Multi-Gym or Free Weights?

[Samuel]

I try to incorporate freeweights into all of my upperbody exercise, Usually with Dumbells

Chest Flys, Reverse flys, Side bends, all that stuff.

Freeweight exercise is great, Develops your target muscle set, along with stabalizing muscles.

Also something they like to do in the gym I go to, Is come over and show you the exercise with a twist in its motion, Allowing you to work the muscle sets better and in differnt ways, For example, in the Arm curls

Bringing them up in a normal curl, then twisting them round alittle and let them down as a hammer curl. Make sure you emphisise the Negative repatition too! Its very imporant you make more gains doing negatives that the posatives.

A negative repatition is when your letting the weight down, they also come in handy when your muscles are beginning to fatigue, If you have a spotter or a hand free, Help yourself on the posative, and put as much resistance as you can while letting the weight down.

Just pushes you that little big extra

[Doublelegtakedown]

i would say the free weights like dumbells are better for stabilizing muscles and akward movement then a barbell or a multigym

[Sohan]

i would say the free weights like dumbells are better for stabilizing muscles and akward movement then a barbell or a multigym

I concur with this comment. Now that I'm a little older and over the barbell max obsession, I have spent more time using dumbbells and found my useable strength has really increased. Although I still do barbell bench and other presses, I use a lot of dumbbell presses with varying handgrips and pressing patterns. It's really helped in applying my strength to create more power, and I seem to get hurt less frequently.

With respect,

Sohan

[Samuel]

Differnt grips? That sounds intresting, I know about flaring the movement near the end of a rep etc, But grips on a dumbell press? Care to elaborate? Im always up for improving my gym technique

[Doublelegtakedown]

yeah dumbells are good for akward movements and useable strength. like picking up a big funny shape rock. which is what like frank shamrock does.(i think) or like picking up someone.

that is why i use my punching bag not to punch at but to lift it up from various postitions and squat with it or throw it. it is good for the core and overall muscle delvelopment.

Try it^

[Sohan]

Differnt grips? That sounds intresting, I know about flaring the movement near the end of a rep etc, But grips on a dumbell press? Care to elaborate? Im always up for improving my gym technique

I was really referring to the plane that the dumbbell travels in. Elbows in, out, rotating, beginning from a reverse position vs. vertical fist position, etc.

There are lots of variations that I use to keep my muscles from adapting to any particular movement pattern. But I basically grip the handle the same way, regardless.

With respect,

Sohan