I’d go with the trunk twist machine. It’s really bulky.
One gym I used to go to had a giant leg press machine. You had to climb up to the top and it had different levers under where you lie and spots to put the weight onto under where you lie, also. Don’t get me wrong, I liked it, but it took up way too much space and was way too over-complicated to be something that should be in a gym.
Another gym I used to go to had a big ab machine that you would lie down on top of on your back. It was almost shoulder high (the part that your legs went over). Again, like the last machine I mentioned, it was ok, just that it took up a lot of space and it isn’t necessary to have a machine for abs in the first place.
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Any Nautilus machine[/quote]
Ever try the Nautilus Pullover? Legendary machine and the best lat pump ever.
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I bought an old 1980’s Nautilus Pullover for $250 on eBay – I had hurt the shit out of my shoulder on a drilling rig (a piece of pipe popped out of connection and pulled my arm back and out of the socket) — I used one at a run-down Gold’s (?) gym in El Paso and loved it.
Hammer Strength H-squat. Don’t think it’s the worst, but maybe one of the most overbuilt and ridiculous. What a massive pile of iron to accomplish something as simple as squatting. [/quote]
I’d be more inclined to call that a leg press, than a squat.
Does/has anyone used a H-Squat?e I’m just wondering what “the point” of it is… like how does it stimulate legs differently from hacks/leg press/power squat. I remember seeing it originally on some dudes channel and just thought “Only in America”.
Hammer Strength H-squat. Don’t think it’s the worst, but maybe one of the most overbuilt and ridiculous. What a massive pile of iron to accomplish something as simple as squatting. [/quote]
I’d be more inclined to call that a leg press, than a squat.[/quote]
Damn.
This thing looks like Optimus Prime and a Nautilus Rack had an illegitimate child.
[quote]MartyMonster wrote:
Although the most dangerous one I ever came across was a Smith Machine at Melbourne University. The bitch of a thing was supported off hooks that sat over pins. The trouble was that it was very possible to set up a ‘hair trigger’ situation by just racking the hook to the top of the pin and not all the way over the pin. One slightest tremor and the bar would shake loose and fall like a guillotine. Now imagine that happening while the bar has 60 kg on it. Now imagine some poor shmucks head in the way. The bar smacked into his head just below the nose, it shattered his upper jaw into three pieces…blood and teeth in all directions. A month later it did almost the same thing to another guy.[/quote]
Similarly but worse, the bench at my high school gym has NO hooks where the bar racks. It just has a flat section for the bar to sit. So if the bar is racked and someone nudges it, it would just slide off. And this is what happened at one time onto some girl’s face[/quote]
Nasty! Can you spell litigation? Something that bad deserves a law suit.
[quote]MartyMonster wrote:
How the hell do you get into the thing? I’ve been looking at it for 5 minutes and I still can’t figure it out.
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My gym has this machine. Don’t know why, cause no one is using it. To get on it you actually have to climb stairs, which are on the side. Google (pictures) Hammer Strength H-Squat.
[quote]MartyMonster wrote:
Although the most dangerous one I ever came across was a Smith Machine at Melbourne University. The bitch of a thing was supported off hooks that sat over pins. The trouble was that it was very possible to set up a ‘hair trigger’ situation by just racking the hook to the top of the pin and not all the way over the pin. One slightest tremor and the bar would shake loose and fall like a guillotine. Now imagine that happening while the bar has 60 kg on it. Now imagine some poor shmucks head in the way. The bar smacked into his head just below the nose, it shattered his upper jaw into three pieces…blood and teeth in all directions. A month later it did almost the same thing to another guy.[/quote]
Similarly but worse, the bench at my high school gym has NO hooks where the bar racks. It just has a flat section for the bar to sit. So if the bar is racked and someone nudges it, it would just slide off. And this is what happened at one time onto some girl’s face[/quote]
[quote]MartyMonster wrote:
Although the most dangerous one I ever came across was a Smith Machine at Melbourne University. The bitch of a thing was supported off hooks that sat over pins. The trouble was that it was very possible to set up a ‘hair trigger’ situation by just racking the hook to the top of the pin and not all the way over the pin. One slightest tremor and the bar would shake loose and fall like a guillotine. Now imagine that happening while the bar has 60 kg on it. Now imagine some poor shmucks head in the way. The bar smacked into his head just below the nose, it shattered his upper jaw into three pieces…blood and teeth in all directions. A month later it did almost the same thing to another guy.[/quote]
Similarly but worse, the bench at my high school gym has NO hooks where the bar racks. It just has a flat section for the bar to sit. So if the bar is racked and someone nudges it, it would just slide off. And this is what happened at one time onto some girl’s face[/quote]
What a stupid ass design … is she still bangable?[/quote]
Not sure, I havent seen her since then. I think she ended up with a broken nose/black eyes.
[quote]MartyMonster wrote:
A vibrating plate machine. You stood on it and then…well I’m not too sure what you were supposed to do. There were some handles but I think they were just used to lift the thing off the truck. A lot of the fat ladies seemed to like it. I even saw one lying down on the plate while it was in full throttle. I suppose they saw it as the next progression from the vibrating belts you used to see advertised.[/quote]
This thing gets my vote. My local Gold’s has one and the salesperson who was giving us a tour bragged that it cost $14,000. This gym didn’t even have a full squat rack. I think I remember seeing a study that tested it’s usefulness for warming up and found that it was worse than nothing and decreased performance. But it’s fun to massage your ass with after a workout.
Hammer Strength H-squat. Don’t think it’s the worst, but maybe one of the most overbuilt and ridiculous. What a massive pile of iron to accomplish something as simple as squatting. [/quote]
I’d be more inclined to call that a leg press, than a squat.[/quote]
Damn.
This thing looks like Optimus Prime and a Nautilus Rack had an illegitimate child. [/quote]
Lol!!
HS should be ashamed of themselves. This one should’ve stayed an idea.
