When Speedians reached out offering to sponsor a video about the Gym Monster 2,
I really wanted to use this opportunity and this machine to document my personal fitness.
My long-term goal is to measurably increase my cardio and lose about
20 pounds of fat over the next four to six months. Yeah, bad news, David.
We only have time to unbox the Gym Monster 2 and show it off right here and right now.
But how about this? After this video, you take it home and then we'll do a Floatplane exclusive,
LMG.gg slash Floatplane. You keep up with it. You hit your goal.
You keep the machine. Done. Deal? Deal. All right. No, wait, wait, wait.
This is fitness video. DEAL!
Of course, you don't even know what you're agreeing to take home yet.
Maybe we should actually do a workout and try this thing.
Question for you Linus. Yes. What's the biggest obstacle for a lot of people when it comes to Gym?
Staying motivated. This is very true. I can't speak for everyone, but I know for myself it's staying disciplined
and going to the gym regularly, especially after a long work day and a long commute.
If I can work out with this thing in the comfort of my own home, I might actually do it.
Said everyone ever. I'm different. I'm special. All right.
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.
Let's start with free lift mode. How strong are you Linus? I actually don't know.
I don't really Gym Bro. You have the strength of a 13 year old child.
That is not what that means. I'm pretty sure LB means little boy.
All right. Do you know how to do tricep extensions? What part of I don't really Gym Bro is unclear.
Bro, you own a Gym. I know, but that's okay. So you'll go sort of elbow straight.
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.
So 13 shouldn't be too bad. So elbows forward. Elbows forward.
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?
I would do hammer. Okay. That's how easy it is to get started.
Hold on. I'm going to fall. You can, you can go one foot in front of the other if you want.
Oh, can you? Yeah. That's totally fine. Okay. Well, why, how'd you make it look so easy?
I've been to the gym before.
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
resistances, different angles you can pull from. It's everything you need to get a really excellent workout at home on top of a
digital control platform that allows you to control the machine, but also get
access to a variety of different training regiments that didn't fit a variety of needs.
Okay. 20 is a lot more than 13. I definitely feel it.
Good. See, it's working already. Yeah. I'm going to get you swole by the end of this video.
Unlikely. One of the key benefits that David didn't touch on is it's super easy to set up.
No assembly, no drilling, no wall mounting, just unbox and go.
Do you want to see how easy this is to store?
Done. And there's wheels. It's plugged in right now, but you just tilt it and roll it anywhere you want.
Oh, cool. It's actually so sick. This is a sponsored video just to remind you guys,
but David was actually this excited to do it when it showed up in Ryan's meeting.
Yeah, I like fought for this one. There's nothing fake about it.
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,
even in the free lift mode. Let's just do like a bicep curl.
Just for the camera, you face out this way and just do bicep curl.
Okay. Would I normally not face that way? When I was using it, I was mostly facing the screen
because then I have easier access to the controls. Right. That makes sense.
Okay. But one thing that's really cool is they actually include a Bluetooth ring
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.
That's pretty handy. It's super handy. And then so bicep curl is the idea that I keep.
You can be probably doing more of a drag curl because the way that the cables work kind of have your elbows go back.
Yeah. You're trying to engage just your biceps, but you're going to feel a little bit in the back,
but you want to avoid using your back too much. Bit higher. Higher. Like get up to your nips.
Yeah. Okay. Am I doing it right? Yeah.
Darby, where do you feel it? Here. So I guess you're doing it right. That's all right.
That's sort of the key with fitness is figuring out the way that works,
where you feel in the right spot. One thing you can also change is actually the type of resistance
that the machine provides. So I'm going to turn you off. Okay.
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.
Okay. There's actually multiple different types of resistance. There's your standard, which is what you were using.
Eccentric mode means that you have less weight on the way up, which is a really good way of hitting muscles.
So you get that time under tension because you could bicep curl 50 pounds slowly on the way down,
but to actually bicep curls 50 pounds per ARM is very, very, very hard.
So you can hit them in a whole different way and get a whole different kind of workout.
