Handy Gym First Impressions: Does this Mini-Flywheel Deliver?

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My initial thoughts on this versatile and portable fly wheel based machine from Spain. You guys have been requesting I check this out for over a year now and I finally decided to give it a try.
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0:00 - Intro
1:35 - Flywheel and Company
3:03 - Unboxing
3:37 - Close up Features / How to Use
8:20 - How it feels
10:10 - Pros
11:07 - Cons
14:14 - Summary
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@Olmekc 6 месяцев назад

As someone who is just starting out with home gym equipment (only have Ironmaster Dumbbells and a DIY bar/band/board) with minimal space, I’m so glad I discovered your channel. It has been invaluable and has been incredibly helpful to discover new minimalist gym equipment with your reviews. You have carved out a niche in the fitness channel space and I really hope your channel grows. You deserve all of the success. Appreciate what you are doing.

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

Appreciate that my friend. I hope it’s obvious these extra tools are just options and “icing on the cake” to what people are using especially with a minimal space set up.

@elbastino 6 месяцев назад

So cool that you've got one. It's a lot of fun!

@SouthFist 6 месяцев назад

I have a handy gym and love working out with it. Looking forward to upcoming vids with it.

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

Thank you. Feel free to add any user tips you've noticed since owning it.

@seehongkongsea 6 месяцев назад

Always waiting for your videos

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

Thanks man.

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

Happy you guys enjoy these reviews.

@Drewulveling 6 месяцев назад

I have the Kynett Home flywheel device. It’s cheaper but not as portable. It is also more quiet. The handy gym shines with its portability. The flywheels are great but you cannot add resistance to the eccentric phase. The eccentric phase is only as powerful as the inertia put into the concentric phase. The key is to stop the inertia in a short time during the eccentric phase to cause a slight eccentric overload. I love my flywheel system and use it regularly. The Synapse CCR, however is cheaper, more portable, and allows the user to add resistance during eccentric phase so that you get true eccentric overload through the full range of motion. I don’t know of any system that meets your criteria of minimalism and versatility like the Synapse. Great video and content!

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

The synapse is on the short list it’s honestly just looks like something I wouldn’t be into.

@blinkyschannel 4 месяца назад

I have the Kynett as well, love it. Great support from the company. Definitely planning to get the synapse CCR next.

@bhargav5687 6 месяцев назад

I have to look into this.

@jasona9351 6 месяцев назад

Good video. I knew you would be getting one these soon. I went ahead and bought the Kynett fit it is bigger but you can get more weight plates for it. I think with the force doubler it can go up to like 300 pounds. And it’s really quiet.

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

I'm eying that kbox as well. But I will the flywheel feel definitely surprised me.

@raiden225005 6 месяцев назад

Great review. I’ve always been interested in these flywheel devices but the cable management also looked clunky. Still seems like a great device.

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

Cable management is the main con for sure. I’m thinking a rubber band or little clips though will solve that problem for me.

@aptn22 2 месяца назад

I wish this was a bit more polished. I use a Kabuki Kratos but it is a bit too big and I wish I had a small device available to use. In any case, really good review, appreciate the video man.

@ParkerBinion 6 месяцев назад

Great job Mike. I was intrigued by this product in terms of its eccentric overload potential. I thought it would be a good complement to my Synapse. It was interesting but ultimately I returned it. For me, the Synapse is better. However, if you are a bands guy where most of the resistance is near lockout (i.e. shortened muscle), this would be nice complement since most of the resistance with Handy Gym is at the bottom change of direction (i,e. elongated muscle).

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

I was waiting for you Parker with the synapse. That’s gonna have to be my next thing to look at. The cost of that is more a shock to me than x3 was initially, but I ended up liking that.

@SouthFist 6 месяцев назад

Synapse looks like a pain to use if you work out along. You always need your other hand to control it.

@mreverybody1150 2 месяца назад

@@SouthFist It's a small price to pay for the benefit of much shorter workouts. I also find the control strap side causing a lot of muscle fatigue as well eventually. When working out alone, you just need to learn how to position your body to get the full range of motion. After a while it becomes second nature and for me, enjoyable.

@theozwalter3009 6 месяцев назад

Mike is finding all the coolest equipment. Awesome work!!🔥🔥

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching again man. I know you're in the know, so let me KNOW what's good if you hear/see anything.

@jaleesa00 6 месяцев назад

I’m so happy to see this. Joey bee on RU-vid is a big advocate for this device. The biggest con is always the noise. Thanks again

@TIO540S1 4 месяца назад

Not so much anymore, he’s now doing what basically amounts to infomercials for the Speediance Gym Monster.

@jaleesa00 4 месяца назад

@@TIO540S1 oh

@loulopez554 6 месяцев назад

Another great review,I love portable tools like this.

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

Thanks again Lou for watching.

