Machine Vs Free Weights: Which Builds More Muscle? | Dr Mike Israetel
Machines or free weights — which one is better for building muscle and strength? In this video, Dr. Mike Israetel breaks down the pros and cons of each, and explains how to use both effectively for maximum gains.
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Perhaps someone could give me their thoughts on this, but what about those of us who have pain in the wrist from using dumbbells and free weights? I have been using straps but still get significant pain after a few weeks of free weights. Machines have been my go to so I can stay at it and not have to take extra days off. Am I missing something?
whatever you can get to regularly
Put someone on a proper bench press if they have only done smith machine for years, they can't balance it for shit and have more imbalances
At some point we need to stop listening to Dr. Mike’s recommendations on how to train for athletic performance. Just watch him move around in a gym. He’s a stiff dude who knows hypertrophy well but thinks those concepts apply outside of hypertrophy.
I like the free weights for range of motion and stabilizers. With machines, I feel safer going heavy and pushing to failure.
Use machine when you dont want to train stabilizing muscles, use free weights when you do. Often machines are safer for PR and free weights for more real world uses.
Happy Mario noises😂😂
Pros and cons. Free weights recruit more incidental muscles, but machines enforce good form. If you're training on your own, machines do prevent you dropping weight on yourself!
Someone send this to Mario and Martin Rios
If you're a total newbie use machines and build a strong foundation then switch to free weights, just my opinion
Ive always been told that free weights use more muscles in the lift, while machines really only target one specific muscle/group. Like squats just use more muscles than a leg press
Why would you ever take advice from someone who needs drugs to look good
Cultures who eat more pasta than rice have higher levels of schizophrenia
Machine: good for solo training cause of built in safeguards
Free weights: good for dynamic movements and nonstandard lifts
Caviar, if the machine doesn’t feel right after adjusting it, don’t use it. There’s a crummy chest press machine that I avoid.
And yes I know what a caveat is.
Stimulation is stimulation, your body cannot tell the difference. Its all about how its applied, not all machine movements are created equal.
Cables for everything!
Just do both, dont forget cables too.
Machines lock you into a movement that will cause injury over time if it does not suit your body mechanics. Free weights with the correct weight and technique is a much better choice
Free weights are cooler, everyone knows that, and when we lift, we lift for the viewers 😮😜
he said "football players" and then showed a soccer player.
aint no way in hell the speaker was thinking about a soft ass soccer player when he said football players.
Honestly, it really just depends what you have at your disposal. The personal trainer I go to he doesn't have machines at all except for a Smith machine in his gym. Everything is done with dumbbells. We're all getting to the same place we're just using different methods that equal the same result.
If you are only after a healthy and fit body, free weights is enough. But if you want a gigantic body, use machine that you can overload.
Comes down to not getting injured. As an older guy, I can tell you that joints flare up easily. So over extension of ligament can be playing with fire. I wish more trainers would communicate how you get injured as you get older, based on the type of movements and wear and tare.
I would go for the free weights. They charge a arm, and a leg for machines in stores. And where am I gonna store the machine?
When i use machines, i feel like the machine is doing half the work for me. So i use wrist and ankle weights, while doing incredible slow ballet poses (it targets the muscles deep underneath the surface muscles). Then i take those off and use free weights for surface muscles. I don't want to be bulky. I just want enough strength to remain balanced, easily get off the floor, and lift at least 60% of my body weight. Im currently trying to lose weight.
He analyses way too much