Are free weights better than working on weight training machines?

Thanks to marc falardeau

Why?: Greater Range of Flexibility

Makes your joints more flexible

Example: A free weight exercise, the barbell

pullover, only provides resistance over 100 degrees

Same weight machine exercise provides 260 degrees of resistance, stretching your muscles further.

Why?: Time

Exercise machines are much easier to change weights than free weights and require less time

Free weights require you to adjust both sides of a the barbell with multiple weights.

Hit the gym and get going fast!

References

Hoeger, Sharon A., and Werner W. K. Hoeger. Lifetime Physical Fitness & Wellness: A Personalized Program. 11th ed. Belmont: Cengage Learning, 2011. 223-224. Print.

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