MYTH #5: MACHINES ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN FREE WEIGHTS
Free weights are better for functionality since they’re less restricted than machines. However, machines have a place for targeting certain body parts or weaknesses. But without actually squatting, bending, or twerking twisting, you are missing the meat and potatoes for the crème brulee.
Since you have to move to complete daily tasks — picking up groceries, tying your shoes, flipping manhole covers — doing something like a bodyweight squat or lunge is going to have better carryover for body movement than a couple sets on the thigh spreader machine.
