I randomly ran across this video and wanted to share it. This guy’s unbelievable!
The Soloflex Story
Soloflex revolutioned the home fitness industry with the introduction of the Soloflex Muscle Machine in 1978.
Read more about Soloflex’s values, history, and plans for the future.
June 29, 2009 at 7:02 pm
Well,
I can’t do that!
June 29, 2009 at 8:19 pm
His back is incredible thick and it most of it must have come from doing those movements that he has done. Obviously he does weight train but that is a great display of strength and coordination.
June 29, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Will we be able to do something like those movements on the new machine?
June 30, 2009 at 8:16 am
Sage
Bring it. I think those moves would work great on the new machine!
I should find that guy and film him on it ;)
June 30, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Heck, that ain’t nothin’. I do the same exercises as just one part of my morning workout.
Yeah, right….
June 30, 2009 at 10:22 pm
This is not a weight trained body we are seeing here. This is a body that has been defined through body weight resistance exercises alone. There is no bulk to his physique, but rather lean striated definition through mass volume movements from inconceivable angles and torques. He looks to have a body fat of about 4-5% with nothing left over; his diet is probably as strict as there is. He would be a superb study in any university kinesiology or biomechanical laboratory. This dude is much further along than most of the gymnastic athletes of our time. He is too leaned out for that bunch. A marvelous a specimen of physical strength, flexibility, and muscular endurance as I’ve ever seen.
Dave
July 1, 2009 at 6:28 am
I would have to respectfully disagree. I think he would be somewhat thinner from not using weight but this should not take away from what he has accomplished from using these body movements. As far as strength is concerned, the guy is in good shape and the body coordination is definitely there. Even the bulkiest gymnist uses some weight to help themselves to develop enough strength to start a movement. Like an Iron Cross, if most people started with their own bodyweight, even trained or untrained will fail miserable at first attempt because they do have have the neuromuscular pathway established to perform that movement. The torque on the joints would be so overwhelming and frustrating that it almost worthless because you have to practice over and over again to get a movement down and falling out of the movement due to lack of strength is the wrong way to progress. Its like wanting to bench 400 lbs and starting out with 400lb in the hopes that someday, you will bench 400lb. Better to start at 50lbs and work your way up to 400 lbs. If you wanted to train to perform the iron cross, you could trained upside down with weights in both hands and pumped them up to your side, so you can begin to develop those pathways and once the strength is established,practice of the iron cross could be done over and over again to develop the movement. If you ever get him Molly to perform an infomercial using the new soloflex, ask him what he did to develop his physique. He had to use weight lifting with lots of bodyweight lifting to develop that physique.
July 2, 2009 at 5:36 am
Because of the profanity in the background I turned it off.
July 5, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Yeah, the profanity is bad, much agreed. Molly, will there be heavier plates manufacturered for the new soloflex? Longer dumbbell handles?
K.
July 8, 2009 at 10:50 am
Sage
If there’s a demand for 25lb plates, we may do that. Our thinking is that weight plates are so readily accessible, it may not make sense for us to make them and ship them across the country. The shipping of heavy plates would be very expensive. Just about any fitness equipment store has 1″ plates, metal and rubber coated. We’ll have to wait and see if it makes sense for us to carry heavier plates.
July 8, 2009 at 10:52 am
John
I agree with you about the music. I’ve watched it a few times with friends and muted it.
July 16, 2009 at 11:04 am
Molly,
I would buy at least one set of 25lb Soloflex plates if they were comparable in price to what’s out there. Also, it only costs $13.95 to send up to 70lbs via the USPS priority mail large flat rate box. I’ve had a 170lb soloflex dumbell set shipped from LA to NJ in three boxes for less than $42. Also, I purchased 4-25lb vintage York iron plates and were shipped in 2 boxes for the same flat rate.
November 14, 2009 at 1:31 am
wow
talking about fitness