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We have something cool here. What you're looking at is the new Speedience Home Gym

This one is called the Gym Monster 2 and look at how small it is. This actually ships to you

basically assembled. A huge bonus for fitness equipment in general. They can be a real nuisance

to build. This thing folds up, it takes up barely any space and you can get up to 200 pounds of

resistance using magnets. I should just go ahead and drop this deck right now. Single button drops

down and this is going to be the central point for your variety of movements and if you do want

to do a bench press or something this is where your bench is going to live you simply lock these

guys into place it's kind of wild because you think about 200 pounds of weight and it is different

this is resistance it's not free weights it does feel a little bit different the amount of space

you would need for 200 pounds of weights if they were dumbbells or something it's all in here this

is all magnetic resistance housed down here and then the other unique part is through this huge

display there's a variety of exercises that you can do on this unit which allows you to get a

obviously a full body workout here you can also do free lifts which in here there's a variety of

different dynamic weight options standard chain eccentric and fixed speed and they all feel way

different and they could all be used for different types of training you also have partner mode if

there's two people working together you have dumbbell mode and barbell mode and that's where

the accessories come in so we have our barbell attachment we can use this for bench press we have

a couple of other resistance attachments the handles the rope these can all be added for a

variety of different exercises straps for the legs and we've also got our bench obviously so it will

sit on top of that platform and it has some level of adjustment to it as well this is pretty wild

you can add to this so we can have even more variety so if you want to get a little bit of

cardio and strength in you can add this rowing attachment there's also a dedicated spot for if

you're rowing if you're using the rowing attachment so that it's going to be at the right height but Look at how quickly you adjust this

I mean, you simply pull on this piece and slide this section to whichever height you need

depending on, well, your own physical size, and then also whatever workout you're trying to do

Mo really likes this thing, to be honest. He's been really into this since we set it up, and he's been playing around with it

and he's actually going to help us do some demonstration here as we talk about it. So you have it at a level three for resistance right now

Oh, took it up a notch. Six. what if we want to be on a c rowing instead because we want to have a beautiful visual we

could do that too three two one go when doing this action the amount of weight is adjusted here

so i can either do this on screen but there also an accessory remote that fits on your finger and that allows you to adjust the amount of resistance in real time Look I just have this toggle wheel here And so therefore I don need to try to reach up and reach the screen

And this can be especially useful if you're trying to push a lot of resistance

You just dial it back, eliminate the weight. This is flexibility that obviously you're not going to get with free weights

Okay, so now we're in the free lift mode. And this is where the ring is helpful

So by clicking it, you actually turn the weight on or off quickly. toggle it off or on that's obviously not as important in this type of exercise as opposed

to when you maybe have like the barbell over top of your body we'll show you that in a moment but

it allows you to make quick adjustments as well without having to constantly interact with the

screen if he turns the weight on there you go 19 pounds you can see the range of motion the power

and the number of reps and in this case it's only on the right side because he's using the right

side here now the three different modes this is what's kind of fun the standard mode i guess is

It's the closest to if you've ever used some sort of cable system. It just feels natural and typical with this kind of interaction of your own momentum

Then it has something called chain mode, which is slightly harder to pull compared to the amount of resistance once you let go on the way back into the system

So this is the opposite of the next mode, which is called eccentric. Here, we're looking at the eccentric mode

And what this basically does is it adds some tension as you're returning to the anchor position

So this is on the way down or as the muscle lengthens

So this offers you a different way to train for different muscle groups or possibly if you're looking for a different muscle appearance

And then this mode, the fixed speed mode, which basically lets you pull the entire maximum resistance of the unit

Go, go, go. Just give us one more here. Boom. Look, look at him go

I heard his ribs. I think I saw 100. I saw him crack 100

Each of these modes has its own usefulness or functionality depending on the exercise

But it's just cool to be able to modify the way the resistance is being applied

And this is not something that you can do at all on a typical cable system

It's exclusive to this because this is dynamic magnetic resistance. You can push yourself really far on this fixed speed

Look for a maximum figure in terms of power and not necessarily have the same risk

of loading all that weight over your head. Again, not necessarily for this exercise, but possibly for others

When it comes to installing the bench, you can actually completely move these attachments

to these spots and then have your resistance come up from the floor. Deadlifts, bench press, squats

