Hey . . . good to hear that all is going well, Dan. As for training at 2.00 am, I'm just getting up for my first visit to the toilet! How do you do it?

Anyway, if your Smith M/C is of a more modern variety, ie. slightly angled instead of vertical, it should be no problem to squat comfortably, front or rear. That's what I use myself. I also attend a gym during the week, not unlike yours where I tend to perform Goblet Squats. ie A dumbell held in front of the chest, aiming for a good deep squat and emphasis on form. I use a 100lb dumbbell and love them.

Another move is Bulgarian Lunges ie. back leg raised on a bench. I perform these in a Rest - Pause fashion, resting 15 seconds, dropping twice more for 2 rounds of 3 sets. 

Cluster sets are great, too. Should be able to do these on the Smith. For example . . . Squat . . .Perform 1 rep, rest 10 seconds, rep 2, rest 10 seconds, for a total of 5 reps per Cluster set . A couple or 3 rounds of this should do the trick.

Deadlifts are tricky. Can be done in the Smith with care, but not easy to get around this one, if you must dead lift. Dumbbells can used but are restricted by your grip. Better than nothing, though. Maybe a super set of Hypers with bar on your shoulders, followed by " almost " stiff legged dead lifts with dumbbells. 

Just a few thoughts . . . . good luck.

Good points, Alan. I'm actually excited to have to ADAPT to something, rather than being stuck in the same formula day in and day out. You know?!

Daniel!  Good to see you on the forum; I've had another little stretch of absence with travel.

I concur that the Smith can get it done - you can dead lift and squat there just fine.  Enough other things to do mixing supersets, functional work, high-speed sets, etc, but keeping some heavier, basic stuff in will be hard to give up - I'd work to keep something in there. 

Thanks Joe, and great to be back indeed. Much as in life, I may have moved out of the house- but this will always be home. I basically know everything about this working out stuff, but if I'm ever looking for an intelligent group of people to tell me I'm right or remind me of what I already know, I post my hypothetical questions on here. This forum is like my own personal ego machine. Thanks!

If they have kettlebells go for figure 8's and swings - they really work the hamstrings and especially the glutes!  As a bonus all the core work you get from keeping proper form!  Just a thought...

With DB's up to 100 and a good smith machine, you can do an awful lot.

Split squats, SLDL, Sumo DB squat, and every type of row on the planet to name a few.

Glad to hear you are training over there buddy!

Of course I'm training, Sean! I'm not on MARS. Sheesh. What good is inevitable success if you can't take off your shirt at the victory party.

For those of us that do not have access to barbells and only the Smith Machine, I can only assume that this particular study will disappoint  

This study seems to confirm, what I have always felt was true. Read on . . . .

A comparison of muscle activation between a Smith machine and free weight bench press.

Schick EE, Coburn JW, Brown LE, Judelson DA, Khamoui AV, Tran TT, Uribe BP.

Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, California State University, Fullerton, California, USA.

Good study, Alan. Yet it does not surprise me. Do I know the free barbell is better? Of course! But it's give and take. The benefits I get from having a gym that is literally open 24/7 365 far outweigh (in my mind) the lack of free bars. Additionally, the I'm forced to adapt and find new ways to train, which keeps things interesting. And we also have the heavy DBs as well. 100's can do some damage.