# What is a good, all around weight bench/home gym?

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**Created:** [September 30, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-a-good-all-around-weight-bench-home-gym/192729 "2007-09-30T16:53:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-a-good-all-around-weight-bench-home-gym/192729/25 "2007-10-01T12:05:41Z")

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> [@Useless GIF](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/useless-gif/32780/3):
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> Do they just not work good? They look like they were built pretty well.

they have their place in training and its not the quality of the actual machine that makes them somehwat undesirable. The bar on a smith machine only has one range of motion which doesn’t take into account the individual using the machine. a smith machine can out you in a vulnerable position while performing a number of exercises. Like mentioned before it also slows the development of your secondary and stabilizer muscles.

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