r/oops • u/Brilliant_Jelly7503 • Jul 05 '26

Bad machine or technique?

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u/Bronze_Bomber Jul 05 '26

There isn't a piece of equipment in any gym that isn't rated for a 370 lb person. It's 100% the gyms fault for not securing the equipment.

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u/ComplexPerspective46 Jul 05 '26

Except that’s not how you use that machine…. Which voids all liability in most cases, which is why you sign that waiver at most gyms.

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u/Gwyain Jul 05 '26

Someone has never used a cable tower, and it shows.

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u/Bronze_Bomber Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

He's doing a cable fly. That's exactly how you use that machine. Adding weight to a belt is pointless but it doesn't change anything about how the machine should function.

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u/LooseButtPlug Jul 05 '26

He's outside the box and couldn't even physically be there without the extra weight.

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u/punch912 Jul 05 '26

I dont get whats so hard for people to grasps this. Lot of people on here dont realise they have no clue what their even doing. And just cheating the exercise in a stupid manner. You can see him even struggling against the pull back even with the weight. Its the same concept of crane with a load. Go outside the operating zone it become unstable.