I thought the smith machine is bad /fit/ Explain

>>38436445
>using instakike
>posting instakike shit here
fit has really gone down the shitter. fuck off normie faggot

It is. Don't use it for anything other than shrugs.

>>38436531
Then why do top football teams use it?

>>38436445
>pussy pad
>running shoes
>bitch weight
>tiny as fuck skinny legs
>half squat
>smith machine

There are a million things wrong with this image

>>38436544
They have a shit coach, apparently. Probably some old retard who tells them to stare at the sealing while they squat

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>>38436445
>Inter fans will defend this

>smith machine, running shoes blah blah
that is an ELITE ATHLETE
meanwhile powerlifters aren't even real athletes
deal with it

>>38436561
>top football team
>shit coach
you're one special idiot.

>>38436445
Could be a specific exercise
might not even be a squat, he could be holding that weight for x time/to failure in which case the smith machine is a good choice
I mean obviously everyone should just jump to conclusions that it's a shitty squat but hey

>>38436620
Lifting wise? Yeah he's shit.

>>38436531
why are u using it for shrugs
do u go to planet fitness or something

>>38436639
Easier to set up and I don't like dumbbell shrugs

>>38436620
There's been lots of research that shows that loaded free weight squats (db/bb) have a great carry over to athletic performance
smith machines/leg press etc didnt do shit

>>38436544
It's called soccer bub

>>38436678
>American education

>>38436658
the range of motion is terrible on the smith machine

>>38436445
Athletic coaches wasting athletes potential so they dont get hurt is nothing new

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Smith machines steal gainz and promote autistic activities

>>38436547
>larger weight on the outside with smaller weight on the inside

This fucking triggered me

I unironically use a pad and smith machine, no shame

Don't listen to these autists, just shut the fuck up and lift.

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>>38438142
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>>38436547
he also has multi million dollar salary so you better reconsider your views

>>38436544
>implying Inter is "top team"
>do you even follow serie A?

>>38436547
tell me again whats wrong with running shoes?

>>38438142
Enjoy your shit form. Guarantee that you'd lift half as much weight with a barbell than on your Shit Machine.

>>38436445
Isn't it safer to squat with it?
I used to squat with it when my form was still garbage.

>>38438158
spotted dyel

>>38438153
>he makes more money than you so nothing he does can be wrong

He's objectively training for squats wrong.

>>38436746
>3rd world medal count

>>38438158
Running shoes have a lot more soft cushioning in the soles, which is easily compressed. You want a rigid flat surface for squats. Run in shoes throe the balance off by having a compressible sole. At his weights, it's negligible, but past the 2.5pl8 area, it can be a big risk factor

>>38438172
not an answer.

also, if theres any metric that can be used even somewhat accurately on the internet to compare our strength and fitness levels, I can 99% guarantee you I will dominate you. Let me know what you can think of.

>>38438193
Thanks for the reasonable answer.

For athletes exercise is a complement. It's more important in football or rugby or sports like that but in soccer all they care about is sprinting down the field without getting tired.

Squatting will not teach you kicking technique and it will fatigue your legs. These are also spoiled millionaires who may even object to doing heavy squats.

>>38438203
>trying to prove himself as better than a faceless, nameless, anonymous poster an an anonymous anime weeaboo imageboard

please anon, stop

>>38438230
Quads are used in running, you know. Squats also build endurance on top of strength.

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>pussy pad
>pussy weights
>pussy machine
>pussy athletes
>pussy earrings

>yurop

now this is a real gym for a real sports team

>>38436445
A lot of sports coaches are old fucks who have no idea what real weight training is. They've been doing the wrong shit for 50 years so you bet your ass they believe it's correct and they will not listen to someone telling them otherwise.

>>38438261
>"Squat racks, as far as the eye can see, Billy"
>"what did they call this place dad?"
>"The Patriots gym"

>>38436445
>soccer player
>knowing shit about ANYTHING
W

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>>38438261
I was with you until the picture, but nobody on the patriots has touched a weight in years.

>>38436445
L O N D O N
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>>38438155
of course it is you fucking retard

>>38438135
gotta hide the shame

>>38436531
I do it for behind the back shrugs. Mostly because my booty is too juicy and it's a pain to pull it around.

