A squat cannot be performed on a Smith machine any more than it can be performed in a small closet with a hamster.
Mark RippetoeWomen who do look like men have taken some rather drastic steps in that direction that have little to do with their exercise program.
Mark RippetoeBig arms are fun, and if their training doesn't interfere with the rest of the program, wait till everybody's gone, like I do.
Mark RippetoeTrust me, if you do an honest 20 rep program, at some point Jesus will talk to you. On the last day of the program, he asked if he could work in.
Mark RippetoeThere is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that produces the level of central nervous system activity, improved balance and coordination, skeletal loading and bone density enhancement, muscular stimulation and growth, connective tissue stress and strength, psychological demand and toughness, and overall systemic conditioning than the correctly performed full squat.
Mark Rippetoe