Smith Machine Ruining My Bench?

Bigger Stronger Leaner Competitive Bodybuilding
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There was an article a while back about the drawbacks of using a smith machine. I’ll try to add the link…

http://www.T-Nation.com/findArticle.do?article=body_75cp

Hope that works. It’s the second question so scroll down a little bit.

DD

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[quote]forlife wrote:
Do you think a Smith is similarly bad for squats? I use it for both squats and bench press because I don’t like having to ask people to spot me. I do dumbbell benches sometimes thought.[/quote]

Particularly terrible for squats. Doesn’t your gym have squat and power racks? You can do anything you need to do with racks without a spotter.