What is a boxing tube?
Also resistance machines aren't better than free weights, free weights are better in every single way than any machine.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:32, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

I prefer anything that is free.
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( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:34, Reply)

you know, one of those man-height things that you punch and kick
if you're working out by yourself and you're relatively new to it, i think the machines are safer. sure if you stick to it, you can graduate to free weights. but you can do so much harm, or make it so pointless, by getting the movements wrong with free weights that i prefer the machines at the moment.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:34, Reply)

Just start with a light weight, then you can't do any harm.
You have to use every single machine to get a proper balance of muscle strength, but if you use free weights then the fact that it doesn't run in a smooth channel makes lots of other muscles work at the same time to stabilise yourself.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:36, Reply)

Grammar question:
Is it Thursdays meeting, or Thursday's meeting?
(Bazongaloid, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:38, Reply)

The latter
I think
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:39, Reply)

apostrophe
Thursday's meeting

or, when in doubt, cheat: "the meeting on Thursday"
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:40, Reply)

hmmm, ok...... i definitely do agree that overall free weights are better, so would be keen to test this
i have 1kg, 3kg, 5kgs at home and then an 8kg medicine ball (which kills me for sit-ups). guess i could start with the middle ones. the ex put together a really detailed programme for me, maybe i will blow the dust off that.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:39, Reply)

Just do them slowly.
The slower the better.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:40, Reply)

thank you
i will try this over the weekend
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:43, Reply)

Are you two feeling OK?

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:44, Reply)

My back is a bit sore.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:49, Reply)

Only problem I have with my free weights is there's only 41kg total including bar weights
And I've been benching that for about a year. I know higher reps are good for developing leaner muscles and all that but eventually I'll have to shell out for more
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:41, Reply)

the ex benches 110kg
how mental is that, he's only 5'7.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:44, Reply)