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Free weights cost less money. People have used free weights on a weight bench and have not used a spotter. The free weights have fallen on them and killed them. A universal machine is more expensive. You can not drop a universal machine on yourself.

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A machine will basically always hit certain muscles, not due to you but down to how the machine is made. However free weights allow you to hit a larger variation of muscles as it's not isolated.

It's best to use both as you will not be able to perform some workouts on a machine and visa versa. Remember to change up your workout every 6 weeks.

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What is the main difference between free weights and universal weights?

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