Many smith machines reduce the bar s weight by 10 15 or 20 pounds.
Bench press bar weight smith machine.
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This may reduce the bar s weight by as much as 10 to 20 lbs.
The smith machine is designed so that the bar glides up and down the contraption which makes the bar lighter.
A cable goes from the smith machine s bar up to a pulley at the top of the machine and a weight hangs down the other side.
The weight of a standard bench press barbell is 45 pounds.
The machine has been made to glide the bar easily up and down so is sometimes considered easier to move.
This reduces the effective weight of the smith machine bar down to about 15 lbs.
Aside from that some machines are also counterbalanced as mentioned previously.
However in the smith machine the weight is often lighter.
A standard bench press barbell weighs 45 pounds.
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The smith machine is designed to make the bar glide up and down and the apparatus on the sides of the machine that allows it to slide also can make the bar lighter.
Another difference between the two forms of bench press is the weight of the bar.
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