@@DJS100 Spot on! I like to use a few weight plates when I train concentric Nordics. The current model does stand on its side. We are working on better storage solutions for the future!
I have this product. After suffering a massive lower body injury in a motorcycle crash a couple of years ago I needed something to help get me sprinting again. This piece really helped me along. Affordable and good.
Tip if you’re going to use a plate for eccentric movements. Put something less than the width of the plate to set it down on in front of you. This will make it easier to pick up off the ground so it’s not flush with the ground.
Bought this on a Black Friday sale and it is absolutely one of the best pieces of equipment I own. It has been Instrumental in quickly progressing my ability to do nordics. I bought the nordic stick but this is on an absolutely entirely different level. If you are serious about improving your nordic ability then buy this, don't hesitate.
I've been doing them with the Stray Dog Dual Utility Roller attached to my rack and the Stray Dog Balance Pad. They feel great and I love how many other things I can use the roller for. I have a small basement and space is king!
what rack do you have? I have an titan x-3 and thinking about going this route since I don't have very much space. I live in Ohio and could probably just pick it up from Stray Dog.
Great vid! I hope in a year I can rep them out like you to. 1. I did not put the wheels on the rogue table and put the back on backwards so I can stand it up 2. The Nord stick is like $40 and is great with a hotel towel when traveling 3. The EZ-Nord from the tib bar guy is like $100 and attaches to a bench. I put it on my flybird adjustable bench and can do the incline scaling as you mention Keep it up!
I do these off the side of my rack. The crossmember is high enough to get my ankles under. I wrap an old yoga mat around it for ankle padding. I use a couple of those foam puzzle piece mat for knee padding. I use bands around the safety for assistance. The nice thing about this setup is that between the bands and the safety height, I can really dial in the assistance and overloading/progression.
I got the EZ-Nord from The Tib Bar Guy and used that on my adjustable bench to build up to my first Nordic. Takes less than a minute to setup/tear down and I put my bench against the wall so I still have a foot plate. Can’t justify a piece that size for one movement but EZ Nord for me is a great compromise.
I do n.c. with a yoga mat, yoga strap, and aerobic step. Good exercise. No need for this piece. $25 Nordic strap works well too and is easy to travel with. Use with a door or a power rack. Can measure ROM progress with stacked yoga blocks, as is done in calisthenics.
@@soranhernandez6425 I like nice things...when an additional cost creates additional value. Watching this showed me this does not. The only way I could see it doing so is if it removed all downward pressure on the knee joint, as the nicer versions do and this doesn't. I don't train only @ home. If I did, I'd do Nordic curls like I do now and get a GHD (probably Rogue or Rep). If someone is home gym only, a Nordic strap with a door works well if need to save up for a GHD (since, as you write, it is just fine to want nice things). Not sure why someone would delay saving for a GHD by purchasing this POS. I guess I'd rec it if I didn't know better or pretending I don't for profit ( aka links are in the description).
I feel like there’s an opportunity to engineer it so that you could also perform sissy squats. To me that would add a tremendous value to this product by making it more versatile for the home gym owner. Even at a $100-150 markup that would be worth it in my book
We've played around with this a bit. The main issue is we would need to move the footplate farther back. This makes the bench less ideal for concentric Nordic reps. But we are still looking into other ways to make this happen
@@I25M Reverse Nordics would work with the same set up. You just can't go all the way down. You could also just use it for the knee paid and not use the ankle lock
I've been so tempted to buy a dedicated piece, but I keep using my Rogue Monster storage rack. With a dumbbell shelf on the bottom, I can wedge my heels under the lip and it works perfectly even with added bodyweight. I put my knees on an abmat. The rack also allows me to wrap bands around the middle shelf to do assisted nordics. Give it a shot if you have a Monster storage rack.
This machine looks sweet. I do Nordics 2x per week, super-setting them with Back Squats since machine curls hurt my knees. If I have no one to hold my ankles, I use a Bosu and wedge my feet against the wall. Even with a partner, the Bosu gives the best support I've ever had with Nordics. Very cushy, though you do expend some hamstring performance by focusing on keeping your feet wedged when solo.
I have one of these and absolutely love it. Freak Athlete is new but they make nice stuff. Nordic curls are the real deal; prepare to be humbled when you first do them!
When I started doing Nordics I placed my pad in the middle of my rack and then bands on band pegs high and behind me and looped them across my chest. This allowed me to have some assistance so I could build into doing unassisted nordics by reducing the band tension over time.
I bought the nordic mini about 4 months ago and it's been a great piece for us in our garage gym. We don't even add weight in the back and it still holds us. I can do a full nordic curl without the back coming up at all (I weigh 165lbs for reference.) One thing I would like is a longer tube for the leg rollers so they can be pulled up higher. It would be nice if I could sit on the flat pad with my thighs anchored underneath the leg roller pads. This would allow me to do heavier lat pulldowns on my racks pulley system.
