Smith Machine Guillotine Press vs Weighted Dips Strength Standards

Smith Machine Guillotine Press vs Weighted Dips Strength Standards

The paired standards below show what the smith machine guillotine press and weighted dips each require at the same strength level. They are separate exercise targets rather than a prescribed difference between your lifts.

Select the appropriate sex table and nearest bodyweight, then choose a strength-level column. Values are ordered Smith Machine Guillotine Press / Weighted Dips in pounds with kilograms underneath. The calculator above handles exact bodyweight and set inputs.

Men’s Smith Machine Guillotine Press vs Weighted Dips 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 Smith Machine Guillotine Press vs Weighted Dips 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 Smith Machine Guillotine Press vs Weighted Dips 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)

For the most useful Smith Machine Guillotine Press vs Weighted Dips comparison, enter clean, difficult sets performed with the same technique and range of motion you use in training. Lower-rep sets usually require less extrapolation.

2. 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.

3. Find the weighted dips strength level

The individual Weighted Dips calculator supplies one shared ladder based on estimated added external load divided by bodyweight. Novice begins at 0.35× bodyweight in added load, Intermediate at 0.55×, Advanced at 0.75×, and Elite at 1.00×. Bodyweight itself is not included in the entered or estimated load, and no unsupported stretch target is added above Elite.

4. Compare the two results

Each max receives a level from Beginner through Elite. The lower-level lift becomes the priority. At matching levels, a priority appears only when one lift is at least 10 points farther from its next level; otherwise the result is Balanced.

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.

Use the calculator above to view both estimated maxes, strength levels, next targets, and the resulting priority or Balanced verdict.

How Men’s Smith Machine Guillotine Press and Weighted Dips Standards Differ

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

How Women’s Smith Machine Guillotine Press and Weighted Dips Standards Differ

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

Smith Machine Guillotine Press and Weighted Dips Exercises Used by This Calculator

The calculator expects repeatable smith machine guillotine press and weighted dips results. Follow each exercise definition below so the two ratings are based on valid tests. Use strict, repeatable Smith Machine Guillotine Press and Weighted Dips 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.

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 added load only for strict parallel-bar dips

Secure the external load and enter only that added weight, not bodyweight plus load. Start at full elbow lockout, descend until the shoulder crease is below the elbow, and return to full lockout under control. Do not enter bodyweight-only, assisted, bench, ring, partial, bouncing, kipping, or leg-driven dips.

Enter one recent Smith Machine Guillotine Press result and one recent Weighted Dips result

First lift: weight used and 1–12 strict reps. Second lift: added external weight only and 1–12 strict reps. Pounds or kilograms.

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