WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.480 When Speediance reached out offering to sponsor a video about the Gym Monster 2, 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:10.120 I really wanted to use this opportunity and this machine to document my personal 00:00:08.120 --> 00:00:15.000 fitness. My long-term goal is to measurably increase my cardio and lose 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:17.280 about 20 lb of fat over the next 4 to 6 months. 00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:22.520 >> Yeah, bad news, David. We only have time to unbox the Gym Monster 2 and show it 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:25.920 off right here and right now. But, how about this? After this video, 00:00:25.240 --> 00:00:32.279 you take it home. >> Oh. And then we'll do a Floatplane exclusive, LMG.gg/Floatplane. 00:00:30.560 --> 00:00:34.360 You keep up with it, you hit your goal, you keep the machine. >> Done. Deal? 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:38.645 >> Deal. >> All right. >> No, wait, wait, wait. This is fitness video. 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:44.080 Deal! >> [screaming] [laughter] >> Of course, you don't even know what 00:00:42.360 --> 00:00:48.200 you're agreeing to take home yet. Maybe we should actually do a workout and try 00:00:46.480 --> 00:00:51.560 this thing. Question for you, Linus. >> Yes. What's the biggest obstacle for a 00:00:50.040 --> 00:00:55.400 lot of people when it comes to gym? >> Staying motivated. This is very true. I 00:00:53.680 --> 00:01:00.840 can't speak for everyone, but I know for myself, it's staying disciplined and 00:00:58.680 --> 00:01:02.560 going to the gym regularly, especially after a long work day and a long 00:01:02.040 --> 00:01:08.640 commute. >> Yeah. If I can work out with this thing in the comfort of my own home, I might 00:01:05.500 --> 00:01:09.200 [music] actually do it. Said everyone 00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:13.840 ever. >> I'm different. I'm special. All right. Well, the Gym Monster 2 might be the 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:17.520 machine for you, but why don't we give it a shot and see if it's any good. 00:01:15.880 --> 00:01:21.200 >> Let's start with free lift mode. How strong are you, Linus? I actually don't 00:01:19.360 --> 00:01:25.440 know. I don't really gym, bro. You have the strength of a 13-year-old child. 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:29.520 >> That is not what that means. >> I'm pretty sure LB means uh little boy. 00:01:28.520 --> 00:01:34.920 All right, do you know how to do tricep extensions? What part of I don't really gym, bro, was unclear? 00:01:32.520 --> 00:01:38.360 >> Bro, you own a gym. I know, but that Okay. >> Okay, so you'll go sort of elbow 00:01:36.800 --> 00:01:42.400 straight. The point is to feel it in the triceps. My guess is I would probably 00:01:40.240 --> 00:01:45.920 put you at like 40 lb to like really get a workout. So, 13 shouldn't be too bad. 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:49.120 So, elbows forward. >> Elbows forward. >> Don't move your arm, keep it straight 00:01:48.080 --> 00:01:53.560 and then just extend that. >> And my fists, are they like a hammer or are they like this? 00:01:51.600 --> 00:01:57.360 >> I would do hammer. Okay. That's how easy it is to get started. 00:01:55.160 --> 00:01:59.040 >> Hold on, I'm going to fall. You can You can go one foot in front of 00:01:58.520 --> 00:02:05.816 the other if you want. >> Oh, can you? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's totally fine. >> Okay, well, why How did you make it look so easy? I've been to the gym before. 00:02:03.796 --> 00:02:09.160 >> [laughter] >> Okay, why don't you explain for the 00:02:06.960 --> 00:02:13.800 people what it is? Gym Monster 2 is an all-in-one home workout system that has 00:02:11.640 --> 00:02:16.720 a variety of resistances, different angles you can pull from. It's 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:21.240 everything you need to get a really excellent workout at home, on top of a 00:02:19.480 --> 00:02:25.000 digital control platform that allows you to control the machine, but also get 00:02:23.640 --> 00:02:29.600 access to a variety of different training regimens that didn't fit a variety of needs. 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:32.920 >> Okay, 20 is a lot more than 13. I definitely feel it. Good, see? It's 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:35.891 working already. Yeah. >> Going to get you swole by the end of this video. 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:41.800 Unlikely. >> [laughter] >> One of the key benefits that David didn't touch on is it's super easy to 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:45.320 set up. No assembly, no drilling, no wall mounting, just unbox and go. 00:02:44.480 --> 00:02:47.840 >> Do you want to see how easy it is to store? 