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  1. 11-29-2009, 10:58 AM #1
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    Free weight or smith machine?

    Ive been seeing alot of guys using the smith machine for there squats, infact, i seem to be the only guy using free weight. Am i missing something or doing something wrong? Maybe some people prefair the smith, or maybe theyre retards?
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    Free weight for me......
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    I'm stuck using the smith machine at planet fitness
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    I like em both. When I want to go real heavy I use the smith machine.
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    free weight. I do front squats and they seem to work
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    i like both actually When I squat with a close stance the smith allows me to have really good form.. Normal squats I usually do free
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    Quote Originally Posted by SuperLift View Post
    i like both actually When I squat with a close stance the smith allows me to have really good form.. Normal squats I usually do free
    It is weird that I actually hate smith machine because I feel it messes up my form. I like to use free weight and leg press and hack squat machines if I need assistance.
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    I guess people feel safer using a machine nobody wants to drop the weight Or fall
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    free weights work way better for me..
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    I use both... heck sometimes i use dumbbells and other pieces of apparatus.

    Why guys like to limit themselves to one set path i'll never know.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Narkissos View Post
    I use both... heck sometimes i use dumbbells and other pieces of apparatus.

    Why guys like to limit themselves to one set path i'll never know.
    this is going to be a stupid question so bear with me, when you use dumbells you just hold them at your side, correct?
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    Quote Originally Posted by kalspic View Post
    this is going to be a stupid question so bear with me, when you use dumbells you just hold them at your side, correct?
    you can do.....but also you can hold then up shoulder height.....do a curl and hold at the top..then squat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kalspic View Post
    this is going to be a stupid question so bear with me, when you use dumbells you just hold them at your side, correct?
    Shoulder height, if doing a narrow stance... and directly in front of me if doing a very wide stance.
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    Freeweights!

    maybe theyre retards?
    Bingo!
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    i prefer free weight but im having hip/lower back issues so i have been using the smith machine as of late. i find recently it has allowed me to really smash my quads without the normal low back issues that cut squatting short.

    if you arent training squats for a meet then it cant hurt to rotate and give the muscle different stimuli
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    lol.......i dont think i explained that very well.....have the dumbells as if you were going to do a shoulder press...then squat
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    Quote Originally Posted by energizer bunny View Post
    lol.......i dont think i explained that very well.....have the dumbells as if you were going to do a shoulder press...then squat
    i gotcha the first time. i was thinking that also but it seems kinda weird
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    Free weights seem to work better for me. However, for hack squats I like the smith machine.
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    free weights rule

    i hate smith machines, just cant get the hang of them
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    get the jones machine
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    Quote Originally Posted by myturn View Post
    get the jones machine
    Jones machine?
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    Free Weights all the way nothing else to be said
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