Smith Machine Squat

How to do it

1. Set the bar on the rails at shoulder height and load it.
2. Position it across your upper back, twist the hooks free, feet slightly ahead of the bar.
3. Lower until your thighs are at least parallel.
4. Press back up along the rails.
5. The rails balance for you, so you can push closer to failure than with a free bar.

Muscles it trains

Percent of one session's target for that muscle. Anything at 100% finishes that muscle on its own.

Other ways to train this

• Barbell Squat BarbellIntermediate
• Leg Press Machines
• Hack Squat Machines
• Goblet Squat Dumbbells
• Front Squat BarbellProfessional
• Box Squat BarbellBenchIntermediate
• Bodyweight Squat Bodyweight
• Jump Squat BodyweightIntermediate
• Kettlebell Front Squat Kettlebells
• Band Squat Resistance bands

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