dont have a training partner anymore, probelms with spot

[DiscoFever]

no training pardner? sweet now you get to use less weight, and work on form

 

[chidoks]

thats great to know, i've always been told otherwise

I don't see anything wrong with a smith machine.

I bet you could take 2 people with the same genetics. Put one on the smith machine only and the other one on barbell. After X amount of time I bet you don't see any difference between the two.

Usually people can lift more weight on the smith machine because the starting weight is less than a regular barbell. Some smith machines have counter weights, so basically the bar weighs jack shit.

... From a bodybuilder to a powerlifter

 

[blackbeard]

thats great to know, i've always been told otherwise

To each their own..however do not squat or pull in a smith..
it is an UNnatural bar path not to mention you lose out on developing all the stabilizer muscles

 

[kosherfried]

yea... i feel the same way about the smith machine... i just hate bothering people for spots when they seem busy working out... and the ones that dont look busy are usually the ones i couldnt trust to spot me. Theres a guy that i am somewhat cool with now at my gym, but his split is different from my split.. my chest day is usually when i need a spot but he works his arms/back that day.. Would it be kinda gay if i asked him for his number and if he wanted to train with me?

if you've become pretty chummy in the gym no

 

[Eze]

To each their own..however do not squat or pull in a smith..
it is an UNnatural bar path not to mention you lose out on developing all the stabilizer muscles

My stabilizers are jacked!!!!

I have the biggest stabilizers in my gym