2016-12-13: Abusing the smith machine

5 days without lifting, as lifting with the Smith Machine wasn't overly motivating.  I decided to give it another attempt.  When I got into the weight room, I realized you could put the bar all the way at the top of the machine, and lift off the spotter bricks.

No spotter bars when doing this, and not entirely stable, but what the heck.  A video was posted on Dec 19th, and will be in the Dec 19th post  (This post is made on Dec 28th, backfilling December).

Barbell Squat

5x20kg

5x40kg

5x60kg

3x80kg

3x100kg

2x2x120kg  (This is weak, I get back to why in the Dec 28th post)

The weak squats are a combination of bad lifting technique and fear of not having spotter bars.  More details in the Dec 27th post.

Bench Press

20x20kg

10x40kg

3x60kg

3x80kg

2x5x100kg

4x100kg (Could probably have done 5, but no spotter bars...)

10x40kg

Barbell Row

5x60kg

3x5x80kg