1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,600 When Speedians reached out offering to sponsor a video about the Gym Monster 2, 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:08,720 I really wanted to use this opportunity and this machine to document my personal fitness. 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:12,640 My long-term goal is to measurably increase my cardio and lose about 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:16,480 20 pounds of fat over the next four to six months. Yeah, bad news, David. 5 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:21,680 We only have time to unbox the Gym Monster 2 and show it off right here and right now. 6 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:28,880 But how about this? After this video, you take it home and then we'll do a Floatplane exclusive, 7 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,240 LMG.gg slash Floatplane. You keep up with it. You hit your goal. 8 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,440 You keep the machine. Done. Deal? Deal. All right. No, wait, wait, wait. 9 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:40,560 This is fitness video. DEAL! 10 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,760 Of course, you don't even know what you're agreeing to take home yet. 11 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,200 Maybe we should actually do a workout and try this thing. 12 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:51,600 Question for you Linus. Yes. What's the biggest obstacle for a lot of people when it comes to Gym? 13 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:58,080 Staying motivated. This is very true. I can't speak for everyone, but I know for myself it's staying disciplined 14 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:02,640 and going to the gym regularly, especially after a long work day and a long commute. 15 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,800 If I can work out with this thing in the comfort of my own home, I might actually do it. 16 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,960 Said everyone ever. I'm different. I'm special. All right. 17 00:01:10,960 --> 00:01:15,840 Well, the Gym Monster 2 might be the machine for you, but why don't we give it a shot and see if it's any good. 18 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,600 Let's start with free lift mode. How strong are you Linus? I actually don't know. 19 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,680 I don't really Gym Bro. You have the strength of a 13 year old child. 20 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:27,760 That is not what that means. I'm pretty sure LB means little boy. 21 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:32,400 All right. Do you know how to do tricep extensions? What part of I don't really Gym Bro is unclear. 22 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:37,120 Bro, you own a Gym. I know, but that's okay. So you'll go sort of elbow straight. 23 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:43,120 The point is to feel it in the triceps. My guess is I would probably put you like 40 pounds to like really get a workout. 24 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,560 So 13 shouldn't be too bad. So elbows forward. Elbows forward. 25 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:51,520 Don't move your ARM. Keep it straight and then just extend that. And my fists, are they like a hammer or are they like this? 26 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:55,120 I would do hammer. Okay. That's how easy it is to get started. 27 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,800 Hold on. I'm going to fall. You can, you can go one foot in front of the other if you want. 28 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:02,000 Oh, can you? Yeah. That's totally fine. Okay. Well, why, how'd you make it look so easy? 29 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,200 I've been to the gym before. 30 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:12,480 Okay. Why don't you explain for the people what it is? Gym Monster 2 is an all in one home workout system that has a variety of 31 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:19,440 resistances, different angles you can pull from. It's everything you need to get a really excellent workout at home on top of a 32 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:23,600 digital control platform that allows you to control the machine, but also get 33 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:27,280 access to a variety of different training regiments that didn't fit a variety of needs. 34 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,560 Okay. 20 is a lot more than 13. I definitely feel it. 35 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:34,320 Good. See, it's working already. Yeah. I'm going to get you swole by the end of this video. 36 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:40,240 Unlikely. One of the key benefits that David didn't touch on is it's super easy to set up. 37 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:44,320 No assembly, no drilling, no wall mounting, just unbox and go. 38 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:45,680 Do you want to see how easy this is to store? 39 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:54,560 Done. And there's wheels. It's plugged in right now, but you just tilt it and roll it anywhere you want. 40 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:59,440 Oh, cool. It's actually so sick. This is a sponsored video just to remind you guys, 41 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:03,440 but David was actually this excited to do it when it showed up in Ryan's meeting. 42 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,600 Yeah, I like fought for this one. There's nothing fake about it. 43 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:15,680 Next thing we're going to do is we're just going to move these and try a different exercise just to show how easy it is to kind of do a variety of exercises in quick succession, 44 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,880 even in the free lift mode. Let's just do like a bicep curl. 45 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:23,120 Just for the camera, you face out this way and just do bicep curl. 46 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:27,600 Okay. Would I normally not face that way? When I was using it, I was mostly facing the screen 47 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,640 because then I have easier access to the controls. Right. That makes sense. 