Rookie at strength training......any help would be great

[swanso5]

The weights are 12.5lbs and of course on pully system. Is there any way to figure out what the weight equivalent is?

equivalent to what??

i don;t understand

[sassygirl]

here is one i found from a different machine...dont know if its the same as mine but is talking about using 12.5 lb weight plates.

[swanso5]

i'm stil in the dark here...what machine are you using???

[sassygirl]

swanso.....its a weider pro 4950

[swanso5]

i don't know what that chart is meant to mean...each plate weights 12.5pds than that's what your lifting...it doesn't matter what exercise you do it's always gonna be the same

i think you already know that though

[sassygirl]

no swanso....sorry...i didnt know that...and it still makes no sense to me. I bought the machine last year and was told there was some 300 plus pounds of resistance......with there only being 12 weights at 12.5lbs each...and a chart.... natural assumption was that the pulleys must play a role in what the weight feels like.... mistake i guess......sorry for asking such a silly question

[swanso5]

well 12 plates at 12.5pds only equates to 130 odd pds...where's the extra 200???

some exercises will feel heavier / harder than others because of leverage and inertia like side raises where you'd be lucky to do 1 set with the lightest wt probably...

it doesn't really matter what the wt actually is, just gradually increase it and you'll be

[urabs6pack]

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