Shortlist · Strength Machines
Strength machines 2.1 m tall or less
Strength machines whose brand-stated height is 2.1 m or less, with width and load limits shown separately.
32 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 height is 2.1 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
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.281 m
- Movements
- Back extension
- Width
- 96.9 cm
- Length
- 1.299 m
- Load limit
- Not published
- Limit covers
- Not applicable
- Price band
- £1,000 to £2,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 48.9 cm
- Movements
- Hip thrust
- Width
- 1.046 m
- Length
- 1.553 m
- Load limit
- Not published
- Limit covers
- Not applicable
- Price band
- £500 to £1,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.067 m
- Movements
- Back extension
- Width
- 71.6 cm
- Length
- 1.797 m
- Load limit
- Not published
- Limit covers
- Not applicable
- Price band
- £500 to £1,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 63 cm
- Movements
- Back extension
- Width
- 73 cm
- Length
- 99 cm
- Load limit
- 150 kg
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- £250 to £500
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.506 m
- Movements
- Back extension
- Width
- 1.235 m
- Length
- 1.208 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- Over £2,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.506 m
- Movements
- Lateral raise
- Width
- Sources disagree
- Length
- 1.222 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- Over £2,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.506 m
- Movements
- Leg press, Calf raise
- Width
- 1.15 m
- Length
- 1.85 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- Over £2,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.489 m
- Movements
- Leg curl
- Width
- 1.187 m
- Length
- 1.536 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- Over £2,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.506 m
- Movements
- Shoulder press
- Width
- 1.45 m
- Length
- 1.565 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- Over £2,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.57 m
- Movements
- Back extension
- Width
- 1.27 m
- Length
- 1.11 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- Over £2,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.53 m
- Movements
- Chest press
- Width
- 1.36 m
- Length
- 1.04 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- No single band
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.53 m
- Movements
- Lateral raise
- Width
- 75 cm
- Length
- 1.18 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- Over £2,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.53 m
- Movements
- Leg press
- Width
- 1.17 m
- Length
- 1.79 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- Over £2,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.53 m
- Movements
- Leg curl
- Width
- 1.15 m
- Length
- 1.51 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- £1,000 to £2,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.53 m
- Movements
- Chest press, Shoulder press
- Width
- 1.45 m
- Length
- 2.03 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- Over £2,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.31 m
- Movements
- Hack squat
- Width
- 1.48 m
- Length
- 1.98 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Separate figures for each part
- Price band
- £1,000 to £2,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.373 m
- Movements
- Hack squat, Leg press
- Width
- 1.02 m
- Length
- 2.634 m
- Load limit
- 350 kg
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- £1,000 to £2,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.153 m
- Movements
- Back extension
- Width
- 79.7 cm
- Length
- 1.31 m
- Load limit
- Not published
- Limit covers
- Sources disagree
- Price band
- £500 to £1,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.248 m
- Movements
- Chest press
- Width
- 98.4 cm
- Length
- 1.276 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Separate figures for each part
- Price band
- £500 to £1,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.069 m
- Movements
- Shoulder press
- Width
- 1.52 m
- Length
- 1.579 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Separate figures for each part
- Price band
- £500 to £1,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.287 m
- Movements
- Biceps / triceps
- Width
- 70.8 cm
- Length
- 1.098 m
- Load limit
- 200 kg
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- £500 to £1,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 2.047 m
- Movements
- Lat pulldown
- Width
- 1.339 m
- Length
- 1.703 m
- Load limit
- Not published
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- £500 to £1,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.55 m
- Movements
- Lateral raise
- Width
- 88.5 cm
- Length
- 1.165 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Separate figures for each part
- Price band
- £500 to £1,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 79.8 cm
- Movements
- Leg curl
- Width
- 1.623 m
- Length
- 1.623 m
- Load limit
- 150 kg
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- £1,000 to £2,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 84.9 cm
- Movements
- Calf raise
- Width
- 56.6 cm
- Length
- 1.368 m
- Load limit
- 100 kg
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- £1,000 to £2,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 63.5 cm
- Movements
- T-bar row
- Width
- 90.8 cm
- Length
- 2.079 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Separate figures for each part
- Price band
- £500 to £1,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.53 m
- Movements
- Leg curl
- Width
- 1.04 m
- Length
- 1.45 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- No single band
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.53 m
- Movements
- Shoulder press
- Width
- 1.45 m
- Length
- 1.14 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- Over £2,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.775 m
- Movements
- Calf raise
- Width
- 1.105 m
- Length
- 1.15 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- Over £2,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.89 m
- Movements
- Lat pulldown
- Width
- 1.32 m
- Length
- 1.585 m
- Load limit
- Not applicable
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- £1,000 to £2,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 1.25 m
- Movements
- T-bar row
- Width
- 1.02 m
- Length
- 1.96 m
- Load limit
- 150 kg
- Limit covers
- Brand doesn't say
- Price band
- £500 to £1,000
- Height (2.1 m or less)
- 98 cm
- Movements
- Preacher curl
- Width
- 72 cm
- Length
- 98 cm
- Load limit
- 181 kg
- Limit covers
- User plus weights, combined
- Price band
- £100 to £250
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About this list
Height decides whether a machine fits under your ceiling. This list includes every strength machine in our index whose brand-stated height is 2.1 m or less.
Frame height isn't the headroom a movement needs, and assembly can need more height than the finished machine. Where a brand's own sources give different heights, the machine is listed under Couldn't confirm.
Before you buy
- A machine 2.1 m tall or less can fit under many domestic ceilings, but the ceiling still needs measuring from the finished floor.
- Assembly can need more height than the finished machine, especially for tall uprights.
- Some movements reach above the frame, such as a press or a pulldown. The highest point of the movement matters as well as the frame.
- 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.
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 Platinum Series Leg Extension / Curl
Height: sources disagree.
- Gym Gear Platinum Series Leg Press
Height: sources disagree.
- Gym Gear Platinum Series Multi Press
Height: sources disagree.
- Gym Gear Pro Series Plate Loaded Vertical Hip Thrust
Height not published.
Ruled out
- Gym Gear Platinum Series, Lat Pulldown
Height (2.1 m or less): 2.11 m
- Gym Gear Pro Series Smith Machine / Half Rack Combo
Height (2.1 m or less): 2.242 m
- Gym Gear Pro Series, Lat Pulldown / Low Row
Height (2.1 m or less): 2.23 m
What this list doesn't check
- Frame height is not ceiling clearance for the movement.
- A combined load limit doesn't rate your floor, and per-part loads are not added together.
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