How Weak Are Cyclists?
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День томуPro cyclist vs bodybuilder. We know the pros can put out a lot of watts on the bike, but does that power translate to the gym? We’ve recruited lightweight climber Max Stedman (all 54kg of him!) to go head-to-head with our resident muscleman Brad in a series of strength challenges to find out just how weak cyclists really are!
00:00 Intro
02:54 Pull-ups
04:14 The Plank
05:56 Leg Press
09:56 Bicep Curls
12:03 Sit-ups
15:22 Bike
17:52 Summary
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@gcn 10 місяців тому
Would you like to see Max 🚴 and Brad 🏋♂ in more videos?
@wexxexbest 10 місяців тому
Let’s do it 💪
@mandoleg 10 місяців тому
Totally
@ryuujinusa 10 місяців тому
Of course!
@FlatSpinMan 10 місяців тому
I love how people seemingly instantly pop up with insanely detailed sadistic plans to test the two.
@Thecyclist84 10 місяців тому
Take the bodybuilder on the bike he won’t last 30min😝😂
@Cathartic_Cyclist 10 місяців тому
As an ex bodybuilder I always thought cyclists were weak. I got to 20 stone and found walking upstairs a struggle to breath. Gave up bodybuilding and now 89kg and absolutely love cycling. Cyclists are hard as nails especially those of us that love hills.
@ollyrukes 10 місяців тому
20 stone and 89kgs in the same paragraph. Must be British :)
@Cathartic_Cyclist 10 місяців тому
@@ollyrukes yes fella. Moving to cycling was more than just a change of hobby, it was a mindset change as well 👍🏼
@theMosen 10 місяців тому
(For all our European friends, 20 stone is 127 kg)
@askmeaboutmattweiner 10 місяців тому
My knees and back are way happier since I switched from powerlifting to cycling.
@secretagent86 10 місяців тому
Good fun. Cyclist has better extension / form on a couple of exercises. Brad is omg built strong. Both astounded me on plank and situps. Bravo.
@andyl9428 10 місяців тому
3+mins on a plank for a guy Brad's size surely can't be seen as a loss. That's a cracking effort
@wexxexbest 10 місяців тому
Great to be on the channel again guys great fun as always 😋 Bring on round 2 Your BB, Brad Parker
@theMosen 10 місяців тому
Good job mate!
@stephen_101 10 місяців тому
Nice work there Brad - If you were clipped in I reckon you would be north of 1600 watts on a sprint 💪⚡️
@wexxexbest 10 місяців тому
@@stephen_101 100% I’ve done more before 😋
@wexxexbest 10 місяців тому
@@theMosen thanks buddy
@lukkevin 10 місяців тому
Big fan of yours Brad! Great to see you again in the GCN video.
@andrewmcalister3462 10 місяців тому
Great to see both Max and Brad back on GCN again. Thanks guys for being such great sports and putting up with Hank.
@stevenmanns248 10 місяців тому
I'm 66 years old. And I was just concentrating on cycling and doing the odd weights session. But in February when I started working part time I decided to join a gym. A fitness gym. And I'm now stronger in myself and on the bike. I love watching these videos with Brad he's got a great personality and he's got great sportsmanship. I wish both Max and Brad the very best in there chosen sports 👍
@TheBrokenMountainBiker 10 місяців тому
I'd love to see you guys pit an Olympic track sprinter against Brad! That would be cool to see.
@gcn 10 місяців тому
How do you think Brad would compare?
@TheBrokenMountainBiker 10 місяців тому
@@gcn I think he'd fair very well! But would equally be good to see how strong a sprinter is!
