I wanted to begin with SS, but found out my gym doesn't

nope. Because it's tethered to a track the range of motion is inferior and potentially unsafe (moreso than squats)

Like... to the point that you're better off working everything in isolation instead.

>>39104734
>found out my gym doesn't have squat racks.

Turn 360 degrees and walk away.

Nope. Do goblet squats if this is the only gym available to you

>>39104873
I just realized that that gym is my country's version of planet fitness.

>>39104734
>my gym doesn't have squat racks

That's called a spa. Find an actual gym.

>>39104873
LOL 360???

>>39105319
I know right!!!!! You'd be facing the same way xD epic fail man

>>39105319
yeye hahah xdxd rolf lmaooo

>>39105289
whats your gym OP?

>>39104734
It'd be more acceptable to switch gyms desu

why does /fit/ despise machines and prefer barbell exercices?

>>39105422

Because machines don't promote the use of stabilizing muscles and can force you into an unnatural range of motion (squatting in the smith machine for example)

>>39105372
Smartfit in Brazil.

It's the cheapest gym around here, marketed towards a more casual public.

The downside is that they don't have squat racks, but have a ton of cardio equipment that no one uses. They even have that weird alarm, but no one cares to ring them.

>>39104734
Find a new gym

>>39105596
Use dumbbells.