Hey guys, I just wanted to clear things up! It's amazing to see Sydney getting back into training so soon after giving birth and altering movements to better align with the needs of her body (such as standing ab exercises). This makes a lot of sense and will be effective for her, but not necessarily for you. Assuming you are healthy and without any hindrances, standing ab exercises will be largely ineffective and my disappointment primarily stems from the fact that wasn't made as clear as it could've been in her video. You should also consult your doctor, midwife, or relevant medical professional before undertaking any exercise after giving birth. Thank you :)
Sydney is my UA-cam trainer. Sydney also have Other Programs. No one needed to follow her post baby 🎉 pregnancy workout. Definitely a good program for someone who had a baby.
@@jennenesmith3668 Agree with this. If anything her new videos encourage people who are in that same stage of life. She's not promoting it to the masses
After doing Sydney for years, I moved to Caroline for her training methods. I recently went back to try Sydney again and realised just how much her commentary helps me keep focus on my form. (A voice in my ear saying “ah ah”) I think Caroline and Fitness_KayKay are amazing and they really push my limits (to failure) BUT my form turned iffy. Yes they both have great form themselves but unless I’m looking at the screen and comparing my form, I tended to slack off in areas... 😮 Doing one Sydney leg workout reminded me that her constant form tips being vocalised is so valuable to a homework. The closest thing to a trainer correcting me in the gym - I’d say. Of course this boils down to ME AND MY FORM, but there’s something to doing the exercise and hearing corrections than looking up and comparing myself in the mirror. Tips and miming are great but it’s all visual and when working out, I’m not focused on the screen, more my own mind muscle connection. Still I love all three ladies and I’m glad I’m spoilt for choice. I would love the other two vocalising more. But that’s just ME!!! PS - AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 ROCKS!!!!
Same here my dear, i had been using Heather robertson trainings for sometimes but i got problem with back, knees and neck but since i started doing sydney's exercises i never experience any pains do to the fact that she motivates and reminds you on the form even when you dont look on the screen you find yourself doing better. I love Heather but i think i need someone like sydney because i tend to forget sometimes on a good form
Since watching your channel, I love being able to discern what movements and parts of movements seem helpful, and which ones seem unnecessary. I had no idea how important that can be! Thank you for always being so genuinely helpful!
I also want to note - as others have - she is eleven weeks postpartum…however, watching it I actually got the feeling that she was so fidgety because she feels worried about the loss of strength post baby. I felt like that after both of my babies - despite teaching dance classes throughout both, I struggled to do simple things after they were born. It’s a scary feeling, especially when you’re used to being in great shape like Sydney has always been. I felt like she was almost worried about being able to keep up with everything since having her baby - oh the first baby panic is real lol ❤️
Thank you for giving a fair, honest critique of Sydney. I started doing her workouts over the summer and I love them, so when I saw the thumbnail I was very afraid, lol. Instead, I found this video to be very helpful, and I will use your recs in place of some of the moves she suggests, here. I love Sydney's workouts because she never focuses on aesthetics and stresses the importance of getting stronger, which is rare for a female fitness UA-camr, at least in my experience. Since I can't afford a gym membership, her content has been amazing for me. Thanks again for approaching it the way you did and not bursting my bubble. ;)
I love Sydney and I have been working out with her since 2020. She saved my life, got me in a consistent schedule of working out and loving myself again. I appreciate your content to hear what you had to say. I felt the same way about the standing abs, I just never felt the wok in them as I do when I lay on the floor. I appreciate hearing the other comments you have about the arm exercises.
Your tips on form were so helpful! I've followed Sydney for years and love her workouts, but have recently noticed more pain in my elbow joint when doing hammer curls and regular curls. I think your suggestion of doing cross body and not rotating outward so much in the regular curls will help not put so much pressure on my elbow joint. I'm looking forward to trying out these tips to see if the movements feel better that way!
Thank you x 1 million for clearing up the matter of the flared arms. I’ve spent the last four years wondering WHY all the trainers tell you not to. It limits your mobility. As for this workout not being up to normal Sydney level (I tried it and don’t think it is), I’m going to give the lass a break. She gave birth 12 weeks ago and is fiercely cool ♥️ I’m guessing we will see better things, once she has more core stability. Just really happy to see someone promoting movement during and after pregnancy. Thanks as always, Harry, for a fab clip.
I just finished the standing abs one and ended up on the floor as she suggested. My arms feel so strong after Day 5, and I love her! I am swol! I'm commenting before I watch your video but just wanted to say that bc she inspires me and is da bomb!
I love Sydney I feel like some of her workouts are really well planned while others are not with some movements that are not safe or effective. I have created a playlist for a push pull leg split with her best workouts for those days. Most of the videos are a year old and some of the movements I switch for other more effective movements since I have advanced. I still like working out with her because it is like I have a trainer and the the time goes by faster.
Same, I have been following Sydney for years but honestly she has horrendous form for a lot of exercises. She USED to try to use too heavy weights and I could always tell because I would watch her form suffer (one time she was doing a goblet squat with a 100 pound dumbbell and she LOOKED in pain and she was hunched over and barely did three squats. I legit stopped that workout and started another one). I do love some of her workouts but Caroline Girvan is so much better. Her form is better, her workouts are simple and straightforward.
@@mindfulheartyogaandfitness6967 I also disagree with good mornings, front shoulder raises and other movements she does that I know are not useful so I just change the exercises. I have modified the workouts to make it my own so I thought about switching but this is working for me. My main focus is running anyway I have thought about switching over to her I may try it out after my races are over this fall
@@mindfulheartyogaandfitness6967 caroline is like a robot and doesn't talk at all and she doesn't give modifications on any exercises. Sydney does give modifications and always says you can use a lighter weight. I never seen her with a 100 lb. weight either and been watching her 3 years
It really is helpful having it explained *why* things are or aren't effective. And in a concise, to the point manner. I'm of course watching and enjoying the growth guide series, it would maybe be interesting to see a couple of videos giving a breakdown of how you would structure at home workouts only. Just like the most effective exercises to do for hypertrophy using only dumbbells, one video could be lower body focussed and one could be upper body.
I love that your critiques are genuinely honest. I love all your tips and take them into consideration especially with the RDL and Bulgarian split squats. It has helped my low back pain so much as i was trying to go as low with my RDL as the influencers or leg was up too high with the Bulgarian split squat. Thank you for viewing and letting us know what you think. ❤ It is truly appreciated!
I feel like Sydneys moving around is supposed to burn extra calories through movement but obviously that's totally ineffective. Also she does many movements so fast and some movements appear as too much momentum and not enough stability (just my personal pov). All the fancy combo moves are fun but a simple good compound will do a better job for hypertrophy 🤔
I’ve been working with Sydney for years. She’s doing the standing abs because she’s 11 weeks postpartum and she did say if you wanted you could lay on your back. I still love you channel and enjoy learning from you
I don’t think it’s a matter of you ‘could’ lay on your back, but more if you are healthy and want to train the abs effectively, you ‘should’ lay on your back :)
@@TFNL so one choice of word is going to dictate how you are judging her and her workouts? Also, the previous workout day we did a full series of ab workouts on the floor, which you would have known if you took a look at the scope of her program and not just pick one isolated workout to pick apart. With all due respect, maybe actually do some of her workouts yourself instead of just sitting in a chair and picking apart what someone else does. It’s not like I see you making free workouts for people? Just some food for thought.
