God bless the smith machine

[Insane_Man]

I can do military presses again!

 

[AngryMuscles]

lol

 

[Eze]

I can do military presses again!

My chest and shoulder routines revolve around the Smith machine and Hammer Strength equipment!!

 

[huskyguy]

I love the smith machine for chest and shoulders but I am not a fan of it for squatting.

 

[Jusee]

I can do military presses again!

Why cant you do military press with free weights? Just curious.

 

[Insane_Man]

Why cant you do military press with free weights? Just curious.

My shoulders invariably become incredibly painful if I do more than one set every month. DB or BB.


I have had bad rotator cuf problems with both which I have pretty much rehabed. The key is avoiding anything that causes discomfort. I don't even do anything stuopid or any sort of high volume, but if I do certain lifts my shoulders go to hell. I'm just predisposed to these sort of problems.

 

[Phil9999]

i agree w husky guy i like it for shoulders but not for squats

 

[AngryMuscles]

and now imagine deadlifts on smiths..^^

 

[blackjack]

and now imagine deadlifts on smiths..^^

Blasphemy

 

[Insane_Man]

and now imagine deadlifts on smiths..^^

I saw a trainer at my gym showing guys to do those.

 

[BigRonWannabee]

My chest and shoulder routines revolve around the Smith machine and Hammer Strength equipment!!

DC trainee?

 

[AngryMuscles]

I saw a trainer at my gym showing guys to do those.

not to mention good mornings on smiths. I saw it and it was whack

 

[silver_shadow]

now imagine oly lifts on the smith... cleans, jerks, snatches!

 

[Skarhead1]

fuck the smith machine. useless!

 

[silver_shadow]

fuck the smith machine. useless!

mr smith is a bastard

 

[bleachcola]

fuck the smith machine. useless!

It's indispensable for supersetting, compound sets, rest/pause. Basically any type of training variation that usually leads to bad form.

 

[Eze]

I am not trained by DC, but I follow a DC program.

I have accumilated lots of into over the years and used it to design my program.

BUT I have always used the smith machine. IMO it is very under rated.

 

[mr.big350]

Smith Machine does have it's positives, although I'm not a big fan of it. I will use it once a month at the most to do a few sets of max out bench press.

 

[string_bean00]

It's indispensable for supersetting, compound sets, rest/pause. Basically any type of training variation that usually leads to bad form.

I wouldn't go as far as to say indispensable.

 

[Skarhead1]

I think its a terrible machine, just terrible. Free weights & compound movments for life. If you have a training partner and do DC, F the smith