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Crossovers with TRX?

Omg! Just found one myself for $25. Freaking love this machine!

Dug ours out of loft, yep QVC in the 90s, giving it one last go before it gets dumped. Mine is a Delta Rider, cant find details of that anywhere! 😆

I always think it’s comical when guys try to overinflated their credentials or life skills to make their product seem better. Truth be told, if X3 is an awesome product, I could care less if a doctor or janitor made it. But if the guy is inflating himself due to his background to make the product seem better, then it devalues the product to me.

Are you going to release the STL's?

The Health Rider was the first of the 'rider' machines and the best. It came out in the early 90's. I used mine while watching TV and would sustain a one-hour workout by watching a one hour show. The knock-off versions have a piston and do not provide the same experience. Nice video.

Перевод, на, Русский, Субтитры, ? Можно?😊❤

Hey Skyler. I’m interested in joining your other channel to see the Total Gym hack videos but I’m not seeing the option on the home screen. Any advice?

Interested to see this review. I use a band/board/bar system as my travel gym (about to add some TRX straps after watching another of your videos). I like that this one has the two piece bar, so you get the benefit of working out with a longer bar, but the travel convenience of the short bar. My “gym” has a short bar, which is fine, but it would be nice to have the option of a longer bar that would also fit for travel.

I travel with a band gym (X3); and while I love the portability, I’ve felt that “missing half” of the rep. I think this is a great idea to use the suspension trainer to fill in that piece of the puzzle! I think this video has been a great help for me personally, and I can’t wait to put it into practice!

I want one that fits a 4 or 5 foot barbell and that takes the lateral raise attachment. Can mig welding accomplish this or a different welding process? Thanks

You're so boring 😴😴😴

King of the totalgym. 👑

Perfect setup thanks for sharing.

suicide flies...nice name.....i refer to them as face-plant flies!! LOL. gr8 workout. saving it for some follow-along (with 15-35 pound bands and less angle on the TG bench ofc!) EDIT: your thoughts on the BW? would you purchase it now having used it? what does it add to your workout (besides the isometric contractions)? thx. EDIT2: you prob already know about Serious Steel and their 3 diff length loop bands, but just in case....being maybe a foot shorter than you, i also have Serious Steel 37" and 32" loop bands (and their 41" also) for some pre-stretch in my case with their shorter loop-bands. i only mention this b/c you're so strong that you might be able to use the shorter bands effectively (at least for some specific exercises) as long as you don't exceed their recommended total stretch-length, which as you know results in increased wear plus reduced service-life, as well sudden premature ultimate-failure.

Awesome my friend. You’re going to have people lose their minds (in a good way) having a workout with a TG, Bands, TRX, and a bullworker!

Your still the king of the total gym 👍

Thank you for the reminder. I had forgotten about the low press. Definitely gonna do it next Monday when it's chest and back day.

Working out with a view!

Tremendous!!!

Long time no see

I LIVE IN AMERICA, WHERE IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO ORDER A ROGUE ANYTHING :)

Spot on.

Ive been complaining about the same thing with chest for the last 15 years.

Good stuff

color me jelly! gr8 vid. ty. and ty to Marylin too.

I hate doing one side at a time. Although it seems great for a finishing move, maybe after dips cable crossovers or even traditional presses. Ty for posting

It was definitely an honor to be working out with you . Thank you so much to you and your family for hosting us.

I guess I'll be the third one to use the same word: AWESOME! I was so happy to see Marylin work out with you. She is an inspiration to this 68-year-old out-of-shape man. At that rate, she will soon have smaller versions of arms like yours . . . by the way, those guns of yours look very dangerous! You are definitely getting back into your prime! Oh, and the music was inspiring, too! I kept waiting to see Arnold and/or Sly walk through the door and surprise you and Marilyn! (lol) Great video!

Awesome , including the 80's sound !! Love it !

This is awesome love it!

Nice job. You got a lot bigger ❤

Great video, friend! I have both resistance bands and suspension trainer, and I have been using the suspension trainer mostly for bodyweight rows. It just naturally felt like a better way to do rows compared to bands (where I could never get the resistance right) or weights (where making adjustments to the resistance required stopping the workout, and fatigue the lower back supporting the weight). Suspension trainers made it easy, just change the angle of your body and keep going. They seem to do a better job of keeping the workout focused on the upper back, without lower back fatigue limiting your workout. At least for me, anyway.

do some push-ups with your chest and arm workout with the Total Gym. It's benefiting me very well with good results👍👍👍

good job Skyler.

still feel it more in my shoulders

Thanks SO much! It's great to see you putting out another high quality TG video after such a long time.

Really like this video! I'm currently designing my own 3D-print fitness tools, this helped a lot. Will send you an update as soon as when my prints are ready. and maybe you would like to test them.

