Thank you for this deep dive. Loved how you broke down the biomechanics of the bar comprehensively! There is no other video that goes into this level of detail. 🙏
@ExerciseLab8 күн бұрын
Thanks for the feedback.
@maazrizwan596619 күн бұрын
Hi, I am 39 years old male. My weight is 74 kg. Been weight training for about 6 months. Nothing grip strength specific, but I do train forearms. I did the dead hang test (standard/average pull up bar thickness) just out of curiosity and I can hang 55 seconds. Is that good, bad, great, average? for my age and background? Thanks
@ExerciseLab19 күн бұрын
Hi, I'd say that's not bad for someone who's been training 6 months and not doing much grip specific work. You could walk into any commercial gym and find people who've been exercising for quite a bit longer who can't do this. That said, I wouldn't stop here. Keep trying to add time or, if you can, get some Fat Gripz or similar as mentioned in the video and keep progressing. Happy Training
@maazrizwan596619 күн бұрын
@@ExerciseLab thanks for the feedback. Appreciate it!
@Eccles_basement_gym17 күн бұрын
Thanks for mentioning the Saxon grips again. The V2 of those fit on a bigger diameter bar, and are easier to get on as well.
@ExerciseLab15 күн бұрын
@@Eccles_basement_gym interesting. There's a V2 out now? I looked on the website and didn't see anything mentioned about this
@peterleahy731619 күн бұрын
Good explanations!
@ExerciseLab19 күн бұрын
Thanks.
@ktfo462022 күн бұрын
Just get a foam under desk foot rest. Cheaper and does the same thing.
@ExerciseLab19 күн бұрын
Interesting idea. I might not be thinking of the same thing but the ones I'm familiar with are a little too squishy.
@jamesgeorge6528 күн бұрын
Good stuff. Maynard.
@jamesgeorge65Ай бұрын
First time I’ve seen this exact set up. Thanks for putting it out there.
@cdcaleo2 ай бұрын
You are not even going below parallel with the exercise. Defeats the purpose of it.
@enn81172 ай бұрын
Thanks! 👍🏻
@darrellsheridan43363 ай бұрын
You talk to much
@ExerciseLab3 ай бұрын
Too much*
@murmor68903 ай бұрын
The squat in the Sissy Squat machine is more a Spanish Squat since your hips isn't locked out. I think both these and true Sissy Squats are great and target slightly different areas.
@ExerciseLab3 ай бұрын
Yes you can sit back a little more on the sissy squat (unless you're using a very strong band for Spanish squats) but they are pretty similar.
@lanceharper43184 ай бұрын
Thank you for the unbiased review. Gary Reinl, the creator of Marc Pro, claims to have debunked the RICE protocol for acute injuries, and of course, his invention is the solution. What do you recommend as current best practices/standard of care for, say, an acute ankle sprain? Do you think that the Marc Pro has merit there? TIA
@ExerciseLab3 ай бұрын
Yes while it hasn't exactly been widely adopted, I think the broader community is rethinking RICE. I generally shy away from anti-inflammatories unless I have a pretty strong reason to use them e.g. undue swelling after a knee replacement, but not for a typical ankle sprain, and yes, that may be a place the Marc Pro has something to offer. Not sure how much it would 'accelerate' recovery, but it may help some after the acute inflammatory phase.
@WiecznieNieNasycony4 ай бұрын
spreader bar>?
@ogmma73644 ай бұрын
you're doing it wrong. posture needs to be upright
@ExerciseLab4 ай бұрын
yes as I explain in the video I do this intentionally to reduce excessive knee stress. I know 'true' sissy squats you sit back more but i'm trying to strike a balance between hitting the quads without hitting the knees too hard, so I sit back more than a regular squat, but not way back.
@oshkotosh23414 ай бұрын
For your own benefit you need to work on the audio quality
@ExerciseLab4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the feedback. Someone else alerted me to this and I started using a microphone on my more recent uploads. At some point, I plan on updating and reshooting a few of the older vids with poor audio
@Rmjlifter5 ай бұрын
How does the low bar and high bar settings compare to using a regular barbell in those positions. Does it feel better or worse or similar?
