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[roidfreak]

anyone known the weight difference of a bar on the smith machine and free weight bar

 

[diverse_guy]

I'm no pro here but I usually just ue the 75% rule of thumb. If I'm lifting 300lbs, I assume that it's really 225. Either way it doesn;t really matter to me...either I can lift it or I can't. Then the next time I move up, etc. but then again, it's an ego thing when you see yourself throwing up 4-5 plates...arrrrr

 

[70w30]

Probably 10lbs difference why?

 

[Fyre]

For some reason I think the Smith Machine bar weighs 60 or 65lbs as opposed to the 45lbs of a regular bar.

 

[Mystical]

I think it really all depends on the make of the smith machine and how much extra metal they have attached to the bar. From the 4 or 5 different smiths that I have used I have found them to be around 20 to 25 pounds heavier than a standard bar. I think the only way you would know for sure though is to try and get the specs from the manufacturer of the Smth Machine.

 

[saturn]

The compensated bar weight on the smith machines at my gym are 15lbs. So subtract 30 from what you would be lifting on a regular bar. It dose depend on the manufaturer of the machine.

 

[powerhouse 48]

the bar varies in weight, but the general consensus is that on a vertical smith the weight is 60-70%, and an incline smith is 70-75%,

 

[Beast_19_301]

One gym i went too had a 15 pound bar the gym i am at right now has a 55ibs bar.

 

[house1]

the smith machine at the gym i go to is heavier than a standard bar. 60 or 65 lbs.

 

[diverse_guy]

besides the bar...there are also factors of gravity pull and assited pull based on the position of the bars (and all of those other factors I don't wan't to go into)

 

[powerhouse 48]

thats what my percentages were illuding to diverse....

 

[Rj*]

all smiths ive seen are counterbalanced - they have weighed any where from 5-40 lbs. It should say on the machine