We Tested The Craziest Gym Equipment!

[@Vincent-fv1ch]

The grip machine with everything you need for forearms was brilliant!

[@TheOlsonOutfit]

At first I was surprised they bothered with a big machine for grip. But after I saw how many exercises it facilitates I really want one.

[@himeshsinghshishodiya]

Yep. It saves up a lot of setup time and additional equipments.

[@SergioAlves-y6p]

It's a cool machine but I'm surprised how many people haven't seen one before. The first gym I joined over 15 years ago had one pretty similar.

[@slackerm1]

Gym I go to has an older version of that Atlantis forearm machine with all of the different movements, it is fucking amazing

[@gold_beaked_flamingo7526]

I swear the best part of trying out a new gym is using every unique piece of equipment. I can't imagine what it was like in this gym. Like a kid in a candy store.

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

SUPER fun! - Dr. Mike

[@matzanrock]

I thought the same

[@LAVATORR]

That's how I felt after joining Lifetime.

[@konitheprophet]

I just tried your advice for dumbbell incline bench, where I touch my shoulders and pause for a second, and I have to say that it was probably the best chest workout I've ever head, thanks for the awesome advice Dr. Mike

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

Awesome! - Dr. Mike

[@JAREDFEATHERRP]

Hell yeah

[@berkin4820]

I am a 20 year old Chem student from Turkey. My dream is to learn French and move to Montreal. It was so pleasant to learn about this dream gym right there. Really motivating.

[@artvandelay7553]

Yarramı olursun

[@PHILKENTADM]

Very interesting machines. I wish I had some of them at my gym. Also, I really need a video about the upsides of training wearing Crocs now.

[@felipe367]

They give +10 strength 😂

[@jamesh7469]

They give you the strength of a crocodile

[@rm06c]

They're cozy. That's all you need

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

I'll spare you the video: they are comfortable and easy to put on and take off. Those are the the only upsides! - Dr. Mike

[@domepiece11]

Nah, I’ll stick to my Do-Win weightlifting shoes. I feel WAY more stable on literally everything. And they are great quality for like $100.

[@TheImmenseFence]

That bulgarian split squat machine is awesome. BSS always suck to set up, really hope to see that one go into production

[@domepiece11]

My gym is filled with chicks using up a flat or incline bench to BSS. Get a freaking plyo box! I’ve recommended the gym get a BSS roller stand from Titan Fitness for cheap but I’m sure they won’t listen.

[@bencohen6989]

This machine does exist. I've seen it called a 30 or 31 workouts in one machine

[@CapUnlimited]

It’s pretty much just a squat/lunge machine by hammer strength

[@TehRealChruZ]

on the high cable row machine - I think you're supposed to put your feet up on the pad above so that you don't come off the seat

[@MrMoustache678]

Nordic curls are an amazing exercise, but sadly very difficult, which is why most people never do them. That assisted nordic machine is a game changer.

[@simplyfinny]

The only piece of equipment I’ve seen for this is the nord board which is more for measuring hamstring strength rather than training. Seeing something that can train nordics is awesome to see.

[@domepiece11]

A few different companies make them. It’s just gyms don’t buy them, which sucks.

[@Pt.karolis]

I have a chance to go to Marbella (Spain) every weekend and they have AMAZING gyms there, with Atlantis and prime equipment . These machines are gems

[@Beef-ice-cream]

I just wish this was a much longer video in more detail! ❤

[@TehBliz]

Welcome to Laval guys!! Atlantis is definitely our top gym here when it comes to equipment, wish I knew sooner that you guys were coming damn!!

[@AlexS_983]

I might train those random forearm muscles out of curiosity to see how they look visually but the main appeal is definitely the wrist curl, it looks perfect ergonomically. But you have to wonder if the price ends up being rather high with all the extra features

[@Enigma..]

That forearm machine looks great and really liked the set up of the Bulgarian split squat equipment too

[@OutrageIsNow]

My gym has the curl machine and the high row machine. I go to fitness connection. They’re two of my favorite machines.

[@matw1x]

Canada is undefeated when it comes to best gyms and gym equipment.

[@JAREDFEATHERRP]

Dubai is up there!

[@sim2013uk]

My boys wearing crocs while testing the machines. Absolute 🔥💯. Love your videos. Keeping dropping the quality content ❤

[@framesjanco117]

my new ringtone will be Mike saying “ got 10 more sets” 4:40

[@davealaya]

Dudes, before the pandemic I had a membership at World Gym in Chicago. They had TONS of antique equipment that was killer. Dip machines and Bistar dumbbells for side delts. I really miss that place, they closed and kept charging credit cards when the pandemic hit.