@gcn 10 місяців тому
@@TheBrokenMountainBiker Well, now's time to find out!! 👉 ukposts.info/have/v-deo/rqSehmN7amuAoqc.html
@Dolmar-Rick 10 місяців тому
Get Rob forstemann in😂
@internettalker1 9 місяців тому
@@gcn I think Brad would lose, not because of the power but because of endurance. Clearly brad has massive power but being able to hold it would be his challenge against track sprinters
@jeremyscherbert7336 10 місяців тому
Pull-up was like 6-0, Bodybuilder never cleared the bar
@OtherSideOfMorning 10 місяців тому
Looked like he was gonna point it out but wasn't allowed
@inz_uzi 10 місяців тому
Yeah. Brad's pull-ups were total rubbish - barely half the range. For me a proper pull-up is full range - chin over the bar with a brief pause and dead hang at the bottom. Slow tempo, no kipping.
@ghislainbugnicourt3709 10 місяців тому
@@inz_uzi I heard you shouldn't go all the way to the bottom, stopping with a slight angle is safer, but agreed about the chin.
@inz_uzi 10 місяців тому
@@ghislainbugnicourt3709 I think it's 100% safe to hang all the way down. Our ancestors lived on the trees so we should have no problems with that. Before you start pulling you need to go to active hang first - move your shoulders down. It's a good exercise in it's own. However if you are a total beginner you should be careful and do it gradually. Build your strength first.
@daveslaughter8290 10 місяців тому
These "whippet vs mastiff" competitions are silly and predictable, but quite entertaining. Thanks to the people involved for being good sports.
@marke9817 10 місяців тому
My thoughts exactly - pointless, but fun.
@melomane01 10 місяців тому
VERY impressed with Max core strength (re: sit-up with medecine ball) 👍
@chancebockenstest5170 10 місяців тому
Cyclist i know are always impressed with how hard bodybuilding is and bodybuilders are always impressed be the mental fortitude it takes to do a long training ride. Shows that whatever you're unfamiliar with seems harder because its uncomfortable.
@creamroller 10 місяців тому
juiced to the gills lol
@aintnobodygottime4dat 10 місяців тому
The bodybuilder uses a very short push-pull technique which is easier than the longer push-pull of the cyclist
@alexishester329 10 місяців тому
Great job max! I love both of you guys. Keep doing the challenge videos
@markrskinner 10 місяців тому
Love these comparisons. Max and Brad are top blokes.
@wexxexbest 10 місяців тому
👍
@Sam-nl6bw 10 місяців тому
Love the video, bring on round 2 💪
@hopehendrickson-wb5tw 10 місяців тому
That was SO much fun to watch!!! Yes - more of these, please!!! 👍😂
@onebigdarkroom3945 10 місяців тому
this video made me feel better about being 173cm and 55kg. I love to climb and anytime other riders would see my build they would get excited to call me a climber, which is something I have always enjoyed in cycling. all this time I spent trying to show other athletes that my physique is suited to my type of activity and now I can just show them this video :)
@paulmorrison30 10 місяців тому
I love these vids, well done both 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@derickcastillo9083 10 місяців тому
I have to admit, that was fun to watch. I think the odds tipped in Brad's favor when you increased the weight of the medicine ball for the sit-ups. Max, you did awesome! Brad, you did great well! When my dad was in the Navy, he had the record for sit-ups, 500 sit-ups in 5 minutes. I just thought I would add that in.
@relativityboy 10 місяців тому
Bravo Brad! And Max. You guys are both inspiring!
@JSC131 10 місяців тому
Brilliant episode Brad and Max we got to get more of, fair play Brad is in seriously good shape really strong too.
@Sozzled39 10 місяців тому
Max and Brad are both superstars! More of them in videos please.
@EverythingsFine82 10 місяців тому
Very impressive from both Max and Brad. It's interesting to see how much better Brad was at the isolation exercises and how strong and efficient Max is at compound exercises. Great range of motion from Max on exercises he wouldn't usually do. It's amazing how similar these athletes are in strength when power to weight is factored in. Cool video
@leissp1 10 місяців тому
More of these please.... Average Joe Vs Enthusiast vs Pro Vs Body Builder
@boriss.861 10 місяців тому
BRAD MAX & Hank great video of course it is all about Body Mass great to see that used to bring the two willing competitors on an even footing!
