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36 Comments
If you’re going to do this you might as well do the hack squat if your gym has one. Hack squat > smith machine squat
Even better is the static bodyweight squat to failure.
100% agreed
Smith machine might mess up your lower back if you have low ankle mobility. I was using it to go up in weight and cracker my lower back. Use it with caution
You're clearly clueless
No no no if you think the smith machine squat is more beneficial than regular squat, you shouldn’t make fitness content
It's absolutely euphoric. Been saying the smith machine is the gold standard for 20 years
Smith machine sucks. Takes the natural bar path curve out of it. Many people hurt on smith machine also. But hey it’s keeps pussies out of the squat racks so I like it
I'm having left hip problems right now so the smith is good for me right now
The smith is fine as long as it doesn't have cables, the fixed path actually helped me get strong so I can squat and bench even more without the smith, but the ones with cables are bogus
Hey brother where would you rank a leverage squat? For example from powertec? Thank you
Bingo
The smith machine always hurts my back
First time i hit this made me realise i hadnt been hitting quads properly in over a decade
I dig the vibe man
Its definitely not more beneficial than a regualr squat…. I don't know how you came to that conclusion. I think for atheltes you would be correct, strength athletes it gets a D ranking.
anyone see the hickey lol
what if my smith machines are angled?
Welp, I guess what I’m doing is working. Just came here to check.
Naw for how my body is built the smith machine squats just cause a ton of lower back pain going to failure. It's like I'm pushing with my lower back rather than a free weight squat where I have the mobility to push with my glutes
Stop with the bs smith squats are not better than barbell free weight squats and you have no legs at all to back up what you say dude. Stick to Fortnite
That much help define my abs
Recommendations for getting comfortable with this movement if you have long femurs (6'1" with legs for days lol)? I find when I try to utilize this movement as a quad builder, either my low back arches when I hit depth or my heels shoot off the ground.
Where is your feet placement
I hate the SM. It was hurting my knees and back since there's limited range of motion. I switched to free weights and problem solved.
Is bro squatting in All white Air force 1's??
And when you fail racking the bar, it becomes in a deadly machine.
Much safer a power rack with safety pins/arms/straps.
Lengthen partials after hitting failure in a squat is absolutely diabolical and should be illegal
there was a girl on IG who was a bodybuilder who literally broke her back using smith machine and now she lives in a wheelchair. what do you think of this?
What a shame most gyms only have one
For us taller guys as I'm 6'3 which have long femurs, short torso, small waistline, high center of gravity it's a god send. I can put my feet in front of me, stay upright, and really blast my quads.
why would I listen to a guy without quads about quad training. It's really comical
Controversial but spicy take right there
Yup, and I’ve been using smith machine for squats more often to avoid injury.
Firstly cocking your wrist is harder than reracking from a well placed safety. Secondly it's like that stupid bs where ppl hold a plate and do chin tucks and claim it's training their neck, it's absolutely not your holding the weight in place and there is no tension you are much better off using your teeth and a rope. Similarly the bar is going up and down and you are leveraging off it but the quads are probably not getting maximally loaded bcs of this support. Thirdly it does not allow the development of stabilizing muscles and likely takes tension especially off the top position and more so for the vastus lateralis as there is almost no resistance to impeded the internal rotation of the knees. In the regular squat this extra factor plays a good role. Finally, Regular squats are probably better for glutes and testosterone levels(just purely because it's harder and stimulates a adrenaline rush bcs of its danger).
Hell yeah