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somewhoever t1_j9wt2us wrote

Reply to comment by MuscleWikiAlex in Website that allows you to visually select the muscle you'd like to target and suggests workouts based on your selection. by bethebumblebee

Hopefully granular as in:

what flat, incline, and decline bench targets;

ability to individually select anterior, lateral, posterior, and supraspinatus shoulder;

and options to target each muscle while choosing what one has available for use (barbells, cables, dumbbells, band-assisted, body weight...).

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PokebannedGo t1_j9wdzvw wrote

Reply to comment by ValleyDude22 in Website that allows you to visually select the muscle you'd like to target and suggests workouts based on your selection. by bethebumblebee

No problem

Most people hate on machines, so keep that in mind

Your muscle is only going to get bigger if you push it

If I could bicep curl 100lbs on the bicep machine, my bicep isn't going to grow until I can bicep curl 100lbs+ in free weights. Bicep curling free weights of 75lb is working out other muscles in the arm but not going to make my bicep any bigger because it can already curl 100lb. I wouldn't be able to curl 80lbs not because of my bicep but because of the other muscles required for the free weight.

The debatable part is that you shouldn't be able to bicep curl 100lb and not be able to pick up a 50lb dumbell and curl it with free weights. If you're spending your time working out, doing a complex exercise can be more beneficial. Also you're working your stabilizer muscles which you can't on a machine.

Machines are a tool, and you have to be smart with them.

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