Kettlebelephant
Level 6 Valued Member
Hey ladies and gentlemen!
I need your thoughts/opinions on something...
Today one of my friends caught me really off guard in an argument. He's one of my bodybuilding-style training friends and because of an injury he had switched to machine based training (leg press, lat pulldowns etc.) and started yoga to work on his flexibility.
When I asked him when he's going to switch back to free weights (squats, DLs etc.) he responded with "Why would I? Machines are just fine for me."
So I started using the arguments about training the body as a unit, standing up during movements and working on stabilization. That's when he went "I may be training my muscles in isolation, but all of them get bigger and stronger and then yoga ties them together and makes my body work as a unit all while not feeling so beat down like before."
"Well, you got me there" was the only response I had...
What are your thoughts on this? Can machines + "movement training" (yoga, OS, Ground Force, Ido Portal stuff etc.) get you to the same results/benefits as free weights training?
I know most of you will be biased. I know i am ?, but I still try to be open minded about his opinion.
I need your thoughts/opinions on something...
Today one of my friends caught me really off guard in an argument. He's one of my bodybuilding-style training friends and because of an injury he had switched to machine based training (leg press, lat pulldowns etc.) and started yoga to work on his flexibility.
When I asked him when he's going to switch back to free weights (squats, DLs etc.) he responded with "Why would I? Machines are just fine for me."
So I started using the arguments about training the body as a unit, standing up during movements and working on stabilization. That's when he went "I may be training my muscles in isolation, but all of them get bigger and stronger and then yoga ties them together and makes my body work as a unit all while not feeling so beat down like before."
"Well, you got me there" was the only response I had...
What are your thoughts on this? Can machines + "movement training" (yoga, OS, Ground Force, Ido Portal stuff etc.) get you to the same results/benefits as free weights training?
I know most of you will be biased. I know i am ?, but I still try to be open minded about his opinion.