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- [Kelsey] We're here at Rise Nation in Los Angeles
- And we're gonna train like Lebron James for a week.
I read that Lebron is heavily into this machine,
he called it his girlfriend on Instagram.
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- [Kelsey] I go to the gym pretty much every day.
- [Chris] And I play basketball about three or four
times a week, it's super impactful on your knees,
a lot of jumping.
- I really am looking for a cardio that's fun and engaging.
- If he's prolonging his career by using something,
I feel like it's a good thing for me to do.
- So we have three classes here at Rise Nation,
we have level one which is the one we're doing today.
Which is our introduction climb, gives a little more detail
and just kinda gets people adjusted to the climbing machine.
Level two is most of our classes,
just a fun high energy super good workout.
Level three is our extreme climb,
and that is just a little more power behind it,
a little longer and just a little more badass.
So these guys are gonna start off with our intro today
and then take three level two classes,
and finish off with a level three.
So we're excited to see how they do throughout the week.
Two! One! Walk it out! Go one two.
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- [Kelsey] The first five minutes was more like,
panic and shock because it is weird mechanically
trying to like, keep your arms and legs up
and then once I started kind of figuring that out
it became kind of fun.
- [Chris] I was behind Kelsey so I saw how she did,
and it kinda kept me motivated 'cause I was dyin a few times
and then I would look up and she was goin strong.
- [Kelsey] I thought that my legs were pretty strong,
but they felt like noodles.
- I feel just like Lebron, we're sweating,
it's like the post-game interview.
For the next class I'm super excited,
I'm just a little bit terrified.
So we are about to do the second level,
I feel pretty sore in my legs today.
- I don't wanna go, it's step for half an hour,
that is brutal.
- Kelsey and Chris are taking the level two class
for the next three days, I would say the level two class
is a bit faster paced and it's 30 minutes.
I know the beginning may be a struggle, but I have faith
by the end they'll be total rockstars.
Up one two three four up! (hype music)
- [Chris] The second one is a lot more faced paced stuff,
for a longer length of time.
And then they also introed like, different movements.
Like there was one where you're only using like one hand.
- [Kelsey] The instructor was possibly
the most entertaining part of it.
There was a part where I thought I was dying
and then all of the sudden she was just like dancing
up on the Versa Climber. - She danced.
This is the second time we've done it
and I'm like, still sweating, it's been like an hour.
Today was very reassuring, didn't really need breaks
so it's good to feel like we're progressing.
There was extra motivation this morning because
on Lebron James's Instagram story he actually posted
that he was there, I think we missed him by like an hour.
- Today is my last day of level two class,
I'm excited to get a good workout in.
I set a goal for myself today, I blew right past it.
I'm pretty sure I look like it just rained all over me.
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It's the final day, lets get it.
Yay! Also, I'm terrified.
- So Chris and Kelsey have taken three classes,
they've gone through their basic training
and now they're ready for a level three extreme.
That means they are on a Versa Climber 40 minutes,
non-stop climbing their way to the top.
So a level three people are crushing
about 6000 feet sometimes, don't worry if you don't hit 6000
it takes some time to build up to that.
So if you're hitting anywhere above 3500 feet, you're solid.
Here we go, we got 15 seconds right here!
Let me see you move. (hype music)
- [Kelsey] From day one, our producer called it death
so that was really encouraging.
But actually it was not that bad.
- [Chris] Yeah, I think the four classes
in advance really helped us.
- [Kelsey] Level one you just do one action,
to like get used to it and then level two
you'd switch it up a lot.
Level three it felt like you almost went back to level one
and just stuck on one thing for the whole song.
But the pace was really high.
- [Chris] The great thing about having an extra 10 minutes
today, was that I think we both
set new highs in our step count.
- [Kelsey] I feel like I've shed water weight
really fast doing these classes.
- [Chris] Yeah, puddles of sweat after every single class.
- [Kelsey] But oh my gosh, that instructor was incredible.
It felt like we were all in his music video.
- [Chris] He played Kendrick at one point
and I was like I'm gonna get off this climber.
- It's over, we did it! High five!
- We finally survived.
I would definitely recommend this class to anyone
no matter what sport or whatever you're training for
I think it's easy on the body, great workout.
It's only a half hour so if you're like
pressed for time perfect for that.
- I would definitely go back, I think this
would be a fun thing to rotate in.
I could not imagine being Lebron and doing this on top of,
I'm sure, what he already does.
- And if you catch him in a class they say that he's
super energetic and like raps to the music
and is very encouraging.
- I'm gonna come back just for that.
I got an instagram just like Lebron.
- I can't believe that our butts touch the same space
that Lebron's butt touched.
We can probably dock now.
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