Figured I'd drop this over to you guys as I'm feeling the urge to make another total gym video and or band video on the channel. Let me know if there's a workout and or related training video you want to see. Summer is lining up though for both some very cool band and sliding bench content regardless if everything goes as planned. Hope you all are doing and performing well, Mike

I can't find the Video where Mike was saying how much he liked the SportsGrip and how cool Marty of SportsGrip was to deal with. Well it typical Mike fashion, he was spot on. In the video Mike mentioned that Marty had several of the 2.0 available for like $130 (actually $139). Since EVERY product that Mike as said he liked, I've been super happy with, I wrote to Marty about getting one. I wrote him that Mike told us he might still have some of the v2. This was on Easter Saturday. On Easter Sunday Marty wrote back with the correct price and that he did have a couple left. There was some difficulty with Marty getting the PayPal invoice to me. I told him not to worry, got his PayPal account and sent him the money. It arrived today, four days via UPS, from Connecticut to Nebraska. This is built like a tank, and very smooth. I'm not going to review it - Mike did that. I'll just say that once again Mike was spot on. The knurling is perfect, great grip. My forearms and hands are toast. I'll be packing this when I'm on shoots. There is often a lot of 'down time' waiting for model\set\wardrobe changes, so might as well put that time to good use. 😁

I didn't forget about you guys and like I keep saying, this very slow moving until I get a course loaded on. I still haven't plugged this group in any way since my initial post. I'm working on putting together some more structured training content and wanted to get a pulse from this group. Where are you currently getting stuck? Is it: - knowing what exercises to pick? - putting together a full program? - progressing (what to increase, when, etc.)? - staying consistent? - working around injuries or limitations? Or something else? Just trying to make sure I build stuff that actually helps vs adding more noise

Hi Mike, Can you please post the links to all the YouTube and other social media sites you have going? Thanks, Jimi

One thing I’ve noticed from doing YouTube and just being in fitness for a long time is how easy it is to fall into camps. Bands vs weightsMachines vs free weightsCertain programs, certain “gurus,” etc. I actually like when people are passionate about what they’re doing no question. What I don’t really understand is when people start arguing one method or one piece of equipment is the answer and everything else is wrong. That’s usually where I see people actually get stuck or just jump to the next thing. Especially with home gyms, I think the biggest mistake is trying to force one tool to do everything. What I’ve found works a lot better (and is honestly more fun) is mixing things based on what they do well. -Bands give you great constant tension and can be really joint friendly -Free weights just feel raw and hard to replace for loading and progression -Machines are nice for controlled, targeted work -Sliding bench trainers let you hit some unique angles and string things together in ways you normally can’t None of these are perfect on their own. But when you combine them, you can build something that actually fits (and is unique to) you instead of trying to force yourself into one system. Anyway, just some thoughts, I’ll share more of how I actually put this stuff together as this page progresses. Curious what you guys are mainly using right now and or questions you may have for future content over here. Thanks