Speediance - IN DEPTH Demo + Beginner Guide 

I've been using the Speediance home gym for a week now, and agree with you on many points. I do not do any heavy lifting with the barbell. It's just way too dangerous. For instance, if you want to do back squats and get in position with the barbell on your shoulders, once you engage the weights, it goes from 0 lbs to what you set very quickly, and if you are not bracing yourself for the weights, you will lose your grip and the barbell will come slamming down onto the platform. Even if you brace yourself, you have to train your body to be ready for that momentum of the digital weights getting added on so fast. It's quite a balancing act and not safe at all. I wasn't even using maximum weights (can't imagine how much tougher it would be). Same goes for bench presses using the barbell. You have to hold the barbell at the top position, then engage the weights with your thumb. This already puts you in an awkward position on one hand since it's moved off position to press the button, and if you are not ready for the weights, you could have the barbell crashing onto your chest. And don't even think about trying to engage the weights when the bar is sitting on your chest. It will put a ton of pressure on you and you will have a hard time pushing the weights up and off your chest. I've learned this the hard way...luckily I did not get injured. So I only use the smart handles for heavier weights. I replace all barbell exercises with the smart handles.

Have the Tonal and like it quite a bit. Being having an option to have the weight automatically shut off after set would be nice. A heavy goblet squat can sometimes be awkward to get to the off on the handle. Also the dynamic modes should be part of the hardware purchase like Speediance vs the subscription in tonal.thanks for the review.

I really liked your comment at the end about “If you are new to lifting …”. I am new and am looking for a Smart System that help me learn / check my forms. That one of things that Tempo claims to do. I’d love to hear your opinion on these systems from a new person to strength training and which will help and why.

Loving your content and thank you for the unfiltered review. The safety issues shown are definitely a hard pass for me in this unit.

Thanks for the review. Questions: Can a user do lat pulldowns and low rows on this machine ? Comment: The machine on camera looks like it’s built cheap with amazonish parts ! What are the parts on the machine built like ?

Thanks for the demo! Can speediance be used without internet? My fear is that the company goes under and stops supporting the product turning it into a heavy paperweight (like tonal would if it shut down)

does speediance need a 20 amp outlet.

Great vid! I have one enroute in a couple of days. My area has deep pile carpeting. You were saying that it’s fairly stable with the platform in the down position. You think it’s overkill to place thick rubber matting underneath it (like in the gyms) to prevent movements? Thanks.

Hey man been watching you for couple months now. I pulled the trigger on the AVIRON and ended up replacing it with the Ergatta. Love it. Now I am looking at the smart gym resistance options. Speedience sounds like the best since others require the membership and are in questionable financial states. With that being said, this has a rower attachment but doesn’t look like you could get after like you can on the Ergatta. Ideally I would like to keep the Ergatta and get the speedi but is the Speedium rower good enough to replace the Ergatta as well? Another $200 (on sale) for the rower and save $2,000+ by sending the Ergatta back but if the experience doesn’t encourage me to row to do cardio the extra Ergatta cost is worth it to me. What do you think? Swallow the price of both machines and call it a total solution, cardio on Ergatta and sttength on speedience, or would you say speedience with the rower is good enough to return the Ergatta and pay the extra fee for the rower attachment? Thank you!

does anyone know does the eccentric mode only work in the free lift mode

18:06 that was scary. How do you think that could be prevented? Maybe extra press the peg all the way into the slot?

how would you do a bench press since the platform isn't quite long enough to have both parts of the bench on it. would it make it very unsteady?

I'm really torn between Tonal and Seediance, I cant decide, more I watch youtube videos about those two more I get confused.

stop the subscription thing and I will consider it.

Great video, even if I was more interested to know the efficiency compared to go to a gym. Also, if there is a risk of future subscribtion (even not mandatory) on top of the machine cost, I'm not anymore interested... I hate vampires...

How long does it take to ship?

Can this go right up against the wall or does it have to stand away from the wall at all? Thanks for the video. Probably going with this because I hate the fact that Tonal turns of so much without a subscription.

Any updates on the safety features (or any other key features) after the last few months?