Would you like to see Max 🚴 and Brad 🏋‍♂ in more videos?

@wexxexbest

11 ай бұрын

Let’s do it 💪

@mandoleg

11 ай бұрын

Totally

@ryuujinusa

11 ай бұрын

Of course!

@FlatSpinMan

11 ай бұрын

I love how people seemingly instantly pop up with insanely detailed sadistic plans to test the two.

@Thecyclist84

11 ай бұрын

Take the bodybuilder on the bike he won’t last 30min😝😂

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

11 ай бұрын

20 stone and 89kgs in the same paragraph. Must be British :)

@Cathartic_Cyclist

11 ай бұрын

@@ollyrukes yes fella. Moving to cycling was more than just a change of hobby, it was a mindset change as well 👍🏼

@theMosen

11 ай бұрын

(For all our European friends, 20 stone is 127 kg)

@askmeaboutmattweiner

11 ай бұрын

My knees and back are way happier since I switched from powerlifting to cycling.

@secretagent86

11 ай бұрын

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.

3+mins on a plank for a guy Brad's size surely can't be seen as a loss. That's a cracking effort

Great to be on the channel again guys great fun as always 😋 Bring on round 2 Your BB, Brad Parker

@theMosen

11 ай бұрын

Good job mate!

@stephen_101

11 ай бұрын

Nice work there Brad - If you were clipped in I reckon you would be north of 1600 watts on a sprint 💪⚡️

@wexxexbest

11 ай бұрын

@@stephen_101 100% I’ve done more before 😋

@wexxexbest

11 ай бұрын

@@theMosen thanks buddy

@lukkevin

11 ай бұрын

Big fan of yours Brad! Great to see you again in the GCN video.

Great to see both Max and Brad back on GCN again. Thanks guys for being such great sports and putting up with Hank.

These "whippet vs mastiff" competitions are silly and predictable, but quite entertaining. Thanks to the people involved for being good sports.

@marke9817

11 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly - pointless, but fun.

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.

Pull-up was like 6-0, Bodybuilder never cleared the bar

@OtherSideOfMorning

11 ай бұрын

Looked like he was gonna point it out but wasn't allowed

@inz_uzi

11 ай бұрын

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

11 ай бұрын

@@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

11 ай бұрын

@@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.

VERY impressed with Max core strength (re: sit-up with medecine ball) 👍

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 👍

I'd love to see you guys pit an Olympic track sprinter against Brad! That would be cool to see.

@gcn

11 ай бұрын

How do you think Brad would compare?

@TheBrokenMountainBiker

11 ай бұрын

@@gcn I think he'd fair very well! But would equally be good to see how strong a sprinter is!

@gcn

11 ай бұрын

@@TheBrokenMountainBiker Well, now's time to find out!! 👉 kzread.info/dash/bejne/qKihtI99Y5i1cdY.html

@Dolmar-Rick

11 ай бұрын

Get Rob forstemann in😂

@internettalker1

10 ай бұрын

@@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

The bodybuilder uses a very short push-pull technique which is easier than the longer push-pull of the cyclist

Love these comparisons. Max and Brad are top blokes.

@wexxexbest

11 ай бұрын

👍

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 :)

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.

Max and Brad are both superstars! More of them in videos please.

Love the video, bring on round 2 💪

Brilliant episode Brad and Max we got to get more of, fair play Brad is in seriously good shape really strong too.

Great job max! I love both of you guys. Keep doing the challenge videos

That was SO much fun to watch!!! Yes - more of these, please!!! 👍😂

Straightening the legs in the leg press made me nervous 😬

I love these vids, well done both 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Bravo Brad! And Max. You guys are both inspiring!

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

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!

Yes, I'd love to see Round 2 🙂

Good fun guys! Very impressed with both. Not your average guys at all. Great competitive spirit!

Brad is such a good sport, great to see him back.

Brad - kudos on that bod. Fantastic.

juiced to the gills lol

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!

More of these please.... Average Joe Vs Enthusiast vs Pro Vs Body Builder

Thank you for the video! Might be great to see a cyclist vs a weight lifter?

“Brad, don’t eat Tim”. So silly but performed well by all. Loved it.

@hopehendrickson-wb5tw

11 ай бұрын

I laughed out loud at that comment! What an enjoyable video! 🤣

5:52 a cyclist would have a stronger core especially one that excels in climbing

The sit-ups were so funny, for a moment I thought Max was going to make it - great effort, congratulations!

Thanks Brad

Mega nice and entertaining video👍🏻💪🏻

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

11 ай бұрын

Yes, so dangerous to do that.

@phil_d

11 ай бұрын

I prefer the Hack Squat machine. Definitely works the tendons around the knee joint, too.

loved this, bring them both back, its amazing how the body adapts to its purpose.

Chwarae teg Brad, he's a star for giving these tests a go!

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.

This was such fun!

The cyclist is wearing lycra… as if we can’t tell him apart from the body builder 😂

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 :)

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?

Great video

@gcn

11 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

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

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.

Great vidd

My youngest wants to be like Brad!!!great video gents

Love it 🤩

Max is so fresh Brad is so committed but my heart belongs to the Hankerman ❤

Great vid guys, my wife loved it to…….she’s rewatched it four times already…….

@wexxexbest

11 ай бұрын

😂

I’m not sure what the point of this was but it was funny to watch😂😂🚴🏼💪💨

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

11 ай бұрын

He's probably on a cutting cycle

@DB-sj8km

11 ай бұрын

He’s quite lean in this video, and not very tall.

Lol awesome vid!!

I am really impressed of their performance. 😮

So strong Max, you did yourself proud x

Yes, I'd like to see round 2 and I'd like to see hank as a third competitor.

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. 🤷‍♂

Brad and Max excellent sports !! Gentlemen.

I wish I can look as good as Brad while having the cycling performance of Max, btw... both gents have solid names!

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…

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!

I gotta up my pull-up game big time.....

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.

Big fan of Hanks t-shirt!

Would like to see who can run the fastest 5k, who can last longer on the stair climber or first to row 2500 meters

I am about 90kg , where are all my muscles like Brad??!

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

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

11 ай бұрын

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.

Great entertainment 😁👍🏻

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.

Very impressive Max. You surprised me. I can happily volunteer for a weaker cyclist.

Elite biker vs. elite bodybuilder the biker's in better overall physical health by far, every time.

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.

Comment of the video by Max "I can see down his cleavage." 😂😂😂

Brad's pullups: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

@dapodix

11 ай бұрын

There's a chin-up and then there's a pull-up. Relative to Max look at how high Brad gets his chest tho.

Hank is the best GCN presenter by far

For a featherweight, Max was impressively strong 💪

What about Ramp test? That would be nice challenge 🙂

Hank = Legend!

Max is so entertaining to watch😂

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

Instant like because Max!

1:46 Hank couldn’t resist a touch of the muscle

saved my back with cycling. Totally believe the plank

Anyone here doing the olympic lifts to supplement their endurance cycling? Is there any noticeable crossover?

@PixelVibe42

11 ай бұрын

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.

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. 👨‍🏫

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.

Greg Doucette. He's pro bodybuilder and race zwift. He used to collab with Vegan cyclist and Erik the electric

Generally had me laughing!

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.

I think, the best approach for most of us (not proffesionals) will be, getting best from both worlds (aka hybrid trainig). We need to be both strong AND have endurance, not one OR another. Peace ✌️ and let's grow in sports

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.

and now do the upper body tests with olli and si :D

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.

Brad could easily curl more than 25kg. I can and I resemble hank in bicep size.

90 degrees against the wall would have been an interesting challenge