I was thinking maybe they can add a pivot arm on either side of the foam where the logo is with a small foot for the base that is shorter than the width of the foam to prevent you from scratching yourself. When in use, the arms and feet are rotated facing towards where you place your feet. When you want to store it, you rotate the arm along the pivot so that the feet are now in line with the wheels. That would give you a square base to stand it on! Maybe you can recommend that to the company!
As someone who lives in a loft and used to live in tiny studio apartment, I recommend sticking with Nordic sticks that attaches to the door if space saving is important.
I've been doing nordic curls with my barbell with a pad attached to a couple jhooks on my powerrack with my knees on my bench. It works great because I can also attach a band to the rack to more incrementally progress.
I had the Nordic strap, Not a big fan. It’s difficult to find balance and the stitching gave way and ripped apart mod rep. Luckily I didn’t smash my face on the floor. I pee ordered this machine and looking forward to using it
I just started incorporating nordics and they are quite humbling. I don't have any specialty equipment, I just load a barbell on the floor with at least 80% of my bodyweight and stick a plate or dumbbell in front of the weight on each side to keep it from rolling forward. Then, I put my ankles under the bar and use a drop pad or pillow to cushion my knees.
What I do is I have a pull bar that sticks in Ur door frame, a barbell pad and yoga mat. I set the pull up bar to the lowest point, add the barbell pad for my ankles and lastly fold the yoga mat in a couple of layers to put at the knees so I don't bust em.
Cool review. Once other manufacturers send you their competition, sounds like a good comparison roundup. Maybe even include your DIY setup you mentioned , but didn’t show. Great job.
Just do them on the ghr bench. You can modulate the difficulty by changing how far the pad is. If the pad is far, the knees will get under it and the exercise would become easy. If the feet pad is as close as possible to the rounded pad, your knees will have to be on top of it and it will essentially be a Nordic curl...
i bought a tib bar from this company and love it, they're the only company i found that makes standard 1" plate tib bars. it did take a while to arrive but they are a small company so it's understandable. however, some of their products don't have 1" standard plate options (like this nordic mini) unfortunately. i'd buy more for them if they did. not all of us have 2" olympic plates around the house so it's good to offer both options. i think they mentioned it's something they'd look into offering in the future though. also their weighted foot product only supports up to size 13 or 14 shoes or something, which is a pity since i wear size 15. but overall i'm very impressed by this company and hope they can make more products that i can use in the future. as for nordic curls, what i do now (not sure if this is safe, but it seems to work so far) is use the foam foot bars on an adjustable bench i own, put my feet under that, put a foam pad under my knees, put weight on the bench (several 45 lb plates, you probably want at least your own weight in weight on the bench, i weigh less than 180 so for me that's four 45 lb plates), and do nordic curls using the bench's foam foot pads to support my feet. just mentioning it in case others want an affordable option that they can do with the equipment they might already have. this probably won't work with every single bench's foot pad design, but my bench's foot pads are adjustable, so i set them at their highest setting, in an upward angled position (there are two different ways to install them, angled up and angled down), and set up like that even my big feet do fit under those pads (with the backs of my ankles pressed against the bottom of those foot pads). you also probably will want to do this with a yoga mat or thin foam pad under your knees (or both).
Seems like a very niche product for $250, I just bought a 3 section 4x6' floor mat, put the Olympic bar on and a cheap pad on it along with some plates, works fine for nordics... I can use the mat for other things also
Lol. Gone are the days of Steinborn!! No squat rack no problem. Can't believe now we need an extra piece of equipment for Nordics!! Gripping onto the base of a heavy couch with your toes with knees on a career works great too!
This exercise we were able to do with little equipment. Yoga mat and a workout buddy to hold ankles. Saw some jump numbers pop off on avg 25%. Great exercise, regardless of equipment, but one can replace the plates w/a partner or two and simply standing on the edges.
-Misleading- The Nordic Curl is a good tester of hamstring strength. The GHR is a good builder of hamstring strength. The problem with the Nordic curl is that it actually locks the knee cap in place as well as places too much stress on the patella tendon. The GHR eliminates this risk. Yes on most GHR’s there is a leverage advantage (if you us it incorrectly) but both have a lack of resistance throughout the entire movement. I wish this channel would give more mention to Elite FTS. All of their GHR’s are purposely tilted to make them harder and take away ANY leverage advantage while also being safer on your knees than nordics. They don’t just make equipment for colleges and commercial gyms Coop. They have an awesome home gym line.
I bought a freak athlete Nordic after Coop toured a CrossFit celebrity gym and there it was sitting in a corner. I wanted to buy a Rogue, but it was too expensive, too heavy, and takes up too much space. I tried cheaper door-options from Amazon, but they are not the same as a true Nordic board. I use my Freak Athlete for nordics and dragon flags.
I do these in an adjustable decline bench. I think you can benefit more from these since you can use them for a lot of other exercises, like flat/decline db press, decline abs and some other stuff. Specially if you need to save space in a garage gym setting. Other than that, seems like a good product.
