Introduction
Keith from @thenowhinecellar joined us to chat a number of true/false statements, which one battles, and a bit more.
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(0:53) true or false?
To start, we have some true/false statements. Some of the results that stood out include:
- Most understand why specialty bars exist, which wasn’t necessarily true a few years ago.
- 80% believe that Titan Fitness is getting better.
- About 39% watch equipment reviews weekly, while 34% read them.
- Less than a third are listening to podcasts while working out, and under 15% to audiobooks.
All results are below:
| Statement | % True |
| I see the point of specialty bars | 86.27% |
| I’m building my home gym out one step at a time | 85.91% |
| Titan Fitness equipment has improved | 79.98% |
| TVs are okay in the gym | 78.27% |
| Garage gyms are better than basement gyms | 67.57% |
| REP makes the best benches for home gyms | 61.65% |
| I use bumper plates more than iron plates | 58.15% |
| I watch equipment reviews weekly | 38.65% |
| I read equipment reviews weekly | 33.78% |
| I listen to podcasts while working out | 32.09% |
| I listen to audiobooks while working out | 14.63% |
(8:22) which one?
Next up were some head-to-head battles. Some highlights include:
- 70% chose REP over Sorinex. In the same poll in April 2021, only 52% chose REP.
- The closest battle was cardio machines over “real-life running.”
All results are below:
| Which One? | % Winner | Loser |
| Rogue Echo Bike over Tonal | 90.27% | 9.73% |
| Power Rack over Half Rack | 76.87% | 23.13% |
| REP over Titan | 75.18% | 24.82% |
| Rogue over The Field | 72.73% | 27.27% |
| Straight Bar Deadlifts over Trap Bar Deadlifts | 71.77% | 28.23% |
| REP over Sorinex | 70.67% | 29.33% |
| Selectorized over Plate Loaded Lat Tower | 62.17% | 37.83% |
| Buying New over Buying Used | 58.14% | 41.86% |
| GHD over Reverse Hyper | 57.71% | 42.29% |
| All other programming options over Powerlifting | 57.49% | 42.51% |
| Bumper Plates over Iron Plates | 56.89% | 43.11% |
| Concept2 Rower over Rogue Echo Bike | 52.91% | 47.09% |
| Cardio Machines over Real-Life Running | 51.83% | 48.17% |
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