48 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:35,360 Okay. But one thing that's really cool is they actually include a Bluetooth ring 49 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:40,960 where you can actually turn the weight on and off, as well as once it's off, you can adjust the amount of weight you have. 50 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,560 That's pretty handy. It's super handy. And then so bicep curl is the idea that I keep. 51 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:50,400 You can be probably doing more of a drag curl because the way that the cables work kind of have your elbows go back. 52 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:54,720 Yeah. You're trying to engage just your biceps, but you're going to feel a little bit in the back, 53 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,480 but you want to avoid using your back too much. Bit higher. Higher. Like get up to your nips. 54 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:02,720 Yeah. Okay. Am I doing it right? Yeah. 55 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:06,880 Darby, where do you feel it? Here. So I guess you're doing it right. That's all right. 56 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,920 That's sort of the key with fitness is figuring out the way that works, 57 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:15,520 where you feel in the right spot. One thing you can also change is actually the type of resistance 58 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,880 that the machine provides. So I'm going to turn you off. Okay. 59 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,400 It's impossible. All right, Darby, why don't you put those all the way down and then we can kind of take a look. 60 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:27,120 Okay. There's actually multiple different types of resistance. There's your standard, which is what you were using. 61 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:31,440 Eccentric mode means that you have less weight on the way up, which is a really good way of hitting muscles. 62 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:37,440 So you get that time under tension because you could bicep curl 50 pounds slowly on the way down, 63 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:41,760 but to actually bicep curls 50 pounds per ARM is very, very, very hard. 64 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:45,360 So you can hit them in a whole different way and get a whole different kind of workout. 65 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,400 Oh, cool. Okay. There's fixed speed mode, which no matter how hard you're pulling, 66 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,680 it's going to keep the speed regular to kind of prevent injuries. 67 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:56,880 So if you're doing something that's more recovery focused and you don't want to move too fast. 68 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:01,360 It's the same with the Pilates mode, where it's more about kind of slow deliberate movements 69 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:05,520 and it is about strong resistance. And then there's the chain mode, which is what we're going to do 70 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:09,360 so we can test out the safety features. Oh, okay. What are we doing? 71 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:13,120 We're going to do bench press. Oh, bench press. So this is not included with the base kit. 72 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:17,120 You have to get one level up, but you can get the bench. 73 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:21,840 You can get the rower over there and a box of accessories that do come standard. 74 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:24,880 I guess I should show you how to unclip the handles. 75 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,160 Super easy. There's just a big button. Pull, done. Easy peasy. 76 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,680 Okay. What we actually should do is we should clip it onto the machine. 77 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:36,080 So there's these. We have these. 78 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:41,120 Do you know how to do a bench press? Based on everything you've seen so far, what would you imagine? 79 00:05:41,840 --> 00:05:45,040 Certainly, yes. Thank you. That's very kind of you. 80 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,560 So what we're going to do is we're actually going to show off our first safety feature, 81 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:52,960 which is the safety start. Basically what that means is that up until a certain length, 82 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,800 there'll be zero resistance. And then once you get past that length, then the weight starts. 83 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:00,560 Oh, yeah. So now there's nothing on it. We're going to go 50 pounds aside. 84 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,720 So that's 100 pounds total. We're going to go 30 pounds aside. 85 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:06,480 So 60 pounds total. 86 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:13,200 I feel like one of the barriers for stuff like this is if you're like me and you don't really know what you're doing, 87 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,560 you don't really know where to start. Do they have like workouts and stuff? 88 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,840 We're going to get to that. There's actually an incredible amount 89 00:06:19,840 --> 00:06:23,280 of free content you can access. Even as someone who does have 90 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:26,400 a pretty comfortable handling of the gym was really impressed by it. 91 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,600 I tried to work out on Friday and I was sweating really hard. I'm going to put on the chain mode. 92 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:32,480 Let's freaking figure this out. Okay, you ready? Yeah. Turn on. 93 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:37,280 You're probably going to want more weight, but this is good. That's really heavy. 94 00:06:37,280 --> 00:06:41,600 So drive from your feet. So spread your legs a little bit more. Drive from my feet. How is that supposed to work? 95 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:46,720 So you want to push from your feet, kind of arch your back a little bit and kind of push with your whole body. 96 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:51,920 I don't know. What the? Okay. Full disclosure, I am not a personal trainer. 