Technogym weight stacks: Selection, Artis, Pure Strength and more

What the Technogym figures tell you

The Selection and Artis machines are selectorized: you move a pin in a weight stack. Their product pages list a standard weight stack and, for most machines, a heavier plus stack. 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.

The Pure Strength machines are plate-loaded: you load plates on a lever arm or a sled, and the empty machine already resists before the first plate goes on. Technogym prints this as the weight without plates and, on most of them, a maximum load capacity. We copy each quote as written.

A starting weight describes the empty machine; a stack weight describes the plates on the pin. Neither is a conversion between brands. The only cross-brand figures we hold for Technogym are the owner-stated gym80 factors for cable stations and pec decks, which are estimates and live in their own guide.

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Technogym lines in this guide

The machines below belong to these Technogym product lines; each name links to the official line or product page.

• Artis
• Biostrength
• Cable Stations
• Racks & Smith machines
• Selection 900
• Pure Strength
• Selection 700

How to read the figures below

• Selection and Artis: the standard weight stack and, where Technogym offers one, the plus weight stack. The machine in your gym has one or the other, so check which stack is fitted before you compare.
• Pure Strength: the resistance of the empty arm or sled, as the product page quotes it (without plates), and the maximum load capacity when it is stated.
• Biostrength machines use an electronic resistance, not a weight stack: their product pages state no stack weight we can show, so they read no data yet.
• Each figure is shown in the units Technogym prints, with its badge, the quote, the link and the date we read the page. We never convert, add or round anything.
• Where a product page states no stack, starting weight or maximum load, nothing is shown for it: we never fill a gap with a guess. The same pin can feel different from one machine to the next.

Chest press: Technogym

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

Shoulder press: Technogym

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

Lat pulldown: Technogym

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

Seated row: Technogym

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

Leg press: Technogym

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

Leg extension: Technogym

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

Cable station: Technogym

gym80 vs Technogym: how to convert cable and pec deck weight

Pec deck: Technogym

gym80 vs Technogym: how to convert cable and pec deck weight

Leg curl: Technogym

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

Smith machine: Technogym

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

Compare with other brands

To see the stack or the starting weight 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.

For cable stations and pec decks, the gym80 vs Technogym guide shows the owner-stated conversion factors between the two brands, with their scope and their estimated level.

Converting a load between two machines needs a force curve for both, or a stated factor for the brand pair. Only those pairs can be compared; for every other pair the comparator answers "No data yet".

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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 Technogym machine and have a luggage scale or a force gauge, measuring the empty arm 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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Technogym machines in the catalog

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