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Originally Posted by 98tadriver
ill probly change it up eventually. i just think its stupid how it seems like everybody is looking down upon using the smith. i read a online study a while back, it said people who did squats with the smith machine were 5% stronger than those who used the freeweights. however, with benchpress it was the other way around because the smith doesnt allow u to use the J curve thing when doing benchpress. something about ur stronger using an arc as opposed to straight up and down
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I was doing ~300 on a smith machine benching at school, came home to a regular bar and that number took a while to get back again.