Hi, very useful review, there's also the cheap PowerMark Fitness 618GHD Floor Glute Ham Developer, it will be cool to made a review and compare the two, greetings from France
The GHR is actually harder if you place your knees slightly forward of the pivot point or apex. 💪Hence, the fulcrum is resting against your upper shins; not your knees. This places maximum weight load on your hamstrings leaving you crawling out of the gym post leg workout. 😢
Before the pricing of gym equipment started jumping you could get the Sorniex model for right around $300. With their "Double-Stitched Premium Naugahyde" and all. Kick myself every day for not grabbing one. Just kept putting it off. It was weird to see anything from Sorinex basically be the cheapest on the market lol.
I really like the adjustable bench that lets you do nordics that atg has advertised for a while but haven't seen a review for it. I'm guessing it's still a prototype.
I currently do nordics on the side of my rack using my spotter am as a foot roller and a flat bench for knees. I use another spotter arm up above my head on the same side of uprights to attach bands to it for assistance. Also a hip thrust pad for ankle support on rollers and all. The only drawback is the lack of a footplate.
Rogue Monster Lite Rack Mount Leg Roller ($87) Just started using this with my bench and Monster Lite Power Rack. It's going pretty well so far, I just wish there was something I could also press my feet up against.
hey if you learned about these from ben then you should already be doing it correctly. If you've seen his videos on them, you'll know that it's done strict. And if you want to build up to it, you have to first start with where you can actually stop momentum wise. So essentially, stack up some mats or something to stop at based on where you're at with it and take the stack down a peg each time you get stronger at the movement. instead of having your arms out in front, you put them at your sides with your hands behind you. The strict nordic curl is usually done with the hands and fingers in contact with the lower back so as to deload it and cause it to have less fatigue. Since essentially your hands are the thing that it can brace against so that it can maintain the same position. Any movements and micro adjustments that your lower back has to make will make it have to strain that much more for you to do the lift. It's like using the neck for sit ups. It's something you have to take out of the movement. Involuntary contraction from muscles that are not intentionally designed for a lift will only cause you to generate extra fatigue and put out less force as a biproduct of your inefficiency. Also if you can't do it strict, there's no shot you're going to get this with weight. It's advanced even being able to do this strict body weight, and even with your relatively not muscular frame, you'll probably have it easier since it'll take a less advanced strength level in this lift to do your body weight as is. In general, the glute hamraise is called what it is because it uses both hamstrings and the glutes. The reverse hyper at a high angle should be called the glute lumbar swing. Also why no link the product. Oh turns out you found out about what they're planning to sell with it extra. dont wait for that. Just stack plates, sand bags, pillows, literally anything else before buying some extra shit for it. If you have extra stall mats, cut them up and use em. There is no reason why you need to wait for some extra shit just to be able to progress in a movement. Ben talked about this is in a video, if you want to get stronger at nordics you have to do them at your level and scale it. And so the progressive range of motion is the only way to train it when you're not strong enough for a full rep. i see that it cant stand upright. you didn't show an example of the rogue or sorinex standing upright. I was thinking they probably would be able to from the thought of it taking up space, if they could stand up right then they wouldn't really be that problematic. in that instance, the only issue with them is their cost being that high up there. In which it's really not that compelling for them to come out with this product as it is, it stands as an incomplete product with promises of features to scalp you of your money extra. It should be one set and it should have been all designed to be compelling from the start. Though I do disagree that it would be unusable in a corner. The only thing that would stop this from being used in a corner, is something in front of it. Theoretically though as well, they should have that peg up higher so that somebody who just so happens to have 100lb plates can fit 100lb plates without making modifications or adding cut up stall mats as risers for this thing. I mean if osmebody actually pretty heavy were to use this thing, if you can't put more than 3 plates 4 plates, then your counter weight might not be enough to begin with. It might make sense to just make it wider, make it taller, and then design it to have plate storage underneath the pad and then make it upright. That will still be limited but atleast it would be centered and then fi it can fit potentially a pair of 100 pound plates or even a couple of more plates then atleast that would be more likely to be a one size fits all scenario and actually work well for that. Basically, make it bottom heavy and wider to make it more stable.
I use a WOWCOR Nordic Hamstring Curl Strap, a memory foam pillow for my knees, and a resistance band around my chest attached to the top of a door for assistance. I think this would work as well as this overpriced gizmo, and it’s also quite portable. Since I already had the resistance band, door attachment and pillow, total cost was under $30.
I've been fabricating a rack-attachable nordic curl bar that is just as sturdy but only takes up 1/10th of the space! I would love to send yall one for a review. There are some videos of it on my UA-cam channel.
Why are half the comments talking about how you can diy it for cheaper? Yeah you can do that. You can also make a squat rack out of 4x4s and you can grow your own coffee beans and raise your own chickens and go mine your own cobalt so you can build your own smartphone but some of us prefer buying something than spend time making an inferior version.
