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Watson strength training equipment on the Allentown gym floor at Resistance Strength

4630 Broadway

Hand-Built
Strength Equipment

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The Philosophy

Watson Strength commercial machines throughout. Calibrated plates on a dedicated deadlift platform. Texas Power Bars. Metallic dumbbells to 150 lbs. A 16-cable station with 180-degree pulleys. Two squat cages.

You've probably never heard of Watson. Almost nobody has. They're in England and they build every machine by hand.

Rob found them the hard way. He'd been coaching thirty years and he knew what he wanted a machine to do, so a catalog was never going to cut it. He tried them in gyms around the country before he bought a single one.

You notice it the first time you sit down. The cables don't catch. Everything adjusts, down to the angle you press at, so a machine set up for someone a foot taller still works for you.

Most of these machines aren't in another gym around here.

The rest of the floor got picked the same way. What works, not what a distributor had on the shelf. Nothing on this floor came off Facebook Marketplace.

And it stays usable, because we cap the membership. You don't wait for a squat rack at 6 PM, and the guy pulling five plates isn't standing in your set.

You can read about it, or you can come feel it. Book a tour and see it yourself.

The Equipment Standard

Why
Watson

Origin

Made in the UK

Build

Commercial-grade steel & precision engineering

Who uses it

Elite powerlifters, competitive bodybuilders & serious lifters worldwide

Why it matters

Biomechanically designed to move the way your body moves, not the other way around

Squat racks at Resistance Strength gym Allentown PA
Squat Racks
16-cable station with 180-degree pulleys at Resistance Strength Allentown PA
16-Cable Station
Full gym floor at Resistance Strength Allentown PA
The Floor
Watson strength training machines at Resistance Strength Allentown PA
Watson Machines

What's On The Floor

Machines &
Free Weights

Legs

  • +Single / Double Leg Press
  • +Pendulum Squat
  • +Hydraulic Hack Squat (adjustable degree)
  • +V Squat Machine
  • +45lb Barbell Squat Rack
  • +65lb Barbell Squat Rack
  • +Leg Curl
  • +Leg Extension
  • +Seated Calf & Tibia Raise
  • +Hip Thrust (padded w/ seat belt)
  • +Abductor / Adductor Machine

Chest

  • +Plate Loaded Bench Press
  • +Plate Loaded Incline Chest Press
  • +Pakulski Bench
  • +Standing Chest Press Machine
  • +Unilateral Incline Cable Chest Press
  • +Seated Cable Fly
  • +Chest Fly / Rear Delt Cable Machine

Back

  • +Plate Loaded Front Pulldown
  • +Chest Supported T-Bar Row
  • +Unilateral Cable Row Machine
  • +Plate Loaded Lateral Row

Shoulders & Arms

  • +Seated Shoulder Press Machine
  • +Shoulder Press Bench
  • +Preacher Curl Machine
  • +16-Cable Station (180° pulleys, fully adjustable height)

Strength Staples

  • +Deadlift Platform (calibrated plates)
  • +Smith Machine
  • +Assisted Pull-Ups / Dips Machine
  • +Roman Chair
  • +Abdominal Crunch Machine

Free Weights & Cardio

  • +Metallic Dumbbells up to 150 lbs
  • +Resistance Bands
  • +Treadmills
  • +StairMasters

See It Move

In Action

Leg Press

Leg Press

Single-leg capable with a smooth, calibrated motion and an adjustable foot position.

Standing Chest Press

Standing Chest Press

Adjustable through a full range of press angles and heights. Built for precision angles.

Cable Stations

Cable Stations

Sixteen cables with 180-degree pulleys, fully adjustable on every dual stack.

Seated Calf / Tibia Raise

Seated Calf / Tibia Raise

Calves and tibialis on the same station. Trains the muscle most lifters skip, where most lower-leg injuries originate.

Pendulum Squat

Pendulum Squat

One of the rarest machines in serious lifting. The kind that haunts you for the rest of your career.

Come See It
For Yourself

Nothing on this page does it justice. Come train.

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