>>38438203
>if theres any metric that can be used even somewhat accurately on the internet to compare our strength and fitness levels
There is retard. I can guarantee most people here out lift you.

>>38436445
>a DYEL says something
>take a picture not even reaching half squat
>somehow break the machically efficiency and human anatomy

I sometimes use the smith machine when I want to go a bit heavier on the bench press.

>>38438407
>I sometimes use the smith machine when I want to go a bit heavier on the bench press.

Let me fix that for you
>I sometimes use the smith machine when I want to pretend I can lift more than I can on bench press.

He is training for explosiveness. Notice the baby weight. They arnt trying to get strong. Theyre trying to get explosiveness in their sprints. Squats are better but squatting at high speeds constantly is fucking stupid, especially when you do it for hundreds of reps a day and when injury can cost the team important results and Money.

He will also be squatting a barbell but not the same way

>>38438407
Why don't you just go heavier on the bench press?

>>38438433
>training for explosiveness
>squatting for speed
>hundreds of reps a day
Not going to make it

>>38436513
> everything i don't like is cause jews

>>38438465
He is a professional football player getting paid over 50k a week. He works 3 hours a day, has all his meals cooked for him and fucks a different slut every day.

He might not look great but he has accomplished his dreams.

>>38438153
not from weight lifting. is bill gates the ultimate expert when it comes to deadlift form?

>>38436561
>Probably some old retard who tells them to stare at the sealing while they squat
>sealing
are you sure you aren't some old retard yourself?

>>38438419

>implying that I consider a max smith to be a real max

>>38438452

Because with the smith I can put more focus on the chest muscle, which has been one of my weaker points.

I usually do it as a supplementary exercise after the real bench press though.

>>38438193
shit they're so much comfier

>>38438471
>>38438480
See>>38438492

>>38436620
>>38436544
>>38436531
>>38436445

Actually Inter is my fav team and they have a history of a lot of injuries, the head doctor is a retard

>>38438261
my nigga

free weight squat builds pretty much every facet of athleticism better and at that weight how could he get an injury

also lmao at the pussy pad, theres no excuse for that

>>38438203
>symmetricstrength.com
you have no excuse now.
also
>running shoes
because of the compressible sole, a part of the force you push with gets lost in it, while a non-compressible shoe doesnt do that

>>38436445
>technogym
God I just had ptsd from my former shit gym where the only squat option was the meme machine

>>38436445
>inter player do it therefore its good

Kurt Cobaine blew his head with a shotgun, why dont you try it?

>>38438158
Ah, I understand now. See, these are the people giving advice and starting these fucking pointless threads.

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>>38438610
My gym is actually all Technogym equipment
I'm actually impressed by their new machines, squat racks, benches and dumbbells. Theyre pretty good.

I only use the smith machine for standing calf raises desu

>>38438203
> I can 99% guarantee you I will dominate you. Let me know what you can think of.
inexusable autism, son.

>>38438734
>not facing the benches towards the mirror for sick gainz
Kek

>>38436544

Too cheap to get a squat rack or a power platform

>>38438734
My old gym was nothing of the like.
It was old, crowded, small and with very little equipment
Thanks the Germans, McFit is a heaven on earth.

>>38438142
You're not improving your stabilizer muscles or engaging everything you can since the smith machine is on rails. Your output is cut by like 40%

>>38438868
Isn't MC fit full of rapefugees though?

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>>38438315

>top team
>plays in Europa leauge

Pick one

>>38438899
I guess that depends on the city.
I go to one in Milan

>>38436547

>pussy pad
You're a degenerate.
>running shoes
He's wearing cross trainers.
>bitch weight
Perhaps this is a rehabilitation session...
>tiny as fuck skinny legs
Given the environment he's in, this is likely to being a therapeutic site. Observing diminished muscle mass adds to that probability.
>half squat
It's a photo, why assume he was at the end of the movement?
>smith machine
Are you that uneducated?

>>38436513
>fit has really gone down the shitter.

summerfags, pls go

>>38438153
>he also has multi million dollar salary so you better reconsider your views

/fit idiots cant grasp what actual athletic training involves

if rip doesnt recommend it, it must be wrong. this is literally what /fit thinks

>>38439056
Good goyim. The mountain uses an altitude mask - you should buy one. He has money you know.

