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This page is for referrals to products I recommend. I do not make recommendations for things I do not personally enjoy owning and using. In some cases, I may receive a commission if you choose to buy through my links, but I’m not just posting random links for money - you can rest assured that anything on this page is the best I have found.
Elastic Steel
Paul Zaichik has some great products for improving strength, balance, and flexibility. Each one gives you a specific routine designed to get the most out of the body’s natural reflexes. Teach your nervous system to relax and allow your body to “stretch” deeper with less effort. Build real, solid strength without having to go to a gym. Paul is not just some random personal trainer selling internet workout programs; he’s a martial artist and gymnast, and he has some very impressive movement.
I’ve used his stretching manual over the past year to rehab a groin sprain from early 2006, and I feel stronger and more mobile than I ever did before my injury. If you’re frustrated with stretching methods that simply do not work, give this a try.
RMAX
i’m very stoked about being able to suggest RAMX. I’m stoked because I really love the products on offer and use them myself. Please, check out RMAX and Circular Strength Training. Here are my personal recommendations:
Intu-Flow - This program is the updated version of Warrior Wellness, which is where I began my exploration of CST/RMAX. Intu-Flow is a DVD program of progressively-sophisticating routines for developing increased joint mobility, coordination, and balance. I credit my daily practice of Intu-Flow with some wonderful improvements in my overall agility and mobility over the past year.
Clubbells - I love my clubbells, but they may be a little pricey for some people to get started with. However, they are much cheaper than a few months of gym membership, not to mention portable. With two ten-pound clubbells, I can get as much workout in twenty minutes as I used to get from an hour in the weight room. Don’t be fooled by the weight - clubbells generate a lot of ballistic torque, providing efficient, multi-planar strength development.
FlowFit - FlowFit is a very complete full-body workout that requires only about fifteen minutes per session. There are four difficulty levels on the disc in a very cleverly arranged “intuitive” progression format. When I broke my finger and couldn’t hold my clubbells, I began doing FlowFit during my rehabilitation and saw immediate results. I still do FlowFit everyday in conjunction with my Intu-Flow and yoga practice. FlowFit is now free to all Americans.
Be Breathed - I’ve gotten a lot of good comments on my breathing article. About half of that article was inspired by my own practice of the exercises in be breathed. The DVD course also covers many things that weren’t related to that article, so it’s a very good investment in your health.
RMAX also produces a number of products related to general training principles and various aspects of the martial arts. I own most of their resource titles refer to them often. If you are interested in any of them, please mail me for specific recommendations, but I feel most people will receive the greatest benefit be beginning with the materials listed above.
Anytime you purchase an RAMX product through my links, you are helping me substantially. You are also helping yourself to better health and movement. Your body and I thank you.
Content of this page created by Andy Fossett exclusively for Taido/Blog.Tags: georgia tech, list, methods, practice, training
Just out of curiosity how does purchasing rmax productys through your link help you? I have been considering buying warrior wellness or possibly the updated version (intuflow?). Every time i use your link it deliveries me to the homepage…if you made a link that directly connects to the product it might help…though im not sure if the legal disclaimer would let you.
i think i get something like 10% commission on sales through my link at rmax. because their corporate management has recently gone really over-the-top with disclaimers and such, i am only allowed to link to the front page, which sucks, because i don’t like their new site layout very much. i would prefer to send taido students directly to the information that i feel they can put to the best use, but they want you to click the “agree” button…
at any rate, both warrior wellness and intu-flow are awesome. if you’ll be at summer camp, i can give you a preview of what they entail…