“After closer inspection its a lot more obvious that he’s trying to make his body and his mouth, and he’s like yelling. “But then it came to my attention after I made the video, that Jeff was claiming he was doing a touch-and-go with 495lb on his deadlift,” Scott continued. You’re not claiming to lift a certain amount of weight. I said in my video ‘Hey you know what, sometimes you’re doing long photo shoots or video shoots, you get tired, maybe you’re using fake weights to get through the day without killing yourself, because you still have your own training to do, other work to do, whatever the reason might be.’ I’ve been on photoshoots where there’s fake weights, and in that aspect I don’t think it really matters. “That’s how it came across to me, and the reason we’re even talking about this, is because about a month ago people started noticing and calling Jeff out on using fake weights on some of his lifts. “Another video came out, a recent video from Jeff at Athlean-X, where it kind of looked like he was basically packaging the video around him doing heavy deadlifts,” Herman said. Moreover, he calls for Cavaliere to issue an apology over using the fake weights. He recently uploaded another video to his channel, comparing the deadlift with fake weights, to one that was recently uploaded, seemingly using real weights. He had been one of the first people to call Jeff Cavaliere out for his fake weights, naturally getting pushback from Jeff’s supporters. One person who has been particularly vocal about his displeasure with Athlean-X, is fellow YouTuber Scott Herman. This controversy has run rampant throughout the site, as several people have since made videos pointing out the fake weights, and tearing Jeff down. In particular, there was a video Cavaliere, who runs the channel, posted that shows him deadlifting 495lb, with what has been called out as fake weights. Things have been tense in the YouTube fitness community, as Athlean-X, one of the biggest channels for fitness tips on the platform, was accused of using fake weights.
Fellow fitness YouTuber Scott Herman has now put Jeff Cavaliere on notice for what he is doing. There has been a ton of controversy surrounding YouTube fitness channel Athlean-X, for their apparent use of fake weights. Facebook Twitter Reddit Flipboard LinkedIn