Panatta starting weight: what every catalogued machine weighs empty

What Panatta's figures tell you

A plate-loaded machine has no weight stack: you load plates on a sled or a lever, and the empty machine already resists before the first plate goes on. Panatta calls this the starting load on its Leg Press and prints it on the product page.

Most of Panatta's other catalogued machines are selectorized: you move a pin in a weight stack. The product pages state a standard load and, on most of them, a heavier optional load. 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, so the same pin on a Panatta machine and on a machine from another brand does not mean the same load.

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

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How to read the figures below

• Standard load: the stack Panatta lists for the machine as standard.
• Optional load: a heavier stack Panatta offers for the same machine. The machine in your gym may have either one, so check which stack is fitted before you compare.
• Starting load on a plate-loaded machine: the resistance of the empty sled or arm, exactly as Panatta's quote describes it. We copy that wording as it is and never add, double or round anything.
• Each figure is shown in the units Panatta prints, with its badge, the quote, the link and the date we read the page. We never convert, add or round anything.
• Where Panatta does not state an increment, a starting weight or a maximum load, 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: Panatta

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

Incline press: Panatta

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

Shoulder press: Panatta

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

Seated row: Panatta

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

Leg press: Panatta

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

Leg extension: Panatta

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

Smith machine: Panatta

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. No Panatta machine has one yet, so the comparator answers "No data yet" for every Panatta pair.

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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 Panatta machine and have a luggage scale or a force gauge, measuring the empty sled or the force at the handle for a given pin 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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Panatta machines in the catalog

Panatta Deltoid PressPanatta Inclined Chest Press CircularPanatta Leg ExtensionPanatta Leg Press 45°Panatta Olympic Smith Machine CounterbalancedPanatta Pulley RowPanatta Smith Machine Linear BearingsPanatta Vertical Chest Press

Related guides

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