For years, I struggled with pectus excavatum, poor posture, and the frustration of feeling like my body was working against me.What changed everything wasn’t a miracle, it was consistency, smart training, and understanding how the body adapts. Through years of studying muscle hypertrophy, posture correction, and biomechanics, I learned how to build real strength and … Continue reading How I Turned My Weakness into Strength — and Why I’m Offering Free Coaching
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Improving Asymmetrical Pectus Excavatum and Flared Ribs Through Chest Expansion Using Breathing Exercises
In the previous article, I presented 3 exercises for chest and hip expansion. In part 2, we’ll talk about asymmetry. Everyone has asymmetry in their body. This usually presents are rotation of the hips onto one side, and a counter-rotation of the spine to the other. So if your hips are rotated to the left, … Continue reading Improving Asymmetrical Pectus Excavatum and Flared Ribs Through Chest Expansion Using Breathing Exercises
Improving Pectus Excavatum, Flared Ribs and Posture Through Chest Expansion Using Breathing Exercises
I’ve written before about how posture affects your chest, and how it compresses it to the point it deforms here. This time, I want to focus on a few key breathing techniques that will help you expand your chest and decompress it. This article will be part 1 of 3 on this topic, so let’s … Continue reading Improving Pectus Excavatum, Flared Ribs and Posture Through Chest Expansion Using Breathing Exercises
6 Year Pectus Excavatum Transformation Video
I've decided to make a video detailing my transformation. Not only did dramatically improve the look of my chest in the past 6 years, but I've also drastically improved my muscle mass, strength, fitness and endurance, and through calisthenics. Without further ado, here is the video. https://youtu.be/o-Qjb6-nEBI If you'd like to start training with calisthenics, … Continue reading 6 Year Pectus Excavatum Transformation Video
My book FLATTEN YOUR CHEST has been updated!
When I first released my PE correction program in 2019 I achieved about a 90% reduction of my PE. At that time I considered it a success, as I had completely removed all the physical symptoms I had from my PE, such as fainting, shortness of breath, weakness in pushing exercises and pain in the … Continue reading My book FLATTEN YOUR CHEST has been updated!
The What, Why and How method for exercise selection
Go to any gym today and you'll see people perform seemingly random and meaningless exercises for no apparent reason. People will do overhead presses while balancing on a ball, crunches while punching the air, jumping while pulling on the cable machine. You see this and wonder, what exactly is going through their heads. Even worse, … Continue reading The What, Why and How method for exercise selection
Braced breathing
This technique was shown to me by a physical therapist when I was 13 years old. At that time I lacked the discipline to follow through with the program they set up for me, but I've since revisited some of the techniques and found this one to be very effective at improving the appearance and … Continue reading Braced breathing
How to prevent your skin from being sucked into the Vacuum Bell
If you've been using the Vacuum Bell for a while you might have started noticing that your skin tends to slide under the seal and into the chamber. This happens because the silicone on the VB tends to become greasy from skin contact over time, reducing friction between the skin and the silicone. The solution … Continue reading How to prevent your skin from being sucked into the Vacuum Bell
Dynamic Stretching before using the Vacuum Bell
If you've read my book you've probably tried out my pre-VB stretching routine designed to temporarily loosen your chest wall to allow for a greater pull on the sternum. The problem with that routine is that it takes a long time to perform. This new routine focuses on dynamic stretching which takes far less time. … Continue reading Dynamic Stretching before using the Vacuum Bell
Ice your skin before and after Vacuum Bell use
It was an especially humid and hot summer day that I decided to use my Vacuum Bell like I've done for dozens of time before. I did my pre-VB stretches, I put on the VB, pumped out the air and sat on my chair in front of my computer. I closely monitored the pressure, making … Continue reading Ice your skin before and after Vacuum Bell use
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