mixture of the two.
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Re: What weights machines do you use at the gym?Sucks doesn't it?(Original post by nish81)
This. -
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Re: What weights machines do you use at the gym?Yeah(Original post by ArsLongaVitaBrevis)
Sucks doesn't it?
I'm probably going to switch to a different gym when my membership's up in a couple of weeks
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Re: What weights machines do you use at the gym?Nice! Mine's within walking distance of my house so I'll be sticking with it though. Also, it's almost always pretty empty - it's a small gym with a few regular people, so the atmosphere's great.(Original post by nish81)
Yeah I'm probably going to switch to a different gym when my membership's up in a couple of weeks
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Re: What weights machines do you use at the gym?Leg press
Cables for pullthroughs
Cables for facepulls
Calf raise machine
Horizontal row machine
Rear delt machine
And we've a really old preacher curl machine I really like.
That's it machine wise for me. Lat pulldownsm occasionally if I'm feeling too lazy for pullups.Last edited by RawJoh1; 06-04-2012 at 23:40. -
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Re: What weights machines do you use at the gym?Is that photo in your signature you?(Original post by catjaum)
nearly all of them......theres nothing wrong with them if used correctly and at a good enough weight....u shud incorporate them into your workout imo.. -
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Re: What weights machines do you use at the gym?yes me at 20....(Original post by ArsLongaVitaBrevis)
Is that photo in your signature you? -
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Re: What weights machines do you use at the gym?6/10 at best. Elbows too pointy.(Original post by catjaum)
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Re: What weights machines do you use at the gym?Lat pulldown
Tricep pushdown even though it's terrible and free weights are way better for triceps IMO
Sometimes chest press
Sometimes the cable row, which is basically as good as free weights, probably
Leg extension and curl machines
Sometimes cables for face pulls
Rear delt/reverse chest thing
Regular chest fly (better than free weights) -
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Re: What weights machines do you use at the gym?Oh yeah, I forgot about leg extension and curl machines!(Original post by The Troll Toll)
Lat pulldown
Tricep pushdown even though it's terrible and free weights are way better for triceps IMO
Sometimes chest press
Sometimes the cable row, which is basically as good as free weights, probably
Leg extension and curl machines
Sometimes cables for face pulls
Rear delt/reverse chest thing
Regular chest fly (better than free weights)
I'm probably going to switch to a different gym when my membership's up in a couple of weeks
