Nsima Inyang

But these tools have been used for a very, very long time to strengthen the human body.

And the only thing I want people to think about, or one of the things I want people to think about

isn't just the muscle building side of things, because I want to come back to your question of like, would I have gained all this muscle?

It's how many ways do you know how to interact with weight of all kinds?

Think about this.

The barbell is the most efficient tool to put the most amount of weight on.

It's the only reason I would be able to deadlift 755 pounds if it were on a barbell.

Because there's symmetrical weight on both sides.

It's easy to grab.

Right, right, right.

It's perfectly leveraged so you can put your body in the perfect position to hip hinge, keep a neutral spine, and drive that barbell off the ground.

There's no way in hell I could lift a 700, 600, 500.

Sandbag?

No.

No way in hell.

There's no way I would have been able to lift that way with a sandbag.

The dumbbell is also a great symmetrical weighted tool that you can do curls, presses, all these things.

They're very efficient tools.

But there are certain things that you're not going to do with those tools.

Like for example, when you work with the sandbag, you can lift it, you can do explosive throws over the shoulder, you can do squats, you can do hinges.