Shortlist · Strength Machines
Strength machines 1 m wide or less
Plate-loaded stations and benches whose brand-stated width is 1 m or less, with length, height and load limits shown separately.
11 of 39 machines in our index qualify · Checked against published specifications · Updated
By IRONINDEX · How we research
How this list is chosen
Every strength machine in our index whose brand-stated width is 1 m or less.
The list is not ranked: products with photographs come first, then each group is in name order. We haven't tested these products; every figure comes from a checked product page, linked from each product profile. How we build shortlists.
The shortlist
- Width (1 m or less)
- 96.9 cm
- Movements
- Back extension
- Length
- 1.299 m
- Height
- 1.281 m
- Load limit
- Not published
- Limit covers
- Not applicable
- Price band
- £1,000 to £2,000
- Width (1 m or less)
- 71.6 cm
- Movements
- Back extension
- Length
- 1.797 m
- Height
- 1.067 m
- Load limit
- Not published
- Limit covers
- Not applicable
- Price band
- £500 to £1,000
- Width (1 m or less)
- 73 cm
- Movements
- Back extension
- Length
- 99 cm
- Height
- 63 cm
- Load limit
- 150 kg
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- £250 to £500
- Width (1 m or less)
- 75 cm
- Movements
- Lateral raise
- Length
- 1.18 m
- Height
- 1.53 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- Over £2,000
- Width (1 m or less)
- 79.7 cm
- Movements
- Back extension
- Length
- 1.31 m
- Height
- 1.153 m
- Load limit
- Not published
- Limit covers
- Sources disagree
- Price band
- £500 to £1,000
- Width (1 m or less)
- 98.4 cm
- Movements
- Chest press
- Length
- 1.276 m
- Height
- 1.248 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Separate figures for each part
- Price band
- £500 to £1,000
- Width (1 m or less)
- 70.8 cm
- Movements
- Biceps / triceps
- Length
- 1.098 m
- Height
- 1.287 m
- Load limit
- 200 kg
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- £500 to £1,000
- Width (1 m or less)
- 88.5 cm
- Movements
- Lateral raise
- Length
- 1.165 m
- Height
- 1.55 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Separate figures for each part
- Price band
- £500 to £1,000
- Width (1 m or less)
- 56.6 cm
- Movements
- Calf raise
- Length
- 1.368 m
- Height
- 84.9 cm
- Load limit
- 100 kg
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- £1,000 to £2,000
- Width (1 m or less)
- 90.8 cm
- Movements
- T-bar row
- Length
- 2.079 m
- Height
- 63.5 cm
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Separate figures for each part
- Price band
- £500 to £1,000
- Width (1 m or less)
- 72 cm
- Movements
- Preacher curl
- Length
- 98 cm
- Height
- 98 cm
- Load limit
- 181 kg
- Limit covers
- User plus weights, combined
- Price band
- £100 to £250
"Not published" means the checked product page doesn't state the value. Line drawings show the type of equipment, not the exact product. Open this list in the strength machines table to sort, add your own measurements or compare products side by side.
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About this list
Width decides whether a machine fits beside a rack or along a wall. This list includes every strength machine in our index whose brand-stated width is 1 m or less.
Frame width isn't the room a machine needs: loading plates, getting on and off and the movement itself all need space. Brands state load figures in different ways, so each figure is shown as its brand defines it.
Before you buy
- A machine 1 m wide or less can fit beside a rack or along a wall in a small room.
- Plate-loaded machines need room at the side to load plates, beyond the frame width.
- Getting on and off, and the full range of the movement, need space beyond the machine's footprint.
- The brand's load figure may cover the user and weights together, each loading point separately, or isn't defined. The table and notes show which.
Notes on the list
- BodyMax CF625 Heavy Duty Preacher Curl Bench
72 cm wide; used with your own curl bar. No user limit or mass is published.
- Gym Gear Elite Series Roman Chair (Black)
73 cm wide and 99 cm long. Its 150 kg loading capacity doesn't say whether the user is included.
- Gym Gear Pro Series Plate Loaded Reverse Hyperextension
79.7 cm wide and 1.31 m long. Its loading capacity is 100 kg on the spec sheet and 100 kg × 2 on the product page.
- Gym Gear Pro Series Plate Loaded Seated Chest Press
98.4 cm wide. Gym Gear gives 100 kg for each of two loading points and no user limit.
Couldn't confirm
These may qualify, but a figure the rule needs isn't published or sources disagree. Ask the seller before relying on them.
- Gym Gear Perform Series Lateral Raise
Width: sources disagree.
- Gym Gear Pro Series Plate Loaded Vertical Hip Thrust
Width not published.
Ruled out
- Gym Gear Classic Series Hip Thrust Bench
Width (1 m or less): 1.046 m
- Gym Gear Perform Series Abdominal / Back Extension
Width (1 m or less): 1.235 m
- Gym Gear Perform Series Leg Press / Calf Raise
Width (1 m or less): 1.15 m
- Gym Gear Perform Series Seated Leg Curl
Width (1 m or less): 1.187 m
- Gym Gear Perform Series Shoulder Press
Width (1 m or less): 1.45 m
- Gym Gear Platinum Series Abdominal / Back Extension
Width (1 m or less): 1.27 m
- Gym Gear Platinum Series Leg Extension / Curl
Width (1 m or less): 1.31 m
- Gym Gear Platinum Series Leg Press
Width (1 m or less): 1.17 m
- Gym Gear Platinum Series Multi Press
Width (1 m or less): 1.48 m
- Gym Gear Platinum Series, Lat Pulldown
Width (1 m or less): 1.22 m
- Gym Gear Pro Series Chest Press
Width (1 m or less): 1.36 m
- Gym Gear Pro Series Leg Press
Width (1 m or less): 1.17 m
- Gym Gear Pro Series Lying Leg Curl
Width (1 m or less): 1.15 m
- Gym Gear Pro Series Multi Press
Width (1 m or less): 1.45 m
- Gym Gear Pro Series Plate Loaded Hack Squat
Width (1 m or less): 1.48 m
- Gym Gear Pro Series Plate Loaded Hack Squat / Leg Press
Width (1 m or less): 1.02 m
- Gym Gear Pro Series Plate Loaded Seated Shoulder Press
Width (1 m or less): 1.52 m
- Gym Gear Pro Series Plate Loaded, Lat Pulldown
Width (1 m or less): 1.339 m
- Gym Gear Pro Series Plate Loaded, Prone Leg Curl
Width (1 m or less): 1.623 m
- Gym Gear Pro Series Seated Leg Curl
Width (1 m or less): 1.04 m
- Gym Gear Pro Series Shoulder Press
Width (1 m or less): 1.45 m
- Gym Gear Pro Series Smith Machine / Half Rack Combo
Width (1 m or less): 2.203 m
- Gym Gear Pro Series Standing Calf Raise
Width (1 m or less): 1.105 m
- Gym Gear Pro Series, Lat Pulldown (Fixed)
Width (1 m or less): 1.32 m
- Gym Gear Pro Series, Lat Pulldown / Low Row
Width (1 m or less): 1.22 m
- Gym Gear Sterling Series, T-Bar Row
Width (1 m or less): 1.02 m
What this list doesn't check
- Frame width is not the room a movement needs: allow space to load plates, get on and off, and move through the full range.
- Frame height is not ceiling clearance for the movement, and a combined load limit doesn't rate your floor.
- Where a brand gives separate loads for each part, they are not added together into one figure.
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