Are gym weight lifting machines measured in pounds or grams or what?

[Omar Sharaki]

which weight unit is used

 

[TheGymRookie]

Ask the trainer to be sure but you should be able to tell quite easily by lifting it. A kg is 2.2lbs so it is a big difference. If you live in the USA it should be pounds. The bar will be either 45lbs or 20kg and the weights should say how much kg or pounds they weigh on them, look carefully.

 

[Jen F]

I live in Australia and the gyms I've been to use pounds.

 

[V-CydonianKnight-D]

same with Jen F. i live in Australia and it really all depends on the brand. Some weights machines at my gyms are measured in pounds, others in kilos

 

[Reed Fitzgerald]

Almost always pound or kilos... If you live I'm the U.S I almost guarantee pounds