You can do all of those things to remove the accessory A little quick release stainless steel ball Clicks in and holds Boom So now we are in bench press mode It all very modular Like there these little holders

which take the place of the actual pulley and they will hold the bar

so that now you can get started a little bit more easily once you lay down

We're going to switch to barbell and then if Mo wants to see it, we can use our flip

And now Mo can read the screen. I don't know if Will can, but you can see he's getting these very satisfying

Nintendo-esque pings each time he executes a repetition. You can see on your left side the power and your range of motion to see if you're maybe

pushing from one side a little bit more than the other. You see a graphic of it so you can like immediately adjust your next rep without doing like a

full set of bad form. Moe's fitness class. Oh, it's getting to him now

Oh, oh. We're going to bust out these last few reps here

It's also got a couple of different assist modes. So if you're struggling with a lift and the system senses it

it will actually help you get those last few reps in. So with this assistant mode turned on

what you'll see is at the top of the rep, if Mo pauses for a moment, the resistance begins to go down

in order to make it easier for him to do his final reps. Now, I should also mention at this point

that you've got this speaker. I have the music turned off at this point. So you have this built-in music

It's actually speedyance music. You've also got Bluetooth if you just want to connect your own stuff

It's actually pretty loud. The speaker's surprisingly loud. But you can mix your background music

with your voice guidance from any of the classes. This is something I was wondering

because the music was coming on. I was like, oh, I can't even hear what the guys say in the guided workout session

And then it's just a matter of jumping into this mixer and getting whatever mix you like

From here, we're able to dial down our background music and turn up our voice guidance

and control the weight as we go down. All right, so let's jump into the classes here

Look how many total workouts there. It was crazy. 102 program movement, 641

This is your basic movements. If you don't want a whole guided session, this just gives you all the different ideas

which this is really helpful for beginners or they might not know all of these movements yet

Kneeling, tricep, roll, lap, pull down, barbell, straight arm, pull down. And each one of these, if I click on one

it basically shows you the movement. And here you can see you've got more than one coach we can choose from, depending on your preference

We can obviously adjust our weight per side, number of sets, reps, and rest time

It has this nice overlay with your own stats, and it shows you the muscle group you're working on, the target muscle

We can turn assist on or off, and we still have our different dynamic lift modes

standard chain, eccentric, fixed speed, depending on our own personal goals. This is just a nice simple way to learn new exercises See what the form is supposed to look like because you get a lot of people they don actually bring the right form it doesn matter how much weight you lifting if you not bringing the right form then you not targeting the muscle group that you intend to

target this is going to be a great place to learn about a variety of movements even if you take those

movements to other machines in the future here you can learn the basics biceps yeah if you're

looking to work on biceps here's four different options biceps stretch barbell bicep curl dual

handle alternating bicep curl and standing dual handle cable bicep curl so yeah if you select a

muscle group it will bring up i mean and it's it's really a lot of different options but then it goes

into full workouts you can see like a full body workout 76 minutes this is an advanced workout

targeting a variety of different muscle groups we can see our previous stats and we can also see the

workout schedule we can see basically what it's going to entail and it's going to move from exercise

to exercise in sequence an actual workout for archery circuit training soccer frisbee they got

a workout for frisbee baseball triathlon so if we just click on one let's see a basketball workout

what would you work out for basketball body weight squat push up dual handle bench press

you can design these yourself if you just want to go into the free workout mode or if you want to

have a quick workout 20 minutes look at this 11 minutes wow i can actually get like a 12 week a

two week program it's comprehensive a lot of different ways that you can interact with it

from beginner to more advanced. Now, all that said, the coolest thing about the Speedians Gym Monster 2 remains

which is how compact it is. Not only when it's in its working mode

but even more so when it's packed up. Like just, that's taking up barely any space

Most places can fit this. It's got wheels on it so it can move around and it doesn't have to occupy an entire room

like a lot of other fitness equipment. So you have a full body workout

the capacity for a full body workout in something about as small as you could imagine it

That's probably the best feature. What? That you don't need a spotter. Yeah

Yeah, it's way safer, obviously. Yeah. I think the best feature is like safely finding out your max

without injuring yourself and trying to find a push. The fixed mode

The fixed mode, yeah. That's pretty cool. And it's just using magnets

That's crazy