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Machines can also be safer. It should be stated it's possible to get injuries with any type of exercise. With weights, however, you have certain risks that are generally not present with machines.

Weights can fall and hit you. There are also risks of doing certain exercises, such as bench presses, without a partner spotting you. At the gym, this may not be a problem but at home you may not always have someone nearby.

As we mentioned, weights give you greater range of motion but this also means you can overextend in a way that causes injury. With a machine your movements are constrained.

Again, this is a two-sided coin, as experienced people may prefer to be able to control their range of motion. Generally speaking beginners prefer machines; bodybuilders and those who have more experience with strength training prefer free weights.

Should You Work Out at Home or the Gym?

This is often the most fundamental choice you have to make about your exercise program. There are pluses and minuses to both working out at home or at the gym. There's no right answer, so you have to decide what's best for you.