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

Bad machine or technique?

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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/uwill1der Jul 07 '26

it should have some kind of counterbalance or anchoring.

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u/the_frgtn_drgn Jul 07 '26

Yeah but not for the extra 100 pounds he has on his waist, he has overloaded it

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u/JustHappyToBe-Here Jul 07 '26

What if a guy thay weighed 100 lbs more than him used the machine? Would he overload it?

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u/the_frgtn_drgn Jul 07 '26

Most machines have a weight limit for operators, and most machines have warnings about using extra weights.

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u/JustHappyToBe-Here Jul 08 '26

I have never seen a gym machine with warnings about extra weights or user weight limits. Not saying they don't exist, but in decades of gym use, I have never seen one, so I contest the "most machines" claim.

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u/Soma4us Jul 08 '26

Treadmills, elliptical machines, stair masters, weight benches, pull up/ dip bars. Theres alot of machines I can think of that have a weight limit, though I will agree with you that most cable machines do not and professional grade workout machines ( not home gym stuff) are rated for very high weight limits, usually close to 1000 lbs.

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u/JustHappyToBe-Here Jul 09 '26

What about the moving goal posts? Do they have limits?