Smith machine bar weight?

[Citruscide]

yeah, just count the weight you do on the bar...

When I do the hammer strength thingies... I only count the plates... and feel like subtracting 100lbs...

C-ditty

 

[louden_swain]

Really what difference does it make?

As long as the load forces you to work and become bigger and stronger, there should be no concern on the weight of a smith machine bar.

 

[R CRUSHER]

Really what difference does it make?

As long as the load forces you to work and become bigger and stronger, there should be no concern on the weight of a smith machine bar.

DR.SLOE ~ "TRUE MA BROTHA!"

don't ya hate when someone tells how much they lif.......on the smif.

 

[BlocRoc]

I never count the bar

I've seen some weird gym equipment before, so to make it easy, I never count the bars anymore, it what I put on them that counts!

L8

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

my gyms Smith is a Cybex.. unloaded bar weighs 15lbs.

 

[bignate73]

my gyms Smith is a Cybex.. unloaded bar weighs 15lbs.

so is mine...but it sure feels like nothing due to the counterbalancing. i can toss it up with my fingertips. i know the placard says 15lbs though.

 

[kronk]

Personally, I use the Smith Machine for Shrugs. I never count the bar as weight. I always just go by the plates that are there.

I think it is a great machine for certain isolation movements, specifically traps.

 

[skaman607]

Really what difference does it make?

As long as the load forces you to work and become bigger and stronger, there should be no concern on the weight of a smith machine bar.

It puts your body in a compromising posistion

 

[louden_swain]

It puts your body in a compromising posistion

What does this have to do with the weight of the bar?

 

[Malleus]

why does everyone always knock the smith? i don't usually have a spotter on leg day and doing squats without a spotter for me is just not an option... smith is the answer.