Hammer Strength starting weight and weight stacks: every catalogued machine

What the Hammer Strength figures tell you

A Hammer Strength plate-loaded machine has no weight stack: you load plates on a lever arm or a sled, and the empty machine already resists before the first plate goes on. The product pages call this the starting resistance. We copy each quote as written: when it says per work-arm, it describes one arm.

The Select and MTS machines are selectorized: you move a pin in a weight stack. MTS machines have two independent stacks, one per arm. A stack weight is what the plates weigh, not what you feel at the handle: cables, pulleys, cams and lever arms sit between the stack and your hands.

A starting weight describes the empty machine; a stack weight describes the plates on the pin. Neither is a conversion. They tell you what the manufacturer states for that machine, not how it compares with an Arsenal, a Technogym or a Panatta one: the lever geometry, the pulley arrangement, the path of the handles and friction still differ.

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How to read the figures below

• Starting resistance on a plate-loaded machine: the resistance of the empty arm or sled, exactly as the product page quotes it. Add it to the plates you load only if you want the manufacturer's own figure for the empty machine; we never add it for you.
• Per arm or whole machine: on Iso-Lateral machines with two independent arms, a quote may describe one arm. Where the quote does not say, we do not assume which one it is.
• Weight stack on a Select or MTS machine: the stack as listed by the manufacturer. A quote that starts with two times a figure means two separate stacks, one per arm.
• Each figure is shown in the units the manufacturer prints, with its badge, the quote, the link and the date we read the page. We never convert, add or round anything.
• Where no increment, starting weight or maximum load is stated, nothing is shown for it: we never fill a gap with a guess. The same starting weight or the same pin can feel different from one machine to the next.

Chest press: Hammer Strength

Chest press weight stacks by brand: Technogym vs Life Fitness vs Hammer Strength

Incline press: Hammer Strength

Incline press weight by brand: stacks, starting weight and what the pin means

Shoulder press: Hammer Strength

Shoulder press weight by brand: stacks, increments and what the pin means

Lat pulldown: Hammer Strength

Lat pulldown weight by brand: stacks, increments and what the pin means

Seated row: Hammer Strength

Seated row and low row weight by brand: stacks, increments and what the pin means

Leg press: Hammer Strength

Leg press weight: is what you load what you push?

Leg extension: Hammer Strength

Leg extension and leg curl weight by brand: stacks, increments and what the pin means

Leg curl: Hammer Strength

Leg extension and leg curl weight by brand: stacks, increments and what the pin means

Smith machine: Hammer Strength

Smith machine bar weight by brand: what the empty bar really weighs

Compare with other brands

To see the starting weight or the stack of the same movement at other brands, open the guide for that movement or the plate-loaded starting weight guide, which lists every plate-loaded machine in the catalog.

Converting a load between two machines needs a force curve for both. Only the machines that have one can be compared; for every other pair the comparator answers "No data yet".

Plate-loaded machine starting weight by brand: what the empty machine weighsChest press weight stacks by brand: Technogym vs Life Fitness vs Hammer StrengthLat pulldown weight by brand: stacks, increments and what the pin meansIncline press weight by brand: stacks, starting weight and what the pin meansLeg extension and leg curl weight by brand: stacks, increments and what the pin meansSeated row and low row weight by brand: stacks, increments and what the pin meansShoulder press weight by brand: stacks, increments and what the pin meansLeg press weight: is what you load what you push?Smith machine bar weight by brand: what the empty bar really weighs

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How every figure is labelled

MachineConvert never invents a number. Each figure carries one of three levels, with its source link and the date it was read:

Measured

Read on the machine itself with a force gauge, following the measurement protocol, with a proof (continuous video or photos) and the date.

Manufacturer

Quoted word for word from the manufacturer's official page or document, in the units printed there, with the link and the date it was read. A stack weight says what the plates weigh, not what you feel at the handle.

Estimated

Computed from a mechanical model of the machine (lever, cam or pulley) built from sourced inputs. Each estimate shows its method, its error band and a derivation page, and is marked as not verified by measurement.

MethodologyData rules

Help fill the gaps

If you train on a Hammer Strength machine and have a luggage scale or a force gauge, measuring the empty arm or the force at the handle for a given load is the fastest way to turn "No data yet" into a real comparison. Every submission is reviewed before it is published.

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Hammer Strength machines in the catalog

Hammer Strength Iso-Lateral Bench PressHammer Strength Iso-Lateral Front Lat PulldownHammer Strength Iso-Lateral Incline PressHammer Strength Iso-Lateral Kneeling Leg CurlHammer Strength Iso-Lateral Leg CurlHammer Strength Iso-Lateral Leg ExtensionHammer Strength Iso-Lateral Low RowHammer Strength Iso-Lateral RowHammer Strength Iso-Lateral Shoulder PressHammer Strength MTS Iso-Lateral Chest PressHammer Strength MTS Iso-Lateral Front PulldownHammer Strength MTS Iso-Lateral Kneeling Leg CurlHammer Strength MTS Iso-Lateral Leg ExtensionHammer Strength MTS Iso-Lateral RowHammer Strength MTS Iso-Lateral Shoulder PressHammer Strength Plate Loaded Linear Leg PressHammer Strength Plate-Loaded Vertical Smith MachineHammer Strength Select Chest PressHammer Strength Select Lat PulldownHammer Strength Select Leg CurlHammer Strength Select Leg ExtensionHammer Strength Select Seated Leg PressHammer Strength Select Seated RowHammer Strength Select Shoulder PressHammer Strength Smith Machine

Related guides

Life Fitness weight stacks: Insignia, Axiom and plate-loaded machinesPlate-loaded machine starting weight by brand: what the empty machine weighsIs a hundred kilos on a leg press really a hundred kilos?Leg press weight: is what you load what you push?Chest press weight stacks by brand: Technogym vs Life Fitness vs Hammer StrengthShoulder press weight by brand: stacks, increments and what the pin meansSeated row and low row weight by brand: stacks, increments and what the pin meansLat pulldown weight by brand: stacks, increments and what the pin meansLeg extension and leg curl weight by brand: stacks, increments and what the pin meansIncline press weight by brand: stacks, starting weight and what the pin meansSmith machine bar weight by brand: what the empty bar really weighsHow to convert machine weight between gyms and brands