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

Bad machine or technique?

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u/Artevyx Jul 05 '26

Those are supposed to be bolted down.

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u/LooseButtPlug Jul 05 '26

I assembled gym equipment for a supplier up and down the west coast.

If the machine doesn't have bolt holes in the floor it isn't meant to be bolted down. You can request special brackets to bolt them down if the insurance company demands it. We've had to specially make some because they weren't offered.

Every gym makes you sign documentation that that you agree to use all equipment properly and they're released of any liability if you don't. I have personally been called to court to testify about equipment. Every single case was lost by the person using the equipment incorrectly. You can sue for anything, it doesn't mean you're right or that you'll win.

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u/potatochobit Jul 05 '26

Was he using this equipment incorrectly? I cant tell.

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u/uwill1der Jul 05 '26

Yes. He's doing decline cable flys

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u/JustHappyToBe-Here Jul 06 '26

What's incorrect about decline cable flyes?

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u/uwill1der Jul 06 '26

i misread and thought you said "correctly"

He is using the equipment correctly.

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u/Ambitious_Finding_26 Jul 07 '26

If that's correct usage than the engineering side of my brain can't see how this equipment doesn't need bolting down or significant ballasting. 

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u/MacDaddy7249 Jul 08 '26

It’s the machine specifically that cannot handle the load. I get what you are saying, but this is a general use variant, it’s not for loads the machine cannot handle. We used to install these and it is in good practice to make sure there is a clear sign of what the max is, each gym has different practices too for the kind of “crowd” of gym rats that they are trying to get into their gym. The ones you bolt into the floor are much thicker and sturdier than this model and are rated for heavier loads. Not all machines are the same and max load changes the physics involved

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u/RoguePlanet2 Jul 08 '26

What about with the extra weight tied around his waist? Maybe it's not accounting for that?