How To Use The Smith Machine
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2013
- Bro Science #31: The most controversial piece of gym equipment.
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"if you're on the smith machine, you can re-rack at anytime, thats not how life works, you cant just re-rack life halfway through" fucking wisdom right here
unironically great line from a satire channel. 10/10
@@SpaceMissile you know you're not wrong
@@mrosoyogui12 rarely am 😎👉👉
This is my life moto
sorry bro planet fitness is poor and doesn't have bench press
"You can't re-rack life"
That needs to be a T-Shirt too.
re-rack at any time*
Too funny
How to use the smith machine:
1. Don't
AmonAmarthFan609 your 200th like, you're welcome
AmonAmarthFan609 As Loke Falls is a face melter! 🔥🤘🏼🔥
Hey this is kinda like the first joke in the video we all just watched, isnt that hilarious.
gonna need ya to break it down for me even more, way too many steps for me to follow along
I use it for calves
When you lift something, you use your muscles to move it through space and time!
So deep
+PermanentHigh lls now that was funny!!!
+SuitlandsStrongest09 3deep5me
it's funny because it's literal. you need time to move that weight to another space
reality can be whatever you want
"Every time I bench, I write a letter to my family" hahahahah
I bench alone in my basement, after having to roll the bar down my balls once, I learned to stop doing reps to failure without a spot.
TrucksR US We’ve all been there
Facts
TrucksR US don’t use clips and just tilt the weights off
@@Rspsand07 I've been there once but thankfully I naturally have big legs so I was able to save my balls I also learnt early on when I was lifting lighter weights. If you are going to fuck up and learn its best to do it early on with lighter weights.
Im proud to say I have never touched the smith machine. Nor have I ever been to a gym
+MatEnAlks get that fucking twitch bullshit lingo outta here
+Dominic P yeah bro we lift weights were cool
Dominic P twitch bullshit lingo? Would you care to elaborate?
Bruno Danese 'kappa'
+MatEnAlks Wow, what kind of shit personality do you have, that girls only want to be with you for your body?
definitely trying the truck driver
AlexNipe - that’s what your mom said.
wubba lubba dub dub Why is an eight year old on a workout video?
Smith Machine is the greatest invention since those things on the end of your shoelaces. I bench solid 65lb with the Smith, so i know what i'm talking about.
man...
Aglets
Facts
Its called an aglet. Thanks phineas and ferb...
I bench that with no spot in the actually bench, like a fucking man
"Pretend you're a truck driver"
lmao
Daggerfall40 Lost my shit at that.
Ahahahhah! Spat protein shake everywhere at that one! Looolz
ill clinton Same xD
Imma try that one! heard you'll make massive gains of it
Daggerfall40 i
Saddest day of my life:
First time I ever set foot in a gym, I’d heard so much “never skip leg day” that my instinct was to find a place to squat. All the cages were being used except one, which had a weird ladder looking set of hooks and pipes up and down the sides. I was like I guess this one is me.
I’m now proud to say that I’ve been 72 months sober of the smith machine. If you’re struggling out there, I’ve been there. You’re clueless, ask a real gym bro for help, and he’ll at least show you what you’re doing wrong
I wouldn't use one all the time, but they are very useful for progressive overload.
Take away stabilization, now you can exert more force.
There is a reason body builders use so many machines including the smith.
It depends on your goals. Do you want to wear a onesie and impress dudes with 1 rep maxes, or do you want to get jacked? Up to you.
Is anyone going to notice at the end of the video that he perfectly placed the plates on the racks to actually make it look like he was driving a truck 😂
I did not, but thank you hahhahaha
fuckin epic, very nice touch
Haha
Thats the whole point, y would anyone miss that?
With the duals in the back😎.
I've successfully added Truck-Drivers and Sloth-Hangers to my work out.
Dom reminds me of Borat. I wish he released some sort of film. Dude is just super talented. Really is.
Kamil Cabaj He is more like the ultra alfa version of Barney Stinson.
Bro?
he is going to be in a movie
Did you mean Brorat?
Someone asked me for a spot on the smith machine the other day. I genuinely didn't know what to say to him.
you should have said ok then walked over there and raised the spot locks to just underneath the bar
You should've watched Ask the Brofessor 5
Matt Peters I’m sure he helped but was confused doing it
@@stud6060 oh yeah yeah I think he was.
