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Those RDL 21s are both pure hell and absolutely amazing. This was my 3rd week and they are feeling a lot better already. I'm super thankful you put out that video, it's going to be a really big exercise for me. My lower back and glutes are responding really well to that volume so far. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and encouragement. Not only are you a beast when it comes to physical strength, but your strength of character is legendary as well. 🙏

Thanks brother, I'm working hard. Just trying to lay a good foundation to end off the year so I can hit it hard in the new year. I got the rdl 21s from @nomotheufo, I love his channel. They are insane, my glutes are absolutely on fire by the end. I had a pretty good laugh when the weights went flying off the ssb, thankfully no damage was done. I've been watching your shorts, your strength is climbing too, keep on crushing it. 🤜🤛

💪💪 getting there. This next year is going to be a good obe fir both of us to get bigger and stronger.

🤜🤛, it's only a matter of time. Kids are back in school and we're getting back into a routine. Should be some really good workouts this fall.

100%. Always adding more risk to a deep dip by bouncing it at the bottom, especially when it's weighted.

I appreciate it, I was happy to Crack 300 lbs with reverse bands. Overall I was frustrated with my other heavy sets. We've been finishing up our family summer holidays with lots of driving and not much of a routine. Super thankful for the family time and holidays. Hopefully, the workouts will be better now that I'm getting back into a normal routine.

I never like to bounce weighted dips at the bottom, but man pausing that little bit longer at the bottom definitely makes these more challenging. I love weighted dips though, just a great compound exercise for the upper body.

I'm super happy I went with two towers. It's far more versatile than most functional trainers in my opinion. I love my knock off mag grip attachments, my tricep strap has been very versatile as well. I'll do a video on which ones I use and like the most.

@NoMoTheUFO Thank you, it'll definitely pay off in the long run. I'm going to a more consistent work schedule starting tomorrow. No more 11 hour shifts.

A couple things to consider. Most straight up functional trainers are a 2:1 ratio. My brother has an inspire with 150lb stacks, but all you feel is 75lbs resistance. I have 2 esport fitness towers and really like them. There are 2 cables on each tower like the BellsofSteel. That gives you the option of 2:1 or you can lock the cables and do 1:1. Sobi can have either 210lbs or 105lbs. I would not buy a tower that is only 2:1. Plate loaded is much cheaper, but if you can afford weight stacks, they are so much more convenient. My esport stacks are not modular to add attachments, the BellsofSteel towers are. I think they'll come out with a lat pulldown seat and attachment as well at some point. Mine has a footplate and is fine for doing low rows. Ultimately for me I would go with 2 towers again. I spaced them apart so I can attach a bar attachment in between to use both towers and so I can do crossovers as well. I am waiting on pieces to fabricate a seat and hold down for mine. Hopefully that's helpful.

I'm out of town today, but I'll do a review on my towers tonight or tomorrow.

You'll be surpassing me when you get that new power rack. I'm excited for you to get more time to workout and make gains. 🤜🤛

I appreciate it, these RDL 21s are inspired by you. When I saw you do them I knew they would be a game changer. Exactly what I need right now to prepare for the next level. 🤜🤛

Thanks man, slow and steady is going to get me there, I have no doubts.

That's awesome that you have the mobility to push good weights behind the neck. I was trying last year and kept ending up with sore shoulders. It feels good if I go very light though. I may add them back in as a warm-up at some point to try and regain some of that mobility.

@@buildingdadbod2.0 close grip was the way i did it, definitly helped my body engage the traps alot more. Used to grind the knurling off the back of my head every time though so was always worried about wearing my hair out haha. Repairing a back injury right now so theyre a no go for me at the moment.

@K-hi7ed Well, I don't have to worry about wearing my hair down, there's nothing left back there 🤣😂. I should start just doing behind the neck as warm-ups again, I actually really enjoyed that. I hope the back heals up well!! Is it a major one? Or just something that needs dome rest and recovery?

@@buildingdadbod2.0 its nothing crazy it just keeps coming back, i have to take a while off to let it heal again. Hoping to be back to normal eventually though and back to heavy lifting it is.

@K-hi7ed It's always hard to be patient when your chomping at the bit to get back to heavy lifting. I hope it's back to 100% for you soon.

Brandon, I hope you're doing well. I think you'd really enjoy training with rings, it's a whole different stimulus due to the instability.

@@buildingdadbod2.0 excited to try em out eventually. Same to you guys! Hope you’re doin well. Started school again this week so been super busy. Gonna get back to the grind soon 🤙🏻

Awesome Brandon. I was wondering when you were going to be starting school again. How's it going so far?

I'm doing well. Yesterday was my last 11 hour shift. I had the opportunity to go back to Monday to Friday 8 to 4. I think it will be good for my family and good for my workouts.