@@sarahfaby2125 I really don’t think he is being mean, Harry is a really genuine nice person, he is just giving pointers for better more effective movements. Sydney is great, I used to do her workouts, however I switched to Caroline Girvan and noticed her movements much more controlled and effective, and I’m in no way dissing Sydney. ❤
Whaaaaat? I’ve learned so much. I always have a hard time keeping my elbows in during skull crusher (& similar movements). Happy to know there’s a reason it feels so unnatural. Good video 👍🏻 love practical tips that I can immediately use.
I hear you and your suggestions, but hear me out….she is post partum and getting back into shape. My guess is that some of the moving and form issues is that she is building her strength back up. Honestly we just can’t know how she is actually feeling in that moment. She has stated numerous times that the videos she posts are her only workouts. She worked out and posted videos through her entire pregnancy and is building her way back up, which regardless of how fit she was having a baby does a number on one’s body. What I see is a woman who is working through some things while also providing free, fresh and new content. Not saying you are wrong, but I feel like there are some others things that you aren’t addressing. And to be fair, you can’t possibly understand what she is going through after having a body. I think there should at least be some sort of acknowledgment of that and perhaps some of things you are critiquing may be due to this. Still appreciate the video though.
As a mom, I completely understand what you're saying. I had a traumatic birth with my second that took over a year and surgery to recover from. HOWEVER, I would not have made fitness content for the general public if I wasn't physically able to provide content on par with what would be expected for an average person. Sydney mentions that she is post partum in the video, but she says she's ready to be back. She doesn't label it as a post partum workout. Not trying to be insensitive, but if she wasn't ready to teach an ab workout to an average person, she shouldn't have included it in her programming. She has a responsibility to her followers. I don't think many would have been upset if she said she wasn't quite recovered enough for ab exercises and included a clip or link from an older video for abs.
I completely respect that and appreciate that she's doing amazing things, but standing ab movements are still ineffective. Although they may be better for her right now (which I understand), displaying these without educating the audience watching can be harmful as many won't see this video as Sydney's personal workout. They will instead see a workout series she's promoting to her audience (which does seem to be the case), and fairly assume that they should copy it. A simple disclaimer of "this movement isn't effective for working the abdominal region in healthy adults, but I am choosing to incorporate it due to having recently birthed a child" would've been really useful. A bit of elaboration and education can go a long way, especially in the online space! I appreciate you and your comment, thank you
I was going to say this. She posted on FB that she hasn’t found a babysitter yet for Ari. I bet she is super tired. I definitely didn’t have the energy to work out like this when my first was born.
It’s exciting to have her back (halfway) from maternity leave! I’ve missed her newer videos. I am currently working through summertime fine 3.0 from last year, but watching her insta definitely has me considering just jumping back into the live ones!
I've been working out with Sydney for almost two years, I'm appreciating ARISE series but I have to admit that this upper body is one of my least favourite ever, it's difficult to work the abs while standing and it's most shoulder fatigue in the end
I'm amazed she is back so soon from maternity leave, such a great example for everyone in our fitness journeys! It's important to have this into account when looking at her new program. Her body is still not in the same place it was before pregnancy, and that is fine. It's also fine if it shows in her program. People coming back to trainig after a break for whatever reason, but especially women after having a baby, can look to her and feel inspired!
I really appreciate your constructive criticism and tips in this video, I don’t take it negatively against Sydney as a person and I don’t think you do either from listening here. We know she is just back from a short maternity leave and is trying to work her strength and fitness level back up. But as someone who did not recently give birth, I was following her workout program and would have liked if it was clarified that the movements she picked is for her still recovering, and not for general strength like I am looking for, I trust her as a trainer. I don’t mean this negatively but she mentioned this program was for strength training so I followed blindly thinking every exercise chosen will be a good one and I watch to follow her form. I’ve been following Sydney for a couple years and I do really like her but seeing her programming now, I may follow someone else at least temporarily. I hope she doesn’t push herself too far right now either, I really want the best for her and her new family. Thanks again for this video, please keep them coming! :)
I took your advice on training hard and close to failure, especially with your definition of failure: When you can’t do another rep with effective technique. And let me tell you: I had NOT trained close to failure at all. I realized how much more I can do! That felt really good, so thank you!! 🤗
Omg I've been doing the same recently. I just finished an 8-week block and I can honestly say I pushed myself. How good does it feel?! *Mentally I mean haha 🏋♀️💥
As a woman i have to day that i experience a feeling of safety when i see your videos. I wish more people were like you then the gym world would have been a lot better. I trust you not only about the information that you put on the internet but you feel safe being around in general. I hope i was understood. Thank you for everything.
Yeah, come to Australia! 🐍🕷️ You'll love it 👍 Your comment about proper strength training being repetitive and boring made me think of a couple of workouts in Caroline Givern's Iron Series: I've noticed, thanks to your videos, that some have a lot of volume and others she cut down on the number of different moves and instead had us repeat the same moves x3 instead of x1 or x2. The comments on those videos were from people who didn't like it and found it repetitive and boring 😂 And other workouts get comments about how clever and creative she is with new moves, so I suppose these YT creators do feel like they have to find new ways of doing moves to keep viewers happy?
Hey Harry, I was wondering whether you could do a video going into detail about warmups. I usually do some dynamic full body stretching with more emphasis on the muscles I will be working during the workout. I have stopped doing warmup cardio before workouts as I heard that only fatigues you without doing anything, but I'm still not sure about that as it seems useful to literally warm up your body slightly. I also see a lot of youtubers doing warm up sets, is that necessary? It would make my workouts a lot longer and I'm not sure whether it changes anything. Thanks!
Video Notes: Very educational again, as many of your recent videos have been, an area you never disappoint in. I miss hearing about all of your spider friends when you first moved into your current place. Vacation: UK, or Japan.
Arise is the first program Sydney is doing after her maternity leave (actually the name of the program is a clever combination of her baby's name and the idea of coming back). I think that might be the reason for doing exercises a bit differently or not so efficiently. Everything needs a context!
Love that! It must also be noted, it’s great that she’s back into activity but promoting ineffective movements to her audience should be met with a disclaimer. These movements will be great for her, but I can assume that the majority of her audience haven’t recently birthed a child.
I used to workout to Sydney a few years ago pretty regularly, but I always thought she lifted too heavy and her form suffered and that some of her moves seemed unsafe/awkward, so I stopped. No offense to Sydney but I found other instructors that I like much better. Just my opinion.