This ended up being exactly what I wanted. th-cam.com/users/postUgkxP26Tir6n60vUkdtn4mbwhRO8cwuJQNy2 I get the flexibility of multiple dumbbells without taking up the space of a whole set. I have a very small spare room that these and a bench fit perfectly into. Like others mentioned the size of these are a little bigger/longer than traditional weights so they aren’t the perfect solution for everyone. However, if you're looking for a flexible and space saving design for a home workout I’d recommend these.
That was a really good ladder ball toss..
all of you bros, i wanna tell you a story.
where i train, there is no squat rack......there is only a smith machine.
darymetal Planet Fitness? The horror.
Mike Band no.....worse, i live in italy, my gym is so small in america that wouldn't even be called a gym...
darymetal I took a free trial to a gym with no bars and only a smith, it was scaring to say the least. Just know were here for you bruh
darymetal one legged squats
darymetal Prova ad utilizzare le parallele
The classic GUNSHOT
YOOO frickin ram ghuman
He forgot pull-ups. The smith machine has been a life saver for me when all of the spots for pull-ups are gone.
Apparently it can also replace a bench for Bulgarian Split Squats by setting the bar to one of the lowest positions and supporting your rear leg on it
I really love that this is the first video that comes up when I Google "how to use a Smith machine".
Just rewatching these videos until the next one comes out haha
Where the FUCK ARE YOU DOM!?!?!?!?!
I've never used the Smith machine for anything besides squats. I was in several car accidents when I was younger that left me with knee injuries, so I will agree with Dom it was like my training wheels until I felt confident enough to take the training wheels off.
But do you even lift
But do you even read?
Yes.
+Ed Dawse several car accidents? Next time u should wear a seat belt :)
Archey I was really wild as a teen/youngster
+Ed Dawse wild is just another way of saying stupid, right?
3:15 Dom is so godly, he gun shot effected himself irl doing those planche-ish-pushups.
Kipping planche pushups?
"It requires balance and stabalization, and you not to have a hole in your body that you can get pregnant in."
Dear lord, so much LOL.
I'm glad someone else spotted that haha
For real. Women just shouldn’t lift.
John Desey Hope you’re joking
@@johndesey3446 You like chicks with no ass? Weirdo
Holy fuck haha. When he said world hunger with the child, and then said muscle hunger. Holy shit that was funny as fuck.
One real and maybe the only good thing about the smith machine is that a guy at our gym with one arm can do bench presses like that :) though it hurts to watch it when his bone is pretty much pushing it up (with foams).. nice determination!
Or use dumbbells
@@jamie91995 he probably misses his hands from the wrist and above so he can't hold a dumbbell
The Jeffrey 27 if he is lifting heavy with a dumbbell he will very easily fall on his side with just one
That yet again proves that it's Smith machine is for disabled people.
I feel like Dom was the funny ADHD kid that got into weight lifting while in high school just like everyone else, but instead kept doing it because realistically it’s the only thing he can focus on while not getting bored.
You made me reevaluate myself homie
That and being a TH-cam influencer .
okay okay i dont usually laugh at this shit but the truck driver one had me dying
+ballin_arellano559 you dont usually laugh? why are you even here?
woodlefoof2 no i mean like laugh out loud at them. i usually just do the little breathing motion type of laugh lol but this one had me actually laughing.
SAMEE
+ballin_arellano559 sameee hahaha
And the plates on the side to represent the tires. Fuckin epic truly epic
I can't believe I got the beginning right xD. after reading the title I just thought to myself "you don't" few seconds later that's exactly what I hear!
+iMiguelAOG I thought the whole video was gonna be like what the beginning was xD
Yes me too LOL i was searching for your comment
iMiguelAOG I was about to put it in the comments
Same
wow you're a brofessor with a BhD
I since the day this video came out, I have practiced sloth hanging. I have reached the record of 35 minutes while holding conversation, but I just get bored eventually. It's a mental thing, not physical at this point
Hows ur progress now. I need an update 4 years later
Bfdia51 he is still hanging there until now
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"curl station...aka squat rack"...no squatting in the Instagram Rack...
the amount of people that take this video seriously in the comments amazes me
You should see the outrage people had when they found out Dom is a written character. What makes his videos even funnier is the people he's making fun of don't know he's not being serious.
