October 14th, 2009
Are Free Weights More Potent Than Machines For Muscle Gains?
A popular muscle building belief is that free weights are more effective for muscle gain compared with machines. But in reality, for many bodybuilders, the opposite if often true.
A seeming agreement exists among bodybuilding aficionados regarding the superiority of free weights compared with machines for muscle gain, to the level where machines have been stereotyped by dedicated bodybuilders as virtually worthless for those seeking maximum muscle gain. In addition, many of those same bodybuilders believe that gyms outfitted with machines are doing so in order to cater to the lazy who seek sleek bodybuilding workout equipment, and who fear grueling, intense, muscle blasting workout sessions. This idea has been repeated so frequently and by such a wide variety of bodybuilders that there must be validity to such a claim; or, could this actually prove to be another of the many muscle building misconceptions?