Oh, cool. Okay. There's fixed speed mode, which no matter how hard you're pulling,
it's going to keep the speed regular to kind of prevent injuries.
So if you're doing something that's more recovery focused and you don't want to move too fast.
It's the same with the Pilates mode, where it's more about kind of slow deliberate movements
and it is about strong resistance. And then there's the chain mode, which is what we're going to do
so we can test out the safety features. Oh, okay. What are we doing?
We're going to do bench press. Oh, bench press. So this is not included with the base kit.
You have to get one level up, but you can get the bench.
You can get the rower over there and a box of accessories that do come standard.
I guess I should show you how to unclip the handles.
Super easy. There's just a big button. Pull, done. Easy peasy.
Okay. What we actually should do is we should clip it onto the machine.
So there's these. We have these.
Do you know how to do a bench press? Based on everything you've seen so far, what would you imagine?
Certainly, yes. Thank you. That's very kind of you.
So what we're going to do is we're actually going to show off our first safety feature,
which is the safety start. Basically what that means is that up until a certain length,
there'll be zero resistance. And then once you get past that length, then the weight starts.
Oh, yeah. So now there's nothing on it. We're going to go 50 pounds aside.
So that's 100 pounds total. We're going to go 30 pounds aside.
So 60 pounds total.
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,
you don't really know where to start. Do they have like workouts and stuff?
We're going to get to that. There's actually an incredible amount
of free content you can access. Even as someone who does have
a pretty comfortable handling of the gym was really impressed by it.
I tried to work out on Friday and I was sweating really hard. I'm going to put on the chain mode.
Let's freaking figure this out. Okay, you ready? Yeah. Turn on.
You're probably going to want more weight, but this is good. That's really heavy.
So drive from your feet. So spread your legs a little bit more. Drive from my feet. How is that supposed to work?
So you want to push from your feet, kind of arch your back a little bit and kind of push with your whole body.
I don't know. What the? Okay. Full disclosure, I am not a personal trainer.
My coaching advice is very mid, but I used to look like this.
Right now we have the chain mode on and what that does is actually simulate
putting real chains on your barbells when you work out.
So that as you lift it, more of the chain is getting pulled up
by your muscles. So the weight increases at the end of the movement.
Adding up to four pounds at the full range of motion, but you're not going the full range of motion
of the cable. So we could actually turn that up if you wanted. You're saying my arms aren't very long?
Just this movement, because you can go like full shoulder press. So that would be like the full.
You're not that short. I'm feeling it more in like my shoulders and arms,
honestly. I really don't think I'm doing it right. One thing that you can't see is actually how
the machine shows you the power that you're pushing on both sides.
So these bars will show you your left side and your right side if you're pushing equally,
which is something I'm genuinely concerned with when I'm at the gym, especially if I'm doing barbell exercises.
It's really easy to compensate on one side and over push with right
and just keep making it stronger and stronger while your left side gets weaker and weaker.
This will correct that. Oh, cool.
It's nice to be able to just like rest with the safety start thing.
Yeah. And not have it squeeze you. Yeah. It'd be uncomfortable.
One thing I was going to get you to comment on, but I think might be beyond your area of expertise is
if the weight that's on the screen matches the feel of the weight from the gym.
So I'm actually going to do a rep right now and tell you how close it feels
to doing this workout at the gym. So I'm doing 15 aside, which is, you know, 30 pounds total.
That's pretty low for a bicep curl, but it should give me an idea.
Really? Cable machines always have a weird calculation because there's pulleys.
And so pulleys are, you know, making it easier to work.
Yeah, literally what they do. Yeah. But I would say that that's pretty damn close
to what 30 pounds feels like. Nice job, speedians.
Oh, left side range of motion is too small. It yelled at you.
Oh, that's pretty cool. Oh, and it gives you a workout report. Yeah, I like that it keeps track of your reps.
It gives you an average of your power. And one thing you can do is you can actually track
all of your exercises as you go. The thing I'm really excited to show you
is actually the programs that are built in. We have all our workouts, which is 521 total built in.