00:02:50.720 --> 00:02:57.160 Done. And there's wheels. It's plugged in right now, but you just tilt it and roll it anywhere you want. 00:02:54.720 --> 00:03:01.080 >> Oh, cool. It's actually so sick. This is a sponsored video, just to remind you 00:02:58.959 --> 00:03:03.880 guys, but David was actually this excited to do it when it showed up in 00:03:02.880 --> 00:03:08.640 our ranch meeting. >> I like fought for this one. >> [laughter] 00:03:06.320 --> 00:03:10.440 >> There's nothing fake about it. Uh next thing we're going to do is we're 00:03:09.480 --> 00:03:16.000 just going to move these and try a different exercise just to show how easy it is to kind of do a variety of 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:19.000 exercises in quick succession, even in the free lift mode. Let's just do like a 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:22.280 bicep curl. Just for the camera, you face out this 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:26.680 way and just do bicep curl. Okay. Would I normally not 00:03:24.519 --> 00:03:29.360 face that way? Uh I When I was using it, I was mostly facing the screen cuz then 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:33.800 I have easier access to the controls. Right, that makes sense. Okay. But, one 00:03:32.720 --> 00:03:39.400 thing that's really cool is they actually include a Bluetooth ring where you can actually turn the weight on and 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:41.840 off, Oh. as well as once it's off, you can adjust the amount of weight you 00:03:40.640 --> 00:03:44.840 have. That's pretty handy. >> It's super handy. And then so bicep curl 00:03:44.040 --> 00:03:50.720 is the idea that I keep >> need probably doing more of a drag curl because the way that the cables work. 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:54.160 Kind of have your elbows go back. Yeah, you're trying to engage just your 00:03:52.239 --> 00:03:58.240 biceps, but you're going to feel a little bit in the back. But you want to avoid using your back too much. A bit 00:03:56.560 --> 00:04:01.400 higher? Higher. Like get up to your nips. 00:03:59.640 --> 00:04:05.720 Yeah. Okay. Am I doing it right? Yeah. That Well, 00:04:03.040 --> 00:04:09.160 where do you feel it? Here. So, I guess that's all right. 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:12.360 >> sort of the key with fitness is figuring out the way that works uh where you feel 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:16.640 it in the right spot. One thing you can also change is actually the type of 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:20.440 resistance that the machine provides. So, [music] I'm going to turn you off. 00:04:18.239 --> 00:04:23.120 Okay. Impossible. All right. Actually, why don't you put those all the way down 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:25.640 and we can kind of take a look. Okay. There's actually multiple different 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:30.440 types of resistance. There's your standard, which is what you were using. Eccentric mode means that you have less 00:04:28.760 --> 00:04:33.160 weight on the way up, which is a really good way of hitting muscles. So, you get 00:04:31.760 --> 00:04:39.240 that time under tension cuz you could bicep curl 50 lb uh slowly on the way 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:42.400 down, but to actually bicep curl 50 lb per arm is 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:46.160 very, very, very hard. So, you can hit them in a whole different way and get a 00:04:44.080 --> 00:04:48.560 whole different kind of workout. There's fixed speed mode, which no 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:54.360 matter how hard you're pulling, it's going to keep the speed regular to kind of prevent injuries. So, if you're doing 00:04:52.200 --> 00:04:57.120 something that's more recovery-focused and you don't want to 00:04:55.840 --> 00:05:01.040 move too fast. >> same with the Pilates mode, where it's 00:04:58.840 --> 00:05:04.000 more about kind of slow, deliberate movements than it is about strong 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:07.720 resistance. And then there's the chain mode, which is what we're going to do so 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:11.360 we can test out the safety features. Oh, okay. Uh what are we doing? We're going 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:14.403 to do bench press. Oh, bench press. >> So, this is not included with the base 00:05:12.880 --> 00:05:19.560 kit. You have to get one >> [music] >> uh level up. Okay. But you can get the 00:05:16.840 --> 00:05:22.919 bench, you can get the rower over there, and a bunch of accessories that do come 00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:25.800 standard. I guess I should show you how to unclip uh >> [music] 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:29.720 >> the handles. Super easy. There's just a big button. Pull, done. Easy peasy. 