@ExerciseLab5 ай бұрын
I haven't tried to match a low bar position exactly as I'm often using it in safety or goblet squat lately. I would think you can achieve a pretty similar loading effect though. I'll have to give it a try one of these days and get back to you
@Eccles_basement_gym5 ай бұрын
Thank you. I have been hoping somebody would do an in depth review. I am not good with a camera so it wasn't going to be me 😅
@ExerciseLab5 ай бұрын
😁
@Eccles_basement_gym5 ай бұрын
@@ExerciseLab I actually got the idea for them after using fat gripz for the first time, so it was cool you actually had them all there explaining it.
@ExerciseLab5 ай бұрын
@@Eccles_basement_gym Thanks I'm glad you found it to be useful. I just figured I might as well since many people are more familiar with Fat Gripz.
@Eccles_basement_gym5 ай бұрын
@@ExerciseLab i was watching an inteview with Jake Jawarski (garage gym experiment/home gym con) and Riccardo Magni (armlifting usa) when it struck for me to develop and design these. I hope many people come here and understand the benefits.
@ExerciseLab5 ай бұрын
@@Eccles_basement_gym Abmat seems to be on the rise/producing some solid products (no pun intended :) Hopefully they'll be able to get the word out.
@user-qo5fd6hy9l5 ай бұрын
I have my own sissy squat equipment also but love the idea of the band. Thx Rosie
@TheKurtlocker6 ай бұрын
One of my favorite bars in my gym. I've had the V2 for about 3 years now and wouldn't trade this for anything that exists today in the gym
@ExerciseLab6 ай бұрын
yes, big kudos to Kabuki on this one :)
@CaptJackAubreyOfTheRoyalNavy7 ай бұрын
Posting this as its own comment: Just want to give an update. A nice, dense, 1.5 inch thick gardening pad works extremely well. Pretty much completely fixes the issue (of too much space between calf pad and foot rollers). I misspoke earlier. I had said "pad placed between shins and foot rollers" which is clearly the wrong way to do it. The pad should of course be placed behind the calves, essentially making the calf pad thicker, and your shins closer to the foot rollers. Also, raised heel weightlifting shoes help a lot too, as mentioned in the above video. Now it feels and performs as it should by default. Titan need to update this machine, allow the foot rollers to go much closer to the calf pad, and maybe lower the rollers slightly, as well as make them stationary, not spinning. They really do not need to spin and it would be more stable if they didn't.
@ExerciseLab7 ай бұрын
Thanks for following up on this. I too like the feel with weightlifting shoes (if you happen to have some). I will give this a try
@the_grinch_life11877 ай бұрын
Just got mine in today, remodeling my workout shed. How do you store yours? I was gonna mount on wall but sleeves are quite tall straight up and gun rack seems like the cylinders would hit wall?
@ExerciseLab7 ай бұрын
Glad to see you got one. If you look in some of my other recent videos you can see how I use a single barbell mount on the wall in the corner. I did have to widen it slightly (Dremel) for it to fit since it was a little tight
@the_grinch_life11877 ай бұрын
@@ExerciseLab I quickly looked at one. Do you leave the sleeves out to store on wall? Appreciate you sharing
@ExerciseLab7 ай бұрын
@@the_grinch_life1187 I do leave the sleeves on since they aren't touching anything. I don't know that using a floor stand would be a great idea though, which is why I opted for a wall mount (just two bolts into a 2 x 4"). Seems to be holding it fine so far.
@the_grinch_life11877 ай бұрын
@@ExerciseLab gotcha. Thanks! 🙏
@CaptJackAubreyOfTheRoyalNavy8 ай бұрын
Is that the closest position for the foot roller? Seems too far away.