@Alexandra-Rex 10 місяців тому
Straightening the legs in the leg press made me nervous 😬
@ohyesitsme 10 місяців тому
Brad is such a good sport, great to see him back.
@Zwiesel66 10 місяців тому
The sit-ups were so funny, for a moment I thought Max was going to make it - great effort, congratulations!
@alinapopescu872 10 місяців тому
Yes, I'd love to see Round 2 🙂
@krehme 10 місяців тому
Good fun guys! Very impressed with both. Not your average guys at all. Great competitive spirit!
@Jari1973 10 місяців тому
Thank you for the video! Might be great to see a cyclist vs a weight lifter?
@bicyclexx7 10 місяців тому
5:52 a cyclist would have a stronger core especially one that excels in climbing
@anniewang3065 10 місяців тому
Well done, Max and Brad! How about cyclist vs pro dancer? I am a professional dancer in New York and have taken to cycling all around the city for everything, including rehearsals. Dancers don't have any gear telling them about power output and so forth while dancing so it's hard to quantify our athleticism. I'd love to see a local professional (in any style: modern, Sabar, breakdancing, contemporary, house, theatre/jazz, etc) come into your studios, teach a class with a long dance phrase to the always-game GCN presenters and see how they fare in terms of endurance, strength, and flexibility (and optionally, swagger). And then you can put the dancer on a bike to see how they do. Does dancing make you good at climbing? or sprinting? or time-trialing? let's find out! Love the channel - thanks for all the adventures and good fun and info!
@silviugheorghe7118 10 місяців тому
Mega nice and entertaining video👍🏻💪🏻
@FlatSpinMan 10 місяців тому
“Brad, don’t eat Tim”. So silly but performed well by all. Loved it.
@hopehendrickson-wb5tw 10 місяців тому
I laughed out loud at that comment! What an enjoyable video! 🤣
@alvarochan1829 10 місяців тому
loved this, bring them both back, its amazing how the body adapts to its purpose.
@patoc2857 10 місяців тому
Brad - kudos on that bod. Fantastic.
@Erhan_H 10 місяців тому
The cyclist is wearing lycra… as if we can’t tell him apart from the body builder 😂
@trevejenkyn9888 10 місяців тому
Thanks Brad
@kaltonian 10 місяців тому
well done guys for pitting your different strengths against one another, great test to watch, I reckon max could of leg pressed a lot more
@haridoessports 10 місяців тому
Always love to see such content. I lift weights 4 times a week and ride 120km a week. I just take in the best of both the worlds :)
@filippopogacar 10 місяців тому
Max is so fresh Brad is so committed but my heart belongs to the Hankerman ❤
@ruprecht9997 10 місяців тому
The results were pretty much given beforehand, except the core test, which was interesting. How about offroad-biking, would a muscle man like Max fare better there, with shorter explosive bursts, compared to road racing, which is more of steady power?
@ViveSemelBeneVivere 10 місяців тому
This was fun to watch, thanks Hank & Co. 😄👍 But in reality isn't "light fast and powerful" as Hank described of Max, sufficient? As a cyclist it makes no sense to me to add bulky muscle because I'd have to burn calories just to carry the extra weight. 🤷♂
@carlmullender2941 10 місяців тому
Love it 🤩
@simonsepic 10 місяців тому
I was a journalist once for a company called whizba haha, but never thought of a gcn host as a journalist. Valid point though just hadn't thought about it.
@JuventinoDOC33 10 місяців тому
They both did very well. Brad could actually be a pretty good sprinter in cycling. And Max is still pretty powerful for his weight and body size.
@PurePresentations 10 місяців тому
Chwarae teg Brad, he's a star for giving these tests a go!
@captainmidnight4262 10 місяців тому
I wish I can look as good as Brad while having the cycling performance of Max, btw... both gents have solid names!
@cherrysampson3067 10 місяців тому
This was such fun!
@WayChuangAng 10 місяців тому
Ummm.... I'm pretty sure that you're not supposed to go all the way on the leg press. I cringed when I saw the pro cyclist straightened his legs on the leg press.
