Machine Exercise Animations

A seated machine isolation that presses the pads outward, loading the lateral hip through hip abduction.

A seated machine isolation that squeezes the pads together, loading the inner thigh through hip adduction.

A seated machine hip thrust loading hip extension through a lap pad, with the glutes under tension throughout.

A seated leg press with a horizontal sled, pressing the plate away from a deep knee bend under back support.

Seated pullover machine that pulls the upper arms down from overhead so the lats work without elbow flexion.

A seated machine lateral raise that isolates the side of the shoulder by lifting both arms against fixed pads.

A seated knee-extension machine that isolates the quads through a fixed range — the most direct quad-builder in the gym.

A seated leg press that loads the quads and glutes through a guided press — the heavy-load alternative to the back squat.

A chest-supported neutral-grip row that trains the lats and mid-back through a fixed horizontal pull — easy to learn, hard to cheat.

A seated chest fly machine that isolates the pecs through an arc of motion — the cleanest chest-only stimulus in the gym.

A plate-loaded seated press that trains the front delts through a fixed overhead path — a stable alternative to the standing barbell press.

A plate-loaded seated leg extension that isolates the quads — the heavier-feeling, gym-staple cousin of the selectorized version.

A plate-loaded T-bar row that builds the lats and mid-back through a heavy hip-hinge pull — the gym's classic mass-builder.

Seated preacher curl machine that fixes the upper arms on a pad so the biceps work through a strict range.

A seated machine pulldown that trains the lats and biceps through a fixed vertical pull — the universal gym back-builder.

Seated machine triceps extension that drives the handles forward on a fixed path with the arms supported.

A machine row with an underhand grip that hits the lower lats and biceps hard — the supinated take on the chest-supported row.

A close-grip lat pulldown that bias-loads the lower lats and biceps — the narrow-grip take on the classic vertical pull.

A machine squat on a counterbalanced arc, keeping the torso supported while the quads work through deep range.

A hack squat performed facing the machine, shifting the squat pattern onto the glutes and hamstrings.

Chest-supported machine fly performed in reverse, opening the arms backward to load the rear deltoids.

Repeated hard efforts on the rowing machine separated by easy paddling, with stroke sequence held under fatigue.

An all-out short rowing effort where stroke rate and leg drive peak together and technique has to survive it.

A machine leg curl performed seated with the hips flexed, curling the ankles under the roller to load the hamstrings.