@ExerciseLab7 ай бұрын
Yes that is actually my biggest knock on this product. I added extra padding to thicken them but it would've been nice if it was a bit closer to the shins
@CaptJackAubreyOfTheRoyalNavy7 ай бұрын
@@ExerciseLab I just bought it yesterday on the Black Friday sale. Someone in the customer reviews said that a thick foam gardening pad placed between the calves and the calf pad does a good job to tighten things up. I'm going to try that.
@ExerciseLab7 ай бұрын
@@CaptJackAubreyOfTheRoyalNavy Ok thanks for the tip. I actually had a 1/2-1" sheet of foam laying around and similarly used that between my shins and the foam pads and that worked pretty well. If Titan would just make the foam pads bigger that would help a lot.
@CaptJackAubreyOfTheRoyalNavy7 ай бұрын
@@ExerciseLab Agreed. It's strange that Titan made an otherwise great sissy squat stand with such bafflingly wide spacing. Ah well, the foam hack seems to work ok. Still better than the other piece of crap sissy squat stands all over Amazon. I have the one from Leike Fitness, which seems to be the least crappy, but still has major problems and feels very cheap.
@ExerciseLab7 ай бұрын
@@CaptJackAubreyOfTheRoyalNavy Good to know. Unfortunately I think a lot of exercise equipment goes straight from the drawing board to the production line without a lot of testing/user feedback.
@BEandME20208 ай бұрын
Is this good for Tendonitis in knee
@aba1928 ай бұрын
Would you say this could qork to replace SSB + a cambered bar?
@ExerciseLab8 ай бұрын
I would say this could definitely replace a SSB bar (it basically is a SSB bar with more versatility) but not necessarily a cambered bar. I've also uploaded a cambered bar video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/inmlpHdrbLSGrpo you can checkout that discusses some of the pros/cons of cambered bars
@aba1928 ай бұрын
@@ExerciseLab thanks but by camber bar I meant a squat bar with a big camber, I currently have the Rogue CB1, it def has camber longer than the kabuki at 16’’ drop, guessing the lvl4 position foe kabuki is probably 8-10
@ExerciseLab8 ай бұрын
Ok got it. I've actually never used the Rogue CB1 but yes if it has a 16" drop that is definitely longer. I haven't measured the transformer but I would say 8-10" is about right. @@aba192
@ExerciseLab8 ай бұрын
in this case, I'd say it probably boils down to personal preference somewhat as well. At a certain point I would imagine the drop/camber becomes a bit awkward and so any biomechanical advantages diminish. I don't know that to be the case with the CB1 however since I haven't used it. Looks like an interesting bar though. @@aba192
@chrisdonnell25758 ай бұрын
You've convinced me to get more of the same resistance bands to do band drop sets give more variety. Thank you!
@ExerciseLab8 ай бұрын
Ya it's just a fun way to give bands like Therabands, which are sort of the de facto PT clinic bands, a bit more juice :)
@chrisdonnell25758 ай бұрын
The Athena cable attachment for Rep Fitness allows bands on the weight stacks so you get the benefit of quick weight selection plus progressive resistance from the bands KILLER for tricep extensions! I wish there was a device that let you measure what the real weight resistance was at various points of the lift though. Doing it this way lets you do drop sets on last set and absolutely torch the triceps.
@ExerciseLab8 ай бұрын
Ok thanks and good to know. I will have to check this out
@chrisdonnell25758 ай бұрын
I see you have the Shake Strap, how do you like it?
@ExerciseLab8 ай бұрын
I like it and have been using it mostly for tricep extensions and curls. It's a nice in between using a band vs rope attachment.
@chrisdonnell25758 ай бұрын
This is the bar THE ROCK uses to train his legs!
@ExerciseLab8 ай бұрын
Ha, I didn't know that.
@chrisdonnell25758 ай бұрын
I have this for about a month its awesome! Helped get my squat up a lot in a month as its so comfortable! I also just started doing the hinge for my lower back and love it. One of these days will use the SSB setting to do Hatfield squats.
