never tried
but i am sure its not good

damm my chest still hurts from monday, if not more then yesterday,
found my new love the smith machine

Weird, I've never tried using the smith machine for bench..
Sometimes I use umm.. I think its called hammer strength or something.
But basically you're just benching the weight, you dont need to stabilize or anything.

Is the smith machine pretty much the same thing?

yeah dude have not used the smith machine in years, but i have been reading articles and some bb dude used it to just get his upper chest built, i don't do bench on it well like i do, i do really wide grip bench and guillotine bench on it, been doing that for the past month and half and i have noticed great improvements in chest like my upper upper like almost neck and were the top of your shoulders meet, i could find i never get that off normal bench or dun bells no matter how i did them . you should try it out

sounds like its a smith machine

barbell runs along sliders and has catch points you can rotate the bar to set it on. all you have to do is 100% push instead of focusing on stability as well.

http://befitandstrong.com/wp-content...th-machine.jpg


i use it for bench if i dont have a spotter sometimes. and i use it for shoulder presses (in addition to dumbells) all the time. you can also use it as an alternative to squats if you arent comfortable with real squats.

^I actually see ALOT of ppl use the smith machine for squats at my gym.
Moreso than actual squats. Maybe I'll start using that for now, just in case..

ill admit, i use it for squats too.

I find I can't get the same feel with tr smith for squats I feel to restricted, then again everyone is diff
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holy, im about the 5 month mark or so and i just hit 50lb sholders on monday
45x8x3 and 50x6x2

I really hope that was a sarcastic comment

And why's that?

your body is in a fixed position when using a smith machine, your knees are going to be positioned awkwardly, its an unnatural movement

Work, then sick with a cold for the past few days=no gym + lots of rest…. :(


Its funny, I can leg press about 350+lbs, but when I started squats and now I can only do about 90lbs (all with 3 sets of 6-8reps)

i know what u mean
u feel like u are going to fall forward and your back is like straight the whole time

yeah weird eh

there are so many dudes at my gym that can do like 6 plates on each side for leg press but when they step to do squats they can barley to 2 plates per side
suckers, i started with squats and barley do leg press

Honestly I've never done leg press, but I used to do squats alot. Now I think I should lay off. I hate leg days though, they feel like a chore

i just tiger balmed my ass. nohomo.





fuckin leg days

Haha. Shake it off, and walk it out... if you can walk haha :P

Ya...but it's worth it...
you have to work hard for what you want (not only referring to the legs)

Yeah man I love hitting my biceps as hard as I can.. the thing is they NEVER get sore, no matter how hard I work them :(

Had an amazing back workout today =)

what did u do for back ?

Started with deadlifts, then did some wide grip pullups, close grip pullups, some sort of row on the machines hummm.....

I always do shrugs on back days as well

I do shrugs on shoulder day.
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Well, I used to mix my shoulder day in with my back day, but since I did deadlifts yesterday I sorta skipped shoulders :(

I just didnt have the energy for seated military press

yeah, i just started doing back only now on back day and biceps and shoulders kinda weird combo but works pretty good