Discrepancies among weight machines in different gyms.

distinctlybeautiful
distinctlybeautiful Posts: 1,041 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Have you experienced this?

I use two different gyms, one on the military base and a ymca near my house, and on multiple machines the weights don't match up. The first ones I can think of are the shoulder press (I can do 30lbs at one gym and 45lbs at the other), abduction and adduction machines (145lbs at one gym and 120lbs at the other), and assisted pull-ups (70lbs at one and over 100 at the other).

I mean, a pound is a pound, right, so what's the deal!?

(This is not a problem with the free weights.)

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  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    A pound is a pound, but a pulley is not a pulley and this leverage ain't the same as that leverage. Use free weights.
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    DavPul wrote: »
    A pound is a pound, but a pulley is not a pulley and this leverage ain't the same as that leverage. Use free weights.

    Yup.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,371 Member
    DavPul wrote: »
    A pound is a pound, but a pulley is not a pulley and this leverage ain't the same as that leverage. Use free weights.
    THIS. The more pulleys on a machine, the less exertion is needed to lift up that plate.

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  • distinctlybeautiful
    distinctlybeautiful Posts: 1,041 Member
    Thanks!
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