I assume most home gymers have a rack and bench and a mat of some kind. So why not just find a nordic bar that attaches to your rack or a strap to hold you to your bench. Would love a video of all nordic attachments vs boards vs straps. I currently do nordics with my bar against my rack with 225 on the bar and wrap the bar in a yoga mat and put a mat under my knees. Its cumbersome but works. That being said i would love a rack attachment that works
While this product is super appealing, you are 100% right on the big negative of this piece for a garage gym. It needs to be able to stand up when not in use and wouldn't purchase without that ability.
This is a great idea. On our next round of Nordics, the counterweight bar screws off. That way we can come out with other add ons such as a 1" bar for standard plates or a rack attachment. We will definitely look into it!
I would get this if it weren't for the storage limitations that you highlight, that's a deal breaker for me when floor space is at a premium. Will be interesting to see if they address this in the future, if done right, I'd order for sure
@@freakathleteco good to know, thanks! Do you have any images showing what this will look like? Will it store perfectly vertical or will there be a lean? Is there uhmw on the contact points for storage?I don't see these things mentioned on the product page of your website.
@@Supreven We'll have images up later next week. There will be a few degrees of lean since there is still a slight bump from where the loading bar screws in. There is not UHMW on the contact points, but the footplate is powder coated and shouldn't scratch.
I was using a gymnastic ring strap and an adjustable bench for a while until a client of mine gave me the idea to use an adjustable airplane seatbelt + my bench. I'll never look back again. Seatbelt = $20. The caveat however is that you can not perform nordics with this method on every single style of bench.
Coop (or anyone else), I have room for one more piece in my home gym. I am undecided between the Westside reverse hyper and this Freak Athetic mini floor ghd. I have no particular injury that I'm addressing, but just simply interested in adding a final piece for improved health & athletic performance. Which would you get?
I appreciate you trying this out Coop!
@@DJS100 Spot on! I like to use a few weight plates when I train concentric Nordics. The current model does stand on its side. We are working on better storage solutions for the future!
@@freakathletecobrotha please shipping to Europe
I have this product. After suffering a massive lower body injury in a motorcycle crash a couple of years ago I needed something to help get me sprinting again. This piece really helped me along. Affordable and good.
I'm glad this helping your rehab. If you ever want to talk to one of our coaches just message on Instagram. Best of luck with everything
Tip if you’re going to use a plate for eccentric movements. Put something less than the width of the plate to set it down on in front of you. This will make it easier to pick up off the ground so it’s not flush with the ground.
Bought this on a Black Friday sale and it is absolutely one of the best pieces of equipment I own. It has been Instrumental in quickly progressing my ability to do nordics. I bought the nordic stick but this is on an absolutely entirely different level. If you are serious about improving your nordic ability then buy this, don't hesitate.
I've been doing them with the Stray Dog Dual Utility Roller attached to my rack and the Stray Dog Balance Pad. They feel great and I love how many other things I can use the roller for. I have a small basement and space is king!
what rack do you have? I have an titan x-3 and thinking about going this route since I don't have very much space. I live in Ohio and could probably just pick it up from Stray Dog.
Great vid! I hope in a year I can rep them out like you to.
1. I did not put the wheels on the rogue table and put the back on backwards so I can stand it up
2. The Nord stick is like $40 and is great with a hotel towel when traveling
3. The EZ-Nord from the tib bar guy is like $100 and attaches to a bench. I put it on my flybird adjustable bench and can do the incline scaling as you mention
Keep it up!
My wife bought me one for Christmas and it's awesome. The padding is nice and the foam is comfortable.
Glad to hear it! I hope training is going well
I do these off the side of my rack. The crossmember is high enough to get my ankles under. I wrap an old yoga mat around it for ankle padding. I use a couple of those foam puzzle piece mat for knee padding. I use bands around the safety for assistance. The nice thing about this setup is that between the bands and the safety height, I can really dial in the assistance and overloading/progression.
I got the EZ-Nord from The Tib Bar Guy and used that on my adjustable bench to build up to my first Nordic. Takes less than a minute to setup/tear down and I put my bench against the wall so I still have a foot plate.
Can’t justify a piece that size for one movement but EZ Nord for me is a great compromise.
I have one too and it’s fantastic!
I do n.c. with a yoga mat, yoga strap, and aerobic step. Good exercise. No need for this piece. $25 Nordic strap works well too and is easy to travel with. Use with a door or a power rack. Can measure ROM progress with stacked yoga blocks, as is done in calisthenics.
I just put my feet under the bed for free
@@mrEd69 that’s the whole idea 😏
I just pick up roks.....
Bro, if you don't, watch something else, it's just fine to want nice things.
Never seen the Nordic strap before. Thank you for that! I'm gonna pick one up until i can afford a fancy one !!
@@soranhernandez6425 I like nice things...when an additional cost creates additional value. Watching this showed me this does not. The only way I could see it doing so is if it removed all downward pressure on the knee joint, as the nicer versions do and this doesn't. I don't train only @ home. If I did, I'd do Nordic curls like I do now and get a GHD (probably Rogue or Rep). If someone is home gym only, a Nordic strap with a door works well if need to save up for a GHD (since, as you write, it is just fine to want nice things). Not sure why someone would delay saving for a GHD by purchasing this POS. I guess I'd rec it if I didn't know better or pretending I don't for profit ( aka links are in the description).
