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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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Why This Equipment

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. The towers don't shake when you load them. 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 here came off Facebook Marketplace or out of a reseller's warehouse.

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

Reading about it does nothing. Come feel it. Book a tour and see it yourself.

Why
Watson

Where

Frome, England. One factory, and every part gets made in it.

Nothing in stock

They build each machine after it's ordered. Rob waited for these.

If it breaks

They fix it. The frame is covered for life.

The bearings

Thomson linear. It's why nothing catches under load.

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
Dumbbell racks and the main training 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

Chest

Back

Shoulders & Arms

Strength Staples

  • Roman Chair
  • Texas Power Bar

Free Weights & Cardio

  • Resistance Bands
  • Treadmills
  • StairMasters

Not Sure Where To Start

Build Your
Session

What are you training today?

Pick one and we'll point you to the machines for it. Suggestions, not a program.

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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