@ExerciseLab8 ай бұрын
Yes as I continue using it I do like it more and more compared to traditional barbell squats. Kudos to Kabuki
@dawiedarling8 ай бұрын
excellent angles
@ExerciseLab8 ай бұрын
Thanks
@Ont7858 ай бұрын
Probably the last exercise I would do for quads. I guess two each the wrong, but that’s way too much torque on the knee.
@ExerciseLab8 ай бұрын
If you do it the way i describe in the video I think you can strike a balance between better quad recruitment and less knee torque
@Ont7858 ай бұрын
@@ExerciseLab Squats, hack squats… By the time you add the weight to get that effect, it’s not safe with zero benefit.
@ExerciseLab8 ай бұрын
Again as mentioned in the video, there are strategies to overload the quads, not just with mechanical tension (adding weight as you suggest) which is only one way to induce muscle hypertrophy, but with metabolic stress.
@murmor68903 ай бұрын
@@Ont785 These Sissy Squats without a locked out hip (=Spanish Squats) are very close to hack squats as a movement.
@michaelderenne98388 ай бұрын
I know you wont like this but you are in fact doing it wrong. Just saying. Your supposed to lean back
@ExerciseLab8 ай бұрын
Yes I know, but as I describe in the video I don't lean excessively back to try and get the best of both worlds (quad emphasis without getting too much strain on the knee). I know this is less than ideal for muscle development in the short run but probably better in the long run. Always depends on the goals
@tanyamorales85939 ай бұрын
🔥 "promo sm"
@namebutler9 ай бұрын
Great stuff. Thanks
@simmo156710 ай бұрын
Seems you are not utilizing a full range of motion.
@ExerciseLab10 ай бұрын
Yes this is actually intentional. Really the only reason to sissy squat is quad emphasis for hypertrophy (it isn't really a functional movement), so I shorten the range just a bit to keep the tension on the quads while putting less stress on the knees. As I discuss in the video, I'll often use this machine as a 'burnout' after other exercises (squats, lunges, etc.) where I train a full range, so I'm not really worried about leaning way back or going super deep on these.
@murmor68903 ай бұрын
@@ExerciseLab It is functional for stuff like Heels dance or ballet, in ballet they do them on tip toes with heels together and knees driving out.
@bemtman272 ай бұрын
Lean back from more of a stretch. It's more of a true sissy squat. Look and see the way you're doing it as a warm-up and just basically an air squat
@bd850211 ай бұрын
That level of exercise is great 👍
@michael4321611 ай бұрын
It looks like you've turned the press down into a push up. Another way, would be to just try some variation of push ups or dips, may be band assisted, or use a band to change strength curves and do some drop sets. You don't need to make your home workout look like a gym workout...
@ExerciseLab11 ай бұрын
Yes the press down into a pushup is somewhat intentional. I tend to do a hybrid pushup style press down when I'm using more resistance because I find that a bit easier on the elbows
@reclanton Жыл бұрын
heres my take on this bar and some alternatives. this bar shines for tricep bench press ONLY. the edges that stick out on the kadillac bar is what makes it not worth buying. a duffalo bar is easier on the shoulders, has better range of motion (because it doesnt have the protruding edges) and can be used for squats. kadillac is ok for rows but because of the protruding edges a standard olympic bar gives a better range of motion. again, same with overhead presses- the kadillac is ok but awkward as the protruding edges force you to hold it further from your center of mass whereas a strongman log just feels better and can be rolled onto your chest using the same hand position. the kadillac bar looks cool and feels solid but its a 1 trick pony that doesnt excel at anything else and not worth its price tag imho.
@computerclub5192 Жыл бұрын
Great video mate
@lerekt7818 Жыл бұрын
hello i would like to ask you a thing about a total different video, from you , sissy squat machine. if i may ask ( and i apologize to ask under this video) , why almost nobody is doing sissy squat machine, but rather use squat or hack squat or leg press or whatever type of leg movement, except sissy machine? this machine is the only one that allow me to absolutely burn my quads, but at this point i dont understand , why the 99,99% of pros (mr olympia and also aesthetical pros ) are not even watching this machine? i do understand, you build with constant tension and weights, but daium nothing murder my quads like a free weight sissy squat machine... what is going on and why?
