Titan Ronin Plyometric Machine Review: Who Asked For This?!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- I've been testing the Titan Ronin Plyo Machine for a few weeks now and I love it...I think...maybe...but I don't know why...
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The Titan Fitness Ronin Plyometric Machine is one of the most confusing products I've reviewed. It's big. It's overbuilt. It's pretty niche-focused. And I'm not sure who it's made for.
Titan is a home gym equipment company. The Ronin is designed to meet the needs of University Strength Coaches. It just doesn't add up.
But, when I put that thought out of my mind, I realize, I love this product. I think it's a fantastic idea. But, I simply don't know who I'd recommend it to. Let's review it.
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Coop: “if I had the space for this…”
Also Coop: Stands in a massive warehouse with mostly empty floor space
TRUE , and hard to box jumps outside if it rains or snows or windy.
lol - time to rename the channel: Commercial Garage Gym Reviews
The Reverse Hyper now has it's biggest competition...for a cellphone and drink shelf.
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This is an iconic comment
Underrated comment.
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I could vote for that, at least its easier to clean.. hahah
Commenting before watching, but I just don't see the need. Price and footprint is that of something you'd find in a commercial/team facility. In those settings you're likely doing either group training (team) or 1:1 personal training (commercial). For the team aspect, you want to be able to get as many people going as possible, not having a single file line of people working through this, especially not wanting to take the time to adjust for each person so the adjustability factor is moot. In the 1:1 setting (which also translates to teams training), is the trainee really going to have a huge benefit from having 69 adjustable points for something that will have the same benefit as a 3 sided/height box that costs less than 1/10th of this item, has no moving parts to break, and still takes up a fraction of the space? This prob makes a better adjustable desk than it does a piece of functional equipment :)
Eh I’d disagree, I played college football, the team workout isn’t 100 people doing the exact same movement at the same time. There’s still breakdown into groups, and even more so into lifter/spotter combo. Colleges buy 5-10 of these, the whole “wait time” argument is moot. No wearability/product breakdown is still a factor though.
@@taylormaciow7422 I played college basketball, we did this in groups as well using traditional boxes. I don't think any college would buy 5-10 of these either, they take up just as much room as a rack would in some instances, they'd be better off just buying a rack attached platform that would give the same adjustability.
@@BasementBrandon 1st, the reverse hyper is the standup desk. I use my standup desk for reverse hypers 2 times per week. The other 5 days it is a standing desk. As to this equipment, seems as though having 2 plyo boxes would take up as much space. I just don't much believe in box jumps, unless you're doing drop jumps. Jumping onto a box is not a true plyometric. It's not useless, particularly for old timers like me, but hip mobility leads to higher box jumps than actually improved vertical jumping ability. You can get really good at jumping onto boxes by jumping onto boxes. Dr. Yessis and Yuri Verkhoshansky have the evidence to back up the claims regarding true plyometric training. I have identical twin boys that are now 16 and have used them as Guinea pigs for jumping. That small sample showed me this: standing vertical is hard to improve, but to the extent it can be improved the best way is strength development and bounding. Lots of drop jumps, depth jumps, 10 meter sprints, weighted calf jumps. The box jump did nothing for us.
@@awmlawoffice Not really sure where you're going with your points. I never said a box jump was/wasn't warranted. A typical plyo box is roughly 24x30x20, and weighs
@@BasementBrandon just saying that if you want more than 20x24x30 you will need more than one box. Boxes are a pain in the ass in the garage. This over built "box" may actually save space.
I got to give Titan credit for trying to be innovative but this just missed the mark completely for home gym owners
Yeah, it's a cool product, but too big and expensive for like 99.99% of home gym owners, and not well enough made for most commercial facilities. Definitely agree with Coop on all points here
Home gyms for adult fitness, I agree 100%. Considering how competitive and hardcore youth and high school sports are and how hard some parents push, I wonder if that's the specific home gym owners they were targeting. D1 strength coaches, not so much. Time for Rogue to steal from Titan!
