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Big claim in the title, I know. However, I'm fully convinced that the training I'll present to you here is the greatest scientific discovery in the sports or physical health realm ever. And what I'm saying is not hearsay. I experienced tremendous changes in my body due to this training in the two years that I've done it, so if you struggle with physical pain or simply want to increase athletic performance, I recommend you take this highly serious. This will be a long, in-depth post. The training is called Hyperarch Fascia Training. It's a type of fascia training that fundamentally changes the way the body functions to increase durability, athleticism, strength, endurance and flexibility. It is completely different from any other fascia training, which you may or may not know and has absolutely nothing to do with conventional strength training and yet is much more powerful for healing injuries and increasing athleticism. The founder's name is Chong Xie. He has a YouTube channel ("Secretofathleticism" on YT and Instagram). I think, at first it's important that you go into this whole topic with an attitude of not-knowing. Because even if you're very knowledgable in the field of sports science or fascia research, you most likely have no idea what I mean, because you lack an experiential reference point to the things I'll explain. Actually, I want to specifically caution the very knowledegable people against jumping to conclusions, as your mind is likely very much stuck in it's perspective, unready to receive new information. You won't have to take anything I say at face value, because you can prove my points to you by doing the free exercises he shares on his YouTube channel and Instagram account. Also, you can look at 100+ testimonials of people who've successfully done his training to resolve phyiscal pain. All that you'll need to prove my points to you is a 45 minute workout three times a week for 12 weeks. And this is a TINY investment considering I claim that it will likely resolve your years of pain once and for all and it costs no money. I cannot give you all the knowledge I have about the training here, because I worked in 1-on-1 coaching with the creator of the training and signed a NDA, not to share any information I received through the coaching. However, before buying the coaching I probably spent 100+ hours watching every single piece of content of him (some videos several times) and podcasts in which he participated. I'll attempt here to summarize all the useful information from it here to help you out. My goal of this post is to help people, who are suffering from physical pain resolve it once and for all. And I mean it when I say "once and for all." Before doing the training I suffered from chronic groin pain for four years that I felt in every single movement I made, chronic ankle sprains, lower back pain and sesamoid bone issues in my left foot, but the groin pain was the most severe because I had significant scar tissue that limited mobility. Most solutions I tried (including weight-lifting and physical therapy) eased the pain or helped temporarily, but could never once and for all resolve the issue. After having done (and still doing it) the training, my issues are 100% resolved and it feels like I never even had these injuries, which is an INSANE statement. I mean I literally forget that I had these injuries. It feels completely normal now not to struggle with pain, which honestly seemed impossible before. I'm aware that physical pain is a sensitive topic due to the deep abyss that it can throw people in. And I know it feels scary to hope again that something could actually help your pain, especially if you've dealt with it for many years, just to be disappointed once again. I've been there. I guarantee you, this training is fundamentally different from anything you've done before. Here's a list of conditions the training can help with: Knee pain Groin pain Hip pain Sesamoid bone pain Ankle sprains Calf strains Quad strains Lower back pain Neck pain Plantar fasciitits pain Cranio cervical instability Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) Chronic shin splints Hip flexor pain Ankle pain Achilles pain Calf compartment syndrome Arachnoiditis Hypermobility related issues Upper body issues can also be resolved, but generally take longer and he has less case studies there, but if you primarily suffer from upper body injuries or pains, I'd still encourage you to try the training. Also it's highly unlikely that you only suffer from upper body problems, as they're most often connected to other problems in the lower body. If you're still not convinced that the training could help you, because your case is "different" -- aka you've been suffering for so long that you don't believe in resolution anymore --, then maybe those chronic pain stories may convince you otherwise (And don't worry I'll tell you all about how to do the training properly in a minute, but I think this is necessary). These are stories of people who had tried everything else: Physiotherapist suffered form 15 years of hip pain: This one gave me the most hope and I think is the best testimonial on his entire channel: A strength coach who suffered from lower back pain for 15 years: Okay, so I hope you've gathered enough courage to try once again to combat your physical pain. Now to the training part. I'll start with some basic knowledge that's necessary for understanding how the training works, but for the most part I'll try to stick just to the experiences I made. And don't think that the same results are not possible with the free exercises, just because I did the 1-on-1 coaching. You'll have to invest more effort into researching and there will be less certainty without 1-on-1 but it's nonetheless possible. This training primarily works on the fascia, not the muscle. This is the first and most crucial distinction from this training to conventional methods. Fascia is a network of connective tissue that runs throughout the entire body and connects isolated muscle groups with each other. Some people integrate tendons and bones into the term fascia, but we won't do it here for the purpoe of this post. Here's a list of characteristics of fascia: Made primarily of collagen fibers Contains water (70% tissue volume) Exhibits viscoelastic behavior (viscuous and elastic) Tensile strength comparable to steel (when organized properly) Forms continuous three-dimensional network throughout the body Forms fascial compartments that organize muscle groups Fascilitates smooth gliding between tissues Transmits mechanical force across body regions Enables force transmission independent of muscle contractions Richly inneervated with mechanoreceptors Contains nocireceptors (pain receptors) Contributes significantly to proprioception Responds to mechanical stimuli and pressure changes Actively produces and remodels collagen Responds to mechanical loading and stress Adapts to functional demand over time Capable of repair and regeneration Forms scar tissue when injured Responds to inflammation and healing processes Can develop adhesions and restrictions Intimately connected with muscular system, nervous system Interacts with lymphatic and circulatory system. This should give you some sense of what fascia is (Look at the attached image to see a picture or just google "fascia"). The training involves mostly training the feet in a specific way, and begins off by regaining normal toe function. But as you'll understand through the list above, fascia is connected within the whole body. Therefore training that starts in the feet sets of a neurological cascade that completely transforms the way your body functions. Now to my experienced with the training. I'll tell you how my body felt before the training vs. how it feels now. It's important you understand that you can't really understand what I mean, because you'll try to explain it based on how your body functions in the state it's in now. It's important because if you think you understand 100% of what I say, then you'll harshly underestimate what the training can do for you and the changes it can cause in your body. How my body felt before: When Running I had to exert heavy for each step. My body felt heavy -- like a sack of potatoes I have to carry around with me. I had soreness all over my body after a workout: quads, calves, hip flexor, groin, lower back. The day after a hard basketball session was not fun. I felt the scar tissue in my groin during every step I took. My groin hurt after basketball about 80% of the time. I heel striked when running. When rolling my body with a blackroll or a tennisball it felt like hell. At that point, I couldn't imagine it being