The Important Differences Between Free Weights And Machines

Posted on November 17, 2008 
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by Dane Fletcher
Training machines and free weights are just equipment that we use to apply tension and stresses to our muscles. This equipment includes items like barbells, dumbbells, leverage machines, body weight exercise, and manual resistance.

This variety of equipment and training methods is very welcome as it adds life to both the physical and psychological parts of our training as well as providing a source of rejuvenation and motivation.

Since the body muscles are blind to the various tools that we use to grow and develop them it is only commonsense for us to concentrate more on the way we use these tools to achieve our set fitness goals. It is our commitment, intensities and efforts that will see us earn top results, not the equipment.

All the types of equipment present in the market have their pros and cons. Free weights are known to be readily available, cost friendly and that they also require less of maintenance. When you consider both barbells and dumbbells you will concede that they are indeed very versatile tools to work with granted that they can be employed for a myriad of training maneuvers.

The barbell was indeed a revolution to the way people train. Versatile as it is the barbell cannot be used to perform certain routines for example the leg curls.

Free weights in general provide your muscles with resistance in one direction i.e. straight down. The body muscles on the other hand move in rotary motions. This causes some areas of the training motions to be more intense than others. Training machines outdo free weights in this area because they are capable of providing you with a balanced motion of rotary resistance.

An effective training machine is able to provide as much training efficacy as a free weight would. Probably the only thing that you can’t achieve with the machine is the skill that is required to make optimal gains from the particular routine. It is a fact that as you lift weights a good amount of your strength is developed because the body’s nervous system has become accustomed to the requirements of the specific exercise.

A training routine that takes much time and effort to muster requires a greater contribution from the neurological network for the primary strength gains to be made. For those who are competitive bodybuilders and powerlifters the use of free weights in the perfection of training moves that are part of the contest is absolutely necessary. This does not need to concern you if you are a competitive athlete.

It is quite often that an athlete who uses the bench press in training first experiences some huge increases in the bench but the level of rise does not proceed in an arithmetic fashion. In some instances there is hardly any progress. The reason for this is that at this point in time the strength level of the lifter has matched the skill level involved.

Primary neurological adaptations occur faster than strength increases. In order to increase the strength of athletes, coaches will ask them to train using methods that they have not used in a long while. In other cases the training routines are overhauled. This is a principle that is dubbed ‘pushing numbers’.

Dane Fletcher is the world-wide authority on bodybuilding and steroids. He has coached countless athletes all over the world. To read more of his work, please visit either http://www.BodybuildingToday.com or http://www.SteroidsToday.com

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