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Same Machine but different results?

Sidume Posts: 70 Joined: 2004/01/28	2005/09/23, 12:51 PM Hi all, This is a question relating to either training, or to the performance log - or maybe both. Can anyone tell me why doing the same exercise (Cable pushdowns) on the same type of machine, but at a different location would have vastly different results? Can a cable machine be set up so differently that a pushdown exercise at one gym can have a 160# warmup, while the same type of machine at a different gym would be completely immovable at that level? I understand there may be variation in training, but that's a little extreme, correct? -------------- Hey, I never clamed to bee the brightist brick in the boks.
Big-E Posts: 248 Joined: 2002/08/07	2005/09/24, 12:12 PM I've noticed that too, so I have given up on machine weight/stack amounts. I still use them, what I mean is that I do not relate the weight amount to freeweights or even other machines.. I just make sure to up the weight as much as I can to get >6 and <12 reps. If anything the weight displayed on one machine might just be a starting point for another.. a general guide on where to start, might have to go up or down from there.
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2005/09/24, 02:11 PM Because weightlifting is all about leveraging and angles... That and some machines are set up on different cable systems, as in like a double pulley system. -------------- Your two most important minerals: Iron and Chalk. If you smoke or don’t wear your seatbelt, please don’t tell me the deadlift is dangerous.