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Old 01-09-2010, 06:12 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by LTs1ow View Post
Yea, but a smith machine you only have to push the weight up, not stabilize the weight.
Yeah. Not cheating in the sense that you are not lifting weight, cheating in the sense that you can use the machine to not have to work as hard- consciously or not. I know that I can lift a decent amount more on a smith machine doing squats than I can free bar- adjusting for the assistance from the machine and all.
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