Anyone who trains with me will know that we work on the latest scientific research of training all of the time. Things change and there’s always exciting things happening.
Then you will know we focus so much on balance, brain muscle communication, agility, strength and speed in particular, which will lead to endurance, very good conditioning and outstanding health (which is the most important thing!).
Which leads us to the much discussed conversation on which is better? Free weights and natural movements or machines?
Free weights and natural movements will always win because they go with the body needs to NATURALLY move. The movements we do mimic movements we do in daily life, and this is of vital importance to get you through the rest of your life in good shape and avoid serious injury or immobility problems, which unfortunately affect most people as they get older. Prepare well by doing a whole host of natural movements on a daily basis and weekly basis, and your long term health will seem much brighter.
Machines on the other keep you working on one plane of motion, and can lead to repetitive strain if done over a long period of time. Machines because of their limited range of motion will give you exactly that, LIMITED results, limited mobility and limited flexibility, all far more important than you think.
Its a shame that when these machines started being really popular in the 80’s, that most gyms still consider them viable.
The science of training has moved on light years since then, and most machines apart from a couple needs to be thrown in the scrap.
The sooner you get out of machine based training and get into whats happening in the real scientific forms of training, then you will improve in every single area of your body, your balance, your reaction time and your strength and agility!