I've heard and seen numerous people say not to flair elbows during the over head extension and never understood why. I'm glad someone is saying it's fine now
I love Sydney. I have seen muscle definition since I started following her programs 6 months ago. I appreciate your tips on doing these moves. I will use your tips next time I workout. Thanks. 👍
Thank you for your comments, they are always very informative. I understand that hammer curls and supinated curls target 2 different muscles. Would that explain why I’m able to curl heavier in the hammer curl vs the supinated? Place to travel: South Africa
Thanks for the informative video, as always, I really liked Skullcrushers as a exercise move, but interesting tip about being able to slightly flare out - I will try that. I do use Sydney’s routines a bit, but I personally prefer Caroline and Heather.
I actually did this workout this morning, lol. I have tremendous trouble with overhead triceps exercises so I tend to switch them out for something else
Oh no! Bad timing, I just did her workout 2 hours ago lmao :-( Update : thank you for all your advices on the movements they're really helpful! And I agree, I didn't think the standing abs movements were effective and that left me kinda frustrated!
You have really made it easy for me to get back into the gym and really focus on what I actually need to do to achieve my goals. I’m so happy I found your channel and my only wish is that I would have had access to this info in 2015 when I first started going to the gym 😊
Thank you for making the flare comment on the overhead movement. I feel better if I flare (weight horizontal). Otherwise I feel myself arching trying to keep it narrow.
~4:30 ohhh what you said about the reason why Sydney was moving while doing those bicep moves makes sense! I don't think I'd be able to move like that because it'd be hard for me to focus on the move unless I was working with dumbbells that weren't too challenging ^_^;;; Sydney is probably much more coordinated than I am, but it's good to know that it's probably not really beneficial to move like that, because I know I'd hurt myself trying to do all that haha
Excellent. It seemed the tricep kickbacks had a lot of momentum vs more control. Looking forward to your growth guide to help fine tune my arm work. I was born and raised in the LA area. It has a lot to offer for sure. Traffic is horrific though, as I am sure you know! I would love to go to Japan as well. Japanese food is my favorite. I would like to visit the UK and Germany. I am ethnically 84% English, Scottish and Welsh and 16% German and Danish. I'm a huge Jane Austen fan and would love to see tour Bath and also and visit the cathedrals and museums in both countries where most of my ethnicity is based.
Loved the bicep info. All I knew was that hammer is ´easier’ to lift and now I understand the mechanics differences. Standing by for the arm workout content :)
Truth be told, i injured my back badly doing youtube/youtubers/youtube fitness trainer workout programs since 2020. Though i've seen many success stories of reaching their desired physique through youtubers workouts, me personally have worsen my physiological structure due to bad form/too many repetitions/no rest during the workouts/doing too much too soon! I don't blame the trainers but its upto us to really be conscious of what we are doing to and with our bodies. After i finished a famous trainer's 12 weeks series 3 months back, i'm now hardly able to do a squat without back pain. It feels like "was that even worth it?" now! If you know certain exercises isn't good for you and modify accordingly, great! If not, you're just on the way to injury if you force yourself to perform the same way like the trainer is doing that particular movement. God knows when i'm gonna get back to training..but next time its not gonna be youtube workouts for sure! 🙌🏼
Same, I hurt my wrist, elbow, shoulders and Hip eventho I was mindfull of my Form and I Think it's because some of these exercises from these youtube Trainers are not safe or beginner friendly..
Do you have something about the right way to do shoulder raises/press? Something happened to my shoulder/ maybe even rotator cuff and it’s no longer the same. Maybe I’m lifting incorrectly.
I appreciate your tips as always. Anytime I have incorporated them into my workouts, I have always found them to be a lot more comfortable and effective. I'll be trying these the next time I do arm training (which is today in fact.) :)
My Sydney question is related to the warm up. Isn’t it preferable to stretch warm muscles? I do a brief cardio warm up instead and then do her warm up moves at the very end.
When I saw the thumbnail, I was about to say “you better not be coming for my girl, Sydney, who is all kinds of amazing!” But I have to say, I agree that standing abs are ineffective. She might still be unable to do floor work post-partum so she’s modifying. By the way, what do you think of wood choppers as an effective movement? Are those also in the category of standing abs?
Your tips on the triceps, especially, really helped me with moves of hers I already struggled with/doubted the effectiveness. Tysm! Come back to California! hehe
Idk if its just me but it seems like she was using the sidestepping/bopping for momentum at times? I can't imagine you'd be pushing your muscles to their absolute limits, especially if it tires you out. But it does look fun and I guess it would be good for endurance? Also I wanna go to Antarctica, I think it would be so cool to go somewhere so unexplored and vast where I dont have to see obnoxious tourists
I mean, standing ab exercises can be some if the best way to work the core as a whole. Sydney’s workouts are really purely hypertrophy focused anyways.
I always love your videos and I find myself questioning more of what influencers say and do after watching you. Just because a person labels themself an "influencer" that doesn't mean we should always let ourselves be "influenced". It's really helped me get out of the diet culture mindset and start listening to what's right for me and my body. Great content!! 🤗👏👏👏✌❤🔥
Love how you break down the movement and offer tips about form. I have learned so much from you 🤗 I don't think Sydney means any harm as she constantly encourages her audience to embrace movement and be a better version of themselves. However, I do feel a little bit iffy about the execution, especially the ab work out. I would have switched to farmers walk or even dead bugs. It's less fancy and quite boring tbh lol but I know that it's more effective and way safer for me. Train smarter and safer 😉
Your commentary, as always, is respectful and objective, an it’s refreshing in the fitness space. Comment Question of the Week: how do you approach programming accessory movements to help drive the progress of the bigger, heavier lifts that might have stalled?
Fair assessment. I believe shifting side to side is to add an element of balance to the move. I have noticed elbow pain and will try cross body curls. Thanks.
Sydney is a good trainer I like her workouts for the most part I do find myself changing things occasionally because I don't like the exercise or it just doesn't feel good in my body I do also feel like she focuses a little bit no not a little bit A LOT A bit too much on crunching and "fold yourself in half" core exercises. There are so many other ways that require full body work that strength in your abs so much better and I really do wish that she would try to incorporate more of that rather than sit-ups and crunches and Jack knives and all those other things that just give me a backache and make me feel like my stomach is about to tear in half. No offense Sydney I love ya. 💙
The only thing that bothers me about Sydney is when she claims she only does one workout (the one she posts that day) a day. No way is she looking like that doing a half hour to hour workout a day. Like most exercise content creators, she records multiple workouts a day for the week.
If I had an all expenses paid vacation, I would love to go to Norway! My grandma immigrated to the US from there, so obviously some pretty direct lineage! When I was younger I was a stinker and didn’t care so much, but there’s so much beauty and culture that would be a waste not to learn about!
Love your tips Harry. Am going to try the cross body curls and also the other day you mentioned you do your push-ups on your knuckles. I'm going to try that too because my wrists always hurt while doing them. Thanks again for your channel.
I know Caroline Girvan has mentioned she doesn't often specifically work the biceps/triceps because they are involved in working other areas e.g. back and shoulders work often involves some of the arm muscles.... wondering what people think on this. Do you work biceps triceps specifically or in with upper body?
