Weird weight cage?

[Ayahuasca]

The gym in the hotel where I find myself doesn’t have any free weight barbells, only this weird (to me, anyway) cage contraption with sloping lifty thing.

How are you supposed to use it? Should it slope towards you or away from you for deadlifts and squats?

[bunchofkeys]

It's a Smith machine, and the hooks are there to help "spot" you when bench pressing, or squats.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_machine