And so do you want to pick one? See what you like. You're doing the relaxation ones.
Well, no, no, I was just showing different things. Why? Why?
There's no shame in that. I want the sleep button, please.
I'll do core strength and stability. Do you want to do it solo or should we do it together?
Sure. Yeah, well, we can do it together. I love that. That's actually an option where you can trade it off.
Yeah. This is also a good reminder that the gym monster too
doesn't necessarily come with everything. This is the Pilates kit, which has like an extension
for this board. Do we even need that though? I could just put my feet on the ground.
Yeah, that was just going to go on the ground. That's totally fine. Yeah. So right now it's just go.
Oh, wait, are we starting over? Yeah. Oh, okay.
We'll go beside. I can't see it though. Oh, right. I guess we could do that.
I like that you chose the workout. That doesn't have to use the machine.
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
that's built in. Whoa.
It has breathing built in. We're going to be 10 pounds per side.
I can do more. 24 pounds per side. That's a lot. 14 pounds per side.
Sure. So slow, controlled.
The other one doesn't have the extension on it.
My bad. We should call this video two guys with ADD attempt to work out.
Oh, man, she goes so fast.
Two more reps, but you're going to do more because we... I think six of those were not real reps.
Listen, listen. It's my turn. Get out of here.
I think the ankle is probably your best. Oh, yeah.
Oh, okay. And you can just kind of drop it. It'll just... Yeah.
It's not going to yank itself. It's not like a real cable machine where it's like
just a bunch of weights going to go slamming down. It uses magnets not weight.
What? Yeah. In here. Oh, that's kind of cool.
Turn me to 20-ish pounds. 20 pounds.
Good job, David. This was not the kind of workout I was expecting.
All right. Next exercise. David wants to do some more gym bro-y stuff.
Let's go strength. So we can actually see what's in the workout, which is cool.
And then if you want, you can change the movements. If you're like, oh, I don't like the dynamic shoulder circles,
I can change that. Get your program tuned in exactly how you want.
You can add it to your workout calendar. That's pretty cool. Oh, that's pretty cool.
And then we need the barbell. What are you so worried about?
I don't know. Breaking my body? This is, you'll be fine.
So the maximum you can do per side is 110 pounds. So 220 total.
Like I bet if you were really trying to impress a lady,
you could deadlift 220 pounds right now.
Okay. So, okay. It's going to be like right in close.
Yeah. And I'm going to be... Yep. That's pretty good. Probably a little too much leg bend, but not too bad.
I think I did it.
Every ding you hear is you doing it. Have you ever done deadlifts before?
Once. Okay. How'd it go?
Fine. Okay. I also had a helper. One thing I both love and hate about this machine
is that you can't really cheat too many reps. Normally, even in a group class session,
sometimes if I'm really tired, I kind of just like do fake half reps in 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 rep. So it's hard to cheat this. There's obviously ways to do it,
but what I found is I was feeling more accountable to this machine than I was in any group fitness class
I've been in for a while. Nice. I think it's your turn.
You do it so fast. So you get explosive power, baby.
Get my speed on my skates. If you go slow, it's like...
But there's all different kinds of ways of working out. And what I found is that all my different ways
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.
One thing that you can do, if you don't like using the tablet to make your programs,
is you can actually connect to the Speedians app, do your programs there, sync with your machine.
There's also the Wellness Plus program on the Speedians app,
which is a AI-powered nutrition coach, exercise coach.
And it'll kind of suggest both meals and workouts you can do.
And so it might be the right fit for you. That's something that I'm super good at.
Well, you don't really need that. I am the AI.
And I think all that remains now then is to see if it works for you.
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.
Okay. Let's see how it goes. LMG.GG slash Floatplane.
And if you guys want to check out the Speedians Gym Monster too, we're going to have that linked down below.
If you guys enjoyed this video, the one I called was the destruction of the house video
because it's like a workout. You know, I was throwing the sledgehammer. Sure, why not?
Tearing down the tech house.