any different. I never felt my glutes. I had pain in my sesamoid bone on the left foot after pretty much every basketball session. My life was one of rehab: Have pain in my groin after basketball --> hope it's healed again for the game this week --> reinjure the week after (I also had periods where I didn't player for months because of it and did rehab. It never went away). I enjoyed sports, but dealing with pain constantly was frustrating. I was constantly scared of injuring myself. Whether an ankle sprain, a groin strain or something different. I had no confidence in my movement. Note that it's not easy from my current Point of View to say how exactly I felt back then, because my body feels so different now. The changes that happen to your body become the new normal and you slowly forget how it was before. How my body feels now: My glutes feel increadibly 3d now. It literally feels like I have access to parts of the muscle I didn't even know existed before. My feet tensed up in resting position My glutes started to contract in every single movement I do I started feeling elastic in athletic movement (like a rubber-ball) My heels elevate automatically when walking I'm extremely stable in a heels of position My endurance improved (10km run in under 50 minutes without ever having run a 10km) I became a better basketball player automatically In week eight, the heaviness in my left groin disappeared General feeling of heaviness in the body eased --> I felt "lighter" Adhesions gradually got less painful and then some disappeared completely all of a sudden Glutes started pushing me away from the ground automatically instead of having to bring an effort (walking and running feels effortless compared to before) Feet "lock up," when they are in ankle sprain position. When my feet now get in a position where they'd usually sprain or roll the energy gets transferred to my glutes (they contract strongly) and nothing happens. I'm much stronger in arm wrestling (without training) I have greater confidence in my body Glutes, abs, calves, obliques, latissimus became more toned. Better "touch" in basketball Rapid improvement in new sports (I'm as good in beach volleyball after 5-10 sessions as some people who play since several years). I mew (tongue at the top of my mouth) automatically now when walking and sometimes when sitting. It feels sort of like it just pulls together (without effort). Knee pain disappeared (I just noticed how much knee pain I had before after it went away). My contact point in my feet changed from the tripod area (sesamoid bone, heel and area behind pinky toe) to just a one point contact area (behind the second toe). When running, I have a natural forefoot strike (without conscious effort and regardless of how tired I am). The visibility of the flexor tendons and anterior tibial tendon in my feet has strongly increased. The arch in my feet has gotten higher. I'm incredibly strong for weighing only 72kg at 188cm. When I roll my calves (example) now with a blackroll or a tennisball, the area feels smooth and painfree. My glutes are rock-solid when I'm active or weight bearing (I mean it when I say rock-solid). People assume I'm talented in physical activity now. My abs and latissimus sometimes contract now, along with my glutes when I'm active. This turns into a sensation where my arms float on my abs and lats and the momentum carries me forward effortlessly. I can work out without getting tired pretty much. Movement feels effortless. Some days I do 20000 steps, and I don't feel tired afterwards. My legs don't hurt and I don't feel exhausted. It's more difficult for me to get out of breath. I sleep better. My ability to relax my body has increased tremendously. When running or walking I simply relax my body, and the momentum carries me forward. I barely have to exert effort, which is why it sometimes feels silly throughout the day to walk instead of running. If nobody thought it'd be awkward I'd probably run around all day. My steps have gotten longer. I get soreness in my glutes and my abs now, after a workout. I have an incredible enthusiasm for every kind of sport now. I get excited about the thought of just trying out different sports and moving. Staying active and working out does not require any willpower for me, because it's so much fun and I feel so competent during it. I'm confident in my movement and don't think about injuries. So, what can you do if the way your body feels fits more the first list then the second? I recommend you do the first four exercises that he mentions in this video and also follow his recommendation for time and frequency. You should do the exercises for 12 weeks in a row and then rest (deload) for 1-2 weeks where you do no exercise. What can you expect when doing this training? Your body will require a lot of sleep, because your neurological firing patterns will change. Therefore expect some days where you naturally sleep 10 hours + a 1 hour nap. At the beginning you will feel a lot of burning in the calves during the exercises. This burning will, over time, completely migrate to the glutes. The training is NOT EASY. You can expect it to be a lot harder than weightraining if you do it properly. The exercises should trigger strong burning. You gotta be able to push through, and not quit. It takes patience to see results and especially at the beginning it won't be easy to keep going. However, it's likely that you'll have breakthroughs in week 5, 8 and 12, so stick with it. You will start to feel more confident in your body, and lighter in movement. Congrats Your pain will slowly decrease and then, likely in the breakthrough weeks, completely disappear. Expect to build up a lot more tension in your feet. This is not a bad tension, as you'll feel. Instead, it will cause your body to feel much more like a holistic unit, not isolated parts that are stuck with each other. You are likely gonna become obsessed with your feet as they change their shape and visual. Like I said before, flexor tendons, anterior tibial tendon will become more visible and thicker. If you're like me, you will start looking up the feets of goat level athletes to see if their feet also exhibit signs of fascial tensioning (seriously, thank god nobody knows my search history). The sensation in your body will change from week to week. Sometimes, especially if you get to more advanced levels, the change in your body will be so rapid that it will slightly scare you even. Don't worry, you get used to the new feeling in a matter of hours. Expect the sensation to travel up the back of your leg. It will go to your hamstrings first before the glutes. This is good and perfectly normal. There will be times when you think you've reached the final stage in this training. Mostly, you'll still be far away from the final stage when you think this. You'll think you've reached the maximum of glutes connection, because it's tenfold of what you had before. You're wrong. It will go even deeper. Continue, and you'll see. Expect also, to become better at your sport without working out more. Matter of fact, you could stop doing the sport for 12 weeks, do the fascia training, and you'll still be better afterwards. Okay, this shit is long enough already, apologies for that. Some thoughts on this thread: I thought this thread could become a means of communication for the people who do this training, so that you can chat about your progress and see what experiences others are making. Aside from that it can be used to share the best advice you find and also share the most helpful videos, podcasts etc. you find from the creator of Hyperarch Fascia Training; Chong Xie. Also we can chat about the mechanism that makes all this stuff possible. I also have a lot of thoughts on that, of course, but since it would pretty much all be speculation I thought it not to be appropriate. I owe this man a lot, because without him I'd still have chronic groin issues, and who knows what would have stacked on top of that by now. Therefore I hope you show him some love if the training is helpful for you. Subscribe to his patreon, and if you have a more complicated, deep, chronic issue, I can highly recommend to do the 1-on-1 coaching. The training is not easy and requires you to put in hard word. In the coaching, he prepares everything for you, and creates new weekly trainings for you, which enables you to focus on only the training. Even though it was expensive for me, especially since I'm a university student, I would make the same decision time and time again. He takes solving pain very seriously, and -- in my experience at least -- always took as much time and more as was necessary. Here's the testimonial I recorded with him after our 12 weeks if it interests you.

