What's the Weight?!

Many of you have asked me what the weight of the machines are. So I have created this guide for you to better log your workouts for accuracy. We generally include the weight of sleds, bars and arms to our workouts to ensure accuracy of how much weight is being moved. You are really cheating yourself by leaving that weight out. 

Now not every machine we count the weight, such as a smith machine. Often times I count that bar as 25 pounds versus a regular bar at 45. Though they still weigh the same, the assisting feature of this modality makes it difficult to calculate what weight we are really moving. So here is a list of what we do count into our workout weight. 
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1. Here is a standard bar. This bar is used for our deadlifts, squats, bench press and other movements. This bar is 45 pounds ​and is a standard olympic lifting bar. (These are the only barbell inside of Gym One and most gyms.)

2. Here we see a trap bar. Some of you have used this already for trap bar deadlifts. This is tricky as Gym One has 2 sizes. There is a standard silver one (as shown in the photo) and they also have a black one. Our silver one is a standard 45 pounds whereas our black one is 65 pounds and weighs more. This is why it's important to know your weight. 

3. Yoke or SSB (Safety Squat Bar) are those funny looking ones that come out farther and down. This bar, though scary looking at times, weighs roughly 60-65 pounds. Some brands differ a bit in weight, however the standard is 60-65 pounds. 

4. Sleds. The sleds are all a bit different. Arsenal Strength sleds are roughly 80 pounds for leg presses. If using the  When dealing with the hack squat you will find the red and black hack squat weighs significantly more than our white and black hack squat. Our red and black one weighs roughly 100 pounds and our black and white hack squat weighs only 60 pounds. 

5. Shoulder and back machines such as the plated row and plated (red) shoulder press are an addition of 10 pounds to your total weight. 

These are the only real ones we add into our weight. The rest we really don't need to worry about.