The smith machine is a waste of space that should be used for

>>42347620
Should be a rack desu, but I won't argue that it's a waste of space.

it's good for people with a disability, injury, or people rehabilitating. not everyone's goal is to be bodybuilder, strongman, or SS dinosaur

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>>42347659
>disability, injury, or people rehabilitating
Send them to planet fitness.
I'm melting down smith machines to make pic related

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>>42347620

I used to use it for close grip bench/triceps presses.... don't really use it much anymore.
if at all.

>hmmmm.

i use it for close grip bench sometimes when im not sure if i can rep out the last rep

>>42347659
how is this better for people with disabilities, injuries, and trying to rehabilitate? There is still risk of further injury using this.

I have only used a smith for behind the back shrugs. Can't get the barbell around my butt.

>>42347685
Is that bowl thing a water fountain?

>>42347735
you trolling or for real?

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"I squat 485"

Somebody just watched their first broscience video.

Welcome to lifting faggot. Can't make gains if you're trolling /fit/ instead of lifting.

>he doesn't do 3pl8 shrugs on the smith machine a couple times a week

Not gonna make it.

>go to gym thats 20$ a month, cheapest in my city
>has no squat rack but has a smith machine
>has 3 benches
>retard negro teenagers are benching in the smith machine while all of the benches are empty
>politely ask if they can use an actual bench because I want to do front squats
>NAH NIGGA WE WUZ HERE FURST

they were all manlets too, it was weird. my nigga and I just decided to do lots of tricep work

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>>42347735
>he's doesnt know what the bowl is for

>>42347735
You put holy water in it. Cant give reps for Jesus without blessing the weights first.

Saw somebody front squatting on the smith machine today

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>>42347735
>he doesnt dip his sweaty nuggies into a bowl of ice water after every set to lower his body temperature

never gonna make it

>>42347735
it's an emergency eyewash station, safety first

>>42348140
Get ye gone Dom

>>42347735
Chalk

>>42347620
Nah, having one around convinces women to join the gym, so they do, and keep subsidizing your membership for the whole year after they quit.

It is really great for 1 leg deadlift

>>42347620
I use it for weighted pull-ups

>>42347620
I use it for shrugs and calve raises

>>42348260
Ignore this faggot, he's just trolling.

>>42347825
I see a lot of people doing this at my gym. Meme exercise or not?

>>42347825
>not just doing that without the smith machine

>>452352045
100% legit, on the smith machine i found it easier to isolate the traps

reverse wrist curls (pain in the ass to set up otherwise)

barbell hip thrusts

heavy decline bench

>Guillotine press
> Shrugs (easier to isolate)
> Bulgarian split squat (makes balancing with heavy weight on one foot much easier)

Eh, that's about it.

>>42347792
>Can't make gains if you're trolling /fit/ instead of lifting.
Wrong

>>42347735
It's where you keep all of your tendies for in between deadlifts.