Friday, March 18, 2016

Cable weight discrepancies, what is this black magic!?

Alright, I am fairly experienced lifter and I was doing some accessory back work today at the gym, Standing Straight Arm Cable Pulldowns. For odd reasons that aren't particularly relevant I did a set of 12 on one cable, had to move over to do another set on a different cable, then had to go back to the original cable for the third and fourth set.

I was doing my normal weight of 80 pounds for the sets but the difference in 80 pounds from one cable to another was TREMENDOUS. Like, tremendous as in I did 12 reps at moderate effort on the first set and could not do one rep on the other cable at 80 lbs.

The first cable had one wheel, the second cable had two wheels (lat pull down cable). I mean, I know they are different, but if i pin in 80 lbs, I expect it to be in the general ball park. Are cable weight discrepancies a well known thing and I have been in the dark for 7 years? I lift at different gyms, on different cables all the time so now I am questioning the consistency of my entire routine.

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