I know that, ultimately, nobody can answer this but myself and that it would be best contemplated. BUT, I'm scared shitless to do that and face the truth. I'll try to give a good, honest and fair picture of the situation. I'm 22, been with my girlfriend for 3,5 years now. She's my first girlfriend ever. I've been seriously thinking about breaking up for 1,5 years -- I know that's insane and I feel ashamed about it. If I write it like that it seems like I'm obviously just a pussy that's too scared to break up, even though I know it's the right thing to do. But I think it's not so easy. Because we actually have a good, mature relationship, I think. We communicate well. We are fair to each other. I trust her enormously. She has never crossed or disrespected any boundaries we've set in the relationship -- neither have I. And I love her. She's intelligent, she's pretty, she's kind, she's extremely openminded. But especially I love all her little quirks. The noises she makes when we cuddle, how confused she is when she wakes up in the morning. It's not all butterflies & roses though as you can imagine: She struggles with anxiety and when she's anxious she is very irritable, and can be quite mean and hurtful. She's not very socially competent. Which is a problem for me -- especially if we are with my family. She can come across as rude, non-chalante and mean to others because she doesn't talk much, is lost in her thoughts a lot, and looks -- frankly said -- annoyed. I know that's not how she feels in the inside, but other people can not know this. She rarely takes responsibility when we fight or have conflict. She can only accept having done something wrong if I take FULL responsibility first. This can be really exhausting emotionally on my side. The problem is that she dreams up SUCH strong assumptions and expectations of how something is supposed to go perfectly -- for example a date -- that she just cannot stomach it if she messed something up that ruins her expectations. Also, our sex isn't great but that's definitely an US problem. There are also issues with me in the relationship I have fear of commitment. I resent her for some things that are my responsibility, like stopping me from going to sleep early, working more etc. -- even though that's on me to just be consequential with. I can be arrogant. I can be hypocritical and sometimes blame her for things that I do myself. I can be moralistic and judgmental -- this especially comes out in social situations (I don't blame her in the social situations but these feelings arise then and come out later, when we're in private). BUT, all these things -- or at least most of them -- could be dealt with and solved. So that's not necessarily a reason to break up. Although you can also argue, of course that there's a better fit for me out there. However, there are a couple of other issues that go much deeper: She's the only person I've ever had sex with. I have really strong karma in this area. If I imagine myself on the deathbed only having had sex with one person, I feel deeply regretful. I feel like time is passing by so quickly, and I'm missing out on so much sex right now since I'm in college and it would be quite easy to get laid. Really, I don't see myself being together with her forever. I can say that with relative certainty. I don't see that kind of potential in us I must say if I'm being honest. When I write this, it seems clear that I should break up. BUT I love her. And breaking up -- eliminating THE person in the world that by far knows me most intimately from my life, forever -- because I want to fuck around seems like a silly thing to do. 'Fucking around' is a strawman though. I know that. It's deeper than that. There are moments where it feels clear what I should do (break up). But then, things are really nice again and I think: Why would I ever want to give this up? I'm really quite lost. And, like I said, it's been like that for probably 1,5 years. When I think about breaking up with her (actually doing it), it feels impossible. She wouldn't expect it at all. I honestly think it would break her heart. We've just been on vacation together after she was studying abroad for 4 months and she told me, time and again, how happy she is to have me, how much she loves me, what she wants to do with me in the future. I just don't know if I feel the same way. Breaking up with her would be destroying the deepest bond I've ever had with a person and never regaining it again (with her). It would honestly be horrible. I'm lost. I don't know what to do. I'd appreciate your help.

