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My guess is that 625 MAY have been in the cards but I’ll just peak again to find out where this may go. 600+ was my goal for the year. Now I just want to hit my 300+ overhead
@@TheKurtlocker nice! 300 overhead would be huge! I’d love to get to that as well. I’ve been prioritizing shoulders a lot more since my overhead seems to be a weakness for me.
Awesome performance! Congratulations! Really appreciate your recounting the events so succinctly and humbly. Also heard you mention being a veteran. Thank you for your service to our country! PS Don’t recall the specifics but at the first Home Gym Con you moved some equipment and everyone was astounded. Great channel!
I have the Exxentric Kbox active and use it every workout. It really shines in warm ups and supplementing as an accessory lift machine. It is the most utilitarian (many uses) piece I own. Also low friction in terms of just get on it and go
If I have a rack without lower mounting holes what diameter holes should I drill to attach one of these? South that comprise the stability of 2x3 post? Thanks!
If it doesnt weigh enough., cut off the ends, drill out areas for weights, weigh everything without the weights, calculate how much lead of steel you need to get the desired weight and fill her up. Glue and screw the ends back on. The screws only hold the tension for the glue the adhere. The glue is very strong. I make endgrain mallets this way for a certain type of carpentry.
@TheKurtlocker we just purchased 8 acres and I thought it would be cool to cut one of the many trees down to make a few logs. Your video was a lot of help. Thank you.
I requested a bar similar to this in February of 2021 from Black Widow ... just looked up the email. I took their image of their Black Widow Multi-Grip Press Bar, opened it in the MS paint program, rotated the image to make the bar horizontal, and then moved the center bar as far as I could to the top of the bar. I emailed it to them and and asked if they could make it and Justin from The Black Widow Team said, "I wouldn't trust making that bar that way. With the offset and the heat from welding it would pull the handles down a little bit and look pretty sh***. Going to have to pass on that one." I responded back and asked, "I am looking for a bar that I can do overhead presses with that allows space for the head/face without leaning back or craning the neck back? Do you know of anything like that? As far as I know, it doesn't exist." They just said, "The only things we make right now that would help are the hex bar or cambered row bar." I wonder if my request gave them the inspiration... Maybe. Maybe not.
Could you theoretically not bolt to the ground the flywheel without the platform and just put several 45 pound plates on top of so it won’t move? That way it remains portable.
You can perform a chest press while sitting incline using something like the Darko longy bar to attach a couple handles. If you wish to lay flat, you can do a unilateral chest press using a single handle but this requires you to move the bench to get right and left hand side
Did you give the footplate a try? I’m on the hunt for something that would help me mimic leg press better. So far I’ve got lever arms with an adjustable pull bar connecting them. Wondering if these footplates could be another piece
@@TheKurtlocker thanks man. There’s a company called elite pro that makes a footplate you can attach to a smith barbell to create a vertical press. Seems like it’s possible to attach to lever arms plus that connecting bar. Would be more like a cybex squat press than true leg press though
Kurt appreciate your channel and advice. I want a bit more variety in my programs so was considering getting the Crandall lever arms. I'd like hammer strength type exercises for variety for chest and shoulders mostly but might row with it as well. Curious how the flywheels are for chest or shoulders? Which exercises do you do with them the most? Do you ever use them after say a bench chest workout to totally exhaust muscles? Most of us have never used them have no idea how they feel so the harder you pull the harder eccentric feels? The point is to resist that on way down? Is it 1 to 1 ie if I push 125lbs with one arm does it feel like 125lbs on way down or can it be set to more as we're stronger on that portion. I think I might be interested if I could get heavier eccentric lifts like I think Voltra can do.
I really want to get a flywheel booth at Home Gym Con this year to let people experience this amazing modality. I absolutely use it for upper body work including incline chest press, triceps extension, rows, biceps curl, straight arm pulldown, overhead press, delt raises etc. yes, the harder you pull, the faster the inertia wheel spins. When the webbing reaches its maximum length the inertia wheel continues spinning as fast as you pulled it and it then starts to retract the webbing into the machine and you use the eccentric part of the lift to stop the inertia of the flywheel and then begin the process again.
Upon first glance it looks like another option for a platform style vertically loaded flywheel trainer. No idea if they are violating anyone’s patents etc
I wish it would as well but I just think they carry a value. I mean if we are paying $2k for a battery operated single cable resistance machine…is this actually overpriced?
I would love to see prices come down but I don’t see that happening until people can get a feel for flywheel training as a modality thereby increasing its popularity
This looks like a good option I have a Rep rack with dual cable systems so really want to be able to remove it easily. That being said really like the Crandall lever arms do you feel the shorter arm impacts bench and shoulder presses? Does it affect the strength curve much or feel weird? Would hate to buy these and hate them for two main exercises I want.
@@TheKurtlocker I was watching so many videos of people using the goat for shoulder press and bench and I agree and in talking to them today they even admitted its designed for leg curl/extension and while people who buy it for pressing have to use a LOT more weight. Probably 40 percent more. It's like Hammer Strength stuff I had 480lbs on it for their incline bench and bench less than 2/3 of that. I don't want to have to spend 500+ more on 45s just to make it feel normal. I thought about getting Powertech multipress for a hammer strength like workout but can't get without the seat which most reviewers admit is cheap. If somebody made one like that where you use your own seat and its high quality would be soo nice. I tried rowing with Rogue Reverse Hyper Westside portable one and it felt good kind of like henny barbell setup for rows. Different than cables and dumbbells. I might buy a cheap Amazon lever arm just to see if I even like it. I wish I had room for a Hammer Strength shoulder machine or older Nautilus equipment that stuff was amazing. Thanks for your response 100 percent agree with you. Kaizen is coming out with lever arms in 8 months he told me might wait for him and GymPin's collab.
I get what you’re saying, for what they can “replace” or “mimic” the price isn’t horrible in comparison.. but, they are still astronomically overpriced for the actual components you receive. I have to assume the margins on flywheel units are the largest in all of the fitness industry. There just isn’t enough to the actual components to justify the price no matter how functional or beneficial.
I invested into the Handygym first. It was about $800, but the training I got with it humbled me. Now I have the Exxentric systems, and I really love it (it really is the real deal). About $3500, but I honestly don’t regret it. It’s a small foot space, really versatile, and it provides a much different resistance profile than just training with weights and resistance bands or isometric trainers. It has provided me carryover for my lifts. Is it necessary? No, but it is extremely effective.
Seems really interesting as portable/rack attached devices but how to manage and track progressive overload on this type of device ? And what about durability ?
I really would love to get my hands on a fly wheel system. I think the constant load and time under tension effect is next level. I just can’t justify the $$$ right now. Free weights are the king in my home gym (the rust used ones haha)
Thank you for the video. So what exactly is the point of the keyhole shape, if you can use some 5/8 inch attachments? Why go through the trouble of doing the keyhole? (which you would think it’s more complicated rather than just a regular circle).
I’d argue that it is. You can step up the resistance with heavier disks and can measure velocity on some units. You’re still overloading, just measuring it in a different way
Single column trainers provide a very different type of resistance. You yourself have both a stack AND a flywheel system, so what are we missing when choosing one over the other?
Wonder if I can turn an older Concept2 machines into one? Been seeing lots of well used rowers for sale on the super low on offer up and Craigslist. Be a fun project.
