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Glad it's helping.

Thanks and sorry to see you're still on the mend. Some pain with tendinopathy is normal but if it's been hanging around for 3 months without being consistently agitated I think it's good you're getting it checked out (doesn't mean it's anything catastrophic by the way, but might just need some more specific therapy). Feel free to keep me posted on how your appt. goes.

It's generally a good rule of thumb to exhale on the concentric or "lifting" part of a repetition, so I breathe out when I go up

@@ExerciseLab and when you go down with your body what exactly you must do? I'm getting kind of confused - you must try to hold your back tight in one line and only moove your legs in the hips or you must moove your back with your hips without bending your back? |'ve watched many clips of deadlift with bands and when I try to do it I feel kinda pain in the low back but only while |'m doing this exercise...is it right to feel it or is a sign of wrong technique?

Thanks for the feedback and glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks glad you liked it. I agree. I wish the Transformer X had a little more to offer.

I’m thinking about the old model. I have the rep SSB now and find it very forward biased (like front squat). I get the rotating mechanism changes weight position relative to your spine , but don’t understand the four position options. Wouldn’t they just bias you back to another squat type? Like, if you had the disk on the back squat position , wojldnt moving the sleeves to 3 or 4 sort of force you back to a front squat position? (Or vice versa depending on how they go). Cheers. Any info would be useful.

@@ExpeditionaryRanger Hi, moving the sleeve length to 3 or 4 lengthens the distance the weight is from the center of the bar, moving the center of mass more in the direction of rotation. So for example, rotating to goblet, which moves the weight forward as in a goblet squat, will move the weight even farther forward when on 3 or 4 (I've tried 4 and it's very forward), giving the muscles a bit of an awkward but pretty unique challenge. Hope that helps.

Thanks for the feedback and glad you liked it! That's a good call out on the difficulty levels thing. I remember reading somewhere a long time ago that doing dumbbell curls with your arm behind your back is difficult (but obviously not effective). I would've liked the X at a greater distance too but that cassette is already pretty large so it probably wouldn't be very practical if it was any bigger

For me it kinda was. I live in Norway, so the price to get it here was $1430 including shipping and 25% VAT. As a Personal Trainer it is still worth it, since it lets people who couldn't normally squat use it. Getting a good leg press or hack squat would have cost much more, and I don't have space for it either in my small studio. If you live in the US, it's not overprices at all. I have no reason to believe it is of any lesser quality than any Eleiko bar which costs much more.

That's a fair point. I actually realized that after I shot the video. Oregon transformers did have stickers. Too bad they didn't take a page out of Rogue's book for the Transformer X

Thanks! In my opinion yes. The versatility is hard to beat here and as mentioned, I even prefer this bar to the Transformer X.

@@ExerciseLabhow much does pulling the handles fatigue your arms on low bar settings with 300+ lbs? Wondering if it will affect me on bench the next day.

Not that much really. I think you should be fine to bench the next day, especially after you've done it a few times.

@ awesome. Thank you

ya hopefully Kabuki will be looking at their user feedback to see how they can improve some things here

Interesting. My V4 is the Rogue edition so maybe the short handles were only included with that model. I assumed they also came with the Oregon made Transformers but it sounds like they didn't :/

@brians14 I have the Kabuki V4 made in Oregon, and when I ordered I also ordered optional bar ends. They are not short handles, but rather the exact same bar ends as you find on the Shoulderök. I could have easily just used the bar without the long handles too, if I didn't have the bar ends. Kabuki will probably still be able to deliver bar ends if you contact them (since they still sell the Shoulderök), if not just check out bar ends for bicycles. Looking at the pipe diameter, many of those should fit, since they are often expandable to fit different sized handlebars. I do know earlier V4 bars didn't have the removable handles, so for those I guess an angle grinder is an option :)

Thanks :)

Rogue makes great stuff. I have the Ohio DL bar and love it. That being said, i have the original KABUKI transformer bar, and nothing Rogue makes compares to it. It's very simplistic in design, and contrary to what he said, you can adjust what type of squat you're doing with weights on it. But typically, you're only doing the squat you set out to do and don't change.

Ya the saddle pad with straps is an interesting idea. I'm curious to see how it's going to feel too (I don't have straps for mine yet).

technically it does place more stress on the patellofemoral joint of the knee compared to a traditional squat. Good news is you don't have to load it as heavy as a traditional barbell squat and so in that sense it may actually be less. I probably wouldn't start with sissy squats in someone with a history of patellofemoral pain, or use it several times a week though. As mentioned in the video, if the loading/dosing is right I think it's fine on the knees

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Thanks for the feedback.

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

@@ExerciseLab thanks for the feedback. Appreciate it!

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.

​@@Ice_Box_Gym interesting. There's a V2 out now? I looked on the website and didn't see anything mentioned about this

Thanks.

Interesting idea. I might not be thinking of the same thing but the ones I'm familiar with are a little too squishy.

Too much*

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.

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.

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.

@@ExerciseLab then maybe you love the belt squats, you can load it and focus a lot.

@@javimarco1417 Yes I do like belt squats. My main issue with the belt squat machines is that they tend to have a pretty large footprint which makes them a bit on the bulky side for a garage gym. I've also seen more minimal setups with plyoboxes and a squat/dip belt but getting in place with sufficient load can be a bit awkward.

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

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

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@@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.

@@Ice_Box_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.

​@@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.

@@Ice_Box_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.

yes, big kudos to Kabuki on this one :)

I had a labrum SLAP tear, most likely from low bar squatting, so I’m looking to get a different squat bar. Would you say this bar could be a worthy replacement for high bar, low bar, SSB, and front squats?

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

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

@@ExerciseLab I quickly looked at one. Do you leave the sleeves out to store on wall? Appreciate you sharing

@@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.

@@ExerciseLab gotcha. Thanks! 🙏

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

@@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.

@@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.

@@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.

@@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.

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: ruclips.net/video/THBsD57OSx8/видео.html you can checkout that discusses some of the pros/cons of cambered bars

@@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

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

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

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 :)

Ok thanks and good to know. I will have to check this out

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.

Ha, I didn't know that.

Yes as I continue using it I do like it more and more compared to traditional barbell squats. Kudos to Kabuki

I had a labrum SLAP tear, most likely from low bar squatting, so I’m looking to get a different squat bar. Would you say this bar could be a worthy replacement for high bar, low bar, SSB, and front squats?

@@BlakeTyler-i6f Yes absolutely pop pin on side adjusts where the weight is. It can do even goblet squats, front squats, SSB setting, high bar squats, low bar squats and farthest back one is for hip hinges great setting to warm up lower back light weight 15-25 reps before squatting.

Thanks