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Gym Equipment Explained: Cable Pulley Machine
That huge — and slightly daunting — object sitting smack dab in the middle of the gym could be one of the most versatile machines because its flexible cables work your muscles in every direction. You also hit your core by fighting the momentum that pulls you back toward the machine.
What: Cable Pulley Machine (or Cable Machine)
Area of Body It Works: The cable machine can be used to work almost any part of the body, but especially the core.
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Learn to Love: The Cable Pulley Machine
I know the Cable Pulley Machine is a little intimidating. The machine is big and with endless options, since you can work nearly every part of your body in almost any range of motion using it, but that is one of the reasons you should learn to love it!
New research backs up what many of us feel intuitively after working out with this machine; free form strength training makes you stronger and more flexible.
Learn to Love the Cable Pulley Machine
There is a lot of love in the air with tomorrow being Valentine's Day, but I want to send a little love to the cable pulley machine. I know that with its sheer size and endless options, it can be a little intimidating. The fact that you can work out almost every part of your body and in any range of motion are good reasons to love it.
What Do You Work More, Your Arms or Your Legs?
When I work out on my own, I am all about lunges and squats — anything to work my legs. I might throw in a few biceps curls or some push-ups, too. When working with Hannah, my trainer at Equinox, we do a lot of upper body work — I feel like she has taught me every kind of push-up variation imaginable.
Fitness 101: Smith Machine
When it comes to strength training, I am usually a free weight kind of gal. Then I learned to love the cable pulley machine. I was still looking to branch out a little more, so my trainer Hannah introduced me to the Smith machine.
Gym Time: Pearls of Wisdom Covered in Sweat
At my house we have a saying, "Not trying is as bad as lying." It was created in response to hearing my girls say, "I can't do that" before even making an attempt. Today, my Equinox trainer Hannah busted me saying the exact same thing.
Healthy Dose Link Time
- What dudes think of plus-size Lizzie Miller — Vitamin G
- Do race and gender matter for benefits of exercise — That's Fit
- Count 'em: 7 reasons to use the cable machine — Daily Spark
- Kombucha is on tap at Whole Foods — Social Network
- The FitWit educates you on 5 diet fads to skip — Fit Bottomed Girls
- The magic of the Mediterranean diet — Nutrition Data Blog
- Why is it that only men get to be fat and funny? — Never Say Diet
- Stuffits could be the RX for your stinky running shoes — Fresh Fitness Facts
- Hemp ice cream makes its debut — Healthy Bites
Biking 101: Preride Checklist
While riding a bike is a skill you never really forget, it is easy to forget that your bike is a machine. Like all machines, your bike can fail in both surprising and predictable ways. That is why before your hop on it, you should do a brief mechanical check.
Do You Gyrotonic?
The name might sound like some sort of sexual healing tincture, but Gyrotonic is actually an amazing form of exercise.
Even categorizing this movement philosophy simply as exercise sells Gyrotonic short, and if you can't tell by that statement let me be a little more explicit: I love Gyrotonic. It is similar to Pilates, but more multi-dimensional.
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You can't escape the grocery, electronics or movie rental store without seeing a small cell recycling drop box, but how can you dispose of larger, more ecologically dangerous gadgets? Electronics companies have — or been forced to! — put considerable resources into making their products recyclable.
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