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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Bix on March 18, 2007, 12:15:17 PM
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http://bodycraft.com/jones_mov.tpl
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Bix, where have you been?
BTW, even though I'm not big on machines, it looks like they made the Smith into a functional type machine!
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Looks awesome... finally the only thing someone needs in thier home.
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That's actually, pretty impressive. Well, as far as machines go.
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That's awesome! shit, you can even do curls in it.
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The mass of the dude using the equipment scared me and I had to stop the video. :(
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That's awesome! shit, you can even do curls in it.
looks like you could do just about anything with it. It'd be a great tool for anyone who works out alone. hell i'd love to have one of those around depending on how smooth it is.
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looks cool and all
but what kind of toolbox puts collars on a smith bar...lol
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looks cool and all
but what kind of toolbox puts collars on a smith bar...lol
ROTFLMAO ;D!
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Finally, a type of Smith machine I would use regularly.
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It's been around for years. ;)
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alot of muscle gayning can be acheived with this peice of equipment
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look cool how much?
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My gym just got one of these I was playin on it yesterday, very functional and smooth..
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look cool how much?
Round $2200.
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http://bodycraft.com/jones_mov.tpl
Gold's Redondo had one one them 10 years ago. For some reason they got rid of it.
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alot of muscle gayning can be acheived with this peice of equipment
Calling Dr. Freud. ;D
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Such a simple idea but brilliant. 8)
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there's a better unit out...same idea...but better than that one....different company
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A mate and I were designing Smith Machines in the early 1980s and we came up with the idea of having free movement to and fro. We laughed because we agreed it had so many adjustments that it merely duplicated what a barbell did! The only advantage of the machine is that you can hook it at different levels to suit different users.
I believe I was the first person to build a Smith Machine using linear bearings. That was in the early 1980s also. Before then most units had cables or chains joining the bar to keep it horizontal. The linear bearings solved that problem.
An improvement on the Smith Machine was having it at an angle. If the angle was right you could do squats and bench presses and it felt just about spot on. Some machines have a counterweight to make the bar lighter. I wonder why Smith gets the credit when the machine has evolved beyond what he envisaged?
I have polyurethane on the pins so there is no metal to metal contact. Also, I used a stainless steel bar over a high tensile inner bar so it never rusts or has the chrome peel off. In that machine it would be possible to put polyurethane on the stopper pins but the hooks would have to be slightly bigger.
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I like how they called it "Jones" ;D