RIO Fitness Chicago® Exercise & Nutrition Blog

RIO Fitness Chicago® Tip:

Weight machines were designed from scientists dissecting corpses to see how muscles move. So, using machines to strength train, is exercising like a dead person! Unless you're over 90, recovering from a MAJOR injury, or have never exercised in your life, NEVER use machines. Too low intensity & you're in a position that you're never in life. Use free weights/BOSUs/medicine & stability balls instead.

*****If you have a personal trainer, and they put you on a machine, and you don't have one of the three circumstances listed above, that means your trainer is lazy, uneducated, inexperienced, and is more than likely just training you how they do themselves. Anybody can go up to a machine read what it does and follow the pictures on the diagram on how to use it. This is not personal training, so stop wasting your money. Personal training is designing specific programs for each individual client. Personal training is designing new, fun, and challenging sessions that are never repeated.******