Giant Sword training - going BERSERK

And see if it's actually a good workout to train like Guts from Berserk or Cloud from Final Fantasy or even Asta from our favorite anime shows. Let's see what this thing is all about. We are back with another video. video is gonna be different than anything I've ever made before and for today's video we are going full viking there's no secret that warriors in the past were all strong because they had to be to wield weapons to fight in combat they had to have a certain level of fitness to be able to basically not die so today we're gonna train in a unique way that I recently discovered using a a great sword we won't be using these because they are extremely sharp and i don't feel like chopping off any limbs or any fingers today victory is mine so without talking too much let's show off what we have and get right into it now we see it a lot in hollywood in the movies in the tv shows where you know medieval warriors had to be able to do pretty amazing things in order to survive in battle so they had to definitely be athletic now i find it hard to believe that warriors back then had gyms or weights that they were training with because everything was practical right so they probably swung their weapons around practiced their you know battle techniques and in the process of that i'm sure that they built some pretty strong upper body muscles so we are going to put that to the test with a 20 pound wooden great sword. Now this is the sword. This thing weighs 20 pounds and I actually got it from a friend. His name is Ashman. He goes by Ashman, Ashman Athletics. He actually makes these wooden swords for training purposes. So they are balanced just right for you to get a good workout when you swing these things around. We're going to put it to the test, give it some reps try out some of the things that i've seen on his page see if there's a practical use for it and see if it's actually a good workout to train like Guts from Berserk or Cloud from Final Fantasy or even Asta from our favorite anime shows it is hot as balls out here so i'm gonna have to keep this quick and short and to the point because i'm going to be in a puddle of sweat in about 10 minutes from now First thing I notice is it is pretty large and heavy for 20 pounds You know a 20 pound dumbbell feels nothing compared to a 20 pound greatsword where the weight is dispersed throughout the whole thing obviously, you're not gonna have too much weight in the handle here, but the sword itself is Quite heavy and it's you know It requires a decent amount of upper body strength to really move this thing around now First thing we're gonna do is just some forward swings So start here and you're gonna bring the sword down using your muscles to stop it before it hits the ground and then bringing it back up. One. Definitely feel the shoulders holding this thing up and pulling it back up. You need to use biceps and arms. Let's switch the side. So front swings. Oh yeah I feel that. Now let's test out some of the combos that I've seen in Ashman's videos. So from the front swing you bring it down and then you bring it here and you come back oh yeah some shoulder mobility in there and i'm already kicking up a good sweat just from swinging this thing around i guess you could compare this to a mace bell it would probably be close to what a mace bell can do but this thing is quite bulky so you're not going to be doing all those mace bell swings very easily without smacking yourself in the head let's give it a try so we'll go from here probably turn it sideways no you can do it just worried i'm gonna smack myself in the head when i do the behind the head swing but definitely doable now let's try some other combos so if you want to get some shoulder work in it is 20 pounds but you have to use your forearms here to balance the blade in your hand not smack yourself in the face but you come down to a kneeling position you can do the standing and then you're gonna press the sword up and bring it back down oh yeah that's Good, spread the skull, definitely feel that. Now what else can you do with the sword? I mean, obviously you could just add the weight of it to your calisthenics exercises. There goes my microphone. You could do, you know, just hold it on one side of your body and then do your squats, your split squats. You could do all of that. You can mix it up, so do a split squat, grab the sword, come down for a swing, bring it back up, shoulder it. One cool thing I figured out you can do with this is one arm pushups, which look totally bad-ass. My goodness, that's the most bad-ass thing I've ever heard. Get the sword on your back, just like this, and then you're gonna set up for your one arm pushup. That is pretty good. I'm actually shocked at how effective this thing is, making you work, making you burn calories, burn energy, just to swing this thing around. The first thing you really notice is your grip. You really have to have a strong grip in order to swing this thing around and not have it fall out of your hands. Simply bringing it down and then up from here. I mean, that requires a decent amount of grip. And then you could do things like curls right here like this, tricep extensions. Now, if you've been looking for something new, something fresh, a new take on fitness, something like this can definitely be a new interesting take and a new interesting way to get in shape, build some muscle, maintain some muscle, and have fun while you're doing it. You feel like you're Cloud Strife, about to go battle Sephiroth. I know you all did it as a kid, just like I did. You feel like guts from Berserk, swinging around a giant ass, heavy ass sword. Will it get you, you know, the full body workout that you're looking for? Probably not, but you can definitely add it to your workouts to make them more fun. 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