There’s a lot of debate about weight machines in the fitness world. Some people gravitate towards them because they seem a ...

Most machines you find at the gym are engineered to train specific muscles—usually a primary muscle and one or more secondary muscles. The chest press machine works your pectorals and shoulders, while ...

Walk into any gym and you’ll be met with a sea of weight machines. With so many options, it’s easy for even the most seasoned lifters to feel overwhelmed. Between the dozen gym machines that claim to ...

Machines promise safety and simplicity, yet they quietly steal strength after 50. Fixed paths remove balance demands, reduce ...

‘The Smith machine is a barbell fixed to vertical (sometimes slightly angled) steel rails so the bar moves in a single guided ...

Georges Canguilhem was a French philosopher and physician who worked on the question of technological and automaton bodies, confirming that the model of the human body is neither purely physical, nor ...

To those who think the gym is an intimidating place, have no fear. As a female personal trainer, I have experienced the ins and outs of gym culture and am here to help. One of my favorite machines to ...

While I waited in the lobby of Body Machine Fitness for the doors of “the world’s largest luxury HIIT studio” to open, I found myself somewhere between the “BMFer” merchandise and the smoothie bar, ...

Most machines you find at the gym are engineered to train specific muscles—usually a primary muscle and one or more secondary muscles. The chest press machine works your pectorals and shoulders, while ...