@Johnl1800 6 месяцев назад

This looks like a modern day, more expensive version, of the old Exer-Genie from the 1960's (which amazingly enough is still available for sale today).

@Shopwolfe 6 месяцев назад

I thought the same

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

Yes, for sure. This thing excels in back, arms, and shoulders the most.

@StevieRichardsFitness 6 месяцев назад

I’ve watched many videos which have not come close to the detail of your review. Great work as usual. It just seems way too clunky and convoluted to setup/scale for exercises.

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

Thanks again Stevie for the compliment. This kind of reminds of x3 (or even bands in general) in that I was thinking the same thing, but the more I used it, the more I started to get excited about how I’m going to incorporate it. I’m probably going to start with a few exercises per workout. But time will tell with this thing

@RajeSharm 2 месяца назад

I have it but had to buy Kynettone flywheel ...due to the sound it really bad....would have been great if not for noise ....

@Tabby222able 6 месяцев назад

Now that you have used so many types of workout equipment, what would you choose for yourself if you could only have one piece of equipment?

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

It’s a tough decision. Of course a sliding bench comes to mind but you said “one” piece and there’s just a few short issues that need to be fixed on a future model. So I’d say a SBT designed to my specs.

@jimperry4420 6 месяцев назад

@@hybridresistanceWhat issues would you fix?

@calingog2645 6 месяцев назад

I was SO close to picking one up, but the noise issue gave me pause. Picked up an Exxentric KBox 5 and a KPulley Go instead. Any plans to review those?

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

Ideally yes, I hope to cover that one day for sure. But they're up there in price too! People blame me for covering expensive products, you guys got to recommend some cheap ones for me to check out.

@calingog2645 6 месяцев назад

Sandbags? I have some from Ultimate Sandbag Training, but REP has some cheap ones. Suspension Straps? Handy Gym has the ideal form factor, both portable and able to connect to the foot plate for heavier leg and back training. Wish they’d have a fully enclosed housing for the flywheels, to both prevent injury potential and cut down on the noise. Went with Exxentric because it’s the best I found in my research. Lots of support on the backend as well.

@RoidfreeSenior 6 месяцев назад

I like the added eccentric resistance but pretty pricey

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

For sure.

@mw66683 6 месяцев назад

Yeah, the noise would be a deal breaker for many potential buyers.

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

I think the bigger flywheels are quieter, but these little discs are ripping. One thing I forgot to mention on exercises like presses that you don’t what to get to close to those things when they’re spinning.

@TheAnglan 5 месяцев назад

Have you continued to use this or have any thoughts after using it a bit more?

@hybridresistance 5 месяцев назад

I haven’t been using it as much as I’ve planned because of other fitness reviews/programming I’m doing. But it’s one of the things I’m looking to do a lot more as the weather gets nicer. You’ll definitely see more content on this thing in the future.

@arikleonidov4934 6 месяцев назад

What's the advantage over the Bodylastics bands?

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

I would say this a very different tension / stress compared to bands. I will say even with a heavy band, you can really load up your muscles in a unique that’s kind of hard to describe with this thing.

@arikleonidov4934 6 месяцев назад

@@hybridresistance it feels and sounds like starting up a gasoline generator :)

@3Pillers 6 месяцев назад

👍

@GOD2FAST 2 месяца назад

Where can I buy it?

@hybridresistance 2 месяца назад

You can get them at HandyGymFit.com. You can also SAVE 20% off using "SBT". Thank you

@TIO540S1 6 месяцев назад

I bought one and liked it a lot. There are things you can do with it that are not possible with other products. BUT: it runs on an internal gearing system, and the gears are plastic. I had a couple of teeth break off a gear and jam the entire system. Being both impatient and a bit of a mechanical geek, I took it apart to see what had happened. It’s unfixable for a DIYer and, since I’d taken it apart, I’d voided the warranty. I’m sure they’d have replaced it if I had sent it back rather than taking it apart but, as I said, I’m impatient. I don’t know if I got a defective unit or if it’s a general problem, but that was my experience.

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing that. Can I hear how long it lasted and how you think it malfunctioned?

@TIO540S1 6 месяцев назад

@@hybridresistance I had it for about three months, using it about twice per week. I liked to use it for developing punching strength, so I would put it at shoulder level behind me and punch out as hard as I could, and let it reel back in. At one point, it just simply jammed and became unusable.

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

@@TIO540S1 That is not cool to hear, but thank you for sharing that.

@SouthFist 6 месяцев назад

@@TIO540S1Do you have the new, quieter flywheel? I’ve had the handy gym for over 1.5 yrs and use it 3-4 times a week with no issues. I had the quieter flywheel and From what I heard, that one is more prone to defect which was why Mueller stopped selling it. They swapped out the flywheel for me back to the noisier one over a year ago but I never had issues with either flywheel.

@TIO540S1 6 месяцев назад

@@SouthFist I’m not certain, but I believe I have the quieter one.