Speaking as someone who would love to do more max box jumps, I love this idea. Speaking as someone with a limited budget and space, I think getting (or building) a good set of jerk boxes would the job just fine with more functionality.
COOOOP!! I like the vid, but just wanted to throw this out there: I am a Parkour athlete / instructor- this is one of the best pieces of equipment I have seen so far to work on jump height safely. I have been training with others that could do 60” box jumps (not me, I maxed out around 48”) and this would be AWESOME to train the progressions to get there. We basically had a lot of different things people could jump on safely, but progressions would typically be in 1 foot increments, or basically “this looks bigger.” For people doing body weight workouts, you could do HSPU or ring pushup progressions and elevate the feet to work toward vertical. So, if you don’t want/ need that one… send it my way! ;-)
The new warehouse (and the videos shot in it are great), but I would suggest that you either swap the lamps or use ballast to synchronize the flicker of the light with the framerate frequency you're using.
In other words, there is a clear flicker (and progressive scan color shift) from the top neon lights, and if GGR is aiming for TV like quality video, that's the last step you need to tackle. :)
Keep on the good work.
When I hear Titan I definitely think $2000 specialty machines for a simple plyometric exercise that haven't been validated by their top competitors. Good looking and high quality product and big swing with some Steve Jobs (NEXT era) level thinking in terms of bringing it to market.
Coop - that top hole is only used for shipping. The second hole down is the 60" level with 1" increments down to 12"
A simple wooden plyometric box remains superior. How many people will fail to jump high enough, or have feet hooked underneath and fall heavily onto all that metal.
Wow. I need this. Screw getting a decent squat rack, or having floor space for other exercises. I have money to burn and can think of no other thing in the world that I need more than a massive adjustable height bench for jumping up and down.
Wait. Dammit.
I just realized that my garage doesn't have enough ceiling height. Ok. I need a new home with higher ceiling first, then this.
(/s)
Waiting on Titan fitness to release a hip thrust bench 🙏🏻 please!
Can’t be any worse than paying 1000’s to walk on a treadmill 😂
Right
You can resell the treadmill and get a lot of the money back, recouping as much as 70% by some estimates.
@@avinashtyagi2 or you can walk outside for free
@@NittoNba44 Then why even have a home gym?
You can go pick up rocks instead of buying weights and a rack and a bar
@@NittoNba44 you must not live in the far north or south.
Yoooo the ronin intro and edit was so good. Good job editor
You always do a great job of finding any pros that may be there. This piece of equipment I think would just be if you had a huge huge space and had money to burn. I wouldn’t use this for it isn’t moveable and would take a lot of work to go to it anytime I wanted to do any type of step ups. Also I can definitely see missing it when it’s high and hitting your head regardless.
I like this more than owning ploy boxes, but I'd hit my head on the ceiling with this.
Companies create problems that don’t exist & consumers fall for it. $100-$250 plyo box kit will accomplish the same thing with a fraction of the footprint. Not to mention spending near $2000 dollars to jump on a platform is comical.
Or $40 at Home Depot and about 15 minutes of free time...
I honestly can't see a single human being buying this.
Dude this would be an awesome Atlas Stone platform!!
A very expensive standing desk to fill out your training log and set your drinks on
What a joke. Spotter arms and a seat attachment on a power rack do the same thing, but with better stability and don't take up any additional floor space.
To make it safer, they need to use longer plates so the guide rods are closer to the uprights. Now they can get rid of the top bar, and move it towards the bottom for rigidity. Then they need a multi pulley system so the weight stack doesn't move as much relative to the platform. If they could keep it below the minimum height of the platform, then you'd never hit it.
I had a Sorinex version of this. The Sorinex version lacked the counter weight and hand rails. Adjusting it was a pain but was worth using it. I sold it to the fellas at Power Athlete. I loved using it for atlas stone loading. And step ups.
Why not have a weight stack on either side? This opens up the back making it impossible to hit your head.