Could you please do a growth guide for abs and core? I’m new to the gym (been doing home workouts for about a year but just got access to a gym) and I really appreciate your videos!
This was very helpful, I was so focused on trying to keep my arms super straight for my regular bicep curls that I was noticing pain on the outer portion of my forearms, I will bring them to a natural position for me without thinking I am doing a bad thing 🎉
I have found since she has come back that all her exercises are rushed. Not enough time in between exercises either. I love Sydney and I hope it does not stay this way.
I'd like to see you thoughts on madfit if possible. Also who do you think is a good fitness youtuber to follow in terms of proper form and effective workouts?
I am waiting for Caroline to return. She has so much content I have following to fill in during her hiatus. I do madfit on rest days. Her cardio Christmas was fun to do, not particularly difficult but everyday is different and sometimes I like fluff.
I would love to see your opinion on a slightly newer fitness creator named Vera Laro. Her content looks pretty good. She kinda seems similar to Caroline Girvin.
I imagine there will be more to follow on this with the growth guide series, but if you skip to the conclusion portion of the video he does mention the skull crusher and overhead extensions as good options for home workouts
@@amperage8032 it comes out about once a month, but here's the current playlist. Triceps, as part of the arm series, will be coming up! 🙂 ua-cam.com/play/PLfKU6NuUuSOEYma1Sz5ET6vLTVlO5kOfA.html
@@austinhenshaw2140 thank you Austin, I appreciate that! I noticed I had watched some; I didn’t know that’s what they were called and there is a series. I will watch the others. I am working hard to put on more muscle so the title caught my eye. Looking forward to the triceps coming up - take care 😊
My dream vacation is to spend a summer in a small cottage in the UK. Rent a bicycle and motorcycle and spend the summer exploring, especially Scotland and Wales. I'm from Oregon, USA and of Scottish ancestry.
I do feel like a lot of YT trainers are making programs to entertain the masses. Like instead of people being grateful for free anytime content they're fussy and expect more. I think back to my mums day and she didn't have this all available to her especially after having kids. Yet people now will complain when a trainer makes a video that they feel is boring lol. I have friends who do Caroline programs and they just go from one to the next because they're bored when in reality you could repeat a program. It's not as if they're pushing themselves from the get go and need to change. So when you train like that of course you'll get bored. Like anything really. You're training your brain to expect more lol
While your posts may be “informative”, Sydney Cummings knows what she’s doing and knows what she’s talking about. She provides FREE workouts and inspires many many people daily. Also as you are well aware she just had a baby, have you ever had a baby? No you’re a man. Women’s bodies are built differently and change after having children. I don’t see what coming on UA-cam dissecting women’s workouts do for you? Are you a personal trainer? Why don’t you stick to your clients instead of getting bored and coming on UA-cam to make it seem like someone is just all out wrong with an X on her video saying why would she promote this??? She’s an amazing trainer and I’m very happy with her workouts. She has 1.4 million subscribers so obviously plenty of people are as well. You keep referring to “if you were at the gym” well we’re not at a gym we’re at home……..so this is the workouts she’s providing with if we have this equipment or not. If it makes you feel better to put on your little crown and make comments about it your elbows were .3 inches to the left it would be correct, have at it bro. She’s going to keep getting more subscribers and changing peoples lives.
I like her however , I’m starting to notice that she does some exercises wrong. She does push ups with her head hanging down instead of being neutral , during squats she squeezes the shit out of her bum and that’s not necessary, that squeeze actually does nothing for you bum.
Hey Harry, I have a question. I want to grow my bum 🍑 and legs 🐙, and that is going great, I am however bulking up my arms too, which I am not a fan of, I do want to be strong though. So how would I go about training, should I do hypertrophy on legs and strength training on upper body? I've been a lurker here for some time now, really appreciate your input and general vibe of this channel 😸
I prefere way more Sydney than some other trainer. I learn a lot on how to do good movement with her. I feel my body work much more than with the others trainer I trained with. And the big 👍 for me its I can relate with her cause she have normal body. I trained a while with another I don't want to name but I realised inconsciously I want the same body than her. But she have a lot of easthetique chirurgie. I love Sydney. It also depebd what's your goal. My goal is to move my body , so I move my body with Sydney all the way.
She recently gave birth, and as a woman who’s given birth, I can tell you that standing ab workouts are great when you are trying to get weak, overly stretched ab muscles back into shape and your neck and shoulders are already super tight from all the baby carrying, nursing, and heavier breasts.
I love your tips and knowledge, and agree with everything you said, but I'm not gonna lie I do like to twist my wrist when doing a supernated grip, I feel the peak of contraction better
Hey guys, I just wanted to clear things up! It's amazing to see Sydney getting back into training so soon after giving birth and altering movements to better align with the needs of her body (such as standing ab exercises). This makes a lot of sense and will be effective for her, but not necessarily for you. Assuming you are healthy and without any hindrances, standing ab exercises will be largely ineffective and my disappointment primarily stems from the fact that wasn't made as clear as it could've been in her video.
You should also consult your doctor, midwife, or relevant medical professional before undertaking any exercise after giving birth. Thank you :)
So your whole video was to put her down for continuing to exercise? Definitely not liking or subscribing to you.
@@lolraacheel Please watch videos before commenting in future. Thank you.
Sydney is my UA-cam trainer.
Sydney also have Other Programs. No one needed to follow her post baby 🎉 pregnancy workout. Definitely a good program for someone who had a baby.
@@jennenesmith3668 Agree with this. If anything her new videos encourage people who are in that same stage of life. She's not promoting it to the masses
After doing Sydney for years, I moved to Caroline for her training methods.
I recently went back to try Sydney again and realised just how much her commentary helps me keep focus on my form. (A voice in my ear saying “ah ah”)
I think Caroline and Fitness_KayKay are amazing and they really push my limits (to failure) BUT my form turned iffy. Yes they both have great form themselves but unless I’m looking at the screen and comparing my form, I tended to slack off in areas... 😮
Doing one Sydney leg workout reminded me that her constant form tips being vocalised is so valuable to a homework.
The closest thing to a trainer correcting me in the gym - I’d say.
Of course this boils down to ME AND MY FORM, but there’s something to doing the exercise and hearing corrections than looking up and comparing myself in the mirror.
Tips and miming are great but it’s all visual and when working out, I’m not focused on the screen, more my own mind muscle connection.
Still I love all three ladies and I’m glad I’m spoilt for choice.
I would love the other two vocalising more.
But that’s just ME!!!
PS - AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 ROCKS!!!!
Same here my dear, i had been using Heather robertson trainings for sometimes but i got problem with back, knees and neck but since i started doing sydney's exercises i never experience any pains do to the fact that she motivates and reminds you on the form even when you dont look on the screen you find yourself doing better.
I love Heather but i think i need someone like sydney because i tend to forget sometimes on a good form
Since watching your channel, I love being able to discern what movements and parts of movements seem helpful, and which ones seem unnecessary. I had no idea how important that can be! Thank you for always being so genuinely helpful!