This review couldn't have came at a better time. Was getting online to buy one today.
I feel like there’s an opportunity to engineer it so that you could also perform sissy squats. To me that would add a tremendous value to this product by making it more versatile for the home gym owner. Even at a $100-150 markup that would be worth it in my book
We've played around with this a bit. The main issue is we would need to move the footplate farther back. This makes the bench less ideal for concentric Nordic reps. But we are still looking into other ways to make this happen
@@freakathleteco Whoa, good community outreach. Didn't expect to see the brand in the comments.
@@freakathleteco Is there any way to make reverse Nordics work? Or do you just flop backwards?
@@RLMitchell I've been following GGR for years, more than happy to respond to comments here
@@I25M Reverse Nordics would work with the same set up. You just can't go all the way down. You could also just use it for the knee paid and not use the ankle lock
I've been so tempted to buy a dedicated piece, but I keep using my Rogue Monster storage rack. With a dumbbell shelf on the bottom, I can wedge my heels under the lip and it works perfectly even with added bodyweight. I put my knees on an abmat. The rack also allows me to wrap bands around the middle shelf to do assisted nordics. Give it a shot if you have a Monster storage rack.
This machine looks sweet. I do Nordics 2x per week, super-setting them with Back Squats since machine curls hurt my knees. If I have no one to hold my ankles, I use a Bosu and wedge my feet against the wall. Even with a partner, the Bosu gives the best support I've ever had with Nordics. Very cushy, though you do expend some hamstring performance by focusing on keeping your feet wedged when solo.
The holes in the feet would allow to bolt 7 foot 2x4"s to keep it from tilting forward, and as a bonus, the mod would give you a bit extra height.
I love this
I have one of these and absolutely love it. Freak Athlete is new but they make nice stuff. Nordic curls are the real deal; prepare to be humbled when you first do them!
When I started doing Nordics I placed my pad in the middle of my rack and then bands on band pegs high and behind me and looped them across my chest. This allowed me to have some assistance so I could build into doing unassisted nordics by reducing the band tension over time.
I bought the nordic mini about 4 months ago and it's been a great piece for us in our garage gym. We don't even add weight in the back and it still holds us. I can do a full nordic curl without the back coming up at all (I weigh 165lbs for reference.) One thing I would like is a longer tube for the leg rollers so they can be pulled up higher. It would be nice if I could sit on the flat pad with my thighs anchored underneath the leg roller pads. This would allow me to do heavier lat pulldowns on my racks pulley system.
Hey Marc, I'm glad it's been a good addition so far. I'll take a look into your idea for a longer tube. Best of luck with your training
I’ve done nordics using a Thompson Fat Pad and Spud Inc. Glute Ham strap tied down around my ankles. Works well too.
I have a rack Mounted attachment for Nordic curls. It is very compact and almost takes up all no extra space (which is important for a garage gym).
Thanks for the excellent review. May pick these up for home use and possibly our gym.
I’ve done Nordics at home using a bench and a belt
Now I got some stall bars, makes it easy to anchor your feet
You could screw 2x4's under the feet like skis to increase the length of the base and prevent tipping!
I was thinking maybe they can add a pivot arm on either side of the foam where the logo is with a small foot for the base that is shorter than the width of the foam to prevent you from scratching yourself. When in use, the arms and feet are rotated facing towards where you place your feet. When you want to store it, you rotate the arm along the pivot so that the feet are now in line with the wheels. That would give you a square base to stand it on! Maybe you can recommend that to the company!
As someone who lives in a loft and used to live in tiny studio apartment, I recommend sticking with Nordic sticks that attaches to the door if space saving is important.
I've been doing nordic curls with my barbell with a pad attached to a couple jhooks on my powerrack with my knees on my bench. It works great because I can also attach a band to the rack to more incrementally progress.
I have used the Nordic stick for under the door and like it. They just came out with a version that straps to a bench that I might get.
HI,
Could you please post a link to that bench attachment ?
Thank you
I had the Nordic strap, Not a big fan. It’s difficult to find balance and the stitching gave way and ripped apart mod rep. Luckily I didn’t smash my face on the floor. I pee ordered this machine and looking forward to using it
@@incorectulpolitic I tried posting it! It’s from the TibBar Guy. Not the actual Nordic stick.
@@jfra4 i definitely wouldn’t mind getting the machine. I will see how the stick goes for now until I destroy it and then try to get the mini
@@jfra4update? Is it better than the nord stick or not worth it?
Along with Nordics I love to see you review the basebench pro by baseblocks, they are also under 300
Well timed, you have been in my head on those Nordic curls for awhile now.
I just started incorporating nordics and they are quite humbling. I don't have any specialty equipment, I just load a barbell on the floor with at least 80% of my bodyweight and stick a plate or dumbbell in front of the weight on each side to keep it from rolling forward. Then, I put my ankles under the bar and use a drop pad or pillow to cushion my knees.
