Ep. 97- Free Weights vs Machines (The 150 Year Battle)

[@mconcepcion752]

It's not the body of evidence that is important in fitness marketing, it's the body of the person providing the evidence that's important.

[@storerrick]

Conor has quickly become one of my favorite guests. I can't wait for the penultimate, ultimate, and postultimate episodes on which he is featured.

[@shbt2011]

The perfect piece of equipment that I could think of is - The calf raise machine

[@AmritGrewal31]

Bdum tss..

[@nathanamos9945]

The inventor of the calf raise machine was Omar's great granddad.

[@dvsn23]

Omar's cryptonite

[@Feegle32]

Eric: “Hey, Omar.” Omar: “...whew. Wow, a lot to unpack there, Eric.”

[@ssdabel]

podcast episode of the month for sure, really enjoyed it.

[@willjaeger1878]

Dr. Conor = The Penultimate Warrior

[@lordvoldemort917]

Greg roasts throughout made it funnier. 😂

[@ИвайлоСтоянов-п4ь]

Thank You guys for this one! I am really enjoying those history stories! My kind of taking a break from the science stuff and just ENJOYING it on a cold german winter evening!

[@ryano460]

I really like the guys and their wisdom. I always listened to these podcast when falling a sleep. Which probably screws up my recovery haha

[@BeardedGrappler]

Great episode! ..and fun fact! I've been training Bjj for many a year now, and I'm happy to report that standing on a stability ball is a very frequent occurrence. To my fellow grapplers defence: it is mainly done on the mats - so soft flooring is a plus. Also, wrasslin and balancing on a person is often times less stable than the stability ball. Always I should say. I would say that adding weight would be very stupid even within the weird haze of frequently folding clothes with people still in them.

[@StephenMarkTurner]

The Arthur Jones quote I remember was something like "Have you ever vomited from a single set of barbell curls? If not, you simply don't know what hard work is"

[@ajaj598]

I enjoyed this so much. Please have Connor on again.

[@dvsn23]

I could listen to conor talk history all day

[@StephenMarkTurner]

I had a pair of those 'chest expanders' thru the 70s and early 80s. I did figure out after a couple of years that they worked the back, not the chest.

[@thewowleader]

What a show, 5 stars.

[@KenanTurkiye]

....just turn around and walk away....dont wait till its too late, you'll be addicted....

[@stevenmuncy491]

Jack LaLanne improved the fitness of 3 generations using a rolled-up towel and a straight back chair.

[@jtsandig]

turns out I inherited a chest expander which is now sitting in my garage gym without having been used. gonna get those back gains

[@M3a-USAPL]

As a child of the 70s, the strand puller (didn't know that's what it was called) was fairly ubiquitous, and could be found in any number of friend's basements alongside the concrete and vinyl weight sets, and of course, "grippers".

[@amandacasimir7320]

Thanks for the history of some of my favourite and most detested pieces of equipment. I was actually using the bad boy/good boy machine (my coach calls it the "come chat to me machine") when it was discussed on the podcast. I've noticed that it doesn't get a lot of love at my gym, I found it very helpful during rehab from a fracture pelvis, same with the much maligned leg extension and seated leg curl machine. Zero points for style or machismo but so helpful during injury recovery.

[@StephenMarkTurner]

That Nautilus pullover, I would bang my elbow or something just about every time I got in it.

[@segason6]

Dr Heffernan is the GOAT

[@TheMakersRage]

He's actually the COW

[@dirtynipples26]

I know it's not your fault but holy shit there are ads every 60 seconds KZbin is so fugged it's insane

[@christopherstorey1125]

Another great show

[@watsonkushmaster3067]

*looks at barbell, dumbbells and no machines in my garage* well that answers that question

[@mamerch1]

I remember my father using an iron spring expander when I was a kid. Then when I was around 15 (just 10 years ago) i easly bought one with rubber atachments on the internet. Expander is still remembered here in Poland 😉🦾. Also I hope you actually red the witcher and not just watched that crappy Netflix adaptation, Omar 😉

[@catedoge3206]

So funni 😂😂😂

[@KenanTurkiye]

Umm since last year I've designed a machine and patenting it. I'm amazed how no one came up with it, it'll sell worldwide to gyms. No not rocks in two baskets on each end of a stick, one step above that :) (I just felt like a show-off not a good feeling, but you may be seeing the a brand ''KaGaN'' on a machine with ques in front of in gyms in the next 5 years, so yeah that'll be mine ;) hopefully, finance/manufacturer to sort out yet )

[@elitetemezt9093]

Omar! Are you going to record/release the "sex with Dr. Helms" episode soon?

[@iL1keTurtlesPoker]

Omar, you seriously haven't been outside of North America?

[@dlifts721]

20 adverts, 1 every 5 minutes ?? Cone on KZbin

[@MsFuzzyBuddy]

I love the podcast, but I'm disappointed you excluded the Prancercize community. How dare you. XD

[@Sapphier1234]

Dogma.