But the Smith machine can be used for so much more than just a squat rack with a built-in spotter. (More on that later.) If you know what you're doing, investing in one of these rigs can do ...

What makes the Smith machine so unique: Unlike a traditional squat rack and barbell setup, the barbell is attached (it's anchored between two metal rails), which helps guide your movement and form.

The Smith machine is a piece of fitness equipment commonly found in gyms that features a barbell fixed to a squat rack, limiting movement to one single plane. “Because the bar is attached to the ...

There are several different rack forms, including power racks, squat racks, half racks, wall-mounted racks, Smith machines, ...

Is it unsafe? I never understood why people gravitated toward using Smith machines until one day when I was an intern in college and our head strength and conditioning threw his towel over one, ...

Put the barbell up there. Do your pullups from the barbell. You can also do this in a Smith machine instead of a squat rack. Credit: Beth Skwarecki Now, not all of us need this hack. Many squat ...