@donaldpearline7998 2 месяца назад

Just a quick comment about the doubler pulley. Unless they have changed the instructions, I attached the end of the line with the pulley to the loop on the body of the Handy Gym. With the Red disks the plastic body loop broke. The company refused to honor the warranty, saying that I should only use the doubler with the board and the eye on the board. I pointed out that the instructions NEVER gave that warning and since the board was an optional item Handy Gym should have honored their warranty. I was very disappointed in their refusal to honor the warranty since NO instruction mentioned not using the body loop with the doubler, although it is pointed out with the accessory foot board. I did fix (with epoxy and a metal rod) the body loop, and used a separate loop when using the doubler pulley. I like the Handy Gym, but I was upset that since their instructions did not mention that need for an "off the body loop" when using the pulley they would not repair my unit.

@hybridresistance 2 месяца назад

Thank you for adding this!

@seehongkongsea 5 месяцев назад

This or the speediance gym pal or the folding smart gym you have for your wife? I'm stuck on the fence for the entire week.

@hybridresistance 5 месяцев назад

Even though I haven't used the gympal, from what I heard I think that probably is the best overall purchase among these. The handy gym is great, but the flywheel might not be for everyone. I'll have more videos with it coming soon.

@mreverybody1150 2 месяца назад

At over $1.5K that gym pal better be good! I bet there is nothing it could do that the Synapse CCR couldn't do though.

@outtrigger 6 месяцев назад

i'm intrigued by flywheel training but tbh this kind of seems cumbersome and annoying to deal with when you're working out

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

That was definitely part of my apprehension with this and flywheels in general. But I also said as much with Harambe / bands. It a learning curve for sure.

@balboa0621 6 месяцев назад

That seems messy and complicated

@TheKeithlong 5 месяцев назад

This seems like a lot of messing about to even set up and get going. I’ve had one in the garage for 2 years and gave up on it. Just too much messing about.

@hybridresistance 5 месяцев назад

I hear you. Best tip I got with this is just to not worry about winding up the cord. It's actually not bad the more I use it.

@ironray123 6 месяцев назад

Clever idea but would I personally use it? No.

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

haha, that's why you have me here to try it for you.

@ironray123 6 месяцев назад

@@hybridresistance It ranks right up there with the ThighMaster!

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

@@ironray123 whoa I wouldn’t go that far. This thing can straight up wreck you if you want it to. If anything I’m careful how much I use it and when in a workout.

@abeber87 6 месяцев назад

The product seems super messy with the winding and all the extra rope. It seems real confusing. I’m a Tonal user and have been for 2.5 years. I just got 3 Unitree Pumps for a total of $190 for all for when I travel. I was able to find them second hand but hardly used at all. I got very lucky. They are compact and so easy to use. I wouldn’t be able to deal with all this messy set up.

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

I hear you, but the biggest thing I’d want to convey is this is much different than a unitree other than being portable. I’d it’s more about getting that flywheel resistance but more portable or versatile. I’m still learning with it, but definitely respect the ecccentric overload you get days later with the doms you experience.

@Tomasquo 6 месяцев назад

That's weird, Unitree debuted less than a year ago. Great price. I hope they work out for you.

@abeber87 6 месяцев назад

@@Tomasquo the best part about fitness equipment is the people who can’t commit to using it.

@jamesk7963 6 месяцев назад

Not for me. Too many moving pieces. Too complicated for my small brain. I’ll stick with bands.

@ToddDolce 6 месяцев назад

This looked really interesting and promising UNTIL you tried to show how to set it up. OMG!!! Are you kidding me??? 30 minutes later... It's finally ready for a set. Yikes!!! You lost me right at that moment! I'll stick with a pair of dumbells and a set of bands. Done! I think conceptually, the flywheel is good but the set up for that thing...is just bad. Just my opinion.

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

Haha you had me laughing on that one. It really takes about less than 10 seconds to set up unless you’re moving mounting locations / changing discs. But the beauty of the fly wheel is you can change resistance mid set by effort. So I’d just pick one disc color per workout. Next video I’ll probably show a practical flow through a workout when it’s mounted to the board.

@ToddDolce 6 месяцев назад

@@hybridresistance That will be great!!! I am interested in it but really it just seems clunky with the dangling excess cables and getting the pulleys set up right. No knock on you at all!!! You did a great job explaining it! I will hold off on anymore judgement of the device until I see you run it through some paces. Its really intriguing to see some of these new products hit the market. Thanks for covering this stuff!

@ch3fk0ch83 22 дня назад

This Thing is crap.

@eladmitchell752 6 месяцев назад

great for those shaping/cutting workouts,looks solid to me,that fly wheel is nice smooth,the good thing about working out is theres so many options,free weight fly wheel,total gym free weight bands etc,thank again big mike🫡

@hybridresistance 6 месяцев назад

Thanks again Elad as always a voice of pure positivity brother.