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Training at the World’s Most Dangerous Gym (Diamond Gym)

Jesse James West

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[0:00]Today I'm trying the most controversial workout at Diamond Jim. Rip his shirt. What? Oh, what? Oh, wait, wait, no, no, no, no! And when I say this gym is controversial, I'm not exaggerating, as the workouts here are so intense that even some of the biggest names in the fitness industry have called them psychotic, dangerous, and borderline impossible. It's broken, you want to go home? And at the center of it all is a guy named Unk. Fight! Don't disappoint him because you're going to disappoint yourself. Who, unfortunately, for me, is going to be my coach for the day. But before we can meet him, we got to meet his right-hand man. I'm a good cop, and he's like a bad cop. I want you to make it through, he doesn't. If you can tell, I'm a little nervous. Everybody told me I'm going to die. It's going to be all right. You're going to make it through. And by right-hand man, I mean Haddy. You see Haddy and Unk are the two main guys at Diamond Gym that reinforce the super strict rules. And if these rules that I'm going to do my best not to break during my time here at Diamond Gym. But before we learn what those rules are, I needed some encouragement from the locals. This is just signing my life away before I go into the gym. Um, how do you think I'm going to do? You're going to get through it, it's going to be hard. What about you? What do you think, how do you think he's going to go for me? Have your obituary ready. I'm not going to lie, I'm, I'm very nervous right now. Why you nervous? I think you should be, but I'm just asking. Well, that's why. Because I know I should be. What's like one word to get me through this? I would say you just need to just stop talking and just get ready because it's, it's next level. That reminds me, I have three goals while I'm here. One, to survive the entrance fee. Let's just say when you signed in, that's not the entrance fee, whatever the little day pass was. They're going to hit you with an entrance fee that could humble you, it humbled me real quick. Two, try not to break more than three different rules. Hey, get off your knees, bro! I am so freaking thirsty! And three, to win the approval of Unk. No, mother. And don't whisper it, say it loud like a man! And speaking of Unk, it was time to get introduced. Yo, come here real quick, bro, you got to say hello, bro, you know I love when you say hello to my guests when I'm bringing them in here. Come say hello. He can't say hi to me. What did I do? You don't want to say hi to him? No hello. That's all good. He's not really the friendliest at first, but after a while, he lightens up a little bit. That's okay.

[2:07]Okay, so as expected, getting Unk's approval was going to be tough, which is why I came prepared with some chains that would hopefully make him laugh, as I know that they're not allowed here. I'm going to be like, is this okay? What the frick is this? I have that. And then this.

[2:22]No, no, not even no bullshit. Before you all even take your pre-workout, take a walk with me real quick. Okay, so apparently the rumors are true that no jewelry is one of the rules. No jewelry is another one. Because Jesse decided to wear jewelry, 200 burpees straight. *shook* And Unk didn't just punish me. Give that camera to the streamer.

[2:44]He also punished one of my cameramen. Down!

[2:49]One! Two! And if I'm guessing, this might be that entrance fee that that guy was talking about. 25!

[3:01]76! Two more!

[3:06]Ay, cameraman on his knees, come on! Two more! Nine, don't look at me, let's go! Woo! 200! I feel like I'm going to puke. However, after 200 burpees, Unk still wasn't happy, because during those burpees, my cameraman decided not to do them all. Give her the fricking equipment or die! Stop breathing on me, kid! Yes, sir! Still got your jewelry on? Hold on. Too late! Nah, yo, run it back 100, 100 straight, everybody! All right, here we go. Woo! I'm never wearing jewelry again. Entrance fee, baby! Let's pay. And it was while I was doing this entrance fee, which took me about 45 minutes, that I realized the rest of the workout was going to be just like this, because Unk loves to give you extra reps when you least expect it. Holy, dude, oh my God! No joke, no freaking joke. Don't want your jewelry here, trust me. Yo, explain the rules of the workout. No sitting down during the workout, if you stop before your count's over, you get penalized, it might be the head, it might be burpees. No drinking water, no jewelry, if you have any jewelry right now, this is the best time to take it off. Uh, don't talk back, don't stop your reps while on motion, meaning if you're doing an exercise and the rep count is 50, 30, whatever it is, don't get to 20 and stop, that's considered a stop. Everybody is going to be counting your money, so there's no way out, you're in now. And if you do leave, don't come back. We all warmed up now, right? Everyone feel a little bit better? That's cool, five to the hill. Let's go! Following completing the entrance fee but also simultaneously breaking a rule, we had to go run outside for a couple laps up the hill. That's five. I mean, that's four. Three? How many? And while I was running, I realized I didn't actually know what muscle group we were training yet today. So I did not expect the cameraman to have to get involved, I'm sorry about that. Good job, cameraman. 200 burpees to start the workout. That's one way to get alive, baby. Holy crap. Let's get to work. Once everyone is back inside from the run, Unk went over to the cable stack to do some tricep push-downs. However, we were still a bit unsure on what we were training. We don't know what exercise, we don't know what muscles we're going to train today, you just show up and do what you're told from Unk. People are giving me signs that it's going to be 400 push-downs. Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go! Seven, eight, nine, ten, 390, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 300. 400, 400. Let's go. Twenty push-ups? 35, 35. And also, between every set, we also have to do 35 push-ups. However, that's going to vary depending on if you break any of the rules during the lift or not. 35! I've never done 400 reps in my life. This is insane.

[5:42]More, more, fight! Fight! No!

[6:16]I got in trouble for talking. And although it's not technically the same as the no talking back rule, I was still forced to do 35 burpees, which just goes to show that at this gym, you get punished for the most unexpected things. No unnecessary conversation. Come do the exercise the right way.

