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    Quote Originally Posted by Lunk1 View Post
    So am I hearing subtract 5lbs due to the counter balance? Doesnt seem like enough!

    Why use it...@recon. Safer lifting with no spotter and being a small gym sometimes it's open when the other 1 rack and 1 bench are not!
    No. They are saying subtract 40. It only takes 5-6lbs to move the bar on the smith, according to the others. I agree.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MickeyKnox View Post
    No. They are saying subtract 40. It only takes 5-6lbs to move the bar on the smith, according to the others. I agree.
    That sucks lol!!!!

    Thought I was benching 375 lol!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lunk1 View Post
    That sucks lol!!!!

    Thought I was benching 375 lol!
    There you go thinking again!

    But seriously, I love a smith machine. I work out alone in my basement and it's a god-send in my situation.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by kelkel View Post
    There you go thinking again!

    But seriously, I love a smith machine. I work out alone in my basement and it's a god-send in my situation.....
    They have basements on the east coast?

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    Quote Originally Posted by austinite
    They have basements on the east coast?
    It's more like crawl spaces

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