When you walk into any health club or gym, you usually have two choices for the kind of weight training routine you can do: free weights or weight machines. So which is best? When do you grab free ...

One of the ever-raging debates heard in most gyms is whether using weights or machines is more effective for building muscle.

When you’re using machines, you also reduce the recruitment of the surrounding stabilizing muscles. Take bench presses: With ...

Fitness trainers answer: Do weight machines work? Well, some of them. Here, they explain which ones you should actually skip. After I knock out a run at the gym, I make my rounds in the weights ...

When you think of weight machines, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? For many, it’s clunky gym equipment that feels like it belongs in a beginner’s corner or a rehab clinic. But that ...

How exactly does whole-body vibration work? Experts explain how it can help with muscle tone, metabolism and more.

Exercise machines can be an efficient way for fitness beginners to build strength and muscle. Machines may be safer and easier to use because they require less technique than other weights. The leg ...

A few days ago, I walked into a new gym that opened down the street from my house. The place is quite nice, but it has a very small free weight area, which initially discouraged me–until I toured the ...

Which makes for a better workout: weight machines or free weights? I've heard advocacy for both from reputable health experts. - Sarah, Portland Each has distinct advantages and disadvantages; ...

There’s plenty of research to suggest that calisthenics can improve everything from muscle strength to aerobic conditioning.

It was bad enough that my gym stopped showing movies on the giant screens facing the cardio machines. Now, instead of being transported from our ellipticals to outer space or Victorian England, we're ...