Watson Gym Equipment weight stacks: chest press, leg press, lat pulldown and more

What Watson's figures tell you

Watson's Single Stack machines are selectorized: you move a pin in a weight stack. Watson's product pages state the total weight of the standard stack and, for most of these machines, of a heavier upgrade stack offered as an option.

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 Watson machine and on a machine from another brand does not mean the same load.

Watson's plate-loaded machines have no stack: you load plates on a lever arm or a sled, and the empty machine already resists. Where Watson states that unloaded weight, it is shown below as the starting weight, exactly as written.

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How to read the figures below

• Standard stack: the stack Watson lists for the machine as standard.
• Upgrade stack option: a heavier stack Watson offers for the same machine. The machine in your gym may have either one, so check which stack is fitted before you compare.
• Each figure is shown in the units Watson prints, with its badge, the quote, the link and the date we read the page. We never convert, add or round anything.
• Starting weight on a plate-loaded machine: read the quote next to it, which says whether it applies per arm.
• Where Watson 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.

Chest press: Watson Gym Equipment

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

Shoulder press: Watson Gym Equipment

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

Lat pulldown: Watson Gym Equipment

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

Seated row: Watson Gym Equipment

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

Leg press: Watson Gym Equipment

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

Leg extension: Watson Gym Equipment

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

Leg curl: Watson Gym Equipment

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

Smith machine: Watson Gym Equipment

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

Compare with other brands

To see the stacks of the same movement at other brands, open the guide for that movement: each one lists the machines of that movement in the catalog, brand by brand, with their source.

Converting a load between two machines needs a force curve for both. No Watson Gym Equipment machine has one yet, so the comparator answers "No data yet" for every Watson 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.

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Help fill the gaps

If you train on a Watson machine and have a luggage scale or a force gauge, measuring 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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Watson Gym Equipment machines in the catalog

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Related guides

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