Weight Lifting: Anyone know where I can get this.....

Svalbard

http://www.irish-lifting.com/product_info_equipment.php?cPath=1_12&products_id=220



Only cheaper............

Transform

yes buy a proper power rack - why would you want a smith machine?

d'Oracle

Transform wrote: »

yes buy a proper power rack - why would you want a smith machine?

+1.

If its a safety thing, there is nothing a smith will do that properly placed rails wont do.

Except limit the quality of your exercise.

Which you don't want.

http://www.irish-lifting.com/product_info_equipment.php?cPath=1_11&products_id=194

Half the price.
Well not quite €79 for a bar too.

Bull76

You could check out Powerhouse fitness in the UK. They have a good selection of equipment. Not a bad price also..

BT Wellness

Irish-Lifting has the best range of prices on lasting-quality products in Ireland; I´m with dOracle though. Go for the rack.

Svalbard

http://www.irish-lifting.com/product...roducts_id=220

But this is a rack and a smith machine.
Surely there is some benefit to having a smith machine??

tlev

Good for restricting your natural range of movement

squod

Svalbard wrote: »

Surely there is some benefit to having a smith machine??

I love people who say that.
There isn't. And yet people use them, bluddy mystery to me.

**Timbuk2**

What's worse, there is always someone in the gym who uses the Smith machine all the time. I don't know why - maybe they feel like they can "bench" more on the Smith machine because the bar doesn't have the same influence as it would otherwise.

Think of it - if you were doing an incline chest press with a barbell, your arms would be free to guide the barbell up and down in the direction that is least stressful for your arms. With a Smith machine, your arms are 'locked' - instead of your arms guiding the barbell, the Smith machine is making your arms go in a certain direction, which can lead to injury.

And don't get me started on people who use the Smith machine to do squats :rolleyes:

BT Wellness

Svalbard,

Quite a lot of people still think on those expected benefits bt the truth is that (in a few words):
- Chest pressing on a smith inhibits the work of the rotator cuff stabilizers, making any further (shoulder involved) exercise dangerous for the lack of stability on the shoulders;
- Squatting on a smith displaces the tension of the core to the front knees putting you in a position where not only u wont be building up ur core (the most important part of ur body) but u wld also be hurting ur patellar area;
I can only recommend the standard rack.

Br,

BT Wellness
Bodyshapetraining

Benhonan

Isn't the Smith Machine very handy for doing two footed standing calf raises? No?

TommyKnocker

Hi

Isn't the Smith Machine very handy for doing two footed standing calf raises? No?

Not nearly has handy as the bottom stair and a 14kg dumbell


Best Regards,

M

rubadub

Svalbard wrote: »

Surely there is some benefit to having a smith machine??

I thought the reason (crap) gyms get them is so they can employ half assed trainers, and less of them too. So the trainers can just stick new clients on the machines and forget about them, instead of teaching them proper form with free weights. This frees up trainers time for more important things, like those poor sweaty ladies in need of chatting up.

kumate_champ07

Svalbard wrote: »

Surely there is some benefit to having a smith machine??

good for inverted rows, thats about it

ronbyrne2005

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

good for inverted rows, thats about it

Heavy shrugs too.

Transform

rubadub wrote: »

I thought the reason (crap) gyms get them is so they can employ half assed trainers, and less of them too. So the trainers can just stick new clients on the machines and forget about them, instead of teaching them proper form with free weights. This frees up trainers time for more important things, like those poor sweaty ladies in need of chatting up.

and the wanna be bodybuilders that always seem to be in a 'bulking' phase i.e. getting fat.

dave80

Benhonan wrote: »

Isn't the Smith Machine very handy for doing two footed standing calf raises? No?

yes very handy i stand on 5 inch wooden block held down with a large dumbbell best calf exercise i have ever done

Jonny303

dave80 wrote: »

yes very handy i stand on 5 inch wooden block held down with a large dumbbell best calf exercise i have ever done

if only i had of thought of holding the block down.....id be left without a 4 inch gash on my shin:D

gottaluvlabs

http://picasaweb.google.com/ShellyKirwan/GorillaGymEquipment?feat=directlink

if any of the equipment on here suits, PM me for details.