Comment on Weight Lifting: How are you supposed to know the weights of unlabled things?
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 3 months agoI’ve definitely noticed that there isn’t a correlation between free weights and the machines. Doing an Overhead Dumbbell Shoulder Press I was struggling at 20 pounds after about 9 reps, but with the Shoulder Press machine I had no problem doing 50 pounds.
Kinglink@lemmy.world 3 months ago
A big part is always going to be stabilization, when you’re using the machines you don’t need to focus on those muscles, so I usually recommend people doing free weights. It’s a similar story to doing chest flies. But the big benefit of the machines is they’re designed to conform to the “optimal” range of motion, and somewhat less chance of injury
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yeah, I switched after one arm gave out with the barbells and I tweaked a muscle in my neck.