Quote Originally Posted by lol View Post
To be honest, I found myself being able to lift more on a Smith Machine than free weights. I know there are studies saying opposite but this is just from personal experience.

But I have only used it for squats (now use squat rack).
Quote Originally Posted by Atmoscheer View Post
Assuming you have theoretically perfect technique in both, the Smith will be lower because of increased resistance in the sliding mechanism. In practice, this is impossible because no one benches without some degree of lateral movement, nor force loss in the rack.