What are free weights?

Answer:
Free weights are those weights that you grab

in the sporting goods store, and then run out without paying for them. Okay, not really. Free weights are the dumbbells (the weights, not the weight lifters) and barbells that we see over in the smelly, chalky part of the gym. Free weights basically allow the user more freedom of movement than the typical workout machine allows.

When you sit down at, stand in, or lay down on the standard workout machine, you are locked into a fixed position and range of motion. Now, a lot of times this can be a good thing. It forces the trainee into a more correct form for that given exercise.

However, it can also be a limiting factor. Free weights let us do certain exercises outside of a fixed range of motion. They are also very versatile in that you can create many different exercises with a simple pair of dumbbells or a barbell.


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