Full of mongs isn't it
The main point of the video is true though, the smith machine is garbage. It doesn't strenghten your stabilizing muscles and it hurts your joints in the long run.
***** It is hilarious. I love that the satire of this channel
***** It should be taken seriously, smith machines suck for the reasons given in the video.
"You can't just re-rack life halfway through."
Wise words from Dom
I finally witnessed proper use of the smith machine at my local gym. A guy in a wheelchair rolled up to the smith machine, strapped himself to the chair with a lifting belt and then asked me to boost him up to the bar and proceeded to do weighted pull-ups with the weight being his damn wheelchair. Gotta love that shit.
Before watching, I was thinking to myself that this video could be like 2 seconds with him saying "you don't" and I was almost right!
"Lean against it and wait for real weight to become available" LOLOLOL
"before i hit the bench i write a letter to my family, cause this shits do or die" god i fucking love this guys videos xD
is it weird that my gym has a smith machine and not a pull up bar
blasphemy
actually i dont live in america..
Set the bar right to the top and do pullups on it. Bar is pretty narrow so you can get a nice grip on it ;)
Sakis Papad smith machine = smith machine
Sakis Papad where do you go cheetah fitness lol
Some guy asked me to spot him in the smith machine to bench like 25lbs plates.
I'll spot you when you use the bench
+Scarx2gt fuck that guy for learning how to lift, shoulda made fun of him
Funny... I wasn't really making fun of the guy. I just didn't know what to do. Whether to tell him it would be better if he did it with an actual barbell and bench, or just to keep quiet and help him. I went with the latter.
+itsburntm16 lol y'all are ego pussies I use the Smith machine all the time and I can get 3 plates 10 x 10 on a regular bench and I'll atillbfuck your shit up by using Smith machines all year
+Abraham Lopez good for you 😂 you can out lift a sixteen year old you must be so proud
Calves machine for me basically
drunk1kangaroo that is brilliant! u just solved one of my gym problems.
looking4musics stack to 45's under it then stand on edge of them with the smith bar on your back.
well... yeah xD thats what im doing now
just use a barbell or dumbbells then find a small step like the edge of a lifting platform to give you that extra ROM
I do the same,the only exercise I do on Smith machine is calf raises
There is nobody on this earth stupider than I am.
This one time when I was working out with a friend at the gym we both were doing our own thing. He went and worked out on the free weights and I went on the smith machine to bench (I had no spotter because he was on free weights.) So I'm loading up my weight onto the the Smith Machine (about 40kg and yes I was a beginner) and I hop under it and unhook the bar and bring the bar down to my chest and too my horror I could not bring it back up...yep I was stuck. Here I am this 16yr old guy pinned down by 40kgs on the Smith Machine. Not only did I have to wait for my friend to walk past to ask him to get it off me I had lay there whist people would just give me strange looks.
This is why I am the stupidest person ever.
what adds to your stupidity is that u didnt ask ANY one of the people around to help u and get the weights off you
Barney Stinson To his defense, it's probably hard to talk with 40kg on your throat. :p
hahaha that would have had me in tears
EviLNox8 if you bring the bar to your troath you're doing it wrong mate, very very wrong.
Barney Stinson And that he wasn't wearing a suit while he lifted. Barney...
I started lifting 10 years ago and this is the first video I have ever seen in your channel, and I'm hooked ever since.
I was a skinny-fat noob who used to squat and bench press in the smith machine, but your video gave me a great laugh and educated me to workout in a better way.
All of your videos are top quality in both comedy and actual bro science.
Thank you for the gains you gave us and for the laughs that helped us to be consistent with the gym.
I love this one. I can't even count how many times I've watched it. One of Dom's best!
I used to be a gym roid rat! Years ago! Now i have a dad bod ;( i used to eat 2 breakfast, 2 lunches, 2 dinners and drink 3- 1000 calorie protein shakes. Be careful loading on calories (i loaded the wrong ones trans fat because i had a hard time gaining weight). Hence Heart Attack at 42...love the vids and watch Trans fat intake!!!!
August Janke "Dad bod" earns no respect. From anybody.