I have a feeling they just made this for the sake of the bigger commercial version they have which would probably sell better for gym facilities. Too expensive for a chair though.
*We want in depth reviews on the Agrro Bar and the new Premium Textured Pad Rogue made for the AB-3.0*
Love the atlas stone idea... probably better than the original purpose.
just bought it for under 1k bow on the website! Had to look up reviews first and you absolutely convinced me it was worth it. Thanks, so excited to get this beast!
The space looks hella sharp, Coop
I gotta say bro, and this perhaps is more targeted at your film crew but you need to put some sound dampeners in to reduce the echo. This would go a long way to help make feel so much more professional. The warehouse look for testing is great! But to get really the most of it:
Grab 2 c-stands and 2 48 x 48" Floppy Cutter - Top Hinge, but them either side of camera in front of the talent, this will also give you some nice contrast if you put them opposite of where the windows are by cutting on reflections
Grab 2 stands and a long ass metal pipe, rig a heavy neutral fabric on top and let it hang.
This will help you improve your sound and overall quality of the video! cheers, keep it up, you guys are awesome
Who would waste precious homegym space for this, every free inch matters in a homegym we can’t waste it on this..
Exactly
I agree, that is not designed for the home gym. It would take so much space in my garage!
It's too big for my basement but I do think it's a really versatile piece of equipment.
i subscribed to this channel for the high tech crap no one needs
Coop is really trying to hold onto that hair. That hair part is halfway to the back of his head 😂
I feel like you could very easily add an attachment to the front here, and with a little tweak to the lever that attaches to rack, make it very easily a safety squat/bench and just legit plop weight on the platform. Just weld on something to the bottom and attach on and come out with a knurled bar that can be used for squats or bench. That versatility would make this a very valuable machine.
The new facility has an unpleasant echo to sound. You should really do something about that, as it drastically effects the quality of these videos.
I got a nice plyo box from REP delivered to my house for about $80.
A utility seat attached to safety arms accomplishes this much better. Especially for a home gym setting.
Using it as an atlas stone platform is interesting. Not $1800 interesting but If someone made something like this for much cheaper or if Titan makes this much cheaper, I’d get it just for that
Starting to see these pop up in more specialty athletic training facilities I follow on the Gram. Seeing NFL players get reps on it. While it would be a massive homegym flex to buy one, it’s intended market is clearly trainers.
Well I'm just going to make a platform for my bench safety's on my squat rack, thanks for the idea coop
I don't get it. Why not simply use a box with 3 different heights + some bumper plates??
Interesting, because most top coaches have moved away from high box jumps; risk vs reward is risk high.
The edits are getting insane 👍
Yeah I second some of the sentiments expressed here, when Coop isn't reviewing a gimmicky "smart" product that will be obsolete in a few months, he is reviewing yet another Titan product, after doing a two part promo on the brand... Why not an in depth guide on barbell bushings (different bronze, hybrid, composite...) and bearings ? A comprehensive review of the different knurls on the market with macro shots and reasons to go one way or the other ? Why no reviews on the updated Rogue Monolift ? Why no reviews on the new Kabuki stuff (Kroc, Deadlift bar, etc) ? No reviews on the Kleva deadlift jack ? There's a lot of potentially good products that aren't getting reviewed here.
But haven't you heard? The future is in tech!! lol
Neat, but space, price, and weight is an issue my garage gym. I'm 6ft2in and I couldn't keep this in my garage, would risk putting my head into the ceiling. Would have to wheel it outside to use it and at 180lbs, would get old having to move it every time. I want to be able to walk out, stretch and get to business.
I could definitely see it saving space over my old gym's pile o soft boxes, but it would not be a home gym purchase.
Maybe I haven’t seen it, but why didn’t titan make that pad as an attachment to a rack and sell it for 200 -300 bucks?That sounds better for home gym owners…
Exactly. Like a Rogue/Sorinex utility seat attached to safety arms.
Seems like the handle from the back could've been used for adjusting too, having separate tabs for one motion seems like an overlooked aspect.
