



naw see...this is the reason why a smith machine is SAFER than free weights.Very dangerous doing heavy squats on Smith machine for that exact reason. If you are using free weights you can throw that shit off you. Not with that machine. Plus he didn't have the safety bars set.
I was about to say, he should have set the locks to squat height so if something went wrong, the weight wouldn't go all the way down to the floor.with the locks set you can go down only so far
cac said
naw see...this is the reason why a smith machine is SAFER than free weights.
with the locks set you can go down only so far. adding a seat behind you will help you to get proper form.
this dumbass had no spotter, no safety parameters in place...hell he wanted to go to snap city.
only if its broken or improperly set.A Smith machine even with safety bars set will still jam you straight down.
only if its broken or improperly set.
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the entire point of the smith machine is to stop the weight from going too far down.
squatting with free weights and no spotter is about as suicidal as it gets.
you cannot always drop the weight backwards.
if you get dizzy or pass out under the weight (and you know that shit happens) you have no clue which direction you\ll fall with all that weight on you.




no sir...what you said about the smith machine is patently false.Yes you should always a spotter. I trained kids in high school as head football coach for 10 year
My guys was putting up a lot of weight and only had one injury in the weight room. Google any real lifter and they will repeat what I stared previously.
no sir...what you said about the smith machine is patently false.
period.
Yeah they took it down for some reason oh wellCan't see shit.