August Janke I hope you make six figures brah
***** He didn't even ask for respect you moronic pile of shit.
I'm aware of the details. It was just a friendly reminder.
***** putting people down on the internet garners much more respect
YOU CANT RERACK LIFE #deep
damn bro i almost overdosed on truth, brings a tear to my eye :'(
2022 and every video is still relevant to this day. Thank you Dom.
"You're lifting on the moon bro, there's no gravity there"- This shit gets me everytime.
Pretend you're a truck driver - Fucking LOL
dude. you need to be on TV...
Doesn't he say in a later vid "You gotta ride ponies before you can run with the bulls."
Not like this though. This isn't riding a pony this is like riding your cousin: it's disgusting and nobody should do it. Doing it doesn't make you look any cooler
lol, that sounds so much like dom
Evan Kilby. A.K.A. Dom Jr.
Jorda
"When learning to ride a bike there's no shame in using training wheels. But you don't bring your fucking training wheels to the X-games" aka the gym.
completely expected the beginning and just assumed that would actually just be the entire video lmao
Dude I find your videos really inspiring and they are pushing me forward. I just want to thank you man
"before i hit the bench, i write a letter to my family" hahahaha that was a good one
I want this reps for Jesus shirt!
true....
mhmm
god
Dom you are one of a kind. no other channel does gym culture satire like you
Funny video. But having started training at 42, the Smith machine is making wonders for me and my shoulders. I started six months ago doing very easy versions of australian pull ups hanging from, and push ups on top of the bar. I have been lowering the bar progressively and now I am quite close to horizontal. Yes, a strong young guy should go directly to the squat rack instead of the Smith, but there are other gym clients with very different needs. I do my squats with free weights, but for other purposes the Smith machine is great, I love it.
mephis topheles good for you never to late to start fitness. Although I honestly feel you can graduate to the flat bench when you feel your ready.
Move to the bench, even if you just use an empty bar to start. So much better, and feels less awkward.
holy fuck your videos are hilarious. subscribed
One of my favorite videos on doms channel
@1:50 "...this could be used for a curl station; a.k.a., a squat rack". That had me rolling because barely anyone at my gym uses the squat rack for squats.
That truck driver skit really got to me! Nice one man, nice one!
truck driver AHAHAHAHAHAA I DIED !!! AHAHAHA
Cant believe I haven't watched a broscience video for an entire month. shame on me
My dreams of being a sloth are now possible!
Haha the truck driver part really got me! :DD I skipped workout today btw, sorry! :(
+iusemylaptop Unacceptable! Skipping workouts is like skipping a workday w/o calling off. That's gain suicide. Get your ass back in the gym before Brojesus smites you down for your blasphemous actions. You're like the Judas of the weightlifting community right now. How do you feel!
+iusemylaptop Unacceptable! Skipping workouts is like skipping a workday w/o calling off. That's gain suicide. Get your ass back in the gym before Brojesus smites you down for your blasphemous actions. You're like the Judas of the weightlifting community right now. How do you feel!
+Iusemylaptop yeah today was my leg day D: i also skipped it, stayed at home and did milk gallon curls instead
+FootballKing that's the spirit
Dom is the man. Dude cracks me up
Unfortunately, I go to Planet Fitness because I'm a fucking peasant. Sadly, all they have is these colossal wastes of space..so I am stuck using them
Your first mistake was going to planet fitness in the first place
+Deadpool I know, I'll go kill myself now
xCommanderJB if you do, do it in planet fitness and make as much sound as possibe
+Deadpool I'll be sure to use the smith machine.
+Deadpool if he does that they'll sound their "Lunk alarm" and dump his dead ass outside dude.
“A lapse in my judgement” someone can tell the future
Truck Driver killed me lmao
Calf raises...the only time I go into the Smith Machine.
I just don't feel them on the leg press as well. I don't have a standing calf machine :(
Eric McBride Completely agree with you. Great ROM, great stability, the perfect environment for the calves in the gym at least. They can be built really well on the field though with plyos and sprints.
step up on the edge of a weight plate and do calf raises on it. If you want, you can add some weight. It is easier.
one of his best ever
Dude this is still gold! Dom, you are a fucking legend!