What I do is I have a pull bar that sticks in Ur door frame, a barbell pad and yoga mat. I set the pull up bar to the lowest point, add the barbell pad for my ankles and lastly fold the yoga mat in a couple of layers to put at the knees so I don't bust em.
Cool review. Once other manufacturers send you their competition, sounds like a good comparison roundup. Maybe even include your DIY setup you mentioned , but didn’t show. Great job.
Just do them on the ghr bench. You can modulate the difficulty by changing how far the pad is. If the pad is far, the knees will get under it and the exercise would become easy. If the feet pad is as close as possible to the rounded pad, your knees will have to be on top of it and it will essentially be a Nordic curl...
i bought a tib bar from this company and love it, they're the only company i found that makes standard 1" plate tib bars. it did take a while to arrive but they are a small company so it's understandable. however, some of their products don't have 1" standard plate options (like this nordic mini) unfortunately. i'd buy more for them if they did. not all of us have 2" olympic plates around the house so it's good to offer both options. i think they mentioned it's something they'd look into offering in the future though. also their weighted foot product only supports up to size 13 or 14 shoes or something, which is a pity since i wear size 15. but overall i'm very impressed by this company and hope they can make more products that i can use in the future.
as for nordic curls, what i do now (not sure if this is safe, but it seems to work so far) is use the foam foot bars on an adjustable bench i own, put my feet under that, put a foam pad under my knees, put weight on the bench (several 45 lb plates, you probably want at least your own weight in weight on the bench, i weigh less than 180 so for me that's four 45 lb plates), and do nordic curls using the bench's foam foot pads to support my feet. just mentioning it in case others want an affordable option that they can do with the equipment they might already have. this probably won't work with every single bench's foot pad design, but my bench's foot pads are adjustable, so i set them at their highest setting, in an upward angled position (there are two different ways to install them, angled up and angled down), and set up like that even my big feet do fit under those pads (with the backs of my ankles pressed against the bottom of those foot pads). you also probably will want to do this with a yoga mat or thin foam pad under your knees (or both).
Don't forget the Tib Bar Guy's Nordic Bench, it allows you to regress as well
Oof I wish I saw your comment earlier. That would've been a better fit for me.
I run a cam strap around the band pegs of my B.O.S. belt squat and over the top of my ankles and put my knees on an ab mat.
Seems like a very niche product for $250, I just bought a 3 section 4x6' floor mat, put the Olympic bar on and a cheap pad on it along with some plates, works fine for nordics... I can use the mat for other things also
The bar doesn’t roll with plates on it?
@@Dust4Vomit its on the J cups and doesn't move
The TibBarGuy has a nice bench attachment I've been using. It's great, and less than half the price. Freak Athlete would be a good upgrade for me.
Lol. Gone are the days of Steinborn!! No squat rack no problem. Can't believe now we need an extra piece of equipment for Nordics!! Gripping onto the base of a heavy couch with your toes with knees on a career works great too!
This exercise we were able to do with little equipment. Yoga mat and a workout buddy to hold ankles. Saw some jump numbers pop off on avg 25%. Great exercise, regardless of equipment, but one can replace the plates w/a partner or two and simply standing on the edges.
-Misleading-
The Nordic Curl is a good tester of hamstring strength.
The GHR is a good builder of hamstring strength.
The problem with the Nordic curl is that it actually locks the knee cap in place as well as places too much stress on the patella tendon.
The GHR eliminates this risk.
Yes on most GHR’s there is a leverage advantage (if you us it incorrectly) but both have a lack of resistance throughout the entire movement.
I wish this channel would give more mention to Elite FTS.
All of their GHR’s are purposely tilted to make them harder and take away ANY leverage advantage while also being safer on your knees than nordics.
They don’t just make equipment for colleges and commercial gyms Coop.
They have an awesome home gym line.
I bought a freak athlete Nordic after Coop toured a CrossFit celebrity gym and there it was sitting in a corner. I wanted to buy a Rogue, but it was too expensive, too heavy, and takes up too much space. I tried cheaper door-options from Amazon, but they are not the same as a true Nordic board. I use my Freak Athlete for nordics and dragon flags.
I just wrap my weightlifting belt around my ankles and strap them to my bench, zero additional cost and works great
Coop, please review Rep Apollo Half Rack.
good review coop!
I do these in an adjustable decline bench. I think you can benefit more from these since you can use them for a lot of other exercises, like flat/decline db press, decline abs and some other stuff. Specially if you need to save space in a garage gym setting. Other than that, seems like a good product.
Hi, very useful review, there's also the cheap PowerMark Fitness 618GHD Floor Glute Ham Developer, it will be cool to made a review and compare the two, greetings from France
The GHR is actually harder if you place your knees slightly forward of the pivot point or apex. 💪Hence, the fulcrum is resting against your upper shins; not your knees. This places maximum weight load on your hamstrings leaving you crawling out of the gym post leg workout. 😢
Before the pricing of gym equipment started jumping you could get the Sorniex model for right around $300. With their "Double-Stitched Premium Naugahyde" and all. Kick myself every day for not grabbing one. Just kept putting it off. It was weird to see anything from Sorinex basically be the cheapest on the market lol.
