Hey I'm currently on the LiveFit plan and the first exercise for my workout on Day 36 is "Wide Grip Overhand Pullups" which I am definitely not strong enough to do! Jamie says "use smith machine bar in an incline as alternative". I'm just wondering what the actually means. Does that mean lie on an incline bench and pull up on the bar?
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Nat
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03-08-2013, 02:10 PM #1
use smith machine bar in an incline as alternative???
Female - 33 years
Weight: 126lbs / 9st / 57kg
Height: 5ft 2 / 120 inches / 305cm
Activity:
Day 1 - Chest & Triceps with Abs and 25 mins HIIT running on treadmill
Day 2 - Rest
Day 3 - Legs and 30 mins steady state cardio (running or cross trainer)
Day 4 - Rest
Day 5 - Back, Biceps & Shoulders, with Abs and 25 mins HIIT running on treadmill
Day 6 - Rest
Day 7 - Rest
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03-08-2013, 02:39 PM #2
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03-08-2013, 02:44 PM #3
when I do those I don't have a bench. I keep my feet on the floor and body straight.
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03-09-2013, 05:37 AM #4
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03-09-2013, 03:57 PM #5Female - 33 years
Weight: 126lbs / 9st / 57kg
Height: 5ft 2 / 120 inches / 305cm
Activity:
Day 1 - Chest & Triceps with Abs and 25 mins HIIT running on treadmill
Day 2 - Rest
Day 3 - Legs and 30 mins steady state cardio (running or cross trainer)
Day 4 - Rest
Day 5 - Back, Biceps & Shoulders, with Abs and 25 mins HIIT running on treadmill
Day 6 - Rest
Day 7 - Rest
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03-09-2013, 03:58 PM #6Female - 33 years
Weight: 126lbs / 9st / 57kg
Height: 5ft 2 / 120 inches / 305cm
Activity:
Day 1 - Chest & Triceps with Abs and 25 mins HIIT running on treadmill
Day 2 - Rest
Day 3 - Legs and 30 mins steady state cardio (running or cross trainer)
Day 4 - Rest
Day 5 - Back, Biceps & Shoulders, with Abs and 25 mins HIIT running on treadmill
Day 6 - Rest
Day 7 - Rest
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03-09-2013, 04:30 PM #7
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03-12-2013, 07:40 PM #8
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01-28-2017, 06:59 PM #11
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I've tried using the smith machine before. You don't need a bench. You just have your body at an incline and pull yourself towards the bar. Your feet don't leave the ground but you can work lower, which is easier for pulling the body up towards the bar and work your way up. It's kind of like how one can start by using a wall to try doing pushups before working lower to bars and benches before being able to do a push up on the ground. Only, it's the opposite direction from lower to higher.
And the smith machine is how I sometimes have done my couple of chin-ups and one pull-up I've been able to do. I can't reach the bar at some gyms, so instead put the smith machine at the higher spot and use that bar to try and do the pull-ups.
That's how I perceive of it anyways. I should probably work on those one of these days as I haven't worked on pull-ups in over a month.Gym Max: 229/126/305
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01-30-2017, 07:52 AM #13
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The bench is just a way of making the body weight rows (that is what I'm used to calling them) harder. By placing your feet on the bench, it results in more of your body weight being transferred to your arms than your feet...that is as long as you didn't adjust the height of the bar. That needs to stay the same otherwise you defeated the purpose of putting your legs on the bench.
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