Cable Fly vs Smith Machine Guillotine Press Strength Standards

Cable Fly vs Smith Machine Guillotine Press Strength Standards

Use these tables to compare the estimated one-rep max required for the cable fly and smith machine guillotine press to reach the same strength level at each listed bodyweight. The numbers are calculator targets, not a required gap between the two lifts.

Choose the men’s or women’s table, find the closest bodyweight row, and read across to Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, or Elite. Each entry shows Cable Fly / Smith Machine Guillotine Press, with pounds above kilograms. Use the calculator for your exact bodyweight and recent sets.

Men’s Cable Fly vs Smith Machine Guillotine Press Standards

How to read the table: Find the closest bodyweight, then use the labeled exercise row. Every strength-level entry shows one target with pounds first and kilograms beneath it.

Women’s Cable Fly vs Smith Machine Guillotine Press Standards

How to read the table: Find the closest bodyweight, then use the labeled exercise row. Every strength-level entry shows one target with pounds first and kilograms beneath it.

How Your Cable Fly vs Smith Machine Guillotine Press Result Is Calculated

Each set is converted to an estimated max before the calculator assigns exercise-specific strength levels and compares them.

1. Estimate a one-rep max from each set

The entered weight is used directly for one rep. With 2–12 reps, both estimates are compared and the lower value is used.

• Epley: weight × (1 + reps ÷ 30)
• Brzycki: weight × 36 ÷ (37 − reps)

Set quality matters for this Cable Fly vs Smith Machine Guillotine Press comparison. Enter technically consistent, challenging sets, and prefer lower-rep results when practical because the estimate extends less far beyond the performed set.

2. Find the cable fly strength level

The cable fly rating uses its sex-specific exercise standards. Reference targets at 190 lb for men and 150 lb for women are scaled to the entered bodyweight by reference target × (user bodyweight ÷ reference bodyweight) to the two-thirds power.

Two-thirds scaling raises the target as bodyweight rises while limiting the size advantage that a direct one-to-one adjustment would create.

3. Find the smith machine guillotine press strength level

The smith machine guillotine press rating uses its sex-specific exercise standards. Reference targets at 190 lb for men and 150 lb for women are scaled to the entered bodyweight by reference target × (user bodyweight ÷ reference bodyweight) to the two-thirds power.

This adjustment expects larger lifters to move more weight, but it does not increase the target pound for pound with bodyweight.

4. Compare the two results

Strength level decides the comparison first. Matching levels remain Balanced unless progress toward the next target differs by at least 10 points.

The result identifies the lower standards rating, not its cause. Technique, fatigue, training history, and set quality can all affect the comparison. Age range is recorded anonymously but does not change these standards.

The calculator above applies these steps to your exact entries and reports both lift ratings, both next targets, and the final comparison.

How Men’s Cable Fly and Smith Machine Guillotine Press Standards Differ

How to read this chart: Choose a strength level and follow its line across bodyweight. Values show the Smith Machine Guillotine Press standard minus the Cable Fly standard: zero means equal, above zero means the Smith Machine Guillotine Press standard is higher, and below zero means the Cable Fly standard is higher. Swipe horizontally on mobile. Use the standards table for exact lb/kg targets.

How Women’s Cable Fly and Smith Machine Guillotine Press Standards Differ

How to read this chart: Choose a strength level and follow its line across bodyweight. Values show the Smith Machine Guillotine Press standard minus the Cable Fly standard: zero means equal, above zero means the Smith Machine Guillotine Press standard is higher, and below zero means the Cable Fly standard is higher. Swipe horizontally on mobile. Use the standards table for exact lb/kg targets.

Cable Fly and Smith Machine Guillotine Press Exercises Used by This Calculator

Valid results depend on using the specified cable fly and smith machine guillotine press technique and load convention. Use strict, repeatable Cable Fly and Smith Machine Guillotine Press tests that follow each exercise’s setup, range of motion, equipment, and load rules. Do not mix variations, assistance, partial range, momentum, or different load conventions.

Enter total selected cable weight

Use two matched handles and consistent station setup, move from the same open-chest position through matched fly arcs, and return under control. Do not enter per-side weight, presses, fly-press hybrids, cable rebound, slamming, partial, unilateral, machine, or dumbbell reps.

Use the Smith Machine Guillotine Press setup and load convention

Use Smith rails vertical within 1 degree and a non-counterbalanced bar. Measure unloaded resistance and enter it plus all plates on both sleeves. Center a rigid 0-degree bench. Maintain head, shoulders, back, and glutes in contact and feet planted. Use a closed pronated grip at 1.75 times biacromial width plus or minus 2 cm, capped at 81 cm. Lower to light contact on the upper sternum exactly 2 cm plus or minus 0.5 cm inferior to the suprasternal notch. The bar must never contact the throat, neck, suprasternal notch, or clavicles. Set hard safety stops so the bar underside cannot descend more than 1 cm below the valid contact height. Press to elbows within 5 degrees of full extension without bounce, rehooking, support loss, or asymmetry. Count 2–10 controlled reps. Maximal singles, forced reps, and reps attempted without correctly set stops are prohibited.

Enter one recent Cable Fly result and one recent Smith Machine Guillotine Press result

First lift: total selected cable weight and 1–12 strict reps. Second lift: weight used and 1–12 strict reps. Pounds or kilograms.

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