Group: Beginners to Exercise

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bmellis
bmellis
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2005/05/25, 04:20 AM
This is probably going to sound dumb, but how do you work the smith machines? I haven't looked at them close enough to figure out how the safety mechanism works...
mmaibohm
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2005/05/25, 04:33 AM
you roll the bar forward so it unlocks then go at it.

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DX14AG
DX14AG
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2005/05/25, 02:34 PM
It's not a dumb question. I've seen worse.
bmellis
bmellis
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2005/05/25, 03:50 PM
Does that mean if you're bench pressing and you can't finish that you just roll the bar backwards? I'll have to take a closer look at it when I hit the gym on Thursday.
DX14AG
DX14AG
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2005/05/25, 09:22 PM
That's right. That's probably the greatest benefit for using the smith machines.

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sbroyhill
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2005/05/25, 09:34 PM
You want a dumb question?

Here it is.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

And while we are going with questions... I have one. Which came first? Chicken? Or Egg?

Just my 2 cents. This was not a dumb question bmellis.

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bigandrew
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2005/05/25, 09:42 PM
I personally don't like doing anything in a smith machine.....it locks you into a plane of movement that you HAVE TO be in.

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