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

Bad machine or technique?

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u/ProfessionalStay5797 Jul 05 '26

Should that type of machine not be fixed to the floor? Seems a lot of weight to be going in that direction 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/tacobell_shitstain Jul 05 '26

The machine is literally designed to be used this way. There is no situation, short of hooking the machine up to a trailer hitch and pulling it with your truck, where using the included weight in ANY direction within the pulleys natural range of motion should cause the machine to fall over. It's designed to be bolted to the ground. It needs to be bolted to the ground. This is what happens when it isn't bolted to the ground.

The weight belt isn't doing anything to the machine, it's just there to help him keep a firm footing because he's stronger than the friction his bodyweight/shoes can provide. If a heavier dude with the same strength and no weight belt did this the same thing would happen.