John Robert Cardillo
John Robert Cardillo
John travelled the world to learn the best training and nutrition principles and trained alongside top pro bodybuilders at Gold's Gym California. He was a student of Arthur Jones, inventor of Nautilus and Medx Fitness machines, and the pioneer of hi-intensity training. John developed the HIT3 Training System, which transformed his physique to win countless bodybuilding competitions at just 18 years of age! He was also the first bodybuilder to utilize Faradic Electric Muscle Stimulation in his training and intermittent fasting during his competition prep. John’s SHREDDED Nutrition Diet helped him build one of the most shredded physiques of all time. His diet program incorporates fasting and nutrient timing to help athletes build lean muscle while losing body fat.
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Machines vs Free Weights By John Robert Cardillo
There has been a long-standing debate on which is a better exercise tool, machines or free weights. They obviously both provide stimulus to muscles being exercised. Some machines have been designed to provide better resistance throughout their full range of motion, while others may provide too much resistance at the starting point of the exercise and less at the contracted position. Each piece of modern exercise machine has its good points and not so good points.
My conclusion is that both are effective at different times to provide the stimulus required for a hi-intensity workout. What is important to consider is that our body’s neuromuscular pathways adapt very quickly to various forms of exercise stimulus. Therefore, I advocate in my HIT3 workout system that both are to be used in combination and of course switching some exercises from machines to free weights (or free weights to machines) every 8-week training cycle. Of importance is that the principles of Hi-Intensity training are always adhered to!
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