Twelve plate-loaded machines, Smith Machine and Smith Rack — the line formerly known as the Signature Series. Plate training with the Life Fitness finish: contoured pads, spring-assisted seats and arms that each work on their own. Click a machine to open a larger image and the full specification.
Four presses, three pulls and biceps, four leg machines, plus the Smith Machine and Smith Rack. Enough for an entire plate-loaded zone from one line and in one colour.
Resistance is loaded with plates as on any plate-loaded machine. The difference lies in how you get into the machine, how you adjust it and how it looks in the gym.
On most machines each arm has its own lever and its own plates. The path converges in a press and diverges in a pull, so the movement follows the joint and the stronger side does not work for the weaker one.
Seat adjustment is spring-assisted. It is set with one hand and without getting up, which in a full gym means less waiting for the machine.
Most machines have plate storage horns on the frame itself, so plates stay with the machine rather than on the floor or on the next rack.
The frame is fully welded, in 3 mm steel, with an electrostatically applied powder coat. The pads are ergonomically contoured, in moulded foam, and the foot supports have a non-slip surface. The line is sized for most users from 150 to 196 cm tall; maximum user weight is 136 kg.
How to read the specification: dimensions are without plates, and the live area allows for 46 cm plates at their furthest point during the exercise. Where it says “per arm”, the figure applies to one working arm, so the total load is double. Starting resistance is what the user feels before adding a single plate.
Three colours: the frame colour, the working arm colour and the upholstery are each chosen separately in the order. Frame and working arm come from the same palette, so a machine can be a single colour or in contrast — colour chart →
