Part 2: Incorporating Advanced Techniques in your Flexeffect Routine

By Sean Cochrane

If you have not read Part 1 of this article, check it out here!

After the first 3-6 months, and for some, even a year of training, most of the muscle groups will have developed and increased in strength and then comes the opportunity to use the advanced disciplines like Pressure Reps, Jolting and Cross Stretching. There’s been some confusion over these which I’ll try to clear up for you. Most importantly you do NOT have to do them all at once. Many people think because they’re advanced that they have to be done altogether – and the truth is this is incorrect.

At the year mark (and sometimes earlier), you probably will have gotten your muscles developed to the stage where you just want to maintain them without going after growth, so you’ll be able to cut back on the routine from exercising 5 times a week to perhaps only exercising 2 or 3 times a week. I tend to advise people when they do cut back to enable extra rest days in between workouts so that they can introduce the advanced techniques slowly and in parts in very much the same way you started out learning the resistance exercises.

An Example schedule would be:

Day 1: Pressure Reps
Day 2: Resistance Exercises
Day 3: Jolting
Day 4: Resistance Exercises
Day 5: Cross Stretching
Days 6 & 7: Total Rest

The advanced techniques will (as you have noticed from the DVD">) take only a matter of a few minutes but no where near to the same degree of time you spent on your resistance exercises. Not only that, but if you wanted you could even divide up your advanced techniques, so for example doing the forehead scalp one day, the mid face 2 days later, the lower face and neck another 2 days later and so fourth. The combinations are endless.

People who attempt to do everything in one sitting are doing way more than necessary. It's impossible to keep that level of focus, concentration and effort up for everything, especially day in and day out. The the mind gets bored, your hands and fingers are working out hard and can get tired. Your face is also taking a huge workout. Its not going to get you faster results, in fact in reality you may even slow your results. Your tissues need down time to rest.

The 3rd edition of Flexeffect has been designed as a toolbox to enable you to have tools for dealing with any aging concern. Like any well-stocked tool box you will not need every single tool every time you open the box. You will assess the job at hand. And select the tools you need.

Remember to set aside time for your workout so that you do not have to rush and cut corners, because believe me when I say if you cut corners – you will cut your results too. Flexeffect is continuously refining, expanding and updating methods and techniques. And while we believe we have a pretty awesome bunch of tools already, as the years roll by you can expect more. Make sure you visit the forum for any updates

Facial Overbuild

By Deb Crowley

Why would anyone want to purchase a facial exercise program that is incapable of allowing a muscle to overbuild?

I continue to read how FlexEffect can overbuild areas of the face, like that is something negative about the program.

When a facial exercise program says their exercises build muscle, and at the same time claims 'you won’t have to worry about overbuild' they are actually selling Toning exercises... Certainly nothing wrong with that. But, you should know that FlexEffect not only claims the ability to overbuild but it also allows for simple tone if that is what you are looking for.

With Facialbuilding, overbuild happens when a person first reaches the size of the muscle he would normally want, yet continues to build because he has not yet reached the look he is trying to achieve. Naturally, this can be bothersome but in no time the novice catches on (studying his book / help from on-line trainers and fellow flexers.)

To get the look, the trainee needs variants.

You need as much material as you can get, and, ALL the various techniques used to address each and every muscle, and, the know how to put it all together. This you will find in FlexEffect as you should with any reputable training program.

Just like bodybuilding, it is truly a science (getting to know your muscle makeup and what it takes to get where up want to be)

Example. A bicep curl done with a certain amount of weight will either tone the bicep or, if you want, go beyond tone and build as much size as you are capable of.

How do variants play into training a bicep? Depending upon your technique You can either ‘build the center’ of the bicep and peak it, or, build a longer looking bicep by building the bicep up toward the shoulder all-the-while controlling the size of the muscle. This is true building... the means to get exactly what you want.

So yes, FlexEffect does have the ability to overbuild which is TRUE building hence the word Facialbuilding.

BTW Anyone starting out with toning exercises (small amount of resistance) and will actually stick with it, will, with out doubt, want to advance in their training.

deb ;)