At the Greenwich Y, I’ve been using the Smith Machine for a variety of workouts lately. I love the Smith Machine. It is very easy and simple to use, plus it’s very safe.

I just love it how when you go to a gym, you see a bunch of guys doing regular benching without a spotter. I’ve been seeing that at the Y a lot lately. Guys benching without a spotter, when there is a Smith machine right there, not being used. I’m sure they know that they should be using the Smith Machine if they don’t have a spotter. The only reason they want to bench without a spotter is because they want to be show offs on how heavy they can lift.

I’ve been benching on the Smith Machine every week, now. It’s so much easier and safer. If you need to bench and don’t have a spotter, use the Smith Machine. People always think you need to bench heavy all the time. They claim it’s used to see how heavy you can lift.

Not with me. I’m about getting bigger pecs and in order to do that, you must mix it up, lift light or heavy. Take your time with the bench and not rush into lifting heavy, that’s what I’m about. The Smith Machine is great. That machine gets ignored a lot at the gym because most people prefer the regular benching because of their “show-off” attitude. I’ve never had the “show-off” attitude in the gym. I don’t go to the gym to be a tough guy in front of everyone else. I’m all about strict concentration and doing things for me. The Smith Machine and regular benching are both pretty much the same thing, except the only difference is, the Smith Machine is safer to use without a spotter.

I don’t have a workout partner yet, so I do the safe workouts that don’t require a spotter. If I needed a spotter for something, I would ask an employee at the gym to take a few minutes to spot me.

My pecs seems to be getting a little bigger and shaping up. I’m feeling it. I’ve been doing various other chest exercises chest days too like the cable crossovers, incline dumbbell press and the decline flies. I’ve cut down on the push ups to see what those workouts can do to me.

I’ll post new progress pics soon. I may not look like an underwear model yet, but I think I’m off to a great start. I’m just not rushing myself. I just want to get healthy and be happy, that’s what it should be all about.

Kev