[quote]Westclock wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
Westclock wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
Westclock wrote:
Anyone recommending using a smith machine for squats is a Nimrod.
The range of motion is really screwy and you have to put your knees really far forward just to get a decent position.
I would go as far as to say squatting on a smith machine is not only more dangerous long term knee wise, but also remarkably inferior to barbell squats.
Squats are not dangerous at all as even without safety pegs you can always just drop the bar off your back, and if you have pegs and you get stuck at the bottom you just sit down and the pegs catch it.
How can anyone think a smith machine is safer than pegs ? I dont have to rotate a bar around to use a peg, I just drop 400 pounds off my back.
And saying your a “body builder” is no excuse for being useless strength wise.
Just because you train for size doesn’t mean you should be squatting with pussy weight.
I you want to look muscular but be completely useless, just wear one of those padded superman chests kids wear on Halloween.
I’m mightily curious as to what your stats are…
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Occupation:
Weight: 215
Height: 6’
Body fat %: 9-10%
Years Training: 5
uh-uh … Guess you better have an elite total to be
spouting the kind of nonsense in that post I quoted…
I believe I answered the question on my raw total in the other thread you asked me in. I never claimed to be elite, I do claim to know a little something about squatting and knee health.
Ive had knee surgery as a result of my earlier mistakes.
Yeah, it’s all good man, never mind.
As I said somewhere else, there are different ways to squat in the smith and when none of those works don’t do them… As a powerlifter: Don’t do them at all (I guess), and sure as hell don’t do 1-4 rep max effort work in there…
But for bodybuilders they can be really useful IF you can do them.
Rotate them with other Quad exercises to keep from stalling etc etc… All been said.
Sorry to hear about your injury, btw… Mind saying what the exact injury was ? (just out of curiosity)
#Edit: It’s past midnight over here, so good night guys…
I tore the little disc the knee rides on. Called a meniscus tear or something.
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I’d like to know how you went about solving this knee problem as well, and how to take better care of it(mine won’t last until 500lbs unfortunately). I’ve already tried adding straps and I take my fish oil caps every day but I’m experiencing more and more pain as time passes(its not horrible but it is a nuisance.)