Workout help for gains on machines

jimstouching · 2016-03-09T03:47:59+00:00

It is doable at plant fitness. You just need to do your homework on workouts and what your goals are. You can substitute lifts with a typical barbell with dumbbells.

Look at some farmers or construction workers that do not go to the gym. They are moving around and lifting different objects and gain strength and muscle from it. There's no clear track that everyone has to follow.

Again you need to do the research on lifts and diet. When you have an understanding of what you want to do and your goals you can make the tools available work for you.

You just need the necessities for your workout, throw whatever money you would spend on an even more expensive gym in a savings account each month and you will be in a better position physically and financially.

Letsbeserioushere · 2016-03-09T03:48:36+00:00

I want to get serious about lifting

Start reading. Knowledge is power when it comes to strength training. On a more general note, you should want to be able to make your own decisions rather than asking the Internet for quick solutions.

Starting Strength, Practical Programming (both my Ripp) and the strength training anatomy are places to start.

DragonKing2350 · 2016-03-09T14:57:57+00:00

One thing about machines versus free weight workouts most people forget is to incorporate your own body weight that is not being used. If you do a leg press you need to lift your weight plus the weight you can squat. Otherwise you are working out for muscle endurance not strength. High rep x low weight=muscle endurance. Low rep x high weight=muscle strength.

keemar · 2016-03-09T15:24:17+00:00

I have memberships for PF and LA Fitness. Yes a gym like LA has twice as many machine as PF does and more dumbells but if your going for gainz ... as long as you eat like a freak and know what your doing with dumbells and ez/straight bars you can gain at PF.

The machines are better if youre trying to avoid injury as they are well, ... machines. No risk of dropping weights, less risk of injury from bad form, less presurre on kness..

But I havent been to LA in about a week because Ive learned to do my exercises with bars and dumbells and the PF is on my way home from work. Their dumbell area is usually solo by the time I roll in, 6am baby!

LA has olympic benches as opposed to PFs smith machines... But a bech is a bench imo.

So like u/jimstouching said, you can absolutely substitute machines with dumbells.

Id suggest going to youtube and watching someone like Bradley Martin's workout videos. You really have to know what youre doing to substitute dumbells for machine but it is possible, no doubt.

For the 10 bucks a month I pay for PF over the 30 my work buddy pays for my LA membership (I didnt ask him to get me one, he did it outta nowhere, he's probably gay for me, idk) im happy with it. My PF is open 24 hours unlike LA that closes at midnight Monday-Thur and at 8pm on weekends (gtfh, my gym needs to be open when I need it) its not bad.

*Edit cos I misread.

I must apologize, I misread your post. The title made me think you were looking for machines for gains.

PF has machines that are "lightweight", except for the flys and tricep extensions, those are what thery are.

Go for it, the only equipment PF doesnt have are preacher benches but if you fold up a PF bench on a 5 incline you can preach for those gainz. Most other exercises can be done with free weights.

PragmaticRedTruth · 2016-03-09T02:09:37+00:00

Get a gym membership at a real gym. PF is a joke. There is no way around this.

You need a machine to do military press on, a squat rack, a bench, and an olympic bar to deadlift. Use the smith machine for now... if they don't have a smith machine, you should hurry and get a membership somewhere else... even faster.

Title	Workout help for gains on machines
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Date	March 9, 2016 1:55 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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