Mr. Smith's back workout: build up your back in less than 30 minutes with the versatile Smith machine

Mr. Smith's back workout: build up your back in less than 30 minutes with the versatile Smith machine - Body Shop

Your back is a huge, intricate mass of muscle, and to train it effectively you have to periodically subject it to new challenges. Instead of your normal routine-wandering from cables to dumbbells to the lat pull-down and all points in between--we'd like to suggest that you become acquainted with Mr. Smith.

Putting yourself through a Smith machine "7-11" approach, i.e., doing a complete back workout on a single piece of equipment, might not be your first choice, but listen to what Dominic Scherillo, International Sports Sciences Association-certified personal trainer at L.A. Workout in Woodland Hills, Calif., has to say on the subject. According to Scherillo, a back workout on Mr. Smith offers the following benefits:

* One-stop convenience (if you didn't earlier, now you should get the 7-11 reference).

* Multi-angled training--essential for optimal growth.

* Lessened risk of injury due to a fixed travel path, and a broad range of safeguards should your muscles fatigue midrep.

* Option to regulate the total range of motion.

* Isolation of targeted muscle.(Continue Reading)

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