[@JAREDFEATHERRP]

That's bad ass. I think I've been there

[@davealaya]

@@JAREDFEATHERRP The pendulum things were called Bistar dumbbells! Oh my God they destroyed the shoulders; a good portion of the weight rested on top of your wrist, so your grip could be quite relaxed while your shoulder is suffering.

[@MichaelSharratt]

Love the explanations on how the machines move and function. Very interesting

[@MamaSwole]

That neck machine is perfect to prepare for a concert full of head banging

[@JAREDFEATHERRP]

Damn right 🤘

[@FSK1138]

Atlantis machines are the best i started working on my form after using these machines so much less joint pain and faster gains with out the wear and tear

[@homeboi08]

3:53 how mike looked at jared while doing the sldl🤣🤣🤣

[@JAREDFEATHERRP]

Such a pervy perv

[@steelwarrior105]

So nice that Dr. Mike involves his son so much.

[@BrwrFan806]

Atlantis has a really cool calf press machine. You actively plantar flex your ankle and push a plate down instead of raising your knees

[@McWhatevs]

Thank-you. I'm aware of the Atlantis test facility gym and it's bugged me that no one (recently) has done a vid like this

[@ThomasAT86]

I can also highly recommend DAS GYM in Vienna, if someone's ever there. Absolutely awesome atmosphere, they aren't bound to one company and they have their own welder.

[@rmp5s]

5:35 - That's awesome!!

[@BrianDeCosta]

5:51 "we're gonna use that for sure" 💀🤣

[@hellshakeyano7686]

I would kill for that Bulgarian split squat machine

[@finn6612]

The vibe of this video is really cool! Good job, Scott, the camera guy!

[@g0rth0rTBL]

Yoo great timing, I'm traveling to Mtl in two weeks.

[@Eric3Frog]

6:24 Look at the guy doing seated cable rows in the background. Would be funny to see Mike go over and critique his form. 😂

[@klausosaurus7018]

Worst thing that could happen to me is to go there feel my Lat for the first time and never being able to train on that Maschine ever again

[@RLucas82]

7:19 could Jared just slap Dr. Mike when he starts one of his rambling tangents

[@JAREDFEATHERRP]

I gotchu..... next video

[@Aquefaque]

Oh wow, that's next to where I live! When I was training at commercial gyms, it was filled with Atlantis stuff, and the statement is true... those are certainly one of the best out there. A plus when you live in Quebec, Facebook marketplace gor a lot of Atlantis stuff on the used market for cheap!! Great for the homegym! 😂 One thing, Laval IS NOT in Montreal, it's a different city with a different administration. But it's a bit up north.

[@damage97]

I have a question about the bottom position stretch for hypertrophy training: I feel this the most with lat prayers and incline DB press, where I can either keep the muscle actively flexed/engaged at all times and go as deep as possible, or relax the muscle and let myself passively be stretched even further. Is one of those two options particularly better than the other?

[@NorThenX047]

im pretty confident that stretch under load promotes more hypertrophy but even a passive stretch before contraction has its benefits.

[@GUSTAVOHANKEFINKLER]

I have better pumps when I relax the muscles for a split second during pull movements, but for push movements it's the opposite (for example, at the bottom of a bench press I keep the bar on my chest for half a second, doing a little force upwards to maintain a light touch but not moving the barbell). I think it's just personal preference and the best way to know what's better for you is experimenting both and seeing which method results in better pumps

[@rm06c]

I think I'm general you want to be stretching your muscles as if you were getting ready to do another rep. If that means having them engaged, then keep them engaged. If it means relaxing and then going again, then do that.

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

Not sure. But you can do them both! Stay tensed at the bottom for a second, then relax for a full second, then come back up! - Dr. Mike

[@1andonlyMiro]

That decline press looks like I'd fall in love with it. I know decline press isn't as effective in terms of bodybuilding as an incline press, but it's kind of underrated in my opinion and I personally love the feeling I get when doing a "decline press" (just tilting my back slightly at a plate loaded chest press machine at my gym).

[@jbrandona119]

Aw man that’s so cool. I love trying out weird and wonky machines…I’m kinda spoiled somehow cuz my Golds tends to get a bunch of random, old, interesting machines that end up being great but I’d kill for access to a prototype gym like this 😂 Ok now I’ve watched some of it and there’s like 3 machines that are very very similar to new ones at my gym. Maybe the owner is hooked up 😂

[@garak55]

I think your guy knows a guy lol

[@juhis5936]

I love how that 1 prototype looks like someone put it together in his garage

[@Flahtort]

0:48 When doctor Mike speaks Russian it feels like реально для души. (Fur sure for soul). Feels sad tho when Mike started to humour about it like: "But russians dont have soul, why did i said it in russian" - almost like he ashamed to crank some russian "for the soul" once a time.