This makes me happy! Thank you :)
@@TFNL you’re doing great things! Never stop!🥰
I also want to note - as others have - she is eleven weeks postpartum…however, watching it I actually got the feeling that she was so fidgety because she feels worried about the loss of strength post baby. I felt like that after both of my babies - despite teaching dance classes throughout both, I struggled to do simple things after they were born. It’s a scary feeling, especially when you’re used to being in great shape like Sydney has always been. I felt like she was almost worried about being able to keep up with everything since having her baby - oh the first baby panic is real lol ❤️
That’s actually some useful context: as a woman who hasn’t had a child this isn’t something I would have even considered
I was thinking this same thing. As someone who does have children, I understand the way body and strength change after pregnancy.
Thank you for giving a fair, honest critique of Sydney. I started doing her workouts over the summer and I love them, so when I saw the thumbnail I was very afraid, lol. Instead, I found this video to be very helpful, and I will use your recs in place of some of the moves she suggests, here. I love Sydney's workouts because she never focuses on aesthetics and stresses the importance of getting stronger, which is rare for a female fitness UA-camr, at least in my experience. Since I can't afford a gym membership, her content has been amazing for me. Thanks again for approaching it the way you did and not bursting my bubble. ;)
I love Sydney and I have been working out with her since 2020. She saved my life, got me in a consistent schedule of working out and loving myself again. I appreciate your content to hear what you had to say. I felt the same way about the standing abs, I just never felt the wok in them as I do when I lay on the floor. I appreciate hearing the other comments you have about the arm exercises.
Your tips on form were so helpful! I've followed Sydney for years and love her workouts, but have recently noticed more pain in my elbow joint when doing hammer curls and regular curls. I think your suggestion of doing cross body and not rotating outward so much in the regular curls will help not put so much pressure on my elbow joint. I'm looking forward to trying out these tips to see if the movements feel better that way!
Thank you x 1 million for clearing up the matter of the flared arms. I’ve spent the last four years wondering WHY all the trainers tell you not to. It limits your mobility. As for this workout not being up to normal Sydney level (I tried it and don’t think it is), I’m going to give the lass a break. She gave birth 12 weeks ago and is fiercely cool ♥️ I’m guessing we will see better things, once she has more core stability. Just really happy to see someone promoting movement during and after pregnancy. Thanks as always, Harry, for a fab clip.
I just finished the standing abs one and ended up on the floor as she suggested. My arms feel so strong after Day 5, and I love her! I am swol! I'm commenting before I watch your video but just wanted to say that bc she inspires me and is da bomb!
Actually I love this program. Sydney is amazing.
The girl just had a baby. Give her a break!
See pinned comment.
This exercise has nothing to do with getting a baby, she's a professional and have to do do it right
Its good to know it’s fine to let the arms flare out slightly, when I used to go to classes at the gym the instructor always told me off for it.
Me too
I love Sydney I feel like some of her workouts are really well planned while others are not with some movements that are not safe or effective. I have created a playlist for a push pull leg split with her best workouts for those days. Most of the videos are a year old and some of the movements I switch for other more effective movements since I have advanced. I still like working out with her because it is like I have a trainer and the the time goes by faster.
@Victoria Mery yes agreed! would love to see your playlist!!
Same, I have been following Sydney for years but honestly she has horrendous form for a lot of exercises. She USED to try to use too heavy weights and I could always tell because I would watch her form suffer (one time she was doing a goblet squat with a 100 pound dumbbell and she LOOKED in pain and she was hunched over and barely did three squats. I legit stopped that workout and started another one). I do love some of her workouts but Caroline Girvan is so much better. Her form is better, her workouts are simple and straightforward.
@@mindfulheartyogaandfitness6967 I also disagree with good mornings, front shoulder raises and other movements she does that I know are not useful so I just change the exercises. I have modified the workouts to make it my own so I thought about switching but this is working for me. My main focus is running anyway I have thought about switching over to her I may try it out after my races are over this fall
@Victoria Mery not sure how to add the playlist on the comment section otherwise I would.
@@mindfulheartyogaandfitness6967 caroline is like a robot and doesn't talk at all and she doesn't give modifications on any exercises. Sydney does give modifications and always says you can use a lighter weight. I never seen her with a 100 lb. weight either and been watching her 3 years
Love these! I've been doing Syndey's workouts for 5 years and found Caroline Girvan through your videos! ❤️
It really is helpful having it explained *why* things are or aren't effective. And in a concise, to the point manner. I'm of course watching and enjoying the growth guide series, it would maybe be interesting to see a couple of videos giving a breakdown of how you would structure at home workouts only. Just like the most effective exercises to do for hypertrophy using only dumbbells, one video could be lower body focussed and one could be upper body.
I love that your critiques are genuinely honest. I love all your tips and take them into consideration especially with the RDL and Bulgarian split squats. It has helped my low back pain so much as i was trying to go as low with my RDL as the influencers or leg was up too high with the Bulgarian split squat. Thank you for viewing and letting us know what you think. ❤ It is truly appreciated!
I feel like Sydneys moving around is supposed to burn extra calories through movement but obviously that's totally ineffective. Also she does many movements so fast and some movements appear as too much momentum and not enough stability (just my personal pov). All the fancy combo moves are fun but a simple good compound will do a better job for hypertrophy 🤔
I’ve been working with Sydney for years. She’s doing the standing abs because she’s 11 weeks postpartum and she did say if you wanted you could lay on your back.
I still love you channel and enjoy learning from you
I don’t think it’s a matter of you ‘could’ lay on your back, but more if you are healthy and want to train the abs effectively, you ‘should’ lay on your back :)
@@TFNL so one choice of word is going to dictate how you are judging her and her workouts? Also, the previous workout day we did a full series of ab workouts on the floor, which you would have known if you took a look at the scope of her program and not just pick one isolated workout to pick apart. With all due respect, maybe actually do some of her workouts yourself instead of just sitting in a chair and picking apart what someone else does. It’s not like I see you making free workouts for people? Just some food for thought.
@@sarahfaby2125 Check the free workout programme linked in the video description :)
I totally agree with you!
@@sarahfaby2125 I really don’t think he is being mean, Harry is a really genuine nice person, he is just giving pointers for better more effective movements. Sydney is great, I used to do her workouts, however I switched to Caroline Girvan and noticed her movements much more controlled and effective, and I’m in no way dissing Sydney. ❤
Whaaaaat? I’ve learned so much. I always have a hard time keeping my elbows in during skull crusher (& similar movements). Happy to know there’s a reason it feels so unnatural.
Good video 👍🏻 love practical tips that I can immediately use.
True
I love Sydney's workouts and will continue to do them.
I hear you and your suggestions, but hear me out….she is post partum and getting back into shape. My guess is that some of the moving and form issues is that she is building her strength back up. Honestly we just can’t know how she is actually feeling in that moment.
She has stated numerous times that the videos she posts are her only workouts. She worked out and posted videos through her entire pregnancy and is building her way back up, which regardless of how fit she was having a baby does a number on one’s body.
What I see is a woman who is working through some things while also providing free, fresh and new content.
