Smith Machine Bench Press — Bodyweight Variation
Bodyweight version of the Smith Machine Bench Press. Same target muscle (chest) with a different equipment requirement.
Substitution plate
Smith Machine Bench Press is a PUSH chest parent; the BODYONLY swap keeps force direction first, kit second.
Parent exercise
Smith Machine Bench Press
canonical record
Primary muscle
Chest
trained via parent
Equipment
Bodyweight
this variation
Parent docs
906
mid third · 249 BODYONLY
Smith Machine Bench Press opens on force profile: a PUSH parent (Smith Machine Bench Press) swapped onto Bodyweight. Force direction is the first filter before muscle (chest) or kit.
This BODYONLY substitute sits in the middle third of the 883-page catalogue by parent instruction mass (657–974 chars). Mid-pack parents typically document enough for a safe PUSH/COMPOUND transfer without being a full coaching essay.
BODYONLY swap on Smith Machine Bench Press (PUSH · DEEP · force)
One of 249 Bodyweight substitutes on PlainExercise. Parent Smith Machine Bench Press is chest · machine · beginner with 906 instruction characters (DEEP, mid corpus band). Use this page when bodyweight is what you have; open the parent for the step list.
Educational catalogue only, not medical or personal-training advice.
Parent exercise · DEEP
See Smith Machine Bench Press for steps and muscle targets; this BODYONLY page is the substitute frame only (906 chars of parent instruction mass).
Safety notes · BODYONLY · PUSH/COMPOUND
Bodyweight removes external load on a beginner chest pattern. Keep reps honest; add pauses before chasing volume when joint control still feels new. Read the Compound vs isolation guide before programming the swap.
Read with Smith Machine Bench Press
Nearest BODYONLY cohort peers by parent documentation depth (DEEP · PUSH/COMPOUND · FLOOR), plus parent and guide.
Chair Squat — Bodyweight Variation
BODYONLY swap on Chair Squat (quadriceps). Parent docs 909 chars · Δ3 vs this DEEP parent.
Bench Press with Chains — Bodyweight Variation
BODYONLY swap on Bench Press with Chains (triceps). Parent docs 910 chars · Δ4 vs this DEEP parent.
Deadlift with Chains — Bodyweight Variation
BODYONLY swap on Deadlift with Chains (lower back). Parent docs 901 chars · Δ5 vs this DEEP parent.
Cable Russian Twists — Bodyweight Variation
BODYONLY swap on Cable Russian Twists (abdominals). Parent docs 913 chars · Δ7 vs this DEEP parent.
Iron Cross — Bodyweight Variation
THIN pole in the BODYONLY cohort, parent Iron Cross at 2 instruction chars.
Power Clean — Bodyweight Variation
DEEP pole in the BODYONLY cohort, parent Power Clean at 3264 instruction chars.
Smith Machine Bench Press
Canonical parent (MACHINE · PUSH · COMPOUND). Steps and muscle map live here, this page is the BODYONLY substitute only.
Compound vs isolation
Guide drill for a BODYONLY · FLOOR · DEEP substitute, how to judge whether the force profile still transfers.