Chest Press, Seated Row and Leg Press: Machines Built the Same Strength and Muscle as Free Weights Across 13 Trials and 1,016 People (SMD −0.06) - Only the Test You Get Good at Differs
Sep 25
5 min read
The seated chest press, the seated row and the seated leg press are the three machines most beginners meet first. The advice that follows them is usually that machines are for starting out and free weights are where the real results live. That is a claim about outcomes, and it has now been tested directly in more than a thousand people. The answer is simpler than the gym folklore.
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