Not saying you are wrong, but I feel like there are some others things that you aren’t addressing. And to be fair, you can’t possibly understand what she is going through after having a body. I think there should at least be some sort of acknowledgment of that and perhaps some of things you are critiquing may be due to this.
Still appreciate the video though.
As a mom, I completely understand what you're saying. I had a traumatic birth with my second that took over a year and surgery to recover from.
HOWEVER, I would not have made fitness content for the general public if I wasn't physically able to provide content on par with what would be expected for an average person.
Sydney mentions that she is post partum in the video, but she says she's ready to be back. She doesn't label it as a post partum workout. Not trying to be insensitive, but if she wasn't ready to teach an ab workout to an average person, she shouldn't have included it in her programming. She has a responsibility to her followers. I don't think many would have been upset if she said she wasn't quite recovered enough for ab exercises and included a clip or link from an older video for abs.
I completely respect that and appreciate that she's doing amazing things, but standing ab movements are still ineffective. Although they may be better for her right now (which I understand), displaying these without educating the audience watching can be harmful as many won't see this video as Sydney's personal workout. They will instead see a workout series she's promoting to her audience (which does seem to be the case), and fairly assume that they should copy it. A simple disclaimer of "this movement isn't effective for working the abdominal region in healthy adults, but I am choosing to incorporate it due to having recently birthed a child" would've been really useful. A bit of elaboration and education can go a long way, especially in the online space! I appreciate you and your comment, thank you
@@allison5487 Incredible input, Allison. Thank you! I’m also sorry to hear about the traumatic birth but I hope you’re doing well ❤️
“It looks okay… A bit flaccid, but it looks okay.”
If that’s not a ‘that’s what she said’ moment, then I’ve never seen one before.
Sydney has said in previous videos that she fidgets as she is getting tired. It kind of gets her mind off the tiredness.
I was going to say this. She posted on FB that she hasn’t found a babysitter yet for Ari. I bet she is super tired. I definitely didn’t have the energy to work out like this when my first was born.
What do you think of Sydney’s new ‘ARISE’ series?! :)
It’s exciting to have her back (halfway) from maternity leave! I’ve missed her newer videos. I am currently working through summertime fine 3.0 from last year, but watching her insta definitely has me considering just jumping back into the live ones!
Watching this, I doubt I’ll even look 😬
Love an arm workout 💪🏼
I love her videos!
I've been working out with Sydney for almost two years, I'm appreciating ARISE series but I have to admit that this upper body is one of my least favourite ever, it's difficult to work the abs while standing and it's most shoulder fatigue in the end
I'm amazed she is back so soon from maternity leave, such a great example for everyone in our fitness journeys! It's important to have this into account when looking at her new program. Her body is still not in the same place it was before pregnancy, and that is fine. It's also fine if it shows in her program. People coming back to trainig after a break for whatever reason, but especially women after having a baby, can look to her and feel inspired!
I really appreciate your constructive criticism and tips in this video, I don’t take it negatively against Sydney as a person and I don’t think you do either from listening here.
We know she is just back from a short maternity leave and is trying to work her strength and fitness level back up. But as someone who did not recently give birth, I was following her workout program and would have liked if it was clarified that the movements she picked is for her still recovering, and not for general strength like I am looking for, I trust her as a trainer. I don’t mean this negatively but she mentioned this program was for strength training so I followed blindly thinking every exercise chosen will be a good one and I watch to follow her form. I’ve been following Sydney for a couple years and I do really like her but seeing her programming now, I may follow someone else at least temporarily. I hope she doesn’t push herself too far right now either, I really want the best for her and her new family.
Thanks again for this video, please keep them coming! :)
I took your advice on training hard and close to failure, especially with your definition of failure: When you can’t do another rep with effective technique. And let me tell you: I had NOT trained close to failure at all. I realized how much more I can do! That felt really good, so thank you!! 🤗
It's hard for me to purposely not train to failure now when I'm doing a deload, since it feels so good to do!
Omg I've been doing the same recently. I just finished an 8-week block and I can honestly say I pushed myself. How good does it feel?! *Mentally I mean haha 🏋♀️💥
As a woman i have to day that i experience a feeling of safety when i see your videos. I wish more people were like you then the gym world would have been a lot better. I trust you not only about the information that you put on the internet but you feel safe being around in general. I hope i was understood. Thank you for everything.
You're amazing, Alexandra. Thank you
Yeah, come to Australia! 🐍🕷️ You'll love it 👍
Your comment about proper strength training being repetitive and boring made me think of a couple of workouts in Caroline Givern's Iron Series: I've noticed, thanks to your videos, that some have a lot of volume and others she cut down on the number of different moves and instead had us repeat the same moves x3 instead of x1 or x2. The comments on those videos were from people who didn't like it and found it repetitive and boring 😂 And other workouts get comments about how clever and creative she is with new moves, so I suppose these YT creators do feel like they have to find new ways of doing moves to keep viewers happy?
Hey Harry, I was wondering whether you could do a video going into detail about warmups. I usually do some dynamic full body stretching with more emphasis on the muscles I will be working during the workout. I have stopped doing warmup cardio before workouts as I heard that only fatigues you without doing anything, but I'm still not sure about that as it seems useful to literally warm up your body slightly. I also see a lot of youtubers doing warm up sets, is that necessary? It would make my workouts a lot longer and I'm not sure whether it changes anything. Thanks!
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Very educational again, as many of your recent videos have been, an area you never disappoint in.
I miss hearing about all of your spider friends when you first moved into your current place.
Vacation: UK, or Japan.
Great review, love Sydney and she’s my #1 at home trainer however I do find myself modifying some of her movements to work better for me.
Arise is the first program Sydney is doing after her maternity leave (actually the name of the program is a clever combination of her baby's name and the idea of coming back). I think that might be the reason for doing exercises a bit differently or not so efficiently. Everything needs a context!
Love that! It must also be noted, it’s great that she’s back into activity but promoting ineffective movements to her audience should be met with a disclaimer. These movements will be great for her, but I can assume that the majority of her audience haven’t recently birthed a child.
For those of us who workout at home, what type of exercises would be effective for abs? Also, what do you think about ab rollers?
I used to workout to Sydney a few years ago pretty regularly, but I always thought she lifted too heavy and her form suffered and that some of her moves seemed unsafe/awkward, so I stopped. No offense to Sydney but I found other instructors that I like much better. Just my opinion.
I find her a bit too perky 😅. I’ve struggled at times with some of her moves, as I think sometimes they seem more complex than they need to be.
I've heard and seen numerous people say not to flair elbows during the over head extension and never understood why. I'm glad someone is saying it's fine now
I love Sydney. I have seen muscle definition since I started following her programs 6 months ago. I appreciate your tips on doing these moves. I will use your tips next time I workout. Thanks. 👍
Thank you for your comments, they are always very informative. I understand that hammer curls and supinated curls target 2 different muscles. Would that explain why I’m able to curl heavier in the hammer curl vs the supinated?
