I thought the smith machine is bad Veeky Forums

Lifting wise? Yeah he's shit.

why are u using it for shrugs
do u go to planet fitness or something

Easier to set up and I don't like dumbbell shrugs

There's been lots of research that shows that loaded free weight squats (db/bb) have a great carry over to athletic performance
smith machines/leg press etc didnt do shit

It's called soccer bub

>American education

the range of motion is terrible on the smith machine

Athletic coaches wasting athletes potential so they dont get hurt is nothing new

Smith machines steal gainz and promote autistic activities

>larger weight on the outside with smaller weight on the inside

This fucking triggered me

I unironically use a pad and smith machine, no shame

Don't listen to these autists, just shut the fuck up and lift.

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he also has multi million dollar salary so you better reconsider your views

>implying Inter is "top team"
>do you even follow serie A?

tell me again whats wrong with running shoes?

Enjoy your shit form. Guarantee that you'd lift half as much weight with a barbell than on your Shit Machine.

Isn't it safer to squat with it?
I used to squat with it when my form was still garbage.

spotted dyel

>he makes more money than you so nothing he does can be wrong

He's objectively training for squats wrong.

>3rd world medal count

Running shoes have a lot more soft cushioning in the soles, which is easily compressed. You want a rigid flat surface for squats. Run in shoes throe the balance off by having a compressible sole. At his weights, it's negligible, but past the 2.5pl8 area, it can be a big risk factor

not an answer.

also, if theres any metric that can be used even somewhat accurately on the internet to compare our strength and fitness levels, I can 99% guarantee you I will dominate you. Let me know what you can think of.

Thanks for the reasonable answer.

For athletes exercise is a complement. It's more important in football or rugby or sports like that but in soccer all they care about is sprinting down the field without getting tired.

Squatting will not teach you kicking technique and it will fatigue your legs. These are also spoiled millionaires who may even object to doing heavy squats.

>trying to prove himself as better than a faceless, nameless, anonymous poster an an anonymous anime weeaboo imageboard

please user, stop

Quads are used in running, you know. Squats also build endurance on top of strength.

>pussy pad
>pussy weights
>pussy machine
>pussy athletes
>pussy earrings

>yurop

now this is a real gym for a real sports team

A lot of sports coaches are old fucks who have no idea what real weight training is. They've been doing the wrong shit for 50 years so you bet your ass they believe it's correct and they will not listen to someone telling them otherwise.

>"Squat racks, as far as the eye can see, Billy"
>"what did they call this place dad?"
>"The Patriots gym"

>soccer player
>knowing shit about ANYTHING
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I was with you until the picture, but nobody on the patriots has touched a weight in years.

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of course it is you fucking retard

gotta hide the shame

I do it for behind the back shrugs. Mostly because my booty is too juicy and it's a pain to pull it around.

>if theres any metric that can be used even somewhat accurately on the internet to compare our strength and fitness levels
There is retard. I can guarantee most people here out lift you.

>a DYEL says something
>take a picture not even reaching half squat
>somehow break the machically efficiency and human anatomy

I sometimes use the smith machine when I want to go a bit heavier on the bench press.

>I sometimes use the smith machine when I want to go a bit heavier on the bench press.

Let me fix that for you
>I sometimes use the smith machine when I want to pretend I can lift more than I can on bench press.

He is training for explosiveness. Notice the baby weight. They arnt trying to get strong. Theyre trying to get explosiveness in their sprints. Squats are better but squatting at high speeds constantly is fucking stupid, especially when you do it for hundreds of reps a day and when injury can cost the team important results and Money.

He will also be squatting a barbell but not the same way

Why don't you just go heavier on the bench press?

>training for explosiveness
>squatting for speed
>hundreds of reps a day
Not going to make it

> everything i don't like is cause jews

He is a professional football player getting paid over 50k a week. He works 3 hours a day, has all his meals cooked for him and fucks a different slut every day.

He might not look great but he has accomplished his dreams.

not from weight lifting. is bill gates the ultimate expert when it comes to deadlift form?

