Liking the Smith machine

[thelion2005]

I have a new right hip joint and was doing leg presses to put some beef back on my chicken legs. I had gone over 2 months with no real work on the quads.

The action of the leg press was very much like laying on a sled with a fixed platform for the feet. It was easy to run up the stack at 400 lbs. This was not a true lb for lb resistance.

Then I saw the Smith Machine and was cleared by the surgeon to use it. I've been doing squats down to parallel, raising the weight progressively over 4 sets, and then down to the start weight. Total of about 7 sets. Nothing fancy. M/W/F

I really like this machine! All the stress is on the quads with no pain in the hip joints.

I can only do 155, but I believe I can run it up a lot more over the next 6 months and bring the legs up. I'm also hitting the hams on the seated machine and the calves on a standing machine that runs up to 500. I recommend the Smith Machine.

 

[b fold the truth]

There was a Smith Machine at the gym I've gone to near my house. I used it to hang my sweaty shirts on when I was there training. Worked great.

 

[ExtraMile]

LOL B Fold.
Theirs a smith machine and leg presses and stuff at my gym but Iv never touched them, only things Iv used are the free weighs and the dip/chin up bars. I might try the smith machine for squats if I go tomorrow morning when their will be nobody to spot for me. Especially as I have to do a calf raise to get the bar off the racks if Im on my own, cuz one pin is to high and the too low... I cant imagine it being as good but I might try warming up on it. Anyone else use them alot?

 

[Big_BK]

There was a Smith Machine at the gym I've gone to near my house. I used it to hang my sweaty shirts on when I was there training. Worked great.

lol i was gonna say something along the lines of people actually use the belt holder machine for exercises now?

 

[ExtraMile]

Im guessin its not very good then. Looks like Ill just stick to the proper weights

 

[the_alcatraz]

Smith machine can be used effectively to hit the muscle with a different range of motion and in a different way.

Remember guys, not everyone is a powerlifter or a weightlifter. Bodybuilding is not just about lifting heavy ass weights and free weights.

To some degree, I believe in at least 75% of the workout with free weights, but even cables have their place in bodybuilding.

 

[DaveTSI]

There was a Smith Machine at the gym I've gone to near my house. I used it to hang my sweaty shirts on when I was there training. Worked great.

beat me too it Clint lol

 

[DaveTSI]

I have a new right hip joint and was doing leg presses to put some beef back on my chicken legs. I had gone over 2 months with no real work on the quads.

The action of the leg press was very much like laying on a sled with a fixed platform for the feet. It was easy to run up the stack at 400 lbs. This was not a true lb for lb resistance.

Then I saw the Smith Machine and was cleared by the surgeon to use it. I've been doing squats down to parallel, raising the weight progressively over 4 sets, and then down to the start weight. Total of about 7 sets. Nothing fancy. M/W/F

I really like this machine! All the stress is on the quads with no pain in the hip joints.

I can only do 155, but I believe I can run it up a lot more over the next 6 months and bring the legs up. I'm also hitting the hams on the seated machine and the calves on a standing machine that runs up to 500. I recommend the Smith Machine.

in all seriousness bro, i know a guy who had both of his hips replaced a few years ago and he can free squat 400+ now. maybe you could make it there

 

[the_alcatraz]

in all seriousness bro, i know a guy who had both of his hips replaced a few years ago and he can free squat 400+ now. maybe you could make it there

How old was he?

 

[DaveTSI]

How old was he?

in his late 50's