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:34.520 Okay. Uh what we actually should do is we should clip it on to the machine. So, 00:05:31.919 --> 00:05:38.680 there's these. Mhm. We have these. 00:05:37.480 --> 00:05:44.200 Do you know how to do a bench press? Based on everything you've seen so far, what would you imagine? 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:47.720 Certainly, yes. Thank you. That's very kind of you. So, what we're going to do 00:05:46.320 --> 00:05:53.080 is we're actually going to show off our first safety feature, which is the safety start. Basically, what that means 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:56.120 is that up until a certain length, there'll be zero resistance. And then 00:05:54.880 --> 00:06:00.680 once you get past that length, then the weight starts. >> Oh, yeah. So, now there's nothing on it. 00:05:58.520 --> 00:06:05.880 >> We're going to go [music] 50 lb a side. So, that's 100 lb total. 00:06:02.840 --> 00:06:06.804 We're going to go 30 lb a side. So, 60 00:06:05.880 --> 00:06:08.824 lb total. >> [laughter] 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:13.240 >> I feel like one of the barriers for stuff like this is if you're like me and 00:06:12.080 --> 00:06:16.680 you don't really know what you're doing, you don't really know where to start. Do they have like workouts [music] and 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:22.440 stuff? >> We're going to get to that. There's actually a an incredible amount of free 00:06:20.200 --> 00:06:25.919 content you can access. Even as someone who does have a pretty comfortable 00:06:24.080 --> 00:06:28.760 handling of the gym, was really impressed by it. I tried to work out on 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:31.800 Friday and I was sweating really hard. I'm going to put on the chain mode. Let's freaking figure this out. Okay, 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:35.840 you ready? >> Yeah. Turn on. All right. You're probably going to want more 00:06:34.640 --> 00:06:39.400 weight, but this is good. >> That's really heavy. So, drive from your 00:06:38.080 --> 00:06:43.520 feet. So, spread your legs out a little bit more. >> feet? How does that supposed to work? 00:06:41.720 --> 00:06:46.320 >> It's So, you want to push from your feet, kind of arch your back a little 00:06:44.840 --> 00:06:51.200 bit, and kind of push with your whole body. >> Huh? What the [clears throat] 00:06:48.400 --> 00:06:55.929 Oh, okay. Uh full disclosure, I am not a personal trainer. My coaching advice is 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:58.760 very mid, but I used to look like this. >> [laughter] 00:06:57.120 --> 00:07:02.320 >> Right now, we have the chain mode on, and what that does is actually simulate 00:07:00.514 --> 00:07:05.919 [music] putting real chains on your barbells when you work out. So, that as 00:07:04.120 --> 00:07:10.280 you lift it, more of the chain is getting pulled up by your muscles. So, 00:07:08.280 --> 00:07:14.040 the weight increases at the end of the movement, adding up to 4 lb at the full 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:17.000 range of motion, but you're not going to full range of motion with the cables. So, we could actually turn that up if 00:07:16.320 --> 00:07:21.760 you wanted. >> Are you saying my arms aren't very long? Uh just this movement, cuz you can go 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:25.480 like full shoulder press. So, that would be like the full >> Yeah, okay. 00:07:23.760 --> 00:07:29.400 You're not that short. I'm feeling it more in like my shoulders and arms, 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:34.280 honestly. I really don't think I'm doing it right. Okay. >> One thing that you can't see is actually 00:07:32.440 --> 00:07:38.280 how the machine shows you the power that you're pushing on both sides. So, these 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:42.480 bars will show you your left side and your right side if you're pushing equally, which is something I'm 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:45.640 genuinely concerned with when I'm at the gym, especially if I'm doing barbell 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:49.440 exercises. It's really easy to compensate on one side and over push 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:55.535 with right and just keep making it stronger and stronger while your left side gets weaker and weaker. This will 00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:57.555 correct that. Oh, cool. >> [laughter] 00:07:57.760 --> 00:08:03.440 >> It's nice to be able to just like rest with the safety start thing. 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:06.040 >> Yeah. And not have it squeeze you. It would be uncomfortable. 