Benching on a smith machine

[Dirty Workout]

I use Smith for alot of my pressing exercises because I am doing DC and its such a production to get a spotter and explain to him what I will be doing....

I still use free weight flat bench and boy when I explain how to spot me you think I was talking chinese some of the looks I get

 

[Vortexx]

A lot of pro bb. use the incline hammer press machine. It gives a better arc than the smith and you can use some pretty good weight on it.

 

[KillerLoop]

Why don't you just ask someone for a spot?

 

[little chris]

The smith machine is a good machine for newbs or vets. The key to weightlifting is the form you use and not the weight you press. The smith press gives you total control and form not to mention the safety or the guard locks.

I use the regular bench and the smith bench in my workouts. HEHE my gym has the old smith too where the bar weight is 80lbs!!

Guys who rip the smith bench are prob the same guys who either bounce the weight off their chests or only do half reps on regular bench.. It seems to be a macho thing.

 

[Peckz]

OK i confess, I'm a smither!
I bench in the smith machine and i like it. I alternate between the smith and dumbbells and its working good for me. I get very sore in my pecks after a good smith bench session and that is enough proof that its building good muscle.
I do prefer to bench the ordinary way but i usually don't have a spotter and i sure as hell wont trust any of the girls or the 15 years olds to spot me.

I train at a pussy gym but its all good since i get the entire free weight are for my self most of the time.

 

[audiophyle]

Why don't you just ask someone for a spot?

I used to be able to, but i live in a military town and my gym has lost about 80% of its members since this damn war started. No one's ever at the gym anymore. Plus I've seen some of these threads on here with people getting ridiculously angry just because someone walked in front of them while they were looking in the mirror. I cant imagine how pissed someone like that would get if i asked them to stop what they were doing and come spot me.