Guides
Short answers to the questions people ask about strength-machine weights. Every figure in a guide comes from our catalog with its source, its date and its confidence level; where nothing is sourced, the guide says "No data yet".
Technogym weight stacks: Selection, Artis, Pure Strength and moreEvery Technogym machine in the catalog, movement by movement: the standard and plus weight stacks of the Selection and Artis lines, the starting weight and maximum load of each Pure Strength plate-loaded machine and the cable station stacks, exactly as Technogym states them, with source and date.Read the guide →Life Fitness weight stacks: Insignia, Axiom and plate-loaded machinesEvery Life Fitness machine in the catalog, movement by movement: the standard and heavy weight stacks of the Insignia Series, the Axiom Series stacks and the starting weight of each Signature plate-loaded machine, exactly as Life Fitness states it, with source and date.Read the guide →Hammer Strength starting weight and weight stacks: every catalogued machineEvery Hammer Strength machine in the catalog, movement by movement: the starting weight of each empty plate-loaded machine and the weight stack of each Select and MTS machine, exactly as the manufacturer states it, with source and date.Read the guide →Smith machine bar weight by brand: what the empty bar really weighsEvery Smith machine in the catalog, brand by brand: the starting resistance or bar weight and the maximum load exactly as the manufacturer states them, with source and date, and no data yet where nothing is published.Read the guide →Panatta starting weight: what every catalogued machine weighs emptyEvery Panatta machine in the catalog, movement by movement: the starting weight of the empty plate-loaded Leg Press and the weight stack of each selectorized machine, exactly as Panatta states it, with source and date.Read the guide →Is a hundred kilos on a leg press really a hundred kilos?The number on the plates or under the pin is rarely the force you push. What that number can mean, empty-sled starting weight from manufacturers, and when the answer is still no data yet.Read the guide →Watson Gym Equipment weight stacks: chest press, leg press, lat pulldown and moreEvery Watson Gym Equipment machine in the catalog, movement by movement: the weight stack, the upgrade stack or the starting weight exactly as Watson states it, with source and date.Read the guide →Arsenal Strength starting weight: what every Reloaded machine weighs emptyThe starting weight of every Arsenal Strength Reloaded plate-loaded machine in the catalog, per arm or for the whole machine, exactly as Arsenal states it, with source and date.Read the guide →gym80 vs Technogym: how to convert cable and pec deck weightThe first brand-to-brand conversion on MachineConvert: what a Technogym cable or pec deck setting is on gym80 and back, with the factor, its source, scope and confidence level.Read the guide →Plate-loaded machine starting weight by brand: what the empty machine weighsThe starting weight (unloaded resistance) and maximum load of every plate-loaded lever and sled machine in the catalog, brand by brand, as stated by its manufacturer with source and date.Read the guide →How to convert machine weight between gyms and brandsThere is no single conversion factor between two brands. What makes the same number feel different, what an honest conversion needs, and which machines we can already work out.Read the guide →Lat pulldown weight by brand: stacks, increments and what the pin meansEvery lat pulldown stack and weight increment in the catalog, as stated by its manufacturer with source and date, and why the pin number is not the pull on the bar.Read the guide →Leg extension and leg curl weight by brand: stacks, increments and what the pin meansEvery leg extension and leg curl stack in the catalog, as stated by its manufacturer with source and date, and why the same pin number is not the same load on your shin.Read the guide →Seated row and low row weight by brand: stacks, increments and what the pin meansEvery seated row and low row stack in the catalog, as stated by its manufacturer with source and date, plus the starting weight of plate-loaded rows, and why the same pin number is not the same pull.Read the guide →Incline press weight by brand: stacks, starting weight and what the pin meansEvery incline chest press in the catalog, with the stack or the starting weight its manufacturer states, source and date, and why the same pin number is not the same push.Read the guide →Shoulder press weight by brand: stacks, increments and what the pin meansEvery shoulder press and overhead press stack in the catalog, as stated by its manufacturer with source and date, and why the same pin number is not the same load over your head.Read the guide →Leg press weight: is what you load what you push?The plates or the stack number tell you what is loaded, not the force along the movement. Sled angle, the sled's own weight, pulleys, cams and friction all change it.Read the guide →Chest press weight stacks by brand: Technogym vs Life Fitness vs Hammer StrengthEvery selectorized chest press stack in the catalog, as stated by its manufacturer with source and date, and why a heavier stack does not mean a heavier press.Read the guide →Plate-loaded vs selectorized machines: why the numbers differPlates on a lever or a sled versus a pinned weight stack: what each number means, what the empty machine already weighs, and how to compare them honestly.Read the guide →