Which machines are necessary in your workout routine?

[Shrek]

Which machines are necessary in your workout routine?

Which ones are a MUST in your routine?

 

[Johnnie Walker]

Leg press thats it

 

[chocchillimango]

none for me.

maybe the cable machine for some stuff, mostly rehabby things but also horizontal rows, lat pulldowns and face pulls.
But i don't do them often.

 

[vonfram88]

Seated cable row. Too lazy for bent over rows.

 

[Big Mick]

No machines needed, I have some in my home gym that almost never get used, do use a lat pulldown and pecdec occasionally, but really necessary definitely none.

(Power rack is not counted as a machine obviously)

 

[bedbod]

Cables for push downs, and the odd cable curl.

 

[Camo1902]

Cables for me. Required for back and chest assistance work.

 

[nazzysmith]

Inb4 only needs a barbell, weights and a power rack..

 

[Bazza20]

Seated cable row and leg press

 

[Goosey]

As I've gotten older, the pin loaded/plate loaded stuff has enabled me to keep going.

And also helped me still use the barbell, the squat has always been the one for me.

 

[Grunta]

leg pres, calves machines, cables for triceps, must for me.

 

[Felixflex]

none......

 

[Swervyn-Ervyn]

A barbell

I use the back extension a bit at the moment, but if it wasn't there I'd just do something else

 

[Shrek]

Calf Machine, leg press, cable (for triceps), and some Hammer stuff like shoulder press and lat pulldown.

Edit: And the hyper extension thingy.

 

[spartacus]

I can use free weights for most muscles. Actually prefer them.

But, as chin-ups not always easy (being old and reasonably heavy), always like a good lat pulldown machine.

Other one I like is a good hyperextension apparatus, and calf machine (seated).

 

[Jungnaut]

Not absolutely neccesary in that I wouldn't sob like a little schoolgirl if it wasn't available, but I like the cable machine for doing facepulls.

 

[Sydneysider Scott]

Leg press machine. I train both quads and calves on it.


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[White_Lie]

All of them. Because 95% of the people I share the gym with have little to no idea what they're doing so they stick to the machines. Means I usually only have to share the free weights with 1 or 2 other people.

 

[Sandin Face]

Once I would have included lat pulldown machine - but now that I can do chin-ups (not like ths but http://ausbb.com/showthread.php?p=524564#post524564), I've passed them.

A leg press machine would be nice to have sometimes - when I'm wary of my back, and think that I should stay off squats for a while.

OK, now here comes a practical question - at the shoping mall a couple of days ago, I was ensnared by two attratctive sporty-type women trying to get more members for a gym, and I was given a ticket entitling me to a week's free tryout.

I have no intention of joining up. Even $18/week, which is at the cheaper end of gym subscriptions, I think, that's ~$900/year, and I could think of better ways to spend this. I'm pretty well set up @ home, with a squat rack made from scaffolding joiners and old bed frames, and lots of weight plates from Gumtree and the like.

But - free is free, and I could work out while Sandra Face is shoe shopping or whatever.

So, the question: What program should I devise to make the best use of a one-week opportunity to use a gym with lots of machines?

Obviously, I won't do anything with free weights, that I could do at home. Leg presses are on the list, maybe three sessions over the week (I would give squats @ home a rest). Also, the pec-dec and other pressing machines, to get muscles that have escaped from bench presses.

Other ideas?

 

[White_Lie]

Ensure you give them a fake number when they inevitably ask for it. I'd just go in and check it out before devising a plan. They may not have things you'd like or may have things you wouldn't have thought of