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:10.600 One thing I was going to get you to comment on, but I think might be beyond 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:14.520 your area of expertise is if the weight that's on the screen matches the feel of 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:18.400 the weight from the gym. So, I'm actually going to do it a rep right now 00:08:16.320 --> 00:08:23.000 and tell you how close it feels to doing this workout at the gym. So, I'm doing 00:08:19.880 --> 00:08:26.360 15 a side, which is, you know, 30 lbs 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:28.880 total. Um that's pretty low for a bicep 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:32.360 curl, but it should give me an idea. Really? Cable machines always have a 00:08:30.320 --> 00:08:35.360 weird calculation cuz there's pulleys. And so, pulleys are, you know, making it 00:08:34.640 --> 00:08:41.120 easier to work. >> Yeah. Literally what they do. >> Yeah. But, I would say that that's 00:08:38.640 --> 00:08:45.880 pretty damn close to what 30 lbs feels like. Nice job, Speediance. Oh, left 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:49.800 side range of motion is too small. It yelled at you. Oh, that's pretty cool. 00:08:48.040 --> 00:08:52.560 Oh, and it gives you a a workout report. Yeah, I like that it keeps track of your 00:08:51.040 --> 00:08:55.960 reps. It gives you an average of your power. Uh and one thing you can do is 00:08:54.600 --> 00:09:01.720 you can actually track all of your exercises as you go. The thing I'm really excited to show you is actually 00:08:59.520 --> 00:09:04.966 the programs that are built in. Oh. We have all our workouts, which is 521 00:09:04.040 --> 00:09:09.551 total built in. >> [music] >> And so, do you want to pick one? See what you like. Are you doing the 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:14.200 relaxation ones? Well, no, no, [laughter] I was showing you different things. What? 00:09:12.480 --> 00:09:18.000 There's no shame in that. I want the sleep button, please. 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:21.040 I'll I'll do I'll do core strength and stability. Do you want to do it solo or 00:09:19.640 --> 00:09:24.240 should we do it together? Sure. Yeah, well, we can do it together. >> I love that that that's actually an 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:27.960 option where you can trade it off. >> Yeah. This is also a good reminder that 00:09:26.520 --> 00:09:32.160 the Gym Monster 2 doesn't necessarily come with everything. This is the 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:35.360 Pilates kit, which has like an extension for this board. >> Do we even need that though? I could 00:09:33.880 --> 00:09:39.680 just put my feet on the ground. >> Yeah, I was just going to go on the ground. That's totally fine. Yeah, so 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:43.360 right now it's just go. Oh wait, are we starting over? Yeah. Oh, okay. 00:09:42.800 --> 00:09:47.760 We'll go this way. >> see it though. All right, I guess we could do that. I 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:50.840 like that you chose the workout that doesn't actually use the machine. 00:09:50.161 --> 00:09:56.600 >> [laughter] >> She's talking a lot. I feel like I'm missing out on Oh. 00:09:54.520 --> 00:10:03.160 Well, it's a good time to show off our uh 2.1 audio system that's built in. 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:03.160 Woah. 00:10:04.560 --> 00:10:09.360 It has breathing built in. 00:10:07.560 --> 00:10:12.960 We're going to be 10 lbs per side. I can do more. And 24 lbs per side? That's a 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:16.720 lot. 14 lbs per side? Yeah, sure. So slow, controlled. 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:21.480 Oh. What extension The other one doesn't have the extension on it. [laughter] 00:10:19.400 --> 00:10:25.480 My bad. We should call this video two guys with ADD attempt to work out. 00:10:23.567 --> 00:10:30.840 [laughter] Oh man, she goes so fast. 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:30.840 Cool. Thank you. 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:36.200 Two more reps, but you're going to do more cuz we I think six of those were 00:10:34.520 --> 00:10:40.800 not real reps. Listen. Listen. Here's my turn. Get out 00:10:39.520 --> 00:10:44.839 of here. I think ankles probably your best. Oh, yeah. 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:48.600 Oh, okay. And you can just kind of drop it. It'll just >> Yeah, the it's not going to yank itself. 00:10:47.040 --> 00:10:54.480 It's not like a real cable machine where it like just a bunch of weight's going to go slamming down. It uses magnets, 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:56.839 not weight. What? Yeah. Mhm. Oh, that's kind of cool. 00:10:56.040 --> 00:11:01.280 >> Yeah. Uh turn me to 20-ish lbs. 20 lbs? 00:11:04.520 --> 00:11:09.800 Good job, David. This was not the kind of workout I was expecting. 