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Re:Ask HN: What things have richly rewarded the time investe... by balfirevic on Saturday September 29, 2018 @02:00PM (#18101773)
> The two rules of the gyms are basically : no machines

Machines are fine and useful. Better rule might be "don't only do machines". But even then, I'm pretty sure someone experienced could design a routine that would get them good results with nothing but machines.

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Re:Ask HN: What things have richly rewarded the time investe... by malmsteen on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @02:15PM (#18133068)
They provoke a "backpropagation" of the force you are exercising in the orthognonals of the machine work axis directly into your joints. Risk of injury at heavy weights. doesnt happen with free weights
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