Weight Of The Bar On The Smith Machine

Tall

I was going to post a question asking how much the bar on the Smith Machine weighed...

Then I imagined all the replies I would get...
- "... What Smith are you using ..."
- "... How long is a peice of string ..."
- "... I dont use the Smith ..."

etc... Hi TH&S fans by the way

So instead I'll post the question a different way...

Whats the best weigh of establishing how much the Bar on the Smith Machine in my gym weighs...?

I've never included the weight of the bar on my Smith previously as I'd assumed it was counter balanced, but I dropped it the other day and it went crashing to the floor as opposed to gliding smothly down...

If it weighs 20kg I'll be over the moon as that means I'm Squatting 180kg, and my max Bench is 85kg for 4 reps...

andyboro

lol that was to be my first question... whether or not it was assited.. if it is (and you dont take the assitance off) i wouldnt imagine it weighed enough to even mention..

does the bar look the same as an olympic bar? thickness etc? if so id go with 20k myself.

unless you want to take some hanging scales to the gym with you and check lol.

Ali M

Your quite right mate, they can vary from gym to gym or basically make to make. And there is no accounting for the friction you get on them, when i used gyms years ago they used to weigh around 20kg and i think they take into account the friction, as you well know the bar glides up over another bar using plastic gliders so u will get a little resistance there.

smith machines are very good though, used to do incline chest on them.

You shore you got your squatting right 180kg seems a lot dude, like 4 big plates either side, this is some going.

Tall

Ello

If we count the weight of the Bar at an assumed 20kg then its 180kg.

However I've not been including the bar, so I have 160kg of weight on the bar, which I've been calling 160kg.

Sadly my gym isn't good on plates so its more like 25+20+15+10+5+5, but 80kg a side yeah.

I don't do high reps though - I do 2 warm up sets and the odd single and then 5x5.

For high reps (10-15) I'd have to back down on weight by 15%/20%

Until I find an answer I think I'm just gonna call the bar 0kg

The Smith is easier than the Cage though (sadly we dont have one...) as it doesn't use your stabalishing muscles.

Tall

I dont have any options to take assistance on or off...

yeah its the same thickness as the Olypmic bar - cos I nab the 25kg plates from the FreeWeight end of the gym to slap on for Squats.

hah hah 20kg hanging scales! Can you see me now...?

Ali M

Well for a tall skinny ugly guy, you sure are squatting great... Thats some weight u got there, not many peeps even get that kind of weight on there back never mind going down and back up with it.

Seems like you doing well mate, happy for you. When you posting more pics? promise i wont say my most famous line "you got some balls" lol

Tall

PMSL @ Ugly

Prob fire some new ones up in the next few weeks - still getting back into the swing of training and dieting post holiday.

Legs always been quite strong.

You should get a log going mate

Ali M

Think ive offended to many people, for anyone to take notice. lol... I did start one off but found it to a bit personal and im quite a private person. If i use drugs then i'd prefer to keep that private and if i had a journal and did not reveal this then i'd feel like im cheating people. So rather not start one.

Im away in a few weeks for 2 weeks, when im going to convert to a natty, no more drugs... God knows what my insides look like.

crazycal1

at 17 stone 160kg isnt alot.
its impressive as tall hasnt been lifting long,but then he`s had some great advice
but certainly not outrageous.
just solid drug free lifting

einsteins mind was the key to all things...to understand more than to know.

www.extremenutrition.co.uk

Tall

Yeah you can do a warts and all log if you want to...

Or you can just post up progress in terms of routine, weight lifted, current weight etc etc

You dont have to tell everything do you? For example LeeB in his log has said he will be using additional chemical supplements, but won't be going into detail unless explicitly asked/its relevant...