RISE OF THE MACHINES
Earlier in my career, I believed that machines were “obviously” the lesser choice. I’d argue that they only required you to overcome resistance, not control it. I believed that machines were “too stable” and that people who used them lacked the intestinal fortitude to learn how to use free weights correctly. As a Team Free Weights advocate, I stood behind Paul Chek’s quote: “Machines are like sleeping pills for the nervous system”. Thankfully, both myself AND technology have evolved, and if you asked me what the best way to get big