@ollyrukes 10 місяців тому
Yes, so dangerous to do that.
@phil_d 10 місяців тому
I prefer the Hack Squat machine. Definitely works the tendons around the knee joint, too.
@bobbobbos32 10 місяців тому
Great vidd
@ericcsaba8779 10 місяців тому
Brad and Max excellent sports !! Gentlemen.
@238949 10 місяців тому
So strong Max, you did yourself proud x
@redpandamaniacal 10 місяців тому
Both did amazing. Considering how dense muscle is, I'd have thought Brad was a lot more than 90kg given how huge those muscles look. Like, just from the size of the muscles he looks like he'd be wider than a chubbier 100kg person that isn't that tall.
@moses_irl 10 місяців тому
He's probably on a cutting cycle
@DB-sj8km 10 місяців тому
He’s quite lean in this video, and not very tall.
@andreemurray7039 10 місяців тому
My youngest wants to be like Brad!!!great video gents
@110markb 10 місяців тому
Great vid guys, my wife loved it to…….she’s rewatched it four times already…….
@wexxexbest 10 місяців тому
😂
@dariuszj7813 10 місяців тому
I am really impressed of their performance. 😮
@richcrompton6891 10 місяців тому
It’s why we’ve got track sprinters and GC contenders and all points in between. Almost any body type can be a fabulous athlete in cycling… as long as they are aero enough…
@OnkelHucke 10 місяців тому
Yes, I'd like to see round 2 and I'd like to see hank as a third competitor.
@MrFreerideForever 10 місяців тому
Elite biker vs. elite bodybuilder the biker's in better overall physical health by far, every time.
@bzking313 10 місяців тому
Great video
@gcn 10 місяців тому
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
@stephenhendry447 10 місяців тому
I’m not sure what the point of this was but it was funny to watch😂😂🚴🏼💪💨
@ilikelampshades6 10 місяців тому
Would like to see who can run the fastest 5k, who can last longer on the stair climber or first to row 2500 meters
@farikkun1841 9 місяців тому
Greg Doucette. He's pro bodybuilder and race zwift. He used to collab with Vegan cyclist and Erik the electric
@michaelharries4143 10 місяців тому
Big fan of Hanks t-shirt!
@stevelau7694 9 місяців тому
Needed to make exercises that were in between slow twitch and fast twitch such as a 300M sprint or 1/5 body weight kettle bell swings for reps. Looks like mainly explosive exercises will always favor the bigger guy who will be far more explosive
@brandonherrera2891 10 місяців тому
Lol awesome vid!!
@ethangodridge6833 10 місяців тому
Very impressive Max. You surprised me. I can happily volunteer for a weaker cyclist.
@petef15 10 місяців тому
Brad's pullups: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
@dapodix 10 місяців тому
There's a chin-up and then there's a pull-up. Relative to Max look at how high Brad gets his chest tho.
@magicknight8412 10 місяців тому
I am about 90kg , where are all my muscles like Brad??!
@phoffen3829 2 місяці тому
I have played a lot of other sports. It is how I spent my youth, as it were. Cyclists are machines, fit for the purpose of biking. They don't look strong in the upper body, but somehow they can hang on and finesse a bike, with narrow bars, going 70 kmh down a hill with no problems. Good video, GCN. Those guys were good sports!
@delorangeade 10 місяців тому
Interesting for me to compare myself against Max, being almost exactly the same height and weight, albeit more than twice his age. I went to a gym once. It was enough.
@St0llentroll 10 місяців тому
Great entertainment 😁👍🏻
@Greenteac 10 місяців тому
Would be interesting to put them on indoor trainers and do some variety of short sprint sessions to see how the burst of power play out.
@kevinwalpole3273 10 місяців тому
For a featherweight, Max was impressively strong 💪
@gerardgillespie795 10 місяців тому
Comment of the video by Max "I can see down his cleavage." 😂😂😂
@mihalis1010 10 місяців тому
Seeing Max on the leg press was giving me anxiety. Going to full extension and locking your knees out like that is a great way to get them bending the other way.
