Hi guys, i'm having a little prob with my squat progress. My college gym has no squat rack, only a smith machine. up till now i've been doing squats using dumbbells that were raised up to shoulder height. the heaviest dumbbell at the gym is only 20kg.

that said, if i wanted to squat heavier weights, i have to resort to using the smith machine. however, squatting using smith machine is no substitute for barbell squat or even dumbbell squats right? should i just suck it up and squat using smith machines or somehow squat using barbells without a squat rack? any suggestions? thanks all!

Thanks for all the input guys. The Steinborn lift seems a little dangerous to me. I'd need good spotters to help me out with that.

The dip machine idea as a rack sounds interesting, whats the safe max weight that can be loaded on the dip bars? For the time being I'm still using the dumbbells and putting on a backpack with weight plates inside, progressively adding weights. Will try out the dip machine idea next session