I had to look that up, but agree, this is a way more portable option. Thanks for the great tip!

Thanks @kickinthegob. As you can see from my video, my stuff lives on the floor and it can be quite an effort getting to some of it at times (as well as a bit dangerous)! A shelf would be awesome-I've just cleared another are of the garage, so a shelf might be on the cards! Knee wraps and sleeves are an excellent shout too (I do have some of those). Keep up the good fight in your gym!

@@phillip.ingham Thanks Phil, you too. My shelf is a rolling setup with a rack for the weight plates below and a shelf for my adjustable dumbells on top. It's about 7 foot long and I can rack about 600 kg of weights on it. There are different types but I recommend getting one that has sufficient space that you don't have to un-rack weights to get to what you want. It's a time and sanity sanity saver.

Well at least we got the same results. Even if we were hoping for more 😂

Thanks for comment. I can't compare the experience that is for sure, I was interested to see if the metrics offered by both were in any way comparable, and they seem to be. For some one who has neither and is trying to decide it might be useful to know.

Right 👍🏻😂😂😂

Thanks for the comment Oliver, I'll be sure to be more mindful of the background music levels in the future

Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. Is the app something you'll be trying out?

That's a fair comment. Are you a whoop user? What would you say the lifespan of the device was?

@@phillip.ingham I’m not a Whoop user 😅 I’m an Apple Watch (and previously a Garmin) user.

@@phillip.ingham I've used them both. Whoop is actually giving away the Strap and a band for new members (Has been for at least 2 years). But @mookie, I never thought about adding the cost of the Watch to the Athyltic app cost structure, but that's a good point - So could vary I guess. I will say though, that you wouldn't buy an Apple Watch for the Athyltic app - so that argument falls apart pretty quickly the more I think about it. Having used them both, I'd say I like a device that is specifically paired to their own app (Whoop Strap to Whoop App). I also liked having something on my other wrist. I like the interface better too. Last thing I'll say is my metrics variance between the Whoop Strap and the Apple watch is pretty significant. So...I don't know who is right, but there are major differences in the data (specifically with sleep).

Well. You can use an Apple watch for 4-5 years. So Whoop is priced like an AWU (in Europe) but you can get the AWU probably for a cheaper price.

Thanks for engaging. I've been very impressed and it's just another (cheaper) way of helping out with recording metrics

Thanks for your comment. The video is just my opinion of a product I continue to enjoy, appreciate it's not for everyone-so thanks for watching and getting involved

I believe that you can set it up to work like that, which would be a benefit for those doing endurance training with big expenditures on certain days in the week.

I'm always here to improve my kitchen game! Thanks for watching in such detail that you noticed!

Thank you for watching and for considering trying out oddbox! I appreciate your support and I hope you have a great time unboxing your own oddbox. Did it work out for you? I'm finding that soups in winter can use anything weird or left over

As far as I know, the oura ring doesn'f connect to specific apps directly, but if both are connected to, say the Health app, on iOS, then the data sources could be shared between oura and carbon, if those parameters have been set up by the developers. I don't have an oura ring, so I can't test this for you.

Thanks! I'm reviewing the pliability app at the moment. Different kind of holds, so expect to see that video at the start of January (subscribe & bell and all that youtube stuff)😆

Yeah me too

I do wish everyone took advantage of that feature, that Apple introduced to their developers, especially when there is such a large financial commitment. I just checked the CARBON website to see if there was an update to this, but alas, still no mention of a 7-day free trial www.joincarbon.com/pricing You may want to look at Macrofactor macrofactorapp.com/ which offers a 7-day free trial. It has very similar feature and UI to Carbon. You can also extend to a 14-day trial with one of their affiliate links macrofactorapp.com/affiliate-codes/

Thanks for the view, I'm sure this won't work for everyone-but it did for me

@@phillip.ingham Apologies if my comment came across as abrasive, it’s too easy to be flippant on the internet sometimes. I think I was a little excited to try this out and wanted to see what the contents was like first and was disappointed.

@@CosmicBrain21no problem at all, feedback of all kinds is good and it was a key point that I missed to actually show what was in the box.

Thanks so much!! I hope you enjoy your Oddbox!

Never mind I see it's at the end of the video

Thanks very much! Glad you got something from it

Tbf he also does workout plans for like £15 which are pretty good. I think this app is pretty neat because it combines a few factors (i.e,. current levels, idea frequencies, etc) to deliver a personalised training programme. Most programmes delivered by apps that I've used before are just preset blocks of random exercises that target different muscle groups, whereas this is based on a scientific approach and an algorithm which tailors to the individual.

What a reductive viewpoint

@@moleindaground Which I'm entitled to in a free world 👍🏼

@@uksuperguy well that was never in question 👍🏼

Well hello. I do love the app and it continues to be the one I use every time I step into the gym. As a software developer myself (industrial not apps) I could see as soon as I opened it that a lot of thought and hard work had gone into the design and execution. I've tried a few exercise trackers in the last year and this one really sat well with me and I'm truly grateful that you and Joe were able to produce it. Thanks for the comment

Can you set it to use dumbbells/bands etc. I don't have access to a gym/cables/bar/squat rack?

@@NB-568 You can swap out any of the exercises in the program. The suggested replacements are filtered based on the exercise you're swapping out, so you won't get some random replacement for biceps when you're trying to swap out a barbell chest press. There is normally a couple of dumbbell based ones as alternatives though. Another option I did during lockdown (albeit in another app) was to just know that if it gave me a barbell chest press, as long as I did some kind of chest press with what I had, i was on the right track

@@phillip.ingham thanks, running a trial. I like it. Will likely buy for the year to help keep me on track 🙌

@@NB-568 glad you found it useful enough to give it a spin. I'm still using it and not looking to change anything. Since I did this video it's had a number of feature updates too. I'm going to be posting about the food tracking app I use soon. Keep an eye out

😂😂😂 The algorithm is cunning! You have age on your side. Have a great birthday

Thanks for the suggestion. Assume you mean the Fitness Alpha app from Aerobit Technologies Limited? I don't attend a commercial gym, and I think this app syncs up with the your records at those places?

@@phillip.ingham thanks for the reply! nope I mean "Alpha Progression Gym Tracker" its very similar to push but not sure what one to pick. thanks again

Glad you got something from it. It's certainly had just the few extra features that I've been craving. Thanks for watching