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Weight stack

Meaning in sports & fitness, with examples

nounCommon term

In sports & fitness, weight stack means: A set of plates on a gym machine, with a selector pin determining how many plates move during an exercise.

In Turkish: ağırlık bloğu

How it is used

Used for cable machines and selectorized gym equipment. You increase or decrease the load by moving the pin in the weight stack.

Example sentences

  1. Before the session, the trainer checked whether the weight stack moved smoothly on the lat pulldown machine.

    Here the term means the machine's selectable resistance plates, with attention to safe and smooth mechanical movement.

  2. She forgot to return the pin to the lighter weight stack setting, so the next member struggled with the first set.

    In this sentence, the term refers to the chosen resistance level on the machine, not a separate free weight.

Common collocations

  • weight stack pin
  • adjust the weight stack
  • full weight stack
  • weight stack machine
  • gymA building or room with equipment for physical exercise, such as weights, machines and treadmills; also called a fitness centre or health club.
  • dumbbellA short bar with a weight at each end, held in one hand; used singly or in pairs for exercises such as curls, presses and rows.

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