*The best lifters in the world do box jumps???? I've never once heard or seen the guys at Westside Barbell doing a box jump.*
you can't be serious Louie Simmons preaches box jumps and they had the highest box jump in the world for years at 63.5 inches, Louie wrote a book on box jumping, literally the top authority probably in the world on it. He has used it to raises explosive strength in athletes for 40 years. Most of what Louie does is based off the books of Yuri Verkhoshansky, the father of plyometrics. All you have to do is type in westside box jumps and you get quite a bit.
Can you do a review/comparison of deadlift jacks? There are a few on the market and it’d be great to have your opinion.
The creator was butt hurt about criticism in the comments on Instagram lol. This product is extreeeeeemly niche. I’d be interested to see how this sells.
Maybe an attachment for a rack could have been designed- I think other then college/professional athletes i can't see anyone using this.
The “stealth leg press” can attach to the rack
I saw an add that said “the only plyometric box you’ll ever need”….I thought to myself, “didn’t think I ever needed one, but ok…”
Honestly, I'd love this if I had an actual garage gym. I don't have a garage, so it's not remotely an option, but I'd love to incorporate this into my training.
You'd need a 2 story garage else you'd hit your head.
Looking good Coop. I see you’re leaning down!
This unit is currently priced at $600.00 for a “limited time” + free shipping. I pulled the trigger 6 bills plus about 50 bucks in taxes, free shipping. I’m a trainer so it’s gonna get used! Check out Coach Blatnick’s review on his channel.
Bro where is this deal located??>?
Vertical space is a big one with this. I'd hit my head on the ceiling of my basement if I tried using this plyo machine.
This reminds me of the car Homer designed for his brother.
I would love you to review vertical leg press machines
They’ll sell dozens…. Dozens!
I think commenters may be missing the point of this. This kind of functions like a halo project; it’s not meant for mass consumption. It’s like a Dodge Hellcat or Corvette ZR-1. Most people aren’t going to pay 100k for a dodge or a corvette but it’s meant to bring up the image of the brand. Same with Titan.
Whether this halo project actually succeeds is another discussion. My biggest concern is missing on this thing would hurt since there’s a lot of metal everywhere and when you miss you’re usually off-balance. Even if Titan massively flops with this, at least they have moved the conversation away from how they’re perceived as a company that only produces cheap copies of competitors’ products.
ok, and I say this as a fellow sufferer of mpb, you should either get some clippers and just buzz your hair short, or lose the moustache. But best thing is to do both of those. It's awesome to no longer pay for haircuts. Regarding this machine, it's entirely ridiculous. Good for folding clothes on.
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I'm just glad Coop isn't reviewing smart gym equipment. I could care less if it's a product that I'll never buy, I just don't want to sit through any more reviews of the screen-focused gimmicks the industry is pushing right now.
Coop!
Get your hands on a Speedience trainer. It’s like the portable tonal. I would love to see your thoughts. Thanks for all your reviews!
@J.A Stevenson I'll look into that and put it on our list of potential reviews. Have you used one? Thank you -Mike GGR Community Manager
@@GarageGymReviews I have not. I was wondering if you had. Or if they would ship you one to test. They would never send me one to test. But maybe y’all.
It’s like a tonal but portable meaning you can move it. And you can use it with a rower and it is 220lb resistance instead of tonals 200lb limit. Seems really cool
@@GarageGymReviews Coop & Mike how do I get in contact with you? The company Speedience wants to connect. I am just trying to help out.
@@JaredAlexanderStevenson Shoot me an email: coop@garagegymreviews.com
@@GarageGymReviews on it!
The best thing about titan is their innovation. This is an awesome idea, just can't be used outside of a gym.
I don't do plyo work, but have seen it performed. And seen people fail. I'm not sure when you fail you want to fall into a heavy metal cage
Coop finally separated himself from the cluster-F of equipment so he can actually focus! Added bonus, all the haters jealous of Coop's gym assets have less to focus on, LMFAO
how about reviewing pilates machines? or recommend a reviewer for that aspect?
