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/fit/ tell me the truth, if i use a smith machine to do squatz and bench, am i really failing THAT much? my gym has an olympic bar, but no squat rack so the only REAL compound lift i can do is dead lifts...

pic related, unfortunately smith machine SQUATZ
>> Anonymous
>>320297
if you're gonna do smith machine squatz,atleast do em over head
>> xXsEpHiRoThXx !osa26zqw/M
>>320307
overhead squats are dumb.

everyone knows that if you want muscle growth you have to do isolation.
>> Yoshi !ozOtJW9BFA
Dead lifts, bent over rows, Cleans, clean and jerks, Over head squatz, Snatches, Shrugs, Clean to front Squatz. Should I continue? Or would you like to come up with some more lame excuses?
>> Anonymous
>>320307
fuck that sounds almost impossible and painful if something goes wrong.
>> Theodore Roosevelt
>>320314

Everyone knows that if you want muscle growth all you have to do is curlz.
>> xXsEpHiRoThXx !osa26zqw/M
>>320316
i bet you're the type of person who tries to get large biceps from doing pullups or rows

you dont know what you're talking about
>> Anonymous
>>320318
true,just do it right and nothing will go wrong.Might as well make the best of what you got.
>>320316
also,odds are you cant clean or press as much as some people squat,what do you think racks are for?everything else you listed is not a replacement for squatz,except dead lifts to an extent.
>> Anonymous
SMITH CURLS. FUCK YEAH

no actually they do it at my gym. Fucking hilarious
>> chubbs
its better than nothing. tell your gym to get a squat rack!

also military press...thats a compound movement
>> Anonymous
Build your own squat rack in the gym. Just move a couple machines over, and boom you're all set
>> Anonymous
Somtimes the rack on the bench can be moved up high enough for you to get underneath, and you can move the bench to decline so you can squat past parallel

thats what i had to do until my gym got their new squat rack
>> Anonymous
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>>320318

They're not that bad.
>> Anonymous
overhead squats are easy to bail out, just keep you arms locked and you will have no problem. unless you have no arms then you will have a problem.

by far the most dangerous exercise is the snatch i think, i've smashed myself in the face once because i didn't get under the bar fast enough. shitty times
>> Anonymous
jus do dumbell squats
>> Anonymous
>>321052
True. If anything goes wrong, just guide the weight to a fall to the back of you or to the front. Especially if you do this outside, it's easy as fuck.
>> Anonymous
I have the same problem as OP. I do dumbell squats and pistols. Fuckin Smith machine.

Btw you can't do overhead squatz in one of those unless you are bilbo baggins.
>> Anonymous
>>321087
Never try to guide it behind you, you're far more likely to tear your shoulder to shit.