My intention is to gain more mass, and so I am concentrating my efforts on Squats and DeadLifts quite a lot.
Is doing squats on the Smith machine just as efficient
as the free barbell? I haven't veered into the land
of the free yet .. just afraid of screwing my back ..
but i can squat 275 (if the bar is actually 45)on the
smith ..
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Thread: Mass Gain = Smith Machine?
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01-22-2002, 05:17 PM #1Registered User
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Mass Gain = Smith Machine?
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01-22-2002, 05:19 PM #2Registered User
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DONT SQUAT ON A SMITH MACHINE!!! no free weights will always destroy machines and studies have shown smith machines squat movements is bad for your lower back and is an ackward movement
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01-22-2002, 05:19 PM #3Registered User
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ackward on the smith machine that is normal squats are fine as long as your form is good and u arent doing some stupid 1/2 squat
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01-22-2002, 05:46 PM #4Registered User
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Yess .... I have come to the misfortunate realization that I have been guilty of doing 1/2 sauats on the smith ..... gotta make sure my legs are parallel to the floor next time !!!!
Originally posted by Levrone2000
ackward on the smith machine that is normal squats are fine as long as your form is good and u arent doing some stupid 1/2 squat
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01-23-2002, 05:47 PM #5Registered User
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Yep. Do free weight squats. They don't force you into a position.
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