When you can do pigeon pose then you’re cooking with gas 
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Also, if you have Apple stuff, people really enjoy their Apple fitness classes. They have yoga and Pilates. I’m not one, but many do well with fitness in these classes or programs where they’ve somewhat turned things into games and stuff. Tracking heart rate, getting badges, ding sounds for accomplishments, and so on. If that’s you, check some of that stuff out.
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Mrs Foreigner uses these and likes them very much.
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Started my workout routine at8:15 this morning via facetime with my brother , we are doing it together
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I’m gonna throw this out there, because I shared this recently with another member.
This is in regard to a program called Pain Academy.
Buying the program is expensive, but at the end of the summer I’m going to reach out to Vinny and ask if I can get a discounted rate for anyone on OG who experiences chronic pain (if folks on here are interested).
Here’s what I shared with the other member:
- Regarding the program:
The creator broke or majorly injured his back when he was younger, and used the techniques to rehab.
I’m sure you’ve also seen the decrease in presentation of scoliosis in his promotional material.
I personally got a free membership for 6 months and consistently emailed back and forth with Vinny before his program got national attention. He’s a great guy, and he really wants people to feel better.
Now, the program: If you spend the money on it, you must do a sequence every single day as much as possible. The work is passive rebalancing; that often means just lying there, or moving your body in tiny subtle ways. At first it is hard to believe that anything is happening, but you are reprogramming your proprioception (your awareness of the position your body is in).
As this happens your posture and walking gait will"correct" themselves, and pain patterns will gradually dissipate.
I’m going to reiterate though: This program requires your commitment. If you do it twice a week, you’re not going to notice anything. It’s different than working out, because there’s no stretching, and no resistance training, it’s about allowing your body to come back to neutral.
I can give examples of how compensation in the body creates pain, but that’s pretty dense info, so I’ll save it unless you want to know more.
My experience was hard to believe: I had major pain/popping/restriction in my shoulders from working as a massage therapist. I really thought I might have to quit the profession.
Doing the same sequence every day for 2 weeks, I progressed through 4 sequences in 8 weeks. In that time my shoulder mobility increased beyond the range I had before I was a massage therapist… I could reach behind my back for the first time in many years! Even now that my trial has been expired for a couple years, when my body starts asking for attention (by sending pain signals), I do parts of the sequences from memory, and start to feel better.
The most important thing is being super aware of every physical cue, and trying to do exactly what is prescribed.
Lastly, you have to get out of your own way. When you start, you may think “There’s no way this is doing anything.” The second you start to believe that is the moment you start to quit. Your central nervous system does not want you to create a big change. Even if it will make your life significantly better, we are programmed that change is dangerous when compared to staying the same. You have to overcome that paradox, and nobody is immune to it. When you feel resistant to doing the thing you’ve decided to change, you have to recognize that there is an internal conflict of interest, and then choose to do the thing your brain doesn’t want you to do.
It’s a tall order, and probably the single biggest obstacle that people don’t * overcome, on the way to health.
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@Jetdro I didn’t give you permission to post my picture!
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i knew youd be ok with it
used this book before i have 
Have done it before and had a 6 pack , its time to get it back
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I believe, I perceive, I will achieve! fuck yeah!
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=veNXu4L8Zr0&pp=ygULSW5zYW5lIHlvZ2E%3D
Ashtanga is awesome and really fun if you’re competitive and you need to chill out, but still like pushing yourself. Don’t go trying this stuff right away. Build up to it slowly. Vinyasa as well. Unless you’re participating in athletics for scholarship money or it’s your career as a professional athlete, weights are unnecessary. Especially if you’re overweight. You’ve got plenty of body weight to use. Trainers are a rip-off as well. You have to get yourself on the right path. You can’t look at is a diet or 12-week program. It’s a lifestyle of being healthy. It never ends and it’s all of the time. Feeling healthy and feeling confident in yourself feels so much better than any donut, milkshake, steak, and so on will ever make you feel.
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Awesome! This sounds really cool, and I’m sure would benefit a ton of people, a bunch on this thread alone “top shelf invalids” 
nah just playing but yes I’m definitely intrigued.
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I dunno man I had cheesecake for breakfast and I feel great!
But you’re right. Good advice.
Hot yoga is interesting too but intense. I’ve seen people throw up and pass out.
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I remember this book. Hahaha Arnold’s big grey book and a few others when I was a kid all about lifting and being a douche. Haha
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Tips? If all you do is walk to start, walk like the stores about to close. Simple goals. Comparing yourself, or even putting much thought into what you used to do is tough. You’re maybe a couple days older. Possibly downtime due to injuries, health issues, or any other # of things. You are where you are. You know what to do. So do I. But it’s hard.
Walking’s been my thing for a few years, until maybe last fall. Low impact. I need to do a lot more, but right now have a few roadblocks I’m working on. But a little over a year ago, I’d walk a brisk 5 miles regularly. No problem. Now? No fricking way!
I’ve watched @Tonygreen over the last year. 18 months. Not my place to label him. He did that. He didn’t like what he saw. What did he do? He got after it HARD! Do I think he’s gone overboard. Maybe a little, but regardless I am impressed. I don’t say that often. Don’t know the man at all, but there’s something for me to learn.
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@Jetdro good for you brother I remember reading you were gonna start doing it, good for you. To most I look healthy af, but I’m so far from it anymore it’s sad, especially these last few years have just drug me down mentally, physically and emotionally, I’m over it. Tired of being tired, feeling weak and just not being myself, plus once fall comes I hike miles and miles and miles almost daily so I need my stamina and legs back, but most of all I just wanna be healthy again and FEEL HEALTHY. Not getting any younger either so anything I can do to stay with my kids, my wife a bit longer I’m all for
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i have Arnolds big grey , and Tom Venutos , and many others too
Hot yoga is great. I just do a lot of it outside in Florida these days, so it’s usually hot yoga. Haha
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yeah no need for a heated studio
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Those books had tons of info in them though. That’s for sure. People carried that grey Arnold book like a bible. He came to the gym next to our school twice and gym people absolutely treat him like the messiah. It’s wild.
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yeah finally talked my brother into it , he is in horrible shape , doing this more for him .
He got dizzy and near passed out on our first session this morning, and it was just a warm up . Gonna be a long slow haul as i will go at his speed
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