smith maachine

Group: General Fitness & Exercise

Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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sweat Posts: 2 Joined: 2005/03/09	2005/04/10, 04:22 PM when doing bench press or any other excercise on the smith machine how do you coutn the weight? if you add 20 lb on each side what do you add for the machine? what is yor total?

bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2005/04/10, 04:55 PM I just count plate weight. The resistance of smith machines varies, makes it difficult to pinpoing a "weight". -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.... bb1fit@freetrainers.com
jjcajun Posts: 13 Joined: 2005/03/24	2005/04/12, 03:53 PM I was always told it was 10 lbs for the smith machine bar. So if you are benching and have a 45 lbs plate on each side you are lifting 100 lbs.