[@michaelwilensky9134]

Thanks for all the hard work, guys!

[@stuartallen2001]

Hey just thought I would provide some tips for anyone trying to replicate the the wrist curl aspect of the forearm machine that have really helped my forearms grow. 1. Use the rotating straight bar cable attachment so it rolls easily as you move. I suspect there may be a way to involve fat grips to make this even better. I am not a particularly strong person but I am able to wrist curl 80 lbs for reps with a slow eccentric on the cable machine, so I suspect many may be limiting themselves by using dumbbells due to the awkwardness of wrist curling them. 2. Do these seated with your wrists on your knees. Of course sam sulek is cool but its much easier to not cheat this way, and your back and arms arent as taxed for the rest of your workout if you are prioritizing forearms by doing them first. 3. Allow your fingers to uncurl enough so that you get a deep stretch in the forearms, but not so much that you accidentally drop the bar. 4. Consider keeping your thumb on the same side of the bar as your hand. With a supinated grip, i find the part of the hand thats inward can curl farther than the outward counterpart. This allows you to have a greater range of motion without making your wrists feel "crunchy" 5. As Dr. Mike has said in other videos, consider myoreps or otherwise approaching failure many times as the forearms recover quickly and if you train them individually you can use straps guilt free on any pulling movements I'd love to hear anyone else's tips or criticism of mine. Happy gainz ❤️

[@nacha8403]

Great video, that forearm machine looks crazy 🙏

[@purple2739]

My gym doesn’t even have a hack squat, this stuff makes me so envious

[@screwball69]

I sure as shit hope that forearm machine goes into production, that thing is rad

[@jordansansoucy3052]

Forearm has been in production for years, just a new update aesthetic wise recently. It's not a prototype

[@screwball69]

@@jordansansoucy3052 Good to know, would like to see it in a gym then

[@georgejones5019]

I love the plate loaded kickback machine. Something about it feels so satifying.

[@mizakzee]

Atlantis has a standing* single leg curl machine that feels AMAZING!

[@lawsonarts6891]

that machine at 4:07 you could also use a a viking press. I often use the hammer strength seated shoulder press as a viking press if standing and facing the seat pad also

[@brentvandamme]

Prototype Nordic Curl just looks like a Westside Inverse Curl (amazing machine)

[@jgoldian47]

hey we actually have a few of these at our tiny towns local gym, its real well built and nice and clean. Man i love some of the equipment. I prefer mostly dumbells and barbells but there are just some machines that i just enjoy using

[@simple101100]

Please demo the technique/form of the incline press using a cambered bar. Love your channel and bought the bar just from seeing it on y’all’s videos!

[@jayb555-r9k]

Oh man that forearm training machine would be amazing in any climbing gym.

[@halistinejenkins5289]

love that gym

[@neub4321]

I use an Atlantis side lateral machine at my gym in New Jersey. It is very smooth, and my favorite way to work side delts.

[@nickrocket1508]

Actually some pretty dope prototypes

[@mattepton5731]

This was cool Dr. Mike ! Thank you !

[@OpCzar]

Didn't know Atlantis was based in Laval. Makes me question why the gyms here use competitors that are from the US - it must be super premium.

[@echoheadxx]

All us armwrestlers looking at that forearm machine from 5:17 with our minds blown, Mikes like 'yeahhhh...neat'

[@davidoberle9023]

"Not your Grandma's gym..." 6:33 *Literally see a Grandma*

[@AB-hi6ru]

I'm fortunate to go to a gym that has most of this equipment. Good stuff!

[@clauslarsen8971]

3:54 Nooo, bad doctor! Don't look at that.

[@willywonka2135]

bro 1:00 stop bro i can only get so bricked up

[@iangraham-white5717]

Since you guys are in Montreal does that mean another collaboration with Alex Leonidas is in the works?

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

It's already been published, in fact! And there's another on the way. Here's the first one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJiro2qZaqlniqc - Dr. Mike

[@FormerlyKnownAsAndrew]

That seated cable row machine... it's really good if you put your feet on the other angled platform. It's one of my favourite machines.

[@christopherburns6403]

I was so confused why they were complaining about no knee pad I was like yo you just put your feet up lol

[@grizzlydynamics]

To the point made at 2:15 -> isn't the pad above the one you guys are using for the exact purpose of providing said missing counter resistance?

