# Pittspeed Fitness & Nutrition thread update:

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-fitness-nutrition-thread-update/180728>\
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [March 2, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-fitness-nutrition-thread-update/180728 "2006-03-02T22:40:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-fitness-nutrition-thread-update/180728/1251 "2008-09-11T19:51:08Z")

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> [@Thumbs up to Derrick @ rockys. Thumbs down to theifs.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thumbs-up-to-derrick-rockys-thumbs-down-to-theifs/37735/32):
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> I refuse to use a smith. Sort of how going past parallel can be bad for the rotator cuff…a smith can be bad for your joints as well. It keeps you in a fixed range of motion and takes away a more natural range of motion…in the long run this can do some damage to your joints.

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I can’t stand the smith machines. I can never seem to get comfortable on them.

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