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small update:

taking a couple more days off. That time of the month this month has really knocked me for a loop. But we are needing to clear out some room in our gym for the new smith machine/lat tower.

Finally getting rid of that piece of crap weider thing...Looking to donate it to someone....anyone....lol...Just want it out of my gym! :D

So got a bit of work ahead of us, and some daily living stuff I have to take care of. But in the next couple of days will be back in full swing NO EXCUSES!!! LOL
 
NBS 4life said:
Chuck it on ebay, someone will pay for it!
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It's such a POS, I'd be happy if Goodwill would come pick it up....LOL :D I think it was only $500 new, so I'm sure it isn't worth a whole lot. Not that we didn't take care of it, but we have moved passed it as far as our workouts are concerned. We can do more than it has to offer, so time to move forward! :violent:
 
Well gym is still in pieces which makes it rather hard to workout :(

We are waiting for our smith machine to arrive, and then we can get back into things. It should be here in the next couple of days........
 
NoLoveLost said:
Well gym is still in pieces which makes it rather hard to workout :(

We are waiting for our smith machine to arrive, and then we can get back into things. It should be here in the next couple of days........
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How much would a smith machine cost on average? Just curious, once the housing market over here recovers I'll have to think about moving again and get my own gym
 
Typhon said:
How much would a smith machine cost on average? Just curious, once the housing market over here recovers I'll have to think about moving again and get my own gym
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The one we got came with a lat tower.

The smith was $699. HOWEVER I *know* you can find them for less. We just liked this one because it had this that could go with it:



It completes our gym.

We got 500+lbs in plates, an Oly bar, with a curl bar, and two dumbbell bars for $100 on Craigs list recently. We have our Powerblocks, and a treadmill/incline trainer. We also have the bench with the leg extension attachment, and preacher curl. We bought a punching, kicking bag when we got the bench. we have a few other things, like the resistance cables, jump ropes, swiss balls, etc...but we can do most any exercise once we get this last piece in there......
 
stingo said:
A couple of questions out of curiosity...

Why a smith machine, not a power rack?

and

No kettlebells?
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This machine seems to be more versatile for us. We have limited room but didn't have a way to do squats safely. It enables us to have a lat tower, and a pull up bar as well.

As for the kettle bells, would love to have them, but don't have the room.....
 
Well the machine comes Monday according to the shipping company :)

Hubby will put it together Tuesday (he's working Monday) and then we get crackin!!!

WOOOOOHOOO!!!!! FINALLY get my gym back!!!!! :cool3:
 
stingo said:
A couple of questions out of curiosity...

Why a smith machine, not a power rack?

and

No kettlebells?
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wanted to add that I also can't spot my hubby cause he uses weight well out of my range, so this way he has a way to do his workout safely without having someone to spot him.....
 
Power racks have safeties you can dump the bar on if you need to when squatting, or to catch the bar if you're benching.
 
stingo said:
Power racks have safeties you can dump the bar on if you need to when squatting, or to catch the bar if you're benching.
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I do understand that most people don't like the smith machines, and prefer the power racks, but stability is an issue for me and it can help me to gain more strength without the worries of the issue with stability.

However, I do know it is something that you need to do, and we do have the free weight's and our OLY bar so we can do exercises without the machine as well to balance that.
 
You can do plenty of other movements to help with stability like lunges or single leg squats and then use the SM for the real heavy stuff
 
you guys, if anybody's interested, i came across this site that also sells equipment for weight training and all. I only thought about mentioning this since they are actually offering discounts right now. Anyway, if it helps you can find the site for coupons in the link. I hope this is useful to you guys
 
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