Bench Press/Smith Machine

**Flaco** · 01-31-2002, 06:18 PM

Does anyone bench on the Smith Machine.I tried it for the first time yesterday and it felt great.I have never gotten such a workout from benching.

**PaPaPumP** · 01-31-2002, 06:24 PM

Ok, i just had a heart attack when your avatar popped up, tell him to stop looking at me.

Smith , you get a good deep stretch, yes they give you a good pump. . .keep changing it up, guarantee yourself new muscle growth.

**Flaco** · 01-31-2002, 06:32 PM

I'll tell him to calm down....

**HARDCORE** · 01-31-2002, 08:21 PM

My avatar could kick your avatars ass

....I almost always use a smith machine when I bench. It really allows me to isolate instead of using my shoulders to stabalize the bar, so the stress is all on the pecs.

**arthurb999** · 01-31-2002, 09:44 PM

IMO, the smith machine doesn't allow for the proper motion on a bench press. It makes you go straight up and down... not up and out a little like you should.

I use it for military press when I don't have a spotter.

**llbeastcd** · 01-31-2002, 10:32 PM

Been awhile since I used Smitty for bench. Think I will work it in tomorrow and see what I get. It's experiment day anyway.

**Biker** · 02-01-2002, 10:40 AM

Flat bench hurt my rotator cuff muscles badly once,so once I healed I started benching on the Smith machine. It lessens my chances of re-injury,and I like the feel of it.

**dane26** · 02-01-2002, 11:39 AM

first of all, that method man avatar is sick. you need a pic of him smoking a blunt though. as for the smitty for bench, i like to use it, but not as my primary exercise. it doesn't allow the proper range of motion for a bench press