97 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,880 My coaching advice is very mid, but I used to look like this. 98 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:00,560 Right now we have the chain mode on and what that does is actually simulate 99 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,600 putting real chains on your barbells when you work out. 100 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,720 So that as you lift it, more of the chain is getting pulled up 101 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,800 by your muscles. So the weight increases at the end of the movement. 102 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:14,720 Adding up to four pounds at the full range of motion, but you're not going the full range of motion 103 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,160 of the cable. So we could actually turn that up if you wanted. You're saying my arms aren't very long? 104 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,560 Just this movement, because you can go like full shoulder press. So that would be like the full. 105 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,520 You're not that short. I'm feeling it more in like my shoulders and arms, 106 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:32,640 honestly. I really don't think I'm doing it right. One thing that you can't see is actually how 107 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:36,160 the machine shows you the power that you're pushing on both sides. 108 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:40,080 So these bars will show you your left side and your right side if you're pushing equally, 109 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:44,640 which is something I'm genuinely concerned with when I'm at the gym, especially if I'm doing barbell exercises. 110 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:48,560 It's really easy to compensate on one side and over push with right 111 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,760 and just keep making it stronger and stronger while your left side gets weaker and weaker. 112 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:54,640 This will correct that. Oh, cool. 113 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,200 It's nice to be able to just like rest with the safety start thing. 114 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,160 Yeah. And not have it squeeze you. Yeah. It'd be uncomfortable. 115 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:09,600 One thing I was going to get you to comment on, but I think might be beyond your area of expertise is 116 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:14,160 if the weight that's on the screen matches the feel of the weight from the gym. 117 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:18,000 So I'm actually going to do a rep right now and tell you how close it feels 118 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:23,360 to doing this workout at the gym. So I'm doing 15 aside, which is, you know, 30 pounds total. 119 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,240 That's pretty low for a bicep curl, but it should give me an idea. 120 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:31,760 Really? Cable machines always have a weird calculation because there's pulleys. 121 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,360 And so pulleys are, you know, making it easier to work. 122 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:39,360 Yeah, literally what they do. Yeah. But I would say that that's pretty damn close 123 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,880 to what 30 pounds feels like. Nice job, speedians. 124 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,640 Oh, left side range of motion is too small. It yelled at you. 125 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:51,600 Oh, that's pretty cool. Oh, and it gives you a workout report. Yeah, I like that it keeps track of your reps. 126 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:55,520 It gives you an average of your power. And one thing you can do is you can actually track 127 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,720 all of your exercises as you go. The thing I'm really excited to show you 128 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:05,040 is actually the programs that are built in. We have all our workouts, which is 521 total built in. 129 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:09,120 And so do you want to pick one? See what you like. You're doing the relaxation ones. 130 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,400 Well, no, no, I was just showing different things. Why? Why? 131 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,120 There's no shame in that. I want the sleep button, please. 132 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:20,400 I'll do core strength and stability. Do you want to do it solo or should we do it together? 133 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:24,160 Sure. Yeah, well, we can do it together. I love that. That's actually an option where you can trade it off. 134 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:27,200 Yeah. This is also a good reminder that the gym monster too 135 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:32,080 doesn't necessarily come with everything. This is the Pilates kit, which has like an extension 136 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,200 for this board. Do we even need that though? I could just put my feet on the ground. 137 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:39,120 Yeah, that was just going to go on the ground. That's totally fine. Yeah. So right now it's just go. 138 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:41,840 Oh, wait, are we starting over? Yeah. Oh, okay. 139 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,400 We'll go beside. I can't see it though. Oh, right. I guess we could do that. 140 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:48,640 I like that you chose the workout. That doesn't have to use the machine. 141 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:58,720 She's talking a lot. I feel like I'm missing out on... Oh, well, it's a good time to show off our 2.1 audio system 142 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:00,720 that's built in. Whoa. 143 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:08,400 It has breathing built in. We're going to be 10 pounds per side. 144 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,600 I can do more. 24 pounds per side. That's a lot. 14 pounds per side. 145 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,280 Sure. So slow, controlled. 