Looks like an $1800 standup desk for my home gym.
Honestly, it takes up less space than a bunch of boxes. Just get the price down, and it's a good thing. Be great for training athletes from your home
Wouldn’t you be able to stack 6 plyo boxes 2 wide 3 high for a similar footprint on the floor?
@Ryan Underwood yah, but it's a pain for me to move them to another location when I have a garage gym. My equipment is tight as it is, so I don't have room to move boxes all over if I'm using multiple equipment in the gym. That's just in my case, though. I get what you're saying though
1. Wish it was electric looks like a better desk/shelve then my HPND
2. Next from Titan the adjustable sandbag machine , it fills n spills but only for 1500 and looks like a cement truck.
3. Its not even worth your time to review but hey youll review anything lol
MC over here commenting on the Ronin lol but your right Titan tried to make something themselves for a change and they really failed the home gym guys like us. Btw I see Coops team used one of the sound effects you use lol
@@shayallday5935
You found me Lmao !!! So i take it your not gonna shell out 2K on Titans beautiful invention?
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Honestly this actually might sell in a crossfit gym. Not likely to see this in a tiny garage gym. A wooden box is much easier to use and much cheaper.
"Is a $250 plyobox that you can build yourself for $50 too cost efficient for you? Buy this $2,000 machine that we will no doubt see you knocking your teeth out on in an IG post in a month or two."
Another great Coop score
Great idea for commercial gym. Size and expense are prohibitive for most home gyms.
For the strongman maybe the sandbag loading, with stones you'd have to do some diy to stop the stones from hitting the counter weights.
If I had my own gym, BIG gym, I'd want that in there 🤷♂️ hell, five of them 🤣
@Vesa Rouvali I am planning on using this for some sandbag stuff getting ready for a strongman Comp. -Mike,
GGR Community Manager
could be a home gym atlas stone platform that's adjustable for specific competitions.
seems like it would make a great adjustable atlas stone platform. just throw a mat on it.
Its cool mechanically, but I certainly wouldn’t spend money on it, especially because of that built in wall.
"For most people this should be up against a wall."
Editor cut off 2nd half of Coop's sentence... "in a box in the Titan warehouse."
Hey Coop I’m sure people have asked before but how about a review on the FitLight vs the Blazepods?
So when are you going to review the new Titan Nemesis functional trainer?
Pro tip: don’t miss a jump.
If they made it so you can clap/fold away the platform, and drilled holes in the handle so you can attach J-cups to it, so you essetially also could use this thing as a squat rack, I may consider it as useful multi functional equipment for a home gym... But at this stage, it's just a gimmick that no home gym owner will ever buy
I can see it now! tons of videos of people smashing there face's on the back bars
Just bought it based solely on that fire ass intro
I originally thought it was meant to lower a few inches when you jumped on it to dampen the impact on your body. But come on guys what’s the point of this?
Ronin: a masterless samurai that roams the lands......umm, shouldn't that be....
....Roamin?
(I'm sorry, couldn't resist :p )
I have not watched through but think stackable plyoboxes are more practical the footprint is the same. Jumping on a platform with an empty void underneath is also a little mentally weird for me... Lastly not sure why Titan made such a niche specific higher end product... would have preferred a copy of a sorinex hurricane instead
it can be a hell of a adjustable cutting board or laptop holder.
And I thought 100 dollars for plywood boxes was ridiculous...
interesting product. Whoever designed when outside the box for it. lol. I could see it in college and school gyms. training gyms. I don't think anyone could make one cheaper other than someone maybe Frankenstein-ing an old smith machine to build something similar.
Why get this when you can either make a box, or get one for much cheaper? This product is pointless.They are either overcomplicating fitness or it's just a money grab. There are cheaper, better options.
2 of this as an adjustable barbell platform
Wait am I missing something? Is this a 3000 dollar replacement for a box?
It's a seat between squat sets. 🙃