PSM200 Smith Machine

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  PSM200 Smith Machine

  Posted by Myron Gochnauer on Sep 6th 2025

  As a non-athlete I have trained with weights for 60 years at Y's, university gyms, and at home. Over the years, injuries and arthritis (from running with dogs and falling on icy sidewalks) have drastically reduced my training. At the age of 80 I bought this Smith machine to help me do squats with less stress on my knees. For that purpose it works very well. In my case, positioning my feet slightly ahead of the bar results in surprisingly comfortable squats down to parallel, albeit with light weights and high reps. I wish I had purchased something like this when I was a youngster of 50. Assembly was easy. Just lay everything out and look at the pictures. The machine has adjustable top and bottom catches for "free" squats, deadlifts, shrugs and bench presses. The distance between “free” supports is about 45.5 inches, outside to outside. You really need a 7 foot bar to use this comfortably with a “free” bar. The specs say it has a 400 lb. limit, so this isn't designed for big time power training. If that's not good enough, you really owe it to yourself to join a hardcore gym! This machine is limited to olympic plates - - - there are no removable olympic plate sleeves. This is a questionable design choice, since the machine is an appealing step up for the person who started with a 110 lb. "exercise set" and bench. But then, maybe people don't start that way any longer. :-) Without any plates loaded, the guided bar weighs 25 lb. I can't see any design flaws, the materials are sufficiently robust for the intended purpose, and the "fit and finish" are very good. I'm hoping this will serve me well for another 20 years and then move on to some other exercise enthusiast. ;-)

• 5

  Very satisfied with PSM200 smith machine

  Posted by Michael J on Dec 25th 2023

  Very pleased with this piece of equipment. Weve had it for our garage gym for about 8 months now and no issues in regards to the product itself. Just make sure you keep the poles that the sleeve glides on lubricated occasionally. The only gripe I have is Im too tall (63 π) for standing work, such as OH presses & standing calf raises. But works well enough for Squats. Also a side note, the bar isnt 45# and I couldnt find the info anywhere. So I ended up getting a luggage scale to test it and it comes out to 23#.

• 5

  very stable hooks line up perfectly great for bench / squats / shrugs

  Posted by Daniel Laws on Mar 15th 2023

  I had it shipped ( all 3 boxes ) to my work, and loaded all 3 into my 2009 honda civic. at 6'6" long, it still made it home. If you take the time to lay out everything, and put washers with the bolts, then do the side rails, back and then the diamond floor plate, the chrome post, then the post with the spot holes, safties, then the bar, and tighten it all up. It took about an hour, start to finish. had to use a chair to hoist the bar up and onto the top rails..Everything lined up perfectly. I put 250 lbs on it and got 5 reps, without anywarmups.. If you take some car wax, and wax the posts, then polish it up, it glides even better. i feel its very heavy built. i do, ( or did ) use the smith machine at my health club, and this is close. ( of course, the health club version is $2,500, and is counterbalanced. )but other than that, it was a breeze. i can now squat, decline, flat, incline bench. I can set the safties up, and get in some narly shrugs. I even layed on mi back, and with safties in place, pushed the bar up with my feet. I dont feel i can break this machine. it will eventually do 300-500 lbs, and still be stable. Of course, i do place my plates into the provided weight posts on the 2 sides...that helps anchor everthing down, but the thing weights 170 lbs raw anyway...so i cant see anyone saying its not stable? and if the hooks dont line up, i think it was not installed right. Mine is perfect. stable, smooth, rock solid, and typical Body Solid!

• 5

  Great piece of equipment

  Posted by Brik on Jul 26th 2018

  I've had this for months now and love using it as it has strengthened my quads and other leg muscles like never before. I could never safely do squats without this machine. At first I had to figure out the right positioning of my back and knees under the bar and the right range of movement because I had some knee and back issues from doing it incorrectly in the beginning, but now that I have figured it out and gradually increased weight I'm having no problems at all with range of motion. You can really mess up your knees bad if you do it wrong, so read up on it, and I cannot stress that enough. Other sites that have rated this machine poorly were way off. It has no problems with getting locked up or being misaligned during the movement like some people have said. But, here why: you do have to regularly give a little spray on the moving track of the silicone oil they provided, but only about once every 1 to 2 months, and remember to use very little. My one qualm about this product is that they don't mention anything about the lube oil in the instruction manual and just include like as though you are supposed to know to use it. If some of the people who have bought this and received it without the spray by mistake then for sure it will lock up and move poorly. This might be why there are some negative online reviews. It was a bit involved putting it together and I did it over several days to not rush it, and the instructions were fairly decent especially with the visual graphics.

• 5

  Great Smith Machine

  Posted by Bernard on Apr 3rd 2018

  Fast shipping. Easy to assemble. Great quality for the price. I like how it can be used as a smith machine and for free weights. I would definitely recommend.