Place to travel: South Africa
Love this one! I really enjoy when you incorporate so much teaching into your videos, I love learning! I definitely learned some form tricks :)
Appreciate the comments on tricep extensions! Have never been sure about if it’s ok for my elbows to flare!!
Thanks for the informative video, as always, I really liked Skullcrushers as a exercise move, but interesting tip about being able to slightly flare out - I will try that. I do use Sydney’s routines a bit, but I personally prefer Caroline and Heather.
I actually did this workout this morning, lol. I have tremendous trouble with overhead triceps exercises so I tend to switch them out for something else
what you were saying about the kickbacks .....does the same go for bent over rows? Should you bend over more instead of a slight bend?
Indeed! Otherwise the traps/upper back will get excessively involved :)
@@TFNL Thank you!
Oh no! Bad timing, I just did her workout 2 hours ago lmao :-(
Update : thank you for all your advices on the movements they're really helpful! And I agree, I didn't think the standing abs movements were effective and that left me kinda frustrated!
Great timing for me. I plan to do this workout tomorrow!
never liked standing abs. i always skip them!
@@suhasinimadhuryachennubhot9342 I do too ! I don’t know why I wanted to give it a try this time 😅
You have really made it easy for me to get back into the gym and really focus on what I actually need to do to achieve my goals. I’m so happy I found your channel and my only wish is that I would have had access to this info in 2015 when I first started going to the gym 😊
Thank you for making the flare comment on the overhead movement. I feel better if I flare (weight horizontal). Otherwise I feel myself arching trying to keep it narrow.
~4:30 ohhh what you said about the reason why Sydney was moving while doing those bicep moves makes sense! I don't think I'd be able to move like that because it'd be hard for me to focus on the move unless I was working with dumbbells that weren't too challenging ^_^;;; Sydney is probably much more coordinated than I am, but it's good to know that it's probably not really beneficial to move like that, because I know I'd hurt myself trying to do all that haha
Excellent. It seemed the tricep kickbacks had a lot of momentum vs more control. Looking forward to your growth guide to help fine tune my arm work. I was born and raised in the LA area. It has a lot to offer for sure. Traffic is horrific though, as I am sure you know! I would love to go to Japan as well. Japanese food is my favorite. I would like to visit the UK and Germany. I am ethnically 84% English, Scottish and Welsh and 16% German and Danish. I'm a huge Jane Austen fan and would love to see tour Bath and also and visit the cathedrals and museums in both countries where most of my ethnicity is based.
Loved the bicep info. All I knew was that hammer is ´easier’ to lift and now I understand the mechanics differences. Standing by for the arm workout content :)
Truth be told, i injured my back badly doing youtube/youtubers/youtube fitness trainer workout programs since 2020. Though i've seen many success stories of reaching their desired physique through youtubers workouts, me personally have worsen my physiological structure due to bad form/too many repetitions/no rest during the workouts/doing too much too soon! I don't blame the trainers but its upto us to really be conscious of what we are doing to and with our bodies. After i finished a famous trainer's 12 weeks series 3 months back, i'm now hardly able to do a squat without back pain. It feels like "was that even worth it?" now! If you know certain exercises isn't good for you and modify accordingly, great! If not, you're just on the way to injury if you force yourself to perform the same way like the trainer is doing that particular movement.
God knows when i'm gonna get back to training..but next time its not gonna be youtube workouts for sure! 🙌🏼
Same, I hurt my wrist, elbow, shoulders and Hip eventho I was mindfull of my Form and I Think it's because some of these exercises from these youtube Trainers are not safe or beginner friendly..
Do you have something about the right way to do shoulder raises/press? Something happened to my shoulder/ maybe even rotator cuff and it’s no longer the same. Maybe I’m lifting incorrectly.
We do love arm training.
I appreciate your tips as always. Anytime I have incorporated them into my workouts, I have always found them to be a lot more comfortable and effective. I'll be trying these the next time I do arm training (which is today in fact.) :)
Thank you so much for talking and showing a good form. I can't wait to do the exercises how you said and see the differences.
My Sydney question is related to the warm up. Isn’t it preferable to stretch warm muscles? I do a brief cardio warm up instead and then do her warm up moves at the very end.
Who do you think has the best form on UA-cam? I really appreciate your videos :)
When I saw the thumbnail, I was about to say “you better not be coming for my girl, Sydney, who is all kinds of amazing!” But I have to say, I agree that standing abs are ineffective. She might still be unable to do floor work post-partum so she’s modifying.
By the way, what do you think of wood choppers as an effective movement? Are those also in the category of standing abs?
Your tips on the triceps, especially, really helped me with moves of hers I already struggled with/doubted the effectiveness. Tysm! Come back to California! hehe
Idk if its just me but it seems like she was using the sidestepping/bopping for momentum at times? I can't imagine you'd be pushing your muscles to their absolute limits, especially if it tires you out. But it does look fun and I guess it would be good for endurance?
Also I wanna go to Antarctica, I think it would be so cool to go somewhere so unexplored and vast where I dont have to see obnoxious tourists
I mean, standing ab exercises can be some if the best way to work the core as a whole. Sydney’s workouts are really purely hypertrophy focused anyways.
I always love your videos and I find myself questioning more of what influencers say and do after watching you. Just because a person labels themself an "influencer" that doesn't mean we should always let ourselves be "influenced". It's really helped me get out of the diet culture mindset and start listening to what's right for me and my body. Great content!! 🤗👏👏👏✌❤🔥
She did say you could lay down to do the ab work....I did, bc I hate standing abs....
Love how you break down the movement and offer tips about form. I have learned so much from you 🤗
I don't think Sydney means any harm as she constantly encourages her audience to embrace movement and be a better version of themselves.
However, I do feel a little bit iffy about the execution, especially the ab work out. I would have switched to farmers walk or even dead bugs. It's less fancy and quite boring tbh lol but I know that it's more effective and way safer for me. Train smarter and safer 😉
Your commentary, as always, is respectful and objective, an it’s refreshing in the fitness space.
Comment Question of the Week: how do you approach programming accessory movements to help drive the progress of the bigger, heavier lifts that might have stalled?
You should hear what he yells at me on Call of Duty if you think he's respectful all of the time. 🙂
@@austinhenshaw2140 oh, no one's mother is off limits if the gaming is intense enough. NO ONE'S.
Fair assessment. I believe shifting side to side is to add an element of balance to the move. I have noticed elbow pain and will try cross body curls. Thanks.
Sydney is a good trainer I like her workouts for the most part I do find myself changing things occasionally because I don't like the exercise or it just doesn't feel good in my body I do also feel like she focuses a little bit no not a little bit A LOT A bit too much on crunching and "fold yourself in half" core exercises. There are so many other ways that require full body work that strength in your abs so much better and I really do wish that she would try to incorporate more of that rather than sit-ups and crunches and Jack knives and all those other things that just give me a backache and make me feel like my stomach is about to tear in half. No offense Sydney I love ya. 💙
The only thing that bothers me about Sydney is when she claims she only does one workout (the one she posts that day) a day. No way is she looking like that doing a half hour to hour workout a day. Like most exercise content creators, she records multiple workouts a day for the week.