Design the weight-horn as a pass-thru, with pop pin. Relatively flimsy, yes, but stand-up directly on the weight plate for storage.
I use the sit up bench at my gym. Just lay on your stomach and hook your ankles under. Janky, but gets the job done. Good review BTW.
i have an under door nordic strap with padded bar then i use bands over the door to control progress.
And here I was just using a pad and a Nordic stick attached to my rack 😄
I really like the adjustable bench that lets you do nordics that atg has advertised for a while but haven't seen a review for it. I'm guessing it's still a prototype.
Have this on preorder, all their other gear has been solid!
Cheers Jay! I'm excited for you to get yours 🫡
I currently do nordics on the side of my rack using my spotter am as a foot roller and a flat bench for knees. I use another spotter arm up above my head on the same side of uprights to attach bands to it for assistance. Also a hip thrust pad for ankle support on rollers and all. The only drawback is the lack of a footplate.
The foot plate is the most important part to have for nordics, always push through the big toe or tripod foot this helps activate hamstrings better
I am using the zero gap bench by rep (ab-5000) with the leg roller in reverse position, it’s perfect
Think I'll buy this then the reverse hyper. I'll probably just lay it sideways to save space. I'll definitely use your link. Thanks
Rogue Monster Lite Rack Mount Leg Roller ($87)
Just started using this with my bench and Monster Lite Power Rack. It's going pretty well so far, I just wish there was something I could also press my feet up against.
Put a pair of heavy dumbbells behind it to press your feet against
@@HoerigStrength My feet are off of my non adjustable bench and in the air a few feet off the ground.
I'd like to see something like this with a longe enough body to avoid tipping, fold flat legs, and aluminum frame.
Lucky to have Westside Barbell Inverse Curl at the gym where I have membership.
@Matt Wichlinski has one of the best DIY nordic curl vids out there
hey if you learned about these from ben then you should already be doing it correctly. If you've seen his videos on them, you'll know that it's done strict. And if you want to build up to it, you have to first start with where you can actually stop momentum wise. So essentially, stack up some mats or something to stop at based on where you're at with it and take the stack down a peg each time you get stronger at the movement. instead of having your arms out in front, you put them at your sides with your hands behind you. The strict nordic curl is usually done with the hands and fingers in contact with the lower back so as to deload it and cause it to have less fatigue. Since essentially your hands are the thing that it can brace against so that it can maintain the same position. Any movements and micro adjustments that your lower back has to make will make it have to strain that much more for you to do the lift. It's like using the neck for sit ups. It's something you have to take out of the movement. Involuntary contraction from muscles that are not intentionally designed for a lift will only cause you to generate extra fatigue and put out less force as a biproduct of your inefficiency. Also if you can't do it strict, there's no shot you're going to get this with weight. It's advanced even being able to do this strict body weight, and even with your relatively not muscular frame, you'll probably have it easier since it'll take a less advanced strength level in this lift to do your body weight as is. In general, the glute hamraise is called what it is because it uses both hamstrings and the glutes. The reverse hyper at a high angle should be called the glute lumbar swing. Also why no link the product.
Oh turns out you found out about what they're planning to sell with it extra. dont wait for that. Just stack plates, sand bags, pillows, literally anything else before buying some extra shit for it. If you have extra stall mats, cut them up and use em. There is no reason why you need to wait for some extra shit just to be able to progress in a movement. Ben talked about this is in a video, if you want to get stronger at nordics you have to do them at your level and scale it. And so the progressive range of motion is the only way to train it when you're not strong enough for a full rep.
i see that it cant stand upright. you didn't show an example of the rogue or sorinex standing upright. I was thinking they probably would be able to from the thought of it taking up space, if they could stand up right then they wouldn't really be that problematic. in that instance, the only issue with them is their cost being that high up there. In which it's really not that compelling for them to come out with this product as it is, it stands as an incomplete product with promises of features to scalp you of your money extra. It should be one set and it should have been all designed to be compelling from the start. Though I do disagree that it would be unusable in a corner. The only thing that would stop this from being used in a corner, is something in front of it. Theoretically though as well, they should have that peg up higher so that somebody who just so happens to have 100lb plates can fit 100lb plates without making modifications or adding cut up stall mats as risers for this thing. I mean if osmebody actually pretty heavy were to use this thing, if you can't put more than 3 plates 4 plates, then your counter weight might not be enough to begin with. It might make sense to just make it wider, make it taller, and then design it to have plate storage underneath the pad and then make it upright. That will still be limited but atleast it would be centered and then fi it can fit potentially a pair of 100 pound plates or even a couple of more plates then atleast that would be more likely to be a one size fits all scenario and actually work well for that. Basically, make it bottom heavy and wider to make it more stable.
