Smith Machine Bench Press

[p0fell0w]

if you bench press on the smith machine would it be lighter or heavier then free weight bench press?

[RepubCarrier]

Originally posted by p0fell0w
if you bench press on the smith machine would it be lighter or heavier then free weight bench press?

it would be ****tier. dont do it.

[Meta]

You aren't using any stabilizer muscles since the bar is guided for you. Yes you could do more on it then a regular free weight bench but it wouldn't be a real number for bench ammount. Plus just like I said about squats in a Smith earlier, I don't know anyone who goes in a perfect straight line.

[lngbrdr]

haha try and do dumbbell bench and youll see your bench go down even more cuz of them stabilizer muscles, Id suggest flat bench over smith but dumbbells over bench esp. if you dont have a spotter you can just drop them

[USMuscle9403]

The Smith is great if you don't have a power rack or spotter. I love it for that very reason. You can generally lift aboubt 25 more lbs on the Smith.

[Meta]

Yeah but whenever I get in trouble with the weight I just lower it to my chest, suck in my belly and roll it down to the hip, and sit up. (Anything more than 180 will hurt llike hell so ask for a spot!)

[Tom Brady]

Originally posted by Meta
Yeah but whenever I get in trouble with the weight I just lower it to my chest, suck in my belly and roll it down to the hip, and sit up. (Anything more than 180 will hurt llike hell so ask for a spot!)

Ouch!

[USMuscle9403]

Yea seriously, fuuuuuuuu ck that! I'd rather use a Smythe, jeebus ninny...

USMuscle
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[nGuyeN321]

dumbells

[BigTruckGuy3500]

I used to move an incline bench under the smith machine at our school since we don't have an incline bench press. It was weird though. I prefer a regular bar anytime. And I've also had to roll the weight down when I didn't have a spotter. It sucks, but there aren't that many people in my school that are interested in this stuff.

[DieselFella]

Originally posted by p0fell0w
if you bench press on the smith machine would it be lighter or heavier then free weight bench press?

It would be lighter, about 45lbs lighter and you dont use your stabalizer muscles...DO FREE WEIGHT

[busta hymen]

dumbells

[HoboWithaRolex]

dumbells

[MrSinister]

LISTEN TO ME when i say this buddy, get away from the smith machine immediatekly and get stuck into dumbells/barbells.
They really do hold u back. I used the smith machine for almost a year and barely went anywhere, even training hard on it every week. I finally went to freeweights only and my chest and bench lifts skyrocketted.
Stop holding yourself back and drop it from your split.