[missjane]

I fought against using the machines, Bree. Believe me! But, it's suggest because the workouts are only for depletion purposes and form can break down under that many sets/reps on the compound moves. So, after much hesitation and fighting against it, I moved to the machines. I hate the machines! All I can say is that I am just sucking it up for the purpose of glycogen depletion. And, the machines do make it a lot quicker to go from exercise to exercise. Sometimes I try to superset them or do mini-circuits. I feel like such a dork in the gym doing the machines, though! I want to wear a big sign that says "I'm just trying to deplete all my glycogen stores, folks!" Each depletion workout takes me about 1.25 hours or so. They suck.