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2. Smith machine - Wikipedia

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   The Smith machine is a weight machine used for weight training. It consists of a barbell that is fixed within steel rails allowing only vertical or near-vertical movement. Some Smith machines have the barbell counterbalanced. The machine can be used for a wide variety of exercises though it is most commonly used to perform "Smith machine squats".

3. Jack LaLanne - Wikipedia

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   LaLanne hosted the first [6] and longest-running [7] nationally syndicated fitness television program, The Jack LaLanne Show, from 1951 to 1985. He published numerous books on fitness and was widely recognized for publicly preaching the health benefits of regular exercise and a good diet. [8] He started working out with weights when they were ...

4. Bill Kazmaier - Wikipedia

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   During Kazmaier's title defense at the 1981 World's Strongest Man he won the squat event with 969 pounds (440 kg) (on a smith machine) for a world record, just after tearing his pectoralis major muscle while bending cold rolled steel bars in the bar bend event before. After this tear, he lost more than one-hundred pounds off his bench press ...

5. Weight machine - Wikipedia

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   A weight machine is an exercise machine used for weight training that uses gravity as the primary source of resistance and a combination of simple machines to convey that resistance to the person using the machine. Each of the simple machines (pulley, lever, wheel, incline) changes the mechanical advantage of the overall machine relative to the ...

6. Weight plate - Wikipedia

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   The weight used is selected by inserting a pin in the stack that causes each plate above the pin to be pulled by the cable. This arrangement is known as a "selectorized" weight machine. [35] Some weight machines, such as the sled-type leg press, or the Smith machine, are designed to be loaded with Olympic plates instead of using a cable-driven ...

7. Life Fitness - Wikipedia

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   The same year, Life Fitness expanded into treadmills. Life Fitness was acquired by Brunswick Corporation in June 1997 for $310 million. [5] [6] The sale was completed on July 11, 1997. [7] Later in 1997, Life Fitness bought Hammer Strength, a manufacturer of weight machines. [8] ParaBody, Inc. was bought by Life Fitness in 1998. [9] [10] In ...