Any Poliquin fans out there might know that he has worked with Dorian Yates in the past, and in this recent issue of Dorian’s column, someone asks him a question about the smith machine in regards to rotator cuff and pressing movements, Dorian’s answer;
“Only after I retired did I actually learn that the Smith machine was not nearly as safe as I had believed it to be. IN speaking with an expert on strength training and injuries, I found out that because the Smith machine always moves in a perfectly straight line, regular use of it can lead to “pattern overload” or using the same pattern too frequently…” And so on, just thought some of you guys might like to know that!
Sorry but your shitty wallpaper distracts me from paying attention. By the way I did upright rows in the smith today, I knew the smith moved in a straight line and I did’nt need Yates to tell me.
[quote]sevenmoist wrote:
Sorry but your shitty wallpaper distracts me from paying attention. By the way I did upright rows in the smith today, I knew the smith moved in a straight line and I did’nt need Yates to tell me.[/quote]
The guy was just posting a little piece of info, no need to lay into him.
Also, do you hang your coat on the smith machine while you use it? That is it’s sole use, correct?
“regular use of it can lead to ‘pattern overload’” is the key line in that Dorian quote. I think that everything has it’s place in the gym, even the pink db’s (but only if your doing some rotator cuff work =D). I use a smith machine from time to time, Plie squats would be pretty hard to do if you didn’t use a smith. As long as you don’t use it for months on end, it can be a good piece of machinery.
I found out that because the Smith machine always moves in a perfectly straight line, regular use of it can lead to “pattern overload” or using the same pattern too frequently…[/quote]
I never got that…why is the smith accused of “pattern overload” when every goddamn machine moves with the same pattern anyway?
I found out that because the Smith machine always moves in a perfectly straight line, regular use of it can lead to “pattern overload” or using the same pattern too frequently…
I never got that…why is the smith accused of “pattern overload” when every goddamn machine moves with the same pattern anyway?[/quote]
all machines account for pattern over load not just the smith, free weights allow for individual differences in movement, pattern based on leverage preference, dominance, natural “individual” body movement. free weights allow for all the idiosyncratic movements of each individual.
you say potato i say potato type of thing…fuck it doesn’t come off the same when you type it.
[quote]dratner wrote:
Any Poliquin fans out there might know that he has worked with Dorian Yates in the past, and in this recent issue of Dorian’s column, someone asks him a question about the smith machine in regards to rotator cuff and pressing movements, Dorian’s answer;
“Only after I retired did I actually learn that the Smith machine was not nearly as safe as I had believed it to be. IN speaking with an expert on strength training and injuries, I found out that because the Smith machine always moves in a perfectly straight line, regular use of it can lead to “pattern overload” or using the same pattern too frequently…” And so on, just thought some of you guys might like to know that!
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Approximately 12,759 “experts” have written articles about how the smith machine can lead to patter overload. Not sure how you narrowed that down to being direct from Poliquin without any more information.
yeah i actually wasn’t showing the article to rag on the smith machine or not, just to show that Dorian mentioned Poliquin. that was it. clearly with 6 mr. olympia titles, the smith machine did him fine. CRYUSEVEN75, did you see that Tamir El Guindy also mentions Poliquin’s “1 day arm cure”? I also found that pretty cool.
i skimmed it. flex covered it a while back too, it required lots of supps. at the correct time, a real bitch of a day i suppose, i usually look forward to training arms!
[quote]dratner wrote:
yeah i actually wasn’t showing the article to rag on the smith machine or not, just to show that Dorian mentioned Poliquin. that was it. clearly with 6 mr. olympia titles, the smith machine did him fine. CRYUSEVEN75, did you see that Tamir El Guindy also mentions Poliquin’s “1 day arm cure”? I also found that pretty cool. [/quote]