Lifters rely on these bars for heavy or slow lifts such as squats, bench presses, and deadlifts. They’re typically cheaper than bearing bars.

This is the area occupied by the item itself. You might need to allocate additional space for the use.

This fitness term is a slang for “swollen.” It refers to the pumped-up feeling a lifter experiences after a hard workout. During exercise, the vessels in the muscles become engorged with blood. This results in that “swole” look, especially when a lifter takes a nitric oxide supplement for vasodilating purposes.

Some interesting information to explain what this means.

The lifting bar on a smith machine slides up and down guide rails. Although you theoretically lift vertically, the reality is that you exert force differently. This can cause the guide rails to flex.

Too much flex may cause the lifting bar to bind.

Generally, the rule is the thicker the better, but it has to be solid steel. When using bearings, it has to be hardened steel to stop the bearings from eating into the guide rails.

Smith System (or SCS Smith System) refers to a line of fitness machines which allows users to perform a variety of exercises. These include squats, bench presses, inclined bench presses, pull-ups, lat pulldowns, and cable crossovers, to name a few.

This is the safe working load of the item, not to be confused with a breaking point.