I also have faults. She is interested in growing and personal development and has grown a lot over the last three years. That isn't a breaking point for me. But, in the end, you're probably right regardless.

Re-reading them, I guess. You could also follow the strategy in the video below, but it's quite a pain in the ass. I find that applying the ideas from a book, discussing the contents with friends or mulling them over through the day also helps. It kind of depends what sort of book it is. If it's the practical kind, applying it to whatever topic it's about is probably the best method. For politics, discussing it helps. This video is if you really want to remember shit and study it. But, like I said above, it requires a lot of effort. But you can't get around that anyways. And, if the book is great, it may be worth it.

@Salvijus Thank you. Where is that from?

Thank you. I'm afraid I'm too scared to turn inward and find out what the truth is about if I 'should' stay with her or break up. In the end, both decisions are good, I just should make sure to quit this 'in-between' space.

And how do I know what that is? Write an angry letter to God?

I feel, maybe I'd be able to do it now, knowing what to expect. But I would never want to go through that if it wasn't necessary or the right thing to do. Of course it's impossible to know that with certainty. I find it mindblowing that most humans go through this pain of breaking up with their partner. It made me realize how much depth everybodies lives have.

That's great.

Thank you, I will try that. I don't tend to feel my body too much, but when I contempate, I focus on feeling 'truth' and penetrating the feeling, not thinking.

