Nautilus Equipment Mat

“They use different drive mechanisms. The Hammer Strength is a much simpler design that relies on bearings, counterweights, and rubber straps to control the movement pattern. The vintage Nautilus equipment uses chains, gears, and (sometimes) a tensioner to avoid the counterweights. Some Nautilus machines even have a foot lever to assist the first rep, since there would be no rebound mechanism like on subsequent reps. My Hammer Strength machine is only a couple of years old, and it is plate loaded. The Nautilus one that I had would be close to 40 years old if I still had it, and it had a weight stack somewhere around 200 pounds. Unfortunately, all pullovers are hard to find. They are a niche piece of equipment because the lat pulldown and pullups do a decent enough job stimulating the lats for the casual gym goer or powerlifter. However, there is simply no better way to pre-exhaust the lats than a pullover since you can alleviate the bicep, grip, and core fatigue that comes with a lat pulldown or barbell row. With the lat-pulldown machine and a leg-extension machine, it is the one piece of equipment I will never give up because there is simply no similar way to replicate the pullover and truly isolate the lats with a barbell or dumbbells.”