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Old 09-14-2005, 08:01 AM
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I would never rely on the poundages on the machines as accurate weight. One time I was at a cheesey hotel gym on the road and wanted to work out a little. Just a bit. I figured a couple sets of 135 on the bench would suit me. Well, I set the pin on 140 and was set to go. I almost tore my shoulders out of their sockets when the weight went up so quickly--it felt like, maybe 100 or so pounds.

Also, with the limited ROM on machines, your stabilizeres have less work to do, so the weight seems a little lighter too--just think, you don't have to keep the bar from movin forward or back, or left or right.

And also with machines, I find that the same "weight" differs from machine to machine--right in my very own gym! When I first started working out again, several months back, I was doing tri pressdowns on one machine set at "70" and was able to do them fine. The next workout, someone was using that machine, so I used a different one. I could hardly budge the "70"!

As for DB v BB bench press I found it's good to vary them up. Especially when you hit a plateau. DB's are harder, and you won't be able to press nearly as much as with a BB, because, once again, those lovely stabilizers are now working overtime compared to the BB press.
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