@@buildingdadbod2.0 school’s goin well so far! Thanks for asking. And that’s awesome. That 8-4 shift sounds great. One of my last jobs had inconsistent and random times at well so it was a pain to manuver around that! Good for you. 😁

I think for the average home gym owner, it's great. If you loaded it up heavy, it might fold in half 😂. It took me a couple minutes to figure out a comfortable way to do leg curls. I wanted to get it sorted for my brother because he hated doing seated leg curls on it.

@@buildingdadbod2.0 I would just do it for reps with lightweight. Don't want to make it fold in half 😂😂. It seems like the old school equipment is usually the best gym equipment to have because they are more durable.

You would definitely fold it in half!! I agree the old school stuff was way higher build quality.

I agree, they are perfect for doing accessory work at home. 💯💯💯

The ring dips are insane, I'm slowly adding weight so I don't get injured. But hopefully I'll be repping some decent weight soon. I think both the ring dips and strict press should help my lockout on benchpress. Let's keep crushing it my friend.

Thanks brother. Hopefully I'll be repping over my bodyweight soon. It's definitely a great movement pattern for building strength. 🤜🤛

@@buildingdadbod2.0 inevitably you’ll get there man

I was visiting my little bro, so I got to try a few pieces that I don't own. I never get nervous on youtube except when I'm doing reviews, so I appreciate the compliment. There will be more reviews coming over the next few weeks.

Haha, thank you, I'm weak in my old age. I'm working on it though.

Is it just over the last 4 years that you've lost more flexion than the original flexion lost due to fusion? Do you work out at home or at a gym? What do you currently do for posterior chain work? Is the inability to do a full bridge due to pain? Or do you feel it is just because your glutes have weakened? I'm sorry to hear that over the last 4 years you've started to have troubles. I'm working hard now to mitigate future issues, and i am just coming up on 4 years. But I always wonder if there's a point with the fusion where it starts to give issues.

McGill Pull-ups were definitely a game changer for me. Once I hit 16 bodyweight reps, I went to weighted McGills and went to 18 bodyweight reps very quickly. I hurt my forearm in February doing 75lb weighted McGills which has set me back. I'm able to do neutral grip now, so I'm building back up. My younger brother was able to get up to 23 bodyweight pull-ups using weighted McGills. Last night he did 6 sets of 83lb weighted McGills and then finished the workout with 19 bodyweight reps. I think you were very smart to decide to go with 50lb weighted McGills. I don't think your age will be a limiting factor at all, pull-ups are just very hard to build up when you are only doing bodyweight for reps. You'll find after a few weeks of weighted McGills your first handful of reps will feel effortless, you'll feel more explosive than ever. Both my brother and I recommend after you get to 6 sets of 2 and they are feeling good, up the weight by 5 lbs and carry on like that. I hope the McGills push you over the top, starting at 16 reps is very impressive. I would love to hear how it goes for you.

@@buildingdadbod2.0 I will certainly keep you informed. Given your progress, I am very excited to start this program. A couple of questions: When you say that your brother did six sets with 83 pounds, were those sets all doubles? Also, how long do you generally rest between sets? I was taking up to a minute today, just to ensure I could keep my form clean. Is a minute too long?

Yeah, both my brother and I have always done all sets as doubles. Bodyweight I would increase the sets every session. Weighted we always keep the sets at 6 and increase the weight as we are able. I could see at some point leaving the weight the same and increasing the number of sets. As far as rest time goes, when I was doing bodyweight, I was down to about 15 seconds between sets. Right now, I am doing weighted neutral grip pulls at 53lbs. I generally rest probably 90 seconds to 2 minutes. The biggest thing is exactly what you said, maintain the quality of reps. The reps will be slower than Bodyweight, but you want to maintain the "intent of speed" on all reps. My advice is rest as long as you need to be as explosive as possible on each set. I'm just visiting my brother right now and he said something interesting to me. He said he doesn't care if he actually gets a full rep when he goes super heavy, he just hits his 2 reps as explosively as possible. I was watching and he was probably just getting his nose to the bar on the pull-ups, but the weight was moving well. Then he was able to knock out 19 strict full ROM deadhang pull-ups. I may start using this same mentality, right now I make sure my chin is over the bar on every rep.

@@buildingdadbod2.0 I just wanted to give you an update. I did my second McGill workout today with neutral-grip. I did six doubles with a 55-lb weight vest. It felt very good. I focused on explosiveness and getting a fair amount of height. I am going to take your advice: I will put on 60 pounds this coming Sunday and go for six doubles again. Once again, I am really hoping to get 20 bdwt neutral-grip chin ups by October.

Awesome man, thank you for the update. I'm glad it's feeling really good, I hope you smash 20+ pull-ups in October!!!. The way your doing it will definitely get you results. You're experienced with pull-ups, but all I will say from my own experience is thus, as the weights go up and you are being very explosive just make sure you initiate every pull with your back. In February I lost focus on 1 rep doing 75lb McGills and I damaged a tendon in my left arm. I'm just starting to be able to do pronated grip again now. I can't wait to here your final results. 🤜🤛

💪💪... keep working hard, and you'll be crushing bodyweight dips in no time. A great place to start will be narrow grip push-ups, that'll start hitting those triceps hard. What do you have for weights right now?

