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Squats in the smith machine

TrentZor said:
Bench in smith machine = need new shoulder joints. Only takes a few sessions of heavy benching.

cheers Trent
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A friend of mine is a perfect example of this.

I squatted in a smith machine one time when I was on holidays. Felt totally unnatural. I wouldn't do it by choice.
 
op, he was probably doing smith machine hack squats, you cannot do them with free weight, think weighted wall squat.
 
Danimal said:
Ive seen a Smith machine that moves on both x and y axis... so forward/backwards and up and down. A guy bought it for his house... I actually didn't know what to say. Although at least it moves on all planes of motion.

Personally for me I have no need for one nor would I use it for anyone training at PTC but that doesn't mean it doesn't have it's place, somewhere, for something.
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The gym I frequent has one of these. I must say I used it once for shrugs. It sux ass indeed. :confused:
 
I've used it for pull ups when my gym didn't use to have a pull up bar. No other uses I can think of.
 
While at gym tonight, I saw a bloke benching in it, then a trainer getting someone to do dead lifts using one.
 
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