@DB-sj8km 10 місяців тому
He wasn’t locking out completely. As a pro BB, I highly doubt he would make that mistake. He also could probably press another 20-30 kg from the looks of it.
@10ktube 10 місяців тому
I gotta up my pull-up game big time.....
@jimbrittain2617 10 місяців тому
Hank = Legend!
@jeffreylee5770 10 місяців тому
The sit ups were rigged. They should have just let them do as many as they could. The heavy weighted balls gave an unfair advantage to the massive body builder, of course.
@gp2volny 10 місяців тому
What about Ramp test? That would be nice challenge 🙂
@patrickb840 10 місяців тому
Hank is the best GCN presenter by far
@rdbm-uo5zt 7 місяців тому
Looking at a graph of power vs cadence (Martin et al. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1997) I think that Max could have done much closer to 1000 watts instead of 800 watts. Max's peak cadence looked slow (about 80 rpm; should have been about 120 to 130 rpm). The average young man can do about 700 watts at 120 rpm (Maud et al. 1989?) . Brad's peak cadence looked too slow, too. Also, in another video, he managed over 1900 watts!
@brayan8346 9 місяців тому
Many of those pull-ups and leg press were no reps. I’m a cyclist that also does body building at they gym. I don’t do as many sets at the gym anymore mateas looking forward to cycling.
@issaowaga 10 місяців тому
Max is so entertaining to watch😂
@jaydicenso 10 місяців тому
I think if Hank stayed with the 4kg ball, Max would have won. It would have been a long game, but that's what favored Max. Every time the weight went up, the game shifted in Brad's favor. I'm sure Oli must have already mentioned it. 👨🏫
@richardmannion2779 10 місяців тому
Max did really well. The gym gets a little bit harder with each banged up shoulder or collar bone from crashing.
@DaemonViews 10 місяців тому
Brad supporting and cheering on is so typical :D Someone is lifting heavy so you cheer them on. Awesome Fun taking some exercises cyclist are strong at like the core stuff.
@wexxexbest 10 місяців тому
Bodybuilders always supporting others 💪
@ryanprasad2090 10 місяців тому
Anyone here doing the olympic lifts to supplement their endurance cycling? Is there any noticeable crossover?
@PixelVibe42 10 місяців тому
Yes, and strength really helps. No need to go crazy, but incorporating lifts (inc. deadlifts and Olympic) at least fortnightly into an endurance routine does make a difference. Important to start light, perfect the form, then progress with load.
@beermonster1234 10 місяців тому
1:46 Hank couldn’t resist a touch of the muscle
@yorkoxmaul66 10 місяців тому
Cycling is interesting, I can squat 180 kg parallel at 70 bw as a powerlifter but my FTP is barely 120w as a newbie cyclist and I cannot climb any slope greater than 15%. Specialisation is key ig.
@daveyboy79 10 місяців тому
Given that Brad would have trained his core muscles for concentric and eccentric strength mostly for size gains (although does need isometric strength for big heavy compound lifts) and Max would have trained his core for isometric strength for stability on the bike, I'm not surprised Max aced the plank challenge.
@MarcusBrito 10 місяців тому
Instant like because Max!
@Bangabonger 3 місяці тому
As a former food delivery boy i knew the plank would be no issue, cyceling is training the core hard.. like i don't train core but when making deliveries was my Main source of i come i tried incline sit ups in the park and got 120 reps in in one go! All from cycling running up stairs and the ocational moving Job like once every second week.
@DummyUrD 10 місяців тому
Please be careful with those legpress, you are loading your joints with a lot more weight then they are used too. You got to be careful with your form, don't make your legs completely straight that is very dangerous
@xXRunDeathXx 10 місяців тому
and now do the upper body tests with olli and si :D
@SolironBrightwoode 10 місяців тому
"I can see his cleavage" gave me a good laugh. Well done to both athletes for having a laugh with this.
@r.davies2702 10 місяців тому
If Hank stated Brad's correct weight (90kg, yeah right) the results are even more impressive.
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