@Elliott Thank you. ❤️ The truth is, I tried to do this before. I said 'I'm breaking up with you' because I felt it would be the right thing to do -- out of love. It felt as if I pushed my best friend down a cliff without a reason. I instantly took it back and broke down crying. I wasn't able to deal with it. It felt so wrong in that moment. Is that what breaking up normally feels like?

You're oversimplifying. Are you really trying to understand my inner conflict? I mentioned above that we have talked about this openly before.

I don't feel we're communicating very effectively here. The reason I believe that I need a decision before (maybe I don't need a decision, but at least more clarity) is because we have talked about these topics before and not much came of the conversations. I said, in one such conversation, that when I'm in the present with her then I love it and greatly appreciate our relationship. But that I feel -- necessarily -- it will need to come to an end at some point in the future. She agrees with me and feels the same. We both, at this point, felt as though in the present moment, in the NOW, it would feel wrong to end the relationship. She even has mentioned before that she wished I was a complete asshole and we'd just have a really bad fight, like other couples do, so the end of our relationship would come naturally. This sounds crass but I get where she's coming from. It shows my and her inner torment between other desires and the appreciation of our relationship, of our love. Now, it's been over half a year since that conversation. So maybe her opinion has changed completely since then. I doubt that, however. Do you see more where I'm coming from now -- that I need to have more clarity before going into such a conversation again? Or is it still not making sense from your POV?

I think I just need to bite the bullet, go within and contemplate my feelings (I still appreciate advice, of course): Why do I desire to have sex with other women? -- What's the core of this desire? Why am I scared of committing to her? Why am I scared of breaking up with her?

We already talked about the sex part several times. Saying how we both would still like to make more experiences with other people, feeling like we're missing out a bit on the college experience etc. I appreciate the advice, yet simultaneously I also feel/realize there are much more nuances here than I can express without rambling on for pages. I do feel that going into this conversation openly (without a clear decision on my side) would not be productive. Is it fair to her to go there, tell her about my mush of feelings and expect something good to come of it? Isn't it my responsibility to be clear on what I want and come to her from that frame? My head feels like I just tried solving math problems for 4 hours. Not a gramm of clarity left.

You are right about me having said I'm clear that I don't see myself being with her forever. I guess maybe you could say not telling her that is gaslighting. However, it's not like I'm telling her that I want to be with her forever. I don't think I could see that with any person at this stage of my life.

@Hojo I don't understand what you're saying. If you're referring to the quote above, those feelings are related to my confusion about wanting to continue being with her or not.

@Hojo No. It would be immensely stupid to do that. If I tell her my feelings it will be after I've made sense of them. Doing it while confused would just be dumping them onto her and expecting her to make sense of them for me.

@Leo Gura Will you be working with a professional editor for your book? I have a feeling it really makes the end-product a lot better. However, may be hard to find someone that gets your content deeply enough and has editorial skills. Also, must be annoying to always have people tell you what they think you should do.

@Leo Gura They could never give me as good existential crises as real Leo.

Always forget them too. Mostly what changes my life about books or writing is the changes in state of consciousness — through insights — that I get by reading them. I wouldn’t be able to pin it down on a specific quote.

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Good luck in rewiring the mess and thanks for the reminder.

Building some sort of technology or technique — I don’t know how this would work yet — that enables artists to experience their work as though seeing it for the first time ever. This sounds simple, but would actually be incredibly powerful. This technology would make creating amazing art much more doable for anyone willing to put in the work. Not being able to view your work objectively is one of the biggest hindrances for any artist, in my point of view. For other services, feedback works just fine — and as of now this is all we have for art (editors for example in writing, offering an outside perspective). However, I feel for the artist themselves to see their work completely objectively would be much more powerful than external feedback. It would cut out the middleman, decrease the inaccuracies. The upgrade is equivalent to, instead of language, being able to use telepathy to communicate. I had the idea when I watched the movie ‘Spirited Away’ two times in a period of ~2 weeks. The second time I watched it, I thought holy fuck this movie is completely different than the first time around. I literally couldn’t experience it in the same way — at all. I wondered how the fuck it must be for the director — or whoever is in charge of the movie. How do they feel after having gone through it potentially hundreds of times? They must be so far disconnected from the objective reality of this movie at that point. Reality proves that this is already a problem people have. However, they purely rely on external feedback or on giving them some time between and then having gained space after which they have more objectivity. If you could build a technology that makes this much more effective, it would be so powerful. If there’s someone here who has good technical skills and would be interested in developing this technology, I’d actually be down to try! No idea how it’d work yet, but I’m certain that it’s possible. What do y’all think of this? Leo, I’d also appreciate your feedback on this idea.