00:11:08.107 --> 00:11:13.720 >> [laughter] >> All right. 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:17.400 Next exercise. David wants to do some more gym bro-y stuff. 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:20.400 >> Let's go strength. All right. So we can actually see what's in the 00:11:18.680 --> 00:11:23.760 workout, which is cool. And then if you want, you can change the movements. If 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:29.680 you're like, "Oh, I don't like the dynamic shoulder circles." I can change that. Get your program tuned in exactly 00:11:27.680 --> 00:11:35.360 how you want. You can add it to your workout calendar. That's pretty cool. 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:35.360 And then we need the barbell. 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:41.160 What are you so worried about? I don't know. Breaking my body. This is you'll 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:46.560 be fine. So, the maximum you can do per side is 110 lb, so 220 total. Like I bet 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:52.720 if you were really trying to impress a lady, you could deadlift 220 lb right 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:54.400 now. 3 2 1 Okay. 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:58.120 So, okay. It's going to be like right in close. Yep. And I'm going to be 00:11:57.040 --> 00:12:02.640 Yep, that's pretty good. I'll probably a little too much leg bend, but Okay. Not 00:12:00.160 --> 00:12:02.640 too bad. 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:13.920 I think I did it. All right. Every ding you hear is you doing it. Have you ever 00:12:11.640 --> 00:12:18.960 done deadlifts before? Once. Okay. How did it go? 00:12:16.160 --> 00:12:22.000 Fine. Okay. I also had a helper. One thing I both love and hate about this 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:26.400 machine is that you can't really cheat too many reps. Uh normally if I even in a group class 00:12:24.880 --> 00:12:30.000 session, sometimes if I'm really tired, I kind of just like do fake half reps in 00:12:28.760 --> 00:12:35.480 the corner and pretend like I did it because I'm too tired. The number doesn't really go up if you don't do the 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:38.600 rep, so it's hard to cheat this. There's obviously ways to do it, but what I 00:12:36.680 --> 00:12:41.680 found is I was feeling more accountable to this machine than I was in any group 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:45.880 fitness class I've been in for a while. >> Nice. >> [music] >> I think it's your turn. Go. 00:12:47.560 --> 00:12:53.480 You do it so fast. So, you get explosive power, baby. Get 00:12:51.680 --> 00:12:56.240 my speed on my skates. If you go like slow, it's like 00:12:57.120 --> 00:13:01.640 But there's yeah, all different kinds of ways of working out. And what I found is 00:13:00.280 --> 00:13:05.000 that all my different ways that I like to work out I was able to do pretty good 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:08.120 on this thing. We're going to call it quits on the workout right now. One 00:13:06.640 --> 00:13:13.480 thing that you can do if you don't like using the tablet to make your programs is you can actually connect to the 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:17.400 Speediance app, do your programs there, sync with your machine. There's also the 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:22.480 wellness plus program on the Speediance app, which is a AI powered nutrition 00:13:20.160 --> 00:13:26.280 coach, exercise coach. It'll kind of suggest both meals 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:29.760 and workouts you you do. And so, it might be the right fit for you. That's 00:13:27.760 --> 00:13:31.840 not the something that I'm Well, you don't really need that I 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:37.680 don't. I am the AI. And I think all that remains now then is to see if it works 00:13:35.880 --> 00:13:41.720 for you. That's a pretty ambitious goal. You want to lose 20 lb? 00:13:39.280 --> 00:13:44.400 >> so much lose both in life and on my body. 00:13:42.689 --> 00:13:48.160 >> [laughter] >> Okay. >> Yeah. Let's see how it goes. 00:13:46.640 --> 00:13:52.600 LMG.gg/flowplane and if you guys want to check out the speedy and gym monster too, we're going 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:55.720 to have that linked down below. If you guys enjoyed this video The one I 00:13:54.280 --> 00:13:58.760 called was the the destruction of the house video cuz 00:13:57.680 --> 00:14:04.160 that's kind of like a workout, you know, I was throwing the sledgehammer. Sure, why not? Tearing down the tech house.