>>38439100

how much do you get paid to play your sport? LOL, dont answer that

>>38439142
He is not claiming to get paid to do anything you dense cunt.

He is assuming that most people here want to get big and aesthetic, so they probably shouldn't take advice from some a dyel shit bag regardless if he makes more money than everyone on fit combined.

Is that hard to understand?

>>38439142

ROFLMAO sick burn you really showed him!

>>38438923
tell that to pogba

>>38438734
>standing calf raises
I keep doing a shitload of these, but my calves just aren't getting bigger. They're hard as rock but still skinny. Is there hope for me or do I just have shit calf genetics?

>>38439235
Keep at it and keep increasing weight every week and use weights you can handle.
Make sure to pause at the bottom and at the top don't bounce

>>38439230

Would that I could have, anon, guess money talks

>>38438261
that is beautiful anon. looks like heaven

>>38436870
how? shrugs are one of the few exercises where it doesn't really matter if you do them in the smith machine or with a barbell

>>38436870
Smith + straps is godtier for shrugs

>>38436870
It's shrugs dude.

>>38439005
spotted the pissy bitch motherfucker

kys

>>38436445

>DYEL using smith

makes sense

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>>38436445
kek, that pic

>>38436445
>not putting on clips
why didnt they get kicked out?

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>>38436445
Forza inter m8 we're in for a rough season sadly.
>pic related
How can i get shredded like this chad

>>38442180

pick up the weights
put down the fork

>>38436445
I use the smith machine for squats
My college gym doesn't fucking have a rack
Gym has everything fucking else but that..

Do not justify workouts based on what athletes do.

NFL players power clean like retards.

Connor McGregor practices mewvmint.

Blake Griffin runs on dunes wearing ankle weights.

>>38436445
Forza inter m8 we're in for a rough season

>pic related
How can i get shredded like this chad
>>38442213

Thb he doesnt look that ripped just really low body fat

>>38436678

Why would soccer players need to squat. Clearly we're talking about American Football

>>38438471
instagram is owned by facebook who is owned by (((zuckerberg)))
so yes actually

>>38436445

>10lb plates on BEFORE the 25lb

ho lee fuck you FUCKER

>>38438433
>He is training for explosiveness.

Then why isn't he doing power cleans instead?

>>38436445
How is this even possible? The bar path of a squat is like /fit/ - it ain't completely straight

>>38439235
calves will always be a bitch to do.
my best results came when I punished the shit out of them.
>heavy standing calf raises
>heavier seated calf raises
>drop set seated calf raises
>single leg calf raises
>10-15min going up and down stairs using my calves

it honestly got kind of fun. I'm usually pretty vanilla with my lifting, but I try to go full shock training with my calves.

>>38444460
even worse are the smith machines at planet fitnes. they all are 15 degrees from vertical or something, which make them total shit for every single lift

Prior to this board i used machines like an idiot...it was encouraged by gym staff as well...so finally got up to 6 plates on the leg press...knees started to ache...guess what i found out after loading up free weights for the first time...cant squat more than a 25 lb plate because it feels like there is one muscle that never worked and its literally catching up, my core is essentially shit...barely do a one plate bech because it is fucking crooked and feels wobbly...i wish i knew better you are better off using free weights other than a single machine....added bonus is that my joints and shit stopped hurting...

>>38444664
same boat. I could legpress 4pl8 but I couldn't squat the fucking bar

>>38436547
>running shoes
I run before lifting, what do I do about the shoes situation?

>>38438158
looks like someone flunked physics a few times

>>38438164
the smith machine is what makes you have garbage form in the first place

>>38438492
>not from weight lifting. is bill gates the ultimate expert when it comes to deadlift form?
Let's imagine a world where he was.
That would be some really funny shit.

>>38436445
As long as you regularly train the free weight equivalent exercises, there's nothing wrong with using a smith machine.

>>38444664
>>38444885
I never understood why people couldn't equate their knee pain to the ridiculous amount of ego pressing they do on dumb leg press machines.

>>38436746
How did rio go for you?

>>38445118
It's not really ego pressing since most of the lifting is being done by the machine. Literally light weight babby. The problem with machines is that they don't train your other muscles.

>>38445105
This