Fitness 101: Smith Machine

When it comes to strength training, I am usually a free weight kind of gal. Then I learned to love the cable pulley machine . I was still looking to branch out a little more, so my trainer Hannah introduced me to the Smith machine . Essentially, the weight machine consists of a barbell that slides on a fixed rail, and can lock into place at the fixed points along the track. Twisting the barbell activates J-shaped hooks on the side of the bar that lock into holes on the rails. This simple loc