whats your favourite sites machines or free weights?

I've been lifting for over 40 years. Started on the old Universal Gym machine at HS and first couple years of college. Then my school got a set of the, at that time, brand new Arthur Jones Nautilus machines. Used those and a variety of other machines for 15-20 years.

Then I joined gym owned by an individual with a bronze metal in Olympic Style Weighlifting. His gym had almost no machines and I started on the free weight thing. I don't use any machines now except the cable tower and assisted pull-up (recovering from shoulder surgeries and can't do regular pull-ups yet).

The free weights do a much better job of working your core. Why sit or lay braced on a machine then go to the corner and do 15 minutes of mindless "core work"?

Also like things like sleds and battling ropes.

Free weights. Better for the joints, stabilizer muscles, balance. A much more productive workout. Machines are good for rehab from injuries. IMHO there is no place for sitting on your *kitten* during a workout...except cable rows.

I'm a free weights guy. Free weights incorporate more muscles to stabilize the load and therefore give you a greater boost in metabolism.