Marcy MKM-81030: every exercise it can actually do
The 100 lb Stack Home Gym is a home gym (weight stack) with 4 stations. Below is what each station really trains, and the 333 common movements it cannot perform — because knowing what a machine can't do is what stops a program prescribing it.
Stations
4
Weight stack
—
Exercises it can do
111
Muscle groups covered
12
What the weight actually is at each station
We don't have a published resistance chart for the MKM-81030 yet, so there isn't one on this page. We could print a plausible-looking table — the guess would be wrong by 20–60% at the handle, and a load your machine cannot produce is worse than no number at all. In the app you can scan the machine and enter your first-plate weight once; it works the rest out from there.
What you can train on it
111 exercises in the gymDIY library are performable on the MKM-81030 alone, across 12 muscle groups.
Chest
10- Machine Chest Press
- Machine Chest Press (Single-Arm)
- Machine Chest Press (Tempo)
- Machine Chest Press (Pause)
- Machine Chest Press (Alternating)
- Machine Pec Deck
- + 4 more
Back
25- Cable Row
- Cable Row (Single-Arm)
- Cable Row (Tempo)
- Cable Row (Alternating)
- Cable Row (High)
- Cable Lat Pulldown
- + 19 more
Shoulders
16- Cable Face Pull (Single-Arm)
- Cable Face Pull (Tempo)
- Cable Face Pull (Alternating)
- Cable Face Pull (High)
- Cable Lateral Raise
- Cable Lateral Raise (Single-Arm)
- + 10 more
Biceps
9- Cable Bicep Curl
- Cable Bicep Curl (Single-Arm)
- Cable Bicep Curl (Tempo)
- Cable Bicep Curl (Alternating)
- Cable Bicep Curl (Low)
- Cable Hammer Curl
- + 3 more
Triceps
9- Cable Tricep Pushdown
- Cable Tricep Pushdown (Single-Arm)
- Cable Tricep Pushdown (Tempo)
- Cable Tricep Pushdown (Alternating)
- Cable Tricep Pushdown (Rope)
- Cable Overhead Tricep Extension
- + 3 more
Quads
9- Machine Leg Extension
- Machine Leg Extension (Single-Leg)
- Machine Leg Extension (Tempo)
- Machine Leg Extension (Pause)
- Machine Leg Extension (Alternating)
- Cable Leg Extension
- + 3 more
Hamstrings
9- Machine Leg Curl
- Machine Leg Curl (Single-Leg)
- Machine Leg Curl (Tempo)
- Machine Leg Curl (Pause)
- Machine Leg Curl (Alternating)
- Cable Pull-Through
- + 3 more
Glutes
4- Cable Glute Kickback
- Cable Hip Abduction
- Cable Hip Adduction
- Cable Hip Extension
Calves
3- Cable Calf Raise
- Cable Donkey Calf Raise
- Cable Single-Leg Calf Raise
Legs
9- Machine Leg Press
- Machine Leg Press (Single-Leg)
- Machine Leg Press (Tempo)
- Machine Leg Press (Pause)
- Machine Leg Press (Alternating)
- Cable Squat
- + 3 more
Core
5- Cable Woodchop (Single-Arm)
- Cable Woodchop (Tempo)
- Cable Woodchop (Alternating)
- Cable Woodchop (High)
- Cable Dead Bug
Abs
3- Cable Crunch
- Cable Reverse Crunch
- Cable Side Bend
What it can't do — and why that matters
333 exercises in the library need equipment the MKM-81030 does not have. Any app that hands you a generic program will eventually prescribe one of these. gymDIY excludes them before you ever see the workout, and tells you what it excluded.
| Exercise | Needs |
|---|---|
| Dumbbell Bench Press | dumbbell, bench |
| Dumbbell Bench Press (Single-Arm) | dumbbell, bench |
| Dumbbell Bench Press (Tempo) | dumbbell, bench |
| Dumbbell Bench Press (Alternating) | dumbbell, bench |
| Dumbbell Incline Press | dumbbell, bench |
| Dumbbell Incline Press (Single-Arm) | dumbbell, bench |
| Dumbbell Incline Press (Tempo) | dumbbell, bench |
| Dumbbell Incline Press (Alternating) | dumbbell, bench |
| Dumbbell Overhead Press | dumbbell |
| Dumbbell Overhead Press (Single-Arm) | dumbbell |
| Dumbbell Overhead Press (Tempo) | dumbbell |
| Dumbbell Overhead Press (Alternating) | dumbbell |
| Dumbbell Row | dumbbell |
| Dumbbell Row (Single-Arm) | dumbbell |
| Dumbbell Row (Tempo) | dumbbell |
| Dumbbell Row (Alternating) | dumbbell |
| Dumbbell Bent-Over Row | dumbbell |
| Dumbbell Bent-Over Row (Single-Arm) | dumbbell |
| Dumbbell Bent-Over Row (Tempo) | dumbbell |
| Dumbbell Bent-Over Row (Alternating) | dumbbell |
| Dumbbell Renegade Row | dumbbell |
| Dumbbell Renegade Row (Single-Arm) | dumbbell |
| Dumbbell Renegade Row (Tempo) | dumbbell |
| Dumbbell Renegade Row (Alternating) | dumbbell |
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