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The most common question among fitness enthusiasts is, “Free weights or machines?”
The answer?  Both!

Free weights are essential because they train secondary muscles.  Secondary muscles are those groups of muscles on your body that help or assist the major muscle groups and are primarily responsible for preventing injury.  When you perform resistance training with a machine, the machine keeps your range of motion within a very short spectrum.  This restriction in essence is what prevents secondary muscular development, and subsequently, prevents injury.  Why does your body need to build these muscles if the machine will perform their function for you?

Another benefit of free weights is that they demand you to work harder, which will invariably build more strength and get you in better shape.  Do you think that a professional athlete or an Olympian will actually train their bodies using only machines?  No way.  You may think, “But I’m not a professional athlete nor am I an Olympian.”  And while this may be true that does not exclude you from being the best that you can be, right?  So why not use free weights, because it’s the fastest way to reaching your goals.

Finally, it’s important to note the value of machines.  They are great for training muscle groups that are difficult to train using free weights.  Further, machines will give you a chance to work out if you cannot perform an exercise completely using free weights.  And ultimately, a machine will really finish off your muscles as you train them to failure using free weights.

So as you can see, a comprehensive exercise routine involves free weights as well as machines.  You can’t have one without the other and be the best that you can be.  It’s important to remember this fact as you plan your home gym.  Don’t neglect one or the other!

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