[@JAREDFEATHERRP]

Probably would hold you there better. For sure

[@shawnaarmstrong8417]

I'm so sorry for your loss. My dad died of esophageal cancer a few years ago. I was angry at him for the longest time because he smoked cigarettes and drank and that's what caused it. I thought, why didn't he stop? Why didn't he know better? He should be here for his grandkids! I was just questioning why all of the time and then I realized that I come from a family of addicts and its hard. But I forgave him and I love and miss him so much.

[@marc-andrebeaulieu191]

Wow! Ben tabarnak! First, I didn't know that Atlantis machines were made in Québec!! You guys came here!! I wish I could see you to say hello and shake hands! :D Hope that you enjoyed our distinguished Québécois accent!

[@mittaw]

3:08 you can already tell that press machine is comfy

[@naantjez]

6 months later my gym has that exact split squat machine from Atlantis and it's really dope

[@hokagerulzz]

для души! )) видос супер, Майк, спасибо за контент))

[@johnmclaughlin4802]

Machines are great for older people

[@JAREDFEATHERRP]

And anyone....

[@EricBrooks-ju3oz]

I might be in love with this gym

[@cbbc2870]

Dr. Mike is a good guy 💯

[@niklast398]

David is an old Finnish gym equipment brand. They have lot of their machines this "bottom hevier" load curve, desinged in 90s. Great machines

[@elchupacabra1193]

I absolutely NEED that assisted GHR machine.

[@JackgarPrime]

So this place is like a test kitchen but for exercise equipment? Neat!

[@clmb511]

I wish they would make that High Row with a combo of plate and selectorized. Would love to be able to use the plate loaded for overloading the stretch and then shift to selectorized for a more even strength curve after frying the stretch.

[@heyithae]

The grip machine is awesome!!

[@kylewilcox8928]

Most of the machines at my gym in Cheyenne Wyoming are Atlantis. I agree they make some good stuff.

[@chrisrose323]

The grip machine reminds me of machines Ive seen in arm wrestling gyms.

[@andreafonger3638]

Omg I want that assisted nordic curl machine so bad

[@FLuKE1985]

Be interesting to see you try a vitruvian and some programme design ideas

[@gregwilldoitllc]

Had majority of this stuff in some gyms in the UK for years

[@varbaek]

Forearm machine was really cool 👍

[@mattepton5731]

Like that ham raise combo !

[@andrelarocque5967]

That #5 forearm machine might be the best armwrestling training equipment that exists. Training the pronator teres in a controlled manner is very difficult and that machine trains all the forearm vectors.

[@lecobra418]

It's not that difficult, an adjustable dumbbell with plates only on the top side, you hold the other side plate up in neutral position then you do a pendullum motion from left to right. It cost 0 bucks you can do it at home. Another way is the rice bucket training. But yeah that machine is fancy as shit and I want to try it as well.

[@hitoshigaming]

Its equipment like these is where i like working out, since its fun i find it very fun i workout to look good and be strong and all that, but its so hard to be consistent when you dont have equipment. Im not saying you need all these equipment since you can still variations of them especially for that forearm machine you can just do barbells and dumbells for those and it still is very fun. I love working, i love doing all these workouts but i generally lack the motive to workout when i dont have equipment but i still try since if i want to get the body i want in the future, then i need to do something to start and be disciplined through that.

[@Zakarum420]

Gosh those look like a lot of fun

[@buffdude1457]

My home is like 30 minutes away from there and i didnt even knew there was an Atlantis gym in laval loll wtf

[@saufkumpel]

Watching this while the only Gym near me doesn't even have a place to bench with safeties is pure torture.

[@emeraldspider180]

The look on Jared’s face every time Mike said Montreal was pure Canadian. 😂

[@adamwalker1707]

That hamstring machine looks a lot like the inverse curl machine, Louie Simmons and Westside has had that for years.

[@jenvas]

This makes me wonder what kinda machines you guys wish existed or were more common at least.

[@Ahmadj03]

If anyone is looking for Atlantis equipment in the DMV area, The Shop gym has a bunch of their specialty equipment.

[@johnwetmore9559]

Proud to say my gym has some of this stuff, or things very close to them!

[@lucitribal]

I haven't seen any of this stuff at my gym. There's some Panatta stuff though which is pretty good

[@RickLilShore]

I got excited because I was just about to visit Laval in Montreal in Quebec in Canada in North-America in the western hemisphere, but alas not on Planet Earth. Dangit!

[@hjewkes]

I like how you gave all this great advice for machines no one will ever see lol

[@JAREDFEATHERRP]

They're definitely becoming more and more popular

[@RoidfreeSenior]

Some very cool stuff there

[@adam92486]

Neat trip. Where to next? Saying uveedimsa to Laval and salut to St. Petersburg?

[@MrFrankfurt13]

0:32 Was that welded by Stevie Wonder?