Serious question about Smith machine

[Mark Rippetoe]

Pretty good troll, so far.

[Peter Bex]

Pretty good troll, so far.

yep, he managed to totally hijack a thread that started out pretty good...

[David A. Rowe]

Something useful to tell your friend, OP:

"Whelp, good luck."

You're not gonna convince him, likely, if he's spending money and then doing whatever they say. The only remedy is time and not being an asshole about it until he comes around. Or doesn't.

Either way it's not on you, and it's a recipe for frustration if you try to make it so.

[Jason Donaldson]

If you eliminate peak forces, you will be unlikely to injure yourself, regardless of the equipment.

I'm sure everyone with carpal tunnel syndrome from typing on a keyboard all day will be glad to hear this.

Typing is not exercise Jason.

So, force injures the body both when it's close to peak and when it's really far from peak, but in between it's innocuous?

And the use of the musculature in typing is different from other repetitive muscle contractions because...what, it's not done in the gym? Or is it the lack of sweat, perhaps?

[Kitsuma]

Ok, I think it's time to just go here:

Squatting (or benching) in a Smith Machine is fake and gey. Carry on.

[McBee99]

So, force injures the body both when it's close to peak and when it's really far from peak, but in between it's innocuous?

And the use of the musculature in typing is different from other repetitive muscle contractions because...what, it's not done in the gym? Or is it the lack of sweat, perhaps?

Im not sure what you’re arguing here? Yes, you can be injured doing lots of things.

I was discussing the use of a H.I.T style machine based program and how it relates to the 2 factor model.

[Mark Rippetoe]

Why are you discussing HIT Machine training on this forum? Are you lost?