How much does the bar weigh on the Smith Machine

[MACHINE5150]

okay, been doing this new bench program where i do negatives and 1-3 reps.. i work out alone so i have to use the smith machine where the bar is locked in on the sliding posts since i do not have a spotter and i workout at a stupid gym full of weaklings.. Thing is it is a standard Olympic bar, which usually weigh 20kg.. but it doesn't since it is on the sliders.. i was thinking maybe 5kg or something but can't get a figure on it.. anyone know??

[Techguy30]

at my gym it says 15lbs

[MACHINE5150]

that sounds about right.. cheers thank you

[nav13]

Yeah I have always heard it is 15 lbs so I would count on that.

[quarry206]

15lbs here also

[Gucks]

i just count it as 7.5kg, its a rough guess but its about right. and y do u use smith machine..? even if u dont have a spotter i dont think its THAT necessary. if ur interested my trainer told me never use smith machine, u have a tendancy to put pressure on ur rotary cuff because its on a fixed path.

[MACHINE5150]

Cause when i put 400lbs on the bar for a negative there is no one in the gym that could spot me.. and even if there was, the way the bench is set up at Crunch there is no room for a spotter to get behind you.. gay, i know, but what can you do?? i agree smith machine sucks, but if i bump my bench 50lbs on the smith i will have still bumped my real bench by 30-40lbs..

[BgMc31]

Some are as much as 25lbs. But Machine, have you tried benching in the squat rack?

[MACHINE5150]

Some are as much as 25lbs. But Machine, have you tried benching in the squat rack?

the squat rack they have has the rack to high up to start off, as all their benches are only 12" off the ground.. that would have been preferable.. the gym i belong to sucks, but there are tons of hot chicks and it is about 500m from my front door so i don't mind too much..

[BgMc31]

^^^gotcha!

[Gucks]

the squat rack they have has the rack to high up to start off, as all their benches are only 12" off the ground.. that would have been preferable.. the gym i belong to sucks, but there are tons of hot chicks and it is about 500m from my front door so i don't mind too much..

pathetic reason to stay at a gym :P if they heard u talk like tht in metroflex u wuld be kicked out :P ive only been to the crunch gym in westminstown, its really nice changeing rooms and everything but i dont like it. its all middle aged-middle class guys who go just to pass the time. not my kind of atmosphere!

[BabaGanoosh]

A typical Smith Machine is 15 lbs for the bar.