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Originally Posted by torofuerte
BTW,
Doing any form of squat, deadlift, lunge or overhead press on the smith is a horrible idea.
The smith machine has a fundamental (and retarded) flaw: that the bar travels strictly down a linear path. Whether it travels completely vertical or at slight angle, it's still a fixed path. It is absolutely impossible for this path to be the optimal lifting path for every single person that steps into it.
Some people may have the knowledge to work around this fundamental (and retarded) flaw. But the majority do not. The fact that it removes the stabilization factor from the lift, it can actually makes you weaker when the time comes to perform the lift free-form.
So unless there is nothing else to do, just say not to that retarded abomination.
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For the record, proper form in in squat and deadlift with free weights follows a linear path