Ultimate Smith Machine Review

The Fitness Gear Ultimate Smith Machine is a model that is private labeled to Dicks Sporting Goods and is sold in their stores only and is not available online. With so much interest in this machine I think they're making a huge mistake by trying to keep this thing a secret from the online world.

The Ultimate Smith is a pretty run of the mill smith, but is packed with tons of features that will make you look twice when you see the price.

It comes with a full cage, front liftoffs and safety catches, a cable crossover unit, weight bench, high pulley, low pulley and a weight tree built into the back post of the cage.

The biggest problem with the Ultimate Smith 2 is, the smith carriage runs on bushings instead of linear bearings. This is a common problem to cheap smith machines - using linear bearings makes the manufacturing cost go up and puts the equipment out of reach for most people.

On the plus side, the Ultimate Smith does come standard with a cable crossover unit built-in to the front side of the rack. This same option will cost you thousands on club quality smith machine like a Hoist, so it's a welcome addition to a budget smith system like the Ultimate (the cable cross on the Ultimate operates on bushings FYI).

I've seen these sold at Dick's anywhere from $799 all the way up to $1299 for the entire package. If you can find one with all the attachments and bench for $799 it's a pretty good deal, but at $1299 you should get your head examined if you're even thinking about it.

A much better option in the $1000 price range is the Body Solid Smith Machine found here

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