>Probably some old retard who tells them to stare at the sealing while they squat
>sealing
are you sure you aren't some old retard yourself?

>implying that I consider a max smith to be a real max

Because with the smith I can put more focus on the chest muscle, which has been one of my weaker points.

I usually do it as a supplementary exercise after the real bench press though.

shit they're so much comfier

See

Actually Inter is my fav team and they have a history of a lot of injuries, the head doctor is a retard

my nigga

free weight squat builds pretty much every facet of athleticism better and at that weight how could he get an injury

also lmao at the pussy pad, theres no excuse for that

>symmetricstrength.com
you have no excuse now.
also
>running shoes
because of the compressible sole, a part of the force you push with gets lost in it, while a non-compressible shoe doesnt do that

>technogym
God I just had ptsd from my former shit gym where the only squat option was the meme machine

>inter player do it therefore its good

Kurt Cobaine blew his head with a shotgun, why dont you try it?

Ah, I understand now. See, these are the people giving advice and starting these fucking pointless threads.

My gym is actually all Technogym equipment
I'm actually impressed by their new machines, squat racks, benches and dumbbells. Theyre pretty good.

I only use the smith machine for standing calf raises desu

> I can 99% guarantee you I will dominate you. Let me know what you can think of.
inexusable autism, son.

>not facing the benches towards the mirror for sick gainz
Kek

Too cheap to get a squat rack or a power platform

My old gym was nothing of the like.
It was old, crowded, small and with very little equipment
Thanks the Germans, McFit is a heaven on earth.

You're not improving your stabilizer muscles or engaging everything you can since the smith machine is on rails. Your output is cut by like 40%

Isn't MC fit full of rapefugees though?

>top team
>plays in Europa leauge

Pick one

I guess that depends on the city.
I go to one in Milan

>pussy pad
You're a degenerate.
>running shoes
He's wearing cross trainers.
>bitch weight
Perhaps this is a rehabilitation session...
>tiny as fuck skinny legs
Given the environment he's in, this is likely to being a therapeutic site. Observing diminished muscle mass adds to that probability.
>half squat
It's a photo, why assume he was at the end of the movement?
>smith machine
Are you that uneducated?

>fit has really gone down the shitter.

summerfags, pls go

>he also has multi million dollar salary so you better reconsider your views

/fit idiots cant grasp what actual athletic training involves

if rip doesnt recommend it, it must be wrong. this is literally what /fit thinks

Good goyim. The mountain uses an altitude mask - you should buy one. He has money you know.

how much do you get paid to play your sport? LOL, dont answer that

He is not claiming to get paid to do anything you dense cunt.

He is assuming that most people here want to get big and aesthetic, so they probably shouldn't take advice from some a dyel shit bag regardless if he makes more money than everyone on fit combined.

Is that hard to understand?

ROFLMAO sick burn you really showed him!

tell that to pogba

>standing calf raises
I keep doing a shitload of these, but my calves just aren't getting bigger. They're hard as rock but still skinny. Is there hope for me or do I just have shit calf genetics?

Keep at it and keep increasing weight every week and use weights you can handle.
Make sure to pause at the bottom and at the top don't bounce

Would that I could have, user, guess money talks

that is beautiful user. looks like heaven

how? shrugs are one of the few exercises where it doesn't really matter if you do them in the smith machine or with a barbell

Smith + straps is godtier for shrugs

It's shrugs dude.

spotted the pissy bitch motherfucker

kys

>DYEL using smith

makes sense

kek, that pic

>not putting on clips
why didnt they get kicked out?

Forza inter m8 we're in for a rough season sadly.
>pic related
How can i get shredded like this chad

pick up the weights
put down the fork

I use the smith machine for squats
My college gym doesn't fucking have a rack
Gym has everything fucking else but that..

Do not justify workouts based on what athletes do.

NFL players power clean like retards.

Connor McGregor practices mewvmint.

Blake Griffin runs on dunes wearing ankle weights.

Forza inter m8 we're in for a rough season

>pic related
How can i get shredded like this chad
Thb he doesnt look that ripped just really low body fat

Why would soccer players need to squat. Clearly we're talking about American Football