LRB Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 I know machines stop you from using core muscles to balance and adjust for the weight, but is the same true of cable machines? It would seem that they would be halfway in between a machine and free weights, in that the weight is attached to a static point, so there will always be some directional counter-pressure (other than that exerted by gravity), but there's still a hemisphere (or more) of free motion that can occur with the cable attached to that one point, so that there is at least SOME core/stability work going on.Thoughts? Quote LRB, Lifelong Rebel Badass || June 3 challenge thread"What I lack in ability, I make up in stubbornness" -me"Someone busier than you is working out right now" -my mom Link to comment
spezzy Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 I don't really use them, but I'm not opposed. Quote I'm no longer an active member here. Please keep in touch: Instagram - Facebook - Forum Friends Discord - email “There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind.” Link to comment
MMyers Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Cables don't restrict you to a limited Range Of Motion, so I wouldn't say so. Quote Link to comment
Gainsdalf the Whey Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 I travel for work, but haven't since starting weight lifting. i have planned for it in case and decided to use cables if they are all that's available rather than machines for this very reason. I wouldn't use them constantly, but on the short term if that's all that's there, sure. Quote Massrandir, Barkûn, Swolórin, The Whey Pilgrim 500 / 330 / 625 Challenges: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 39 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 Current Challenge "No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. What a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. " ~ Socrates "Friends don't let friends squat high." ~ Chad Wesley Smith "It's a dangerous business, Brodo, squatting to the floor. You step into the rack, and if you don't keep your form, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ Gainsdalf Link to comment
aj_rock Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 What cable exercises were you planning on using? I mean, your logic is on the right track, but the issue is that some of the exercises put emphasis on stabilizers that normally never get them, and they end up getting over worked.For instance, say you did cable curls (not the best exercise, but the easiest to demonstrate. With barbells, all the weight is driving downward, and you oppose a downward direction. With cables, because of geometry you must stand away from the machine and thus exert a force downward AND outwards from your body. You get pulled forward in an un-natural way.Just try to avoid where possible. Use common sense otherwise. Quote Why must I put a name on the foods I choose to eat and how I choose to eat them? Rather than tell people that I eat according to someone else's arbitrary rules, I'd rather just tell them, I eat healthy. And no, my diet does not have a name.My daily battle log! Link to comment
tazer Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 i've been wondering this same thing about the lateral pulldown machine in my apartment complex's tiny "gym." if it's not a danger, it seems like it would make more sense to use that when i do circuits instead of lugging my dumbbells across the complex.. Quote Link to comment
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