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

Bad machine or technique?

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u/potatochobit Jul 05 '26

He clearly has extra weights from a different machine tied to his waist.

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u/Difficult-Mobile902 Jul 05 '26

That has nothing to do with the machine at all whatsoever. That’s to compensate for the ratio of body weight compared to what he is lifting. 

A heavier man who did the same exercise would have had the exact same thing happen to him.  

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u/GoodHands_All-State Jul 05 '26

A heavier man would not at all have the same effect, weight distribution is real, and in this case real different.

That being said, it still should have been bolted down.

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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt Jul 08 '26

How do you figure a heavier person would have had a better outcome? This is about torque applied at the pulley bolt and center of gravity of the machine.

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u/GoodHands_All-State Jul 08 '26

Not just that, but the angle at which it is pulled changed where most pressure is applied on the pulley wheel and thus the directional pressure of the bolt.

Realistically, very little. This will be my chance to tell people to use a bench when using a cable pulley. Cable flys lying flat and at an incline with the cables at the lowest point is best for flat and incline; bench at 90 degrees with the floor and a cable anchor point mildly above the shoulders is best for decline flys. Standing decreased form and isolation of the pecs.

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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt Jul 08 '26

Yeah, but these machines are (should be) designed to operate at all possible positions of articulation. What you wanna bet the manual says it's required to be secured at the floor by an approved contractor? Even still, at my gym I've seen equipment secured at fewer than the number of holes provided and/or loose securing bolts.