I use a WOWCOR Nordic Hamstring Curl Strap, a memory foam pillow for my knees, and a resistance band around my chest attached to the top of a door for assistance. I think this would work as well as this overpriced gizmo, and it’s also quite portable. Since I already had the resistance band, door attachment and pillow, total cost was under $30.
They are on back order right now. but definitely bought this a few months ago.
I do Nordic curls using the leg holder on a cable machine and a bench. Works great
Good Review. Should be a way to also use standard 1" hole plates.
We are planning to offer a 1" version in a few months. Just keep an eye on our website and/or Instagram for updates
I've been fabricating a rack-attachable nordic curl bar that is just as sturdy but only takes up 1/10th of the space! I would love to send yall one for a review. There are some videos of it on my UA-cam channel.
I'd be interested to see your take on Basebench and Basebench-Pro by BaseBlocks. It looks more versitile, and the prices look similar.
Why are half the comments talking about how you can diy it for cheaper? Yeah you can do that. You can also make a squat rack out of 4x4s and you can grow your own coffee beans and raise your own chickens and go mine your own cobalt so you can build your own smartphone but some of us prefer buying something than spend time making an inferior version.
I assume most home gymers have a rack and bench and a mat of some kind. So why not just find a nordic bar that attaches to your rack or a strap to hold you to your bench. Would love a video of all nordic attachments vs boards vs straps. I currently do nordics with my bar against my rack with 225 on the bar and wrap the bar in a yoga mat and put a mat under my knees. Its cumbersome but works. That being said i would love a rack attachment that works
Could you review the NordStick? It's $35 and goes under a door. I was thinking about getting one because it takes up no space and is so cheap.
I put 135 on bar, put bar behind rack, put a pad under knees and on bar, not perfect but it works.
Would love to see a comparison between this and the base block that GSP advertises.
I'm still considering getting 2 Rogue leg rollers and using those for ghd plus more
Love the shoes ❤ Xeros HFS are super comfortable (my favourite barefoot shoes) and look awesome in black.
Looks like they took some of your criticisms and made changes. The wheels are now on the other side so it does stand on its own.
I wrap my lifting belt around a bench, stick my legs through and use that.
I’m going to try to do this with leg roller on my rack + my rep fitness fat pad bench
Storage is easy. Rest the weight plate stem on the ground and place the legs on a step platform.
Coop's the man!
Dang, this was almost what I needed. If only it had a 1" support bar in the back. All my weights are 1". Devastated!
When will you review the NordBench? I saw a great review of it, but it was by the builders
I use a door frame pull up bar and a rolled up towel.
Great review. How does this one compare to the BaseBlocks one?
When are you going to review the titan fitness floor GHD?
I just use a towel with knots on each end and slide it under my door then just hook my heels in it.
Price 12$ works well
What do you think of the Granite Fitness adjustable nordic bench?
The dirt cheap option for this is one that doesn't come with a board like a nordstick
While this product is super appealing, you are 100% right on the big negative of this piece for a garage gym. It needs to be able to stand up when not in use and wouldn't purchase without that ability.
would be cool i they could engineer an adjustable bench that flattens down and has a leg roller that could enable you to do nordics
See tib bar guy’s site
I like it, looks good. I’m getting older so it would probably be nice to do, but I also love stuff.
Gah! I've been saving up my dubloons for one of these but now that you've reviewed it the price is going to go up :(
Great review! I would love if this was able to attach to the side of a standard 4-post or 6-post rack instead of using plates to offset the force.
This is a great idea. On our next round of Nordics, the counterweight bar screws off. That way we can come out with other add ons such as a 1" bar for standard plates or a rack attachment. We will definitely look into it!
its crazy that 300 for such a basic piece of single use equipment is considered budget friendly
I would get this if it weren't for the storage limitations that you highlight, that's a deal breaker for me when floor space is at a premium. Will be interesting to see if they address this in the future, if done right, I'd order for sure
On the next round of Nordics Minis (those available for preorder now) the loading bar screws off. This way you can store it vertically
It stores on its side too.
@@freakathleteco good to know, thanks! Do you have any images showing what this will look like? Will it store perfectly vertical or will there be a lean? Is there uhmw on the contact points for storage?I don't see these things mentioned on the product page of your website.
@@Supreven We'll have images up later next week. There will be a few degrees of lean since there is still a slight bump from where the loading bar screws in. There is not UHMW on the contact points, but the footplate is powder coated and shouldn't scratch.
@@freakathleteco thanks for the replies, much appreciated!
This is a cool piece!!
Try inclining the back end of your GHR to increase difficulty.
I was using a gymnastic ring strap and an adjustable bench for a while until a client of mine gave me the idea to use an adjustable airplane seatbelt + my bench. I'll never look back again. Seatbelt = $20. The caveat however is that you can not perform nordics with this method on every single style of bench.
Yep the bench matters for sure
Coop (or anyone else), I have room for one more piece in my home gym. I am undecided between the Westside reverse hyper and this Freak Athetic mini floor ghd. I have no particular injury that I'm addressing, but just simply interested in adding a final piece for improved health & athletic performance. Which would you get?