[6:36]150, 150 straight through it. However, I was going to break an official rule when I tried to do something a little bit sneaky in the middle of these tricep push-downs. Overhead, 150. Nice try, nice pause too. Very smart kid. Add them to the pushup board. Don't stop your reps while on motion. Two. How many more? 30. Go! Five. I feel some pain, oh my God! Now. Now he had a stop, which is a BS stop. That was 20 on top of his mandatory 35, 55 push-ups now. And just like that, our second official rule was broken. I am so freaking thirsty! And I was also starting to get extremely sore as we were about to start the third set of tricep push-downs for another 400 reps. Less than five more tricep. No, no, no, you must. Go! Oh, that's a pin drop, that's another 20, 20 on top of 35, that's going to be 55 push-ups. Don't slam my weights. I'll tell you, I got a crazy pump right now. I also can't hear anything, I feel like I'm about to black out. *dehydration* What the frick was that? Seeing if I can get some liquids.

[7:48]Following the roughly 1000 reps of tricep push-downs I did, it was onto the next exercise, which looked to be bench press. 100. Which on one hand I was happy with because chest is my strongest muscle, but 100 reps is a little excessive. You fought through everything already, all you got to do is the same fight, let's go! 40. Let's go, 60 more, through it. Yeah, go, go, wake it up now, wake it up now!

[8:14]Where he at? Jesse, where you at? Haiti. Come on, can't get up, we only got pills for that, they got Viagra's, Tialus. Three! Get that last one up on his own, you can do it, bro, let's go, up, up, come on! Right there, my muscles literally gave out, which caused me to have to take a little bit of a rest, but unfortunately, that added to my pushup count. How many stops you had? I had 10 stops, 10 on top of the 35, 45 push-ups on the wood, go. Yo, what the frick you waiting for? Count, Jesse, 45.

[8:50]Oh, don't quit, let's go, come on, you got to go up! You can't even stand up! I can't just move. Go, come on, let's go! Hey, get off your knees, bro, that's 20 more.

[9:08]Everybody watching you now, they probably waiting for you to fail, they probably waiting to say you couldn't do it, wake the frick up!

[9:17]Get up, get up, finish it, get up, let's go, get up, come on, go, go, oh yeah! Woo!

[9:33]Against all odds, somehow I was able to complete those push-ups. Almost like how MacroFactor helps you complete your health and fitness goals. This is horrible. MacroFactor workouts is a training app designed to help you plan, track, and progress in your workouts. I personally use it to track my workouts and make sure I'm progressing from week to week. I can't believe he stole my hat. That's so funny. MacroFactor can help you build a personal program from scratch or you could let the app create a personalized program based on your individual goals. Oh, Unk even put up in weight, he doing 135. You want to get the proper warm-up, make sure you download MacroFactor and click that first link in my description. One of the greatest tracking apps for you, use code "Jesse", get two weeks for free. And if you already use MacroFactor's calorie tracking app, it's only a dollar 50 per month extra. Although I have triumphed at 65 pounds, it was now time to do one plate, which normally wouldn't be a problem. However, after the amount of reps we've already done so far, my body was completely fried and hardly even able to do half reps at this point. Which caused me once again to have to rest. Mud, we're not getting no movement over here, bro. What the frick is that? Short strokes will get you left, give me a fight, give me a fight! Oh! Come on. Oh!

[10:44]Oh! Hey, yo, we got hands off the bar, mud, we got a whole lot going on over here. Up, up, up, up! Finish, mother lover! Go! No! Oh, Unk! Okay, so I actually don't know how many rules I broke during that set, but it definitely was a lot and I think I broke my third rule, which means the only goal that's left is to try and win Unk's approval. 10, square root 15, he just threw my gear on the salad. Finish your. You got to do 30 more, where the frick you going? Through the back door, you're going to go to jail for that. Close grip. But before I can even do the extra push-ups for breaking the rules, I had to finish the set. Oh, frick. Oh my God.

[11:28]I know. That's three.

[11:32]Oh my God. Oh, crap. Get up, get the right clamps, try again, put his legs in the air. He's about to die. Come on! Don't whisper it, say it loud like a man! Ah!

[11:46]Oh my God.

[11:54]Ah, get up, get out of this! Holy! Although I shouldn't celebrate too quick, because now it was time to do my punishments. Yo, stand up! You got to figure out his pushup situation, it's a whole lotta, a whole lotta violations. How many complicated if I'm being honest? Shut up! Come talk to me, we're going to get you 50 burpees, 50 push-ups. You got it. Holy! I can't. Language! No fricking curing in Diamond Gym, go! You're right. At this point, I was thinking about letting go of my third goal of winning Unk's approval because my chest was so sore, I wasn't even sure if I can make it through the rest of the workout. Oh my God, bro, my chest is so shot. And if I do have to quit, I'm pretty sure I would not be on his good side by the end. Go, go to another place, don't get in, Jesse. Yeah! Come on! You're in my world now. Yes, sir.

[12:44]Go! Push-ups now, 50, right?

[12:48]No, no, no, no, you must. Now you in my world, now you know what it feel like, come on, come on, come on, I want to see you win, they don't, I do. Ah! Go. Go! Now, go! Go! Go! Yes! Go! Go! Let's go! Now you know what it feel like! Oh my God! Yes, sir. Now up, go! Now you know what it feel like! Oh, oh my God! You got it, go! One more! Go, go! Go! Go, go, yeah! That's 50! That was an honest 50. Did anybody count on that? Run it back. I feel like I'm on another planet right now, I don't even feel like I'm in my body. Fully dissociating. I can't even hear correctly, and out of the corner of my eye, I see Unk loading up more plates. 225 on the bench, and I already knew that whatever reps he was about to do, I was not going to be able to match him. You fought through everything already, all you got to do is the same fight. Let's go! That's how it's done.

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