He is another guy with a good product who went way overboard with the marketing. I guess he thought it necessary to stand out in a market full of product claims. It's not just here is a good product that works, but it's the only product, and everything else is inferior and even dangerous. That said, I have the product. When I go on vacation, I use the entire program for the week. I also use the bar for biceps, triceps, bent over row and pec crossover on off days from my novice strength training. The bar, plate and bands fit into a well made pack that I just put in my vehicle.

thx for making this vid. my personal experience with HIT began in the 70's for my wannabe power-lifter days. personally, some nice pluses in terms of strength-gain, but back then we did it continuously (one set per muscle group, 8-12 reps until both concentric and eccentric failure--with the help of a lifting partner to achieve this failure; muscles were like baby flab after; and heavy compound lifts like squats and deadlifts...a nice endorphin-high--body going into slight shock from the stress...not sure that was good at all). the result was nice strength gain (optimal? i don't know), but often stress injuries like tendonitis occurred as well. personally had two partial-thickness tears from continued extreme exertion in the face of pain (no pain no gain??? in this case, too much pain = loss of gain---resultant scar-tissue doesn't help strength!). so, was it best approach overall? not so sure. in my opinion, personally HIT shoulda been non-continuous week after week and not as extreme. 20-20 hindsight i guess. i get the luv-handle issue, bro. first place fat builds on me if i let it. that good Taiwanese-food u talk bout elsewhere could be my downfall !! lol

nice

No mention of training a muscle group 3x per week?

Great content! I have also tried many approaches to HIT and am familiar with the info of all the ppl you mentioned. Have you tried the Arthur Jones of ~ 14 exercises that cover the entire body, 1 set maybe 2 on certain exercises, done 3 x per week like on a MWF schedule? And maybe after stagnating, have the Wednesday become a Not To Failure day like Ellington Darden suggested? BTW, I am now trying to make HIT work, again for the umpteenth time. I never stopped weight training for over 40 years now. Of course, most of us want to know what resembles the "more optimal" program, please ???

Been working out for 20 years. What works best is going out into the world and finding what works best for your genetics. It's that simple. Also, don't ever let anyone tell you how to train. Never.

wow! glad you're ok, bro. just watched that short. which bar? how much were the bands 'rated', so to speak at? (not that you stretched them 2-2.5x resting length i don't think.

thx for expanding my thinking. i've used resistance bands alone as well as with free weights (similar to using chains on a deadlift) and with the total gym also, but had yet to use them as an adjunct to the TRX suspension trainer i own (same one u show in the vid). they seem to be an excellent match. perhaps alternating b/t the trainer and the bands for each individual muscle group before moving on to the next muscle group to be trained would be a good workout approach??? maybe? your thoughts if you're so inclined an have the time to comment. no pressure and no problem if you don't reply. while you were speaking of compound movements, it seems isolation exercises would similarly benefit (thinking of chest flys here, for one example). likewise that same max loading concept you were explaining would benefit even bicep curls from combining suspension and bands, even with ~170 degrees of motion during a full contraction of a bicep curl rep and which has a more complex strength curve (2 separate curves in a sense before and after the 90 degree joint angle longest moment arm position) the bands and suspension trainer would work synergistically. thinking off the top of my head, sadly i don't see a way to combine the suspension trainer and a band (looping it through the suspension trainer 'arms' center rotation point for example) to have the best of both worlds as the band would function as an assist (as they are sometimes utilized for pullups by some). i think the band would need to be anchored low opposite the overhead anchor point of the suspension trainer with the band pulling back on one's body as the rep's movement progresses--a bit too complex of a setup unless one has a dedicated home gym room. you're very creative, if you can think of some other way, please share. another excellent vid. tyvm. appreciate your time and effort in making the vid.

You're right that this is a video many people could benefit from and you've done a solid job explaining the principles in a simple straightforward way. One of the nuances that would obviously overload the explanation you've given, but is worth mentioning is pre-stretch for resistance bands; i.e. if the band is already stretched then the strength curve differences are somewhat reduced, it needn't just be no tension to tension. Also for traditional lifting; using a landmine (or the classic tennis ball on the end of the barbell) for t-bar like rows, overhead presses, etc., has a subtle increased load in the bottom part of the rep due to angle of the pivot. I'd also add that gymnastic rings are a similarly fantastic addition to the kind of setup you mention for the same reason as the TRX (though I'd argue more comfortable). Bottom line though; TRX/Gymnastic rings making a great compliment to resistance bands is excellent advice (as long as we don't mention leg training 😉).

This is probably my favorite video of yours so far. I had the privilege of watching you as you grew up and developed the sense of the man you wanted to be. I remember when you joined ROTC in High School and became enamored with the idea of "honor" and "team" and being your very best. I remember when your heroes were Arnold and Stalone, for their movies, and then on a more practical note, for their dedication to their workouts and fitness. I have watched you go through Basic Training and become a very dangerous human being. I have watched you grow into manhood and eventually fatherhood, and how you embraced the madness, the pain, and the blessings. I am so proud of you, my son. I have lived my dream life vicariously through you. You have become the master, the teacher. You have far surpassed any and all ideals that I had imagined for you from your childhood. You, Skyler, are my hero. I am so blessed to call you my son. My life is not much to brag about, but you, son, are my Legacy . . . one of the very few things from my life I can really be proud of. ❤

Still have to work through the rest of it, but excellent commentary. The camera example is spot on to people wanting to hyper analyze fitness versus just getting in there and developing their own "eye" for it. What makes training fun (at least for me) is trying new things and then making it part of your own program. Love the rocky backdrop. Funny enough I think I have the same video rolling testing out a screen for an equipment device.

The best way to get Chest activation with the total gym is do your flat and incline chest pressing with the cables over the forearms rather than under and do pullovers instead of flies