Wall of love for Pain Academy
Discovering this movement program has completely transformed my approach to exercise and overall well-being. Being in a more balanced physiological state has not only improved my body but helped me maintain a healthier weight and develop a more positive outlook on life. After changing nothing else in my life for the past eight months, I can confidently credit this program for these remarkable improvements - thank you, Vinnie!
I started this program a little over a year ago. I was not in extreme pain but had nagging recurrent problems in my right shoulder. I wanted to be more flexible and noticed that i was taking longer to recover from longer hikes or trying a new activity and I sit too much and have some posture issues. I know that I need to start strength training but was afraid of injury, so after seeing ads for this program and doing the better hip challenge, I decided to give it a try. For most of the year except when I've been ill and a little for travel I did the program every day.
It moved a little fast for me. I took a little extra time to get to phase three and a whole month extra before i started phase four. Phase four was a struggle but I pushed through it and went ahead and started phase five but found it just too difficult. i was having leg cramps during the night and sore all the time so i decided to go back to phase three but with some new routines. I was happy with that until a recent three week illness that I'm still not recovered from that has left me unable to exercise, but I hope to start back in with a week or two of phase two and then back to phase three. (I did a phase one routine yesterday and logged on to do one tonight when I got the link for this review)
So this program progresses through different routines that get harder in each phase. You try out many different options and pick the ones that make you feel best and focus on those as you move to the next level interspersed with new challenges. In some ways I love this but it also narrows the range of what you work on. That's why I ended up going back and focusing on different routines from the earlier phases, to build up the parts of me that could not handle a lot fo the phase four and five work.
My shoulder was resolved within two months. I have been gaining strength and better alignment when I move. IN fact I planned to start weight training in January before this recent setback of this long lasting flu,
Many exercises are like the Egoscue method that I had used from a book to resolve back and neck pain about 12 years ago, but Vinny's videos made me understand that I was going too fast and sometimes without the right form. It is valuable to have someone model the exercise and then talk through them as you do them.
My rib cage is rotated, one should dips a bit, one foot turns out when I walk. I have made a small amount of progress on those things, not as much as I would like. I still can't hinge forward and touch the ground (which is why I can't do a lot of the exercises) but I'm about 10 inches away rather than 15. There are exercises that seemed impossible when I started that are now much more comfortable. I couldn't find my glutes at first, and it was excruciating to hold a squat for 1 minute or a wall sit for two. Now its easy. My swimming times have dropped.
Overall this program has been valuable to me and I have recommended it to others. I didn't use the coaching much at all because of the time difference and I had a few issues with losing access to the website a couple different times and with the initial order but they were resolved. I'm 60 years old and I think its very important for me to keep using this program and hopefully make it all the way to phase five this year so that I will be in a good position to maintain mobility as I age.
I would love it if there was an add one where you could send in your videos or still photos and get individual coaching. It turned out to be a little less personalized than I thought. You assess your own videos. But it is still a great program and if you are motivated to put in the work, you will see results,
I started this program a little over a year ago. I was not in extreme pain but had nagging recurrent problems in my right shoulder. I wanted to be more flexible and noticed that i was taking longer to recover from longer hikes or trying a new activity and I sit too much and have some posture issues. I know that I need to start strength training but was afraid of injury, so after seeing ads for this program and doing the better hip challenge, I decided to give it a try. For most of the year except when I've been ill and a little for travel I did the program every day.
It moved a little fast for me. I took a little extra time to get to phase three and a whole month extra before i started phase four. Phase four was a struggle but I pushed through it and went ahead and started phase five but found it just too difficult. i was having leg cramps during the night and sore all the time so i decided to go back to phase three but with some new routines. I was happy with that until a recent three week illness that I'm still not recovered from that has left me unable to exercise, but I hope to start back in with a week or two of phase two and then back to phase three. (I did a phase one routine yesterday and logged on to do one tonight when I got the link for this review)
So this program progresses through different routines that get harder in each phase. You try out many different options and pick the ones that make you feel best and focus on those as you move to the next level interspersed with new challenges. In some ways I love this but it also narrows the range of what you work on. That's why I ended up going back and focusing on different routines from the earlier phases, to build up the parts of me that could not handle a lot fo the phase four and five work.
My shoulder was resolved within two months. I have been gaining strength and better alignment when I move. IN fact I planned to start weight training in January before this recent setback of this long lasting flu,
Many exercises are like the Egoscue method that I had used from a book to resolve back and neck pain about 12 years ago, but Vinny's videos made me understand that I was going too fast and sometimes without the right form. It is valuable to have someone model the exercise and then talk through them as you do them.
My rib cage is rotated, one should dips a bit, one foot turns out when I walk. I have made a small amount of progress on those things, not as much as I would like. I still can't hinge forward and touch the ground (which is why I can't do a lot of the exercises) but I'm about 10 inches away rather than 15. There are exercises that seemed impossible when I started that are now much more comfortable. I couldn't find my glutes at first, and it was excruciating to hold a squat for 1 minute or a wall sit for two. Now its easy. My swimming times have dropped.
Overall this program has been valuable to me and I have recommended it to others. I didn't use the coaching much at all because of the time difference and I had a few issues with losing access to the website a couple different times and with the initial order but they were resolved. I'm 60 years old and I think its very important for me to keep using this program and hopefully make it all the way to phase five this year so that I will be in a good position to maintain mobility as I age.
I would love it if there was an add one where you could send in your videos or still photos and get individual coaching. It turned out to be a little less personalized than I thought. You assess your own videos. But it is still a great program and if you are motivated to put in the work, you will see results,