Sometimes the hardest part is backing off on a movement before it causes a long term lingering injury. I'm glad you were able to back off in time and realize the need to build back up slowly. I hope your crushing pain free weighted dips again soon Brandon. 💪💪

@@buildingdadbod2.0 absolutely. thanks Sean!

💪💪.... On a different note, I tried Deficit Stiff Leg Deadlift 21s last night, like the old school bicep curl 21s. Man they were both awesome and horrible at the same time. 😂😅

Thank you, I appreciate it. To me the best part of a home gym was getting to choose the equipment that best suits my needs. It's been a 6 year process, but I'm really happy with what I've got now. ( I love my calibrated KG plates 😀). Do you have your homegym posted on youtube?

I appreciate it my friend. I hope it helps someone out there get some better gains safely. Let's keep crushing it 💪💪

100%, I don't arm curl often these days, but when I do it's in the squat rack. 🤜🤛

🤔.... you sent them out when you did the purge.

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I'm dealing with an injury from February, it's slowly getting better. I just need to make sure I'm using exercise variations that allow me to work the intended muscle without making the injury worse. A bit of discomfort is OK, but staying away from anything that causes major pain. 🤜🤛

Currently I train 6 days per week. I try to hit every body part at least twice per week.

🤜🤛 Another few weeks of SSB squats with chains and I'll probably be going to straight weight with higher reps as well. Looking forward to seeing you crush some high reps box squats, the sky is the limit!! I'm looking forward to blowing past my max squat from last year.

I appreciate your support my friend, hopefully not too far off now. 🤜🤛 How are your workouts going?

@@buildingdadbod2.0 no worries man. my workouts are going good, currently experimenting between body weight and body weight workouts .Now i can do ten clean push ups for the 1st time in my life. 🔥

I'm proud of you, it sounds like you're working really hard. That's the way to do it, build up doing your exercises with full ROM and good clean form. That way you'll be strong through the full range of motion and maintain your mobility. Keep crushing it!!!

@@buildingdadbod2.0 Thanks for the support man and advice man.

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I appreciate that. I feel like the nervous system is starting to wake back up. 300 lbs soon and then I'm taking aim at 320 lbs. That'll set me up for a nice total this spring. Thanks as always for your support, I don't take your kindness for granted 🙏 💪💪

😊💪💪 Thankfully I have an amazing wife and kids who support me in my crazy working out.

I agree, I love the process, the journey. Nothing is failure, only the opportunity to learn and grow.

Yeah, I don't really think if push presses as a shoulder exercise at all. I use them to try and get more explosive and to hit that tricep lockout. I think the combination of these plus strict is smart. I've been doing push presses on tricep day and strict presses on shoulder day.

And thank you!! I'm trying to get as strong as possible while bulking. I'm getting old though, I may have to dial it back to 5 days lifting instead of 6 for recovery as the strength goes up.

@@buildingdadbod2.0 that’s very smart. Yea you’re right cause by the time you explode the weight up, the rest of the work is just the lockout. Thanks Sean 👍

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@@buildingdadbod2.0 that’s a smart idea. Even at my age, I only have 2 weight training days and 2 heavy cardio days a week and on my off days I stretch, sauna, massage chairs if I could find them and just walk around and listen to my body. My intensity’s been dialed up so I need a lot more rest like you said. So I think it would be an awesome idea for you too down the road!

I hope it works well for you, it's super quick and easy to set up.

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Nice, a Canadian Legend. 💪💪

Sounds like a good way to get a jacked back.

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There are going to be some big bench presses coming in the near future. 🤜🤛

Yeah for sure. I wasn't sure what it would take the first time, but it held great. I obviously set it up on the backside of the uprights so the bar is pulled into the upright instead away from it, but it held great. 🤜🤛

I appreciate that, I was 236 lbs a couple years ago after back surgery, currently 178 lbs now. I've been working hard to redefine and refine my dadbod. I'm not fully where I want to be, but I'm enjoying the journey to get there. 🤜🤛

Awesome, I'm glad to hear it 🤜🤛

@@buildingdadbod2.0 I actually went to the bells of steele gym and store in indy and bought one of mine. they have some good stuff.

That's awesome, I'd love to tour their showroom. It's nice to try the equipment first, and not paying for shipping never hurts either. Anything else you saw their that's on your wishlist?

100% Rodney. It was basically just a Wenning Warm-up to deload. It was a lot of volume for a deliad, but it did the trick. My goal was no heavy compound movements that stress my joints to get rid of inflammation and drive a ton of blood into my elbows as well as get blood to the connective tissue in my left arm.

@@buildingdadbod2.0 , sounds like what I need to be doing.

I think I have a few more years of going heavy and then this will be a normal workout for me. I actually like just doing 1 or 2 heavy compound movements right now and then everything else high rep accessories.