There’s a whole load of equipment that looks way too daunting to use unless you’ve got the inside scoop – and one of those is the Smith machine ... Laying flat on a bench, grip the bar ...

The flat bench press primarily works your pectoralis major ... during a bench press using dumbbells, barbells, and a smith machine. While activation in the pecs and delts was similar throughout ...

Position a bench behind you and use the Smith machine to load up on glute-focused ... lowering barbell along the shins. Maintain a flat back and focus on pushing hips backward as barbell lowers ...

The men were able to heft the heaviest loads on the barbell bench press, followed by the Smith machine press. They were weakest on the dumbbell bench press, where their load was about 14 percent ...

And some people are happy to train with both free weights and Smith machines, so their stabilizers aren’t getting neglected after all. He has similar tips for bench press and other lifts ...

The flat dumbbell bench press was one of the ... flys with slowed-down negatives and static holds, an incline Smith machine bench press, and trisets of dumbbell flys, dumbbell bench press, and ...

Basically, any exercise that requires moving a barbell up and down can be performed on a Smith machine, but squats and bench presses are the most common, says Fitzgerald. There are also some ...

Men’s Journal aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Massive savings aside, this machine targets chest muscles ...

They divided the participants into three groups and instructed each group to rest for differing durations between sets on the Smith machine bench press. Participants performed six workouts of four ...