146 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:16,960 The other one doesn't have the extension on it. 147 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:22,800 My bad. We should call this video two guys with ADD attempt to work out. 148 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:26,080 Oh, man, she goes so fast. 149 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:34,560 Two more reps, but you're going to do more because we... I think six of those were not real reps. 150 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,840 Listen, listen. It's my turn. Get out of here. 151 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,240 I think the ankle is probably your best. Oh, yeah. 152 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:45,360 Oh, okay. And you can just kind of drop it. It'll just... Yeah. 153 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,120 It's not going to yank itself. It's not like a real cable machine where it's like 154 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:52,960 just a bunch of weights going to go slamming down. It uses magnets not weight. 155 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:55,920 What? Yeah. In here. Oh, that's kind of cool. 156 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:59,200 Turn me to 20-ish pounds. 20 pounds. 157 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:07,760 Good job, David. This was not the kind of workout I was expecting. 158 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:15,280 All right. Next exercise. David wants to do some more gym bro-y stuff. 159 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:19,920 Let's go strength. So we can actually see what's in the workout, which is cool. 160 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:24,640 And then if you want, you can change the movements. If you're like, oh, I don't like the dynamic shoulder circles, 161 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:28,640 I can change that. Get your program tuned in exactly how you want. 162 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,040 You can add it to your workout calendar. That's pretty cool. Oh, that's pretty cool. 163 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:36,400 And then we need the barbell. What are you so worried about? 164 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:40,080 I don't know. Breaking my body? This is, you'll be fine. 165 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:44,320 So the maximum you can do per side is 110 pounds. So 220 total. 166 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,360 Like I bet if you were really trying to impress a lady, 167 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,440 you could deadlift 220 pounds right now. 168 00:11:51,680 --> 00:11:54,880 Okay. So, okay. It's going to be like right in close. 169 00:11:54,880 --> 00:12:00,480 Yeah. And I'm going to be... Yep. That's pretty good. Probably a little too much leg bend, but not too bad. 170 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:09,120 I think I did it. 171 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:12,400 Every ding you hear is you doing it. Have you ever done deadlifts before? 172 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:14,240 Once. Okay. How'd it go? 173 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:20,640 Fine. Okay. I also had a helper. One thing I both love and hate about this machine 174 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:25,120 is that you can't really cheat too many reps. Normally, even in a group class session, 175 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:29,120 sometimes if I'm really tired, I kind of just like do fake half reps in the corner 176 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,160 and pretend like I did it because I'm too tired. The number doesn't really go up 177 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:36,320 if you don't do the rep. So it's hard to cheat this. There's obviously ways to do it, 178 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:40,720 but what I found is I was feeling more accountable to this machine than I was in any group fitness class 179 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:43,360 I've been in for a while. Nice. I think it's your turn. 180 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:51,440 You do it so fast. So you get explosive power, baby. 181 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,080 Get my speed on my skates. If you go slow, it's like... 182 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:01,360 But there's all different kinds of ways of working out. And what I found is that all my different ways 183 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:06,400 that I like to work out, I was able to do pretty good on this thing. We're going to call quits on the workout right now. 184 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,440 One thing that you can do, if you don't like using the tablet to make your programs, 185 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:14,400 is you can actually connect to the Speedians app, do your programs there, sync with your machine. 186 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:17,760 There's also the Wellness Plus program on the Speedians app, 187 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:22,000 which is a AI-powered nutrition coach, exercise coach. 188 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,280 And it'll kind of suggest both meals and workouts you can do. 189 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:29,680 And so it might be the right fit for you. That's something that I'm super good at. 190 00:13:29,680 --> 00:13:32,880 Well, you don't really need that. I am the AI. 191 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:36,160 And I think all that remains now then is to see if it works for you. 192 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:41,920 That's a pretty ambitious goal. You want to lose 20 pounds? I got so much to lose, both in life and on my body. 193 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:48,080 Okay. Let's see how it goes. LMG.GG slash Floatplane. 194 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:51,600 And if you guys want to check out the Speedians Gym Monster too, we're going to have that linked down below. 195 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:57,440 If you guys enjoyed this video, the one I called was the destruction of the house video 196 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,960 because it's like a workout. You know, I was throwing the sledgehammer. Sure, why not? 197 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:01,920 Tearing down the tech house.