There used to be a dude who was well into his 70s that did heavy squats in the Smith machine, said it was just safer at his age. So, the Smith machine has its place, just like anything else.
raybbaby Why would it be safer?
I didn't ask him, I'm guessing balance, and the ability to roll the bar forward and lock it so it can't descend any further. But that's just a guess.
First issue is just weird, getting balance with squats is one of the most valuable parts of the excercise, if it feels to dangerous he can just ligten the weights but still remain in a natural range of motion (unlike on the smith machine). Second issue doesn't make sense either. If you have a squat rack or power rack in your gym (which you should) you can just put the pins at a point slightly below your max depth, so you can drop the weight safely when you fail a rep ^^
at 3:10 does his upper body strength seem like alot for his size? like i dont see much people that can do that at all
I die every time when dom does his life speech then puts up the finger.
I remember when I went to a gym in North Shields called Xercise4less.
I will never forget this guy who benched up on a Smith machine, sat and did one arm seated shoulder press with 10kg plates on either side. Whilst also grabbing the Smith support with the other hand.
This guy was also heavily tattoo'd.
Average height but for some reason he though he was around 6ft 8 and a hybrid human.
He also proceed to do this in front of the 12 - 22kg dumbell stack.
I never laughed so much in my life.
ahahahaha "pretend to be a truck driver!"
haha rolling at the truck driving!!!
Whilst trying to catch my breath between fits of uncontrollable laughter, I couldn’t help but notice the undeniable fact that Dom is a monster athlete.
Rolling the bench over is so damn accurate 💀 when I first started out I’d take a solid minute lining it up perfectly
Some of the best lines! 'you can't re-rack life!'
Is it partly acceptable to do standing calf raises in the smith machine?
No. Leg press or nothing.
Yes it's completely fine to use it for calf raises, and shrugs too. Just, stuff like deadlifts or squatting is not a good idea on a smith machine because it doesn't allow for range of movement and thus promotes poor form.
he should've ended the video after the first 8 seconds
and what ao=bout last scene ?? couldnt live on with out that truck move
“You could provide enough dumbbells to solve hunger.... muscle hunger!”😂😂💀
I laughed the hardest at the very end "truck driver" LOOL
4:17 Hilarious metaphor
The beginning of the episode had me weak 😂
Hey i want to get into OL, but I only have access to a smith machine at planet fitness. Kan I do snatches on a smith machine?
Daniil Pintjuk Smith Machines never gets snatch. It just makes you one.
Luke Brown yeah I hate bringing he bar down after a few reps feel like dropping it
I had to watch this after hearing the smith machine references in the other videos. This is priceless!
Well I found a pretty good use for the Smith to help me break out of a plateau if you don't have a spotter . For EG Bench press you are stuck at a certain weight you don't have a spotter and cant increase the weight , well try it in the smith put that extra weight and see if you can bench it and check were your weakest part is top/bottom of the movement ,if is bottom than just put the pins at the same lvlv were the bar would touch your chest , load it slide under it and just try to push it of your chest sort of reverse BP like your starting position is from you chest with the bar touching it
Can we all just take a minute a thank God for this dude. He is HILARIOUS. He is so raw with his words
Greatest intro ever. Its Undisputed and most brosome.
I get that this is a joke and a good one at that. Still, the only major injury I've ever had was using the Smith machine. I have yet to see one exercise that is more beneficial to do with this machine. It creates the illusion of safety while in actuality forces the user into unnatural ranges of motion and places stressors in more dangerous places like the knees. I also learned the hard way that with high plates it can be very hard to get to get the machine to catch when you really need to. I'll take a Power Rack any day or nothing at all rather than use the Smith machine. I used it a little with light weights to get back into moderate squat form when a local gym didn't have a squat rack, but that is the most use it will ever get from me. I guess maybe I am a little bit more "bro" than I thought.
I sloth hang to end every workout, I've gotten up to 3 minutes and 43 seconds and I'm going to set a world record
I use smith machine for calves, narrow stance squats, Australian pull-ups, shrugs and sometimes for benching and over head presses when i feel pain in my shoulders
yo i did not realize he was making videos for so long. respect
One of the best ones.
muscle hunger LOL that part killed me
I saw the title and was like "Hmmm, how to use the smith machine... Dont"
Died at the intro
Seven years later and this is still the most emotional video he has ever mad