Fitness knowledge: Pros and cons of fitness equipment

Fitness knowledge: Advantages and disadvantages of fitness equipment

　　Starting yourself to study fitness, Arnold Schwarzenegger has always been my learning goal, so I only practice the movements in Arnold's training list. Because I believe that to learn, you have to learn from the most powerful people. Once I found that both Arnold's training photos and his list were using free weights, and there were almost no heavy training equipment. Occasionally, cable crossover or cable appeared. row.But retrainers like bench presses, Smith machines, butterfly machines have never been mentioned.

　　Who are these equipment designed for? How effective is it? This makes me confused, so I decided to study and see what the differences between machine and free weights are. Here, those who have doubts about machines as well as me can see the analysis results of my sorting out on fitness machines

　　1. Easy to get started - Most fitness machines have an explanation diagram to tell you how to use and train, so basically a machine explains it almost clearly Everything about you. Such illustrations are convenient for beginners to get started, and they also work with other machines for loop training. The best thing is that you can even save the cost of asking for guidance from a coach, because as long as you like someone to operate, then do the same.

　　2. It can be helpful for older people and rehabilitation injuries - For people with low exercise ability or recovering from injury, the fitness machine can help them strengthen their muscles quickly and safely, because the separation training of the fitness machine can train the muscles around the injured area.

　　3. You can practice more heavily without anyone taking care of - beginners of fitness for a certain free If you are not very familiar with weight, it is particularly difficult to increase resistance. The machine can help you avoid injuries caused by heavy weight. Especially when bench presses or squat lifts, you want to challenge larger weights but no one can take care of it.

　　4. High-efficiency separation training - Most of the muscles are in a stable state when training with fitness machines, so you can train the target muscle groups with higher efficiency. For those who already have a foundation in fitness and want to develop larger muscles, this can bring greater results, which is also the reason why fitness machines are loved by some bodybuilders.

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Disadvantages 　　1. Lack of functionality - Although machines can make you bigger and stronger, they train a single muscle group rather than the overall coordination of the body. This is for people who want to train physical activity or luck Mobilization cannot achieve efficacy. The worst machine should be the Smith machine, which fixes you in a position to practice heavy squat lifts or bench presses. However, it does not train the muscle groups in the whole body like free weights.

　　　2. Ignore smaller stable muscle groups - During the separation training, the surrounding muscle groups used to stabilize joints are in a stable state, so they will not be stimulated and strengthened during training. In the long run, chronic damage may occur due to incorrect posture.

　　　3. It can lead to direct or indirect sports injuries. - Although the machine is safe and simple to use, the correct posture is often ignored. In the case of incorrect posture and excessive resistance, it can also cause sports injuries unconsciously. For example, when using the Smith machine to practice squatting, because of the balance assistance of the machine, sometimes your posture is incorrect and cannot be felt, and eventually it will cause waist and knee injuries.

　　4. Queue at peak time - During the peak period of the gym, the machine area is always overcrowded. You can wait for an average of 20 minutes by queuing with a machine.

　　Who is suitable for using a retraining machine?

　　Beginners - I am unfamiliar with the gym and don't know how to use free Weight people. Although there are commentary pictures on the machine, for safety reasons, I would like to ask a fitness instructor.

　　Bodybuilder-If you want to make the muscle lines big and beautiful is your goal, then you will use the machine, because separation training can enable the target muscle group to achieve the results you want in a short time.

　　　Rehabilitation-When practicing rehabilitation without the accompanying rehabilitation therapist or instructor, using the machine to train will be a simple method.

　　In the end, no fitness equipment is good or bad, and it depends purely on the purpose of the personal training. If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen the tools

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