@ExerciseLab Жыл бұрын
While I agree the sissy squat machine is an excellent way to emphasize the quads, I think the biggest limitation that is isn't a great exercise to add a lot of additional load (barbells, dumbbells, etc.) Of course you can add these things or even use a weight vest, though this tends to place a significant amount of stress on the knee (such as the ACL), and so for that reason, I think the sissy squat is best done with body weight or light load for higher reps. This is why I mention in the video that for strong lifters who can squat a lot of weight, the sissy squat can be a nice exercise to do towards the end of a leg workout to 'burnout' the quads, so they don't need to use much if any additional load.
@lerekt7818 Жыл бұрын
@@ExerciseLab yeah i would never use with added weight, but right now after watching many videos i am mad scare of knee pop out ACL or whatever... i was doing it every time i had leg day (twice per week) and it mad burned my quads like nothing else , you know kinda inclined a little back to emphatize the tension on quads.... and also never felt a single knee pain... but daium those videos that says it is bad for knee are killing my will to continue using this wonderful machine
@anuparnoacharya5779 Жыл бұрын
2 questions 1.if we do this arrangements and do the curl with ez barbell or dumbells then is there any risk of bicep tear?? 2.can this be done without the band??
@ExerciseLab Жыл бұрын
Well I'm afraid no exercise is completely without risk but generally speaking I wouldn't say this is a 'dangerous' exercise. It will place more stress on the bicep when the arm is fully extended (at the bottom position) with EZ bar/dumbbell vs bands however. Yes many people do preacher curls with an EZ bar or dumbbells.
@anuparnoacharya5779 Жыл бұрын
What is the length of this roller??
@ExerciseLab Жыл бұрын
It's a standard foam roller (6 inch diameter and 3 feet long)
@Mark-nm6zw Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this machine and it's part of every one of my quad-focused leg days - often the main working exercise. They suck so bad, walking afterwards is virtually impossible, stairs are an absolute nightmare and after a proper session my nickname is "crawl" 😂
@ExerciseLab Жыл бұрын
Lol. Yes I've been there. I remember walking down a steep hill after a tough session and almost needed to walk backwards 😁
@cryptofan62559 ай бұрын
I bought one of these for my home gym. Best $120 I ever spent! I'm 62 years old and have been working out since I was 15 years old. I've had my best quad gains ever! I don't even squat anymore, I simply use my stand for 5 sets, then grind out a couple of high rep sets on my leg extension until my legs feel like they are going to explode, then do ham strings on my legs extension machine. I've never felt any quad exercise like I feel these on that stand!
@JCHILLIN_23 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the informing video. I appreciate it 👍
@ramprambola2282 Жыл бұрын
Thanks brother 🙏✌️
@kaydenfinn2651 Жыл бұрын
So glad I found this video!! The secret to ranking - 'Promosm'.
@harveywattsjr Жыл бұрын
Travis! great explanation - i always went for the straight bar, used the cambered only if it wasn't available - thing is, it didn't feel right cuz it felt easier so i thought it was cheating. now i know and this old dog just learned a new trick - thanks!
@azicogaming8270 Жыл бұрын
Do you think it's possible to build a decent physique using only resistance bands ?
@ExerciseLab Жыл бұрын
Yes you can. Two of the key ingredients for muscle building are mechanical tension and progressive overload. You can certainly achieve both with bands, possibly close to weights if the bands are strong enough. Now if you're looking to get into pro bodybuilding then you're definitely also going to want to use weights, but if all you want is a decent physique, bands can definitely get you there.
@azicogaming8270 Жыл бұрын
@@ExerciseLab Yea just looking to pack on muscle and decent physique, not professional bodybuilding or anything like that. Thank you for the quick reply.