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Originally Posted by BigFrank
You'd be better off show her how to use dumbbells Dokk then jumping right into machines. A lot of people in my experience, especially women are afraid of using free weights. But the issue that I see is they just hop on a machine that says chest exercise and push away when im reality they are barely using any of the intended muscle to do any work and merely just going through the motions. My finacee was guilty of this, until I put her through the ringer which by the way was awful because all week I got to hear crying and boohoooing about being sore lol. But now her progress has improved greatly.
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Yeah. This is part of my plan. She refuses to use free weights right now because they're "scary" and in the "scary room." We spent a lot of time on form, though, and I used the machines too to make sure they were hitting the right muscles. The flat bench was, the flyes were, but I don't think the incline was at all. I think I convinced her that the squat machine would be worthless; but that's not until Thursday. Tomorrow is back; so we'll be doing a lot of cable stuff (pull downs, low rows, one arm rows), which should be okay.
Anyway ... you and I are on the same page; but she's headstrong (read: stubborn as a mule).