If I had an all expenses paid vacation, I would love to go to Norway! My grandma immigrated to the US from there, so obviously some pretty direct lineage! When I was younger I was a stinker and didn’t care so much, but there’s so much beauty and culture that would be a waste not to learn about!
Don't completely hate you, so liked the video.
Love your tips Harry. Am going to try the cross body curls and also the other day you mentioned you do your push-ups on your knuckles. I'm going to try that too because my wrists always hurt while doing them. Thanks again for your channel.
I agree. That was a great tip.
Engagement.
I know Caroline Girvan has mentioned she doesn't often specifically work the biceps/triceps because they are involved in working other areas e.g. back and shoulders work often involves some of the arm muscles.... wondering what people think on this. Do you work biceps triceps specifically or in with upper body?
I was going to do this workout but previewed it and decided not to. It just seemed awkward. Thanks for reviewing. Appreciate your commentary.
Could you please do a growth guide for abs and core? I’m new to the gym (been doing home workouts for about a year but just got access to a gym) and I really appreciate your videos!
This was very helpful, I was so focused on trying to keep my arms super straight for my regular bicep curls that I was noticing pain on the outer portion of my forearms, I will bring them to a natural position for me without thinking I am doing a bad thing 🎉
I have found since she has come back that all her exercises are rushed. Not enough time in between exercises either. I love Sydney and I hope it does not stay this way.
I'd like to see you thoughts on madfit if possible. Also who do you think is a good fitness youtuber to follow in terms of proper form and effective workouts?
Yes!! This is my question too! :):)
Caroline Girvan for sure. Sadly she stopped posting workouts months ago.
I am waiting for Caroline to return. She has so much content I have following to fill in during her hiatus. I do madfit on rest days. Her cardio Christmas was fun to do, not particularly difficult but everyday is different and sometimes I like fluff.
I really hope Caroline comes back, I just made the switch from Sydney to her and I love her workouts!
LA, Australia, and Japan is like an interesting person’s all star list of vacations. I want to make it to Scotland and Iceland one day!
Really enjoyed this video, it was very helpful and informative. Hat was rather fetching too 😉
Sydney is best. It’s not that her workout improved my body but her energy is like nobody else’s..
I would love to see your opinion on a slightly newer fitness creator named Vera Laro. Her content looks pretty good. She kinda seems similar to Caroline Girvin.
She's on the list!
Always something to learn👍
What's the best/most effective exercises for triceps when working out from home though?
I imagine there will be more to follow on this with the growth guide series, but if you skip to the conclusion portion of the video he does mention the skull crusher and overhead extensions as good options for home workouts
@@melissathelioma2890 What’s (and when is) the growth guide series? I missed hearing about that. Sounds like a series I need!
@@amperage8032 it comes out about once a month, but here's the current playlist. Triceps, as part of the arm series, will be coming up! 🙂
ua-cam.com/play/PLfKU6NuUuSOEYma1Sz5ET6vLTVlO5kOfA.html
@@austinhenshaw2140 thank you Austin, I appreciate that! I noticed I had watched some; I didn’t know that’s what they were called and there is a series. I will watch the others. I am working hard to put on more muscle so the title caught my eye. Looking forward to the triceps coming up - take care 😊
Thank you Harry! Definitely going to try curling in towards the body with hammer curls!
Good sauce.
My dream vacation is to spend a summer in a small cottage in the UK. Rent a bicycle and motorcycle and spend the summer exploring, especially Scotland and Wales. I'm from Oregon, USA and of Scottish ancestry.
I do feel like a lot of YT trainers are making programs to entertain the masses. Like instead of people being grateful for free anytime content they're fussy and expect more. I think back to my mums day and she didn't have this all available to her especially after having kids. Yet people now will complain when a trainer makes a video that they feel is boring lol. I have friends who do Caroline programs and they just go from one to the next because they're bored when in reality you could repeat a program. It's not as if they're pushing themselves from the get go and need to change. So when you train like that of course you'll get bored. Like anything really. You're training your brain to expect more lol
While your posts may be “informative”, Sydney Cummings knows what she’s doing and knows what she’s talking about. She provides FREE workouts and inspires many many people daily. Also as you are well aware she just had a baby, have you ever had a baby? No you’re a man. Women’s bodies are built differently and change after having children. I don’t see what coming on UA-cam dissecting women’s workouts do for you? Are you a personal trainer? Why don’t you stick to your clients instead of getting bored and coming on UA-cam to make it seem like someone is just all out wrong with an X on her video saying why would she promote this??? She’s an amazing trainer and I’m very happy with her workouts. She has 1.4 million subscribers so obviously plenty of people are as well. You keep referring to “if you were at the gym” well we’re not at a gym we’re at home……..so this is the workouts she’s providing with if we have this equipment or not. If it makes you feel better to put on your little crown and make comments about it your elbows were .3 inches to the left it would be correct, have at it bro. She’s going to keep getting more subscribers and changing peoples lives.
You’ve never watched any of my videos before, have you?
I love your knowledge 💕
I’d love to go to Sydney Australia! And I had to comment that especially because this video was about Sydney haha
I like her however , I’m starting to notice that she does some exercises wrong. She does push ups with her head hanging down instead of being neutral , during squats she squeezes the shit out of her bum and that’s not necessary, that squeeze actually does nothing for you bum.
She has literally changed my life and I will literally do anything she tells me to. So yeah...effective. 😁
I’m so excited to hear what you have to say about this - I literally just did this workout two days ago.
Harry, I need some tips to train core/abs in the gym please help ❤️
Hey Harry, I have a question. I want to grow my bum 🍑 and legs 🐙, and that is going great, I am however bulking up my arms too, which I am not a fan of, I do want to be strong though. So how would I go about training, should I do hypertrophy on legs and strength training on upper body?
I've been a lurker here for some time now, really appreciate your input and general vibe of this channel 😸
Great video as always snd ur tattoo is beautiful beautiful art work
I prefere way more Sydney than some other trainer. I learn a lot on how to do good movement with her. I feel my body work much more than with the others trainer I trained with. And the big 👍 for me its I can relate with her cause she have normal body. I trained a while with another I don't want to name but I realised inconsciously I want the same body than her. But she have a lot of easthetique chirurgie. I love Sydney. It also depebd what's your goal. My goal is to move my body , so I move my body with Sydney all the way.
Japan is incredible Harry! I expect many video blogs please when you go! 😅
She recently gave birth, and as a woman who’s given birth, I can tell you that standing ab workouts are great when you are trying to get weak, overly stretched ab muscles back into shape and your neck and shoulders are already super tight from all the baby carrying, nursing, and heavier breasts.
This is fantastic but it also doesn’t apply to the majority of her audience and that should be noted.
I regret all the standing abs workouts I've done lol what a waste of time haha
I love your tips and knowledge, and agree with everything you said, but I'm not gonna lie I do like to twist my wrist when doing a supernated grip, I feel the peak of contraction better