I Trained with the Founder of The Biggest Sports and Health Discovery Ever Made.

[Vali2003]

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. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Vali2003]

Here’s what a foot looks like that has undergone a lot of Hyperarch Fascia Training (my foot):

Chong Xie calls this “morphed” as the make up of the fascia and its form actually physically change. 

This is in a tensed mode though. When it’s relaxed, it still looks normal most of the time. 

[aurum]

I just looked through the website.

My initial impression is that this is some serious fascia-based BS. The entire thing reads like a giant cheesy marketing pitch, without any serious research presented.

Fascia-based BS is on the rage right now.

 

[Vali2003]

@aurum

The website is sketchy, yes.

Remember that you can prove it to yourself by just trying the training without having to pay anything. 

But then most people aren't willing to commit the time to it which I understand. 

If you actually care about seeing if this is bullshit or not, I'd recommend at least giving the testimonials I linked a look. They are a lot less sketchier than the website suggests. 

Edited July 12 by Vali2003
Added the last sentence.

[aurum]

10 hours ago, Vali2003 said:

@aurum

The website is sketchy, yes.

Remember that you can prove it to yourself by just trying the training without having to pay anything. 

But then most people aren't willing to commit the time to it which I understand. 

If you actually care about seeing if this is bullshit or not, I'd recommend at least giving the testimonials I linked a look. They are a lot less sketchier than the website suggests. 

I am not impressed by testimonials. Testimonials are necessary, but anyone can generate some testimonials.

I care about substantive arguments. 

Show me substance, or I'm out. There's a million of these modalities out there and I'm not going to do a deep dive on all of them. 

[Vali2003]

It feels you’ve already made your mind up. This is a cutting edge discovery so there hasn’t been any research done yet (I would argue 100+ case studies count as research though) but clinical trials are supposedly coming out this year. 
 

This is a video with a leading fascial researcher named Robert Schleip from Ulm University.

 

I’m not trying to “sell” you this training. I’d just love for more people to know about as it’s a big passion of mine.

Further, I don’t feel there is an argument to convince you. The best and most convincing one is experience, and the price for that is cheap

Trying the training one time takes thirty minutes. After that you’d know if it’s worth continuing for you, or not. That’s more than any argument I could say.

 

Please consider that I’m not making grandiose claims lightly, and I’d have to be either incredibly mislead or psychopathic for this whole post to be a lie.

[aurum]

5 hours ago, Vali2003 said:

It feels you’ve already made your mind up. This is a cutting edge discovery so there hasn’t been any research done yet (I would argue 100+ case studies count as research though) but clinical trials are supposedly coming out this year. 
 

This is a video with a leading fascial researcher named Robert Schleip from Ulm University.

 

This is an advertisement, not substance. 

Sorry dude, but I've been in the bodywork world too long. I still think this is BS.

Edited July 13 by aurum

[Staples]

You forgot to put the link to your 12 hour course for only $999 in the post.

[OmniNaut]

Just a counter perspective, the first hit on YouTube when I searched forementioned channel.

I'm impartial, and this topic goes above may paygrade, so I can't comment on the details of this topic perse.

@Vali2003 But I will comment on the style of your post. Your title and your post sounds more of a sales pitch then a genuine explanation.

If you come out of the gate like this, you will automatically trigger one of 2 sides with the reader, or people completely buy into it and are sold (this is classical sales tactics) or people already have a negative attitude towards it because the world is full of scammers, grifters, oversellers, etc.

You're on a self development forum where the owner is continuously training his readers how to look into all these kind of deceptive tactics, so I'm not surprised about the sceptic responses above.

Again I'm not commenting on the programme or your personal experience perse but at your style.

Having a more neutral approach to the subject will come over as more grounded and impartial, now it comes over now as a spokesperson for this subject,

 

But 👍🏼 for you that you feel better. Wish you a good life. 

Edited July 13 by OmniNaut

[Vali2003]

@OmniNaut thank you.

Yes, I went about it the wrong way.

I probably should’ve just talked about my experiences.

[Vali2003]

@Staples Oh shoot I forgot to mention you have to subscribe to my email newsletter for that.

[Vali2003]

3 hours ago, Staples said:

You forgot to put the link to your 12 hour course for only $999 in the post.

Oh shoot. I forgot to mention you have to subscribe to my email newsletter for that.

[Vali2003]

4 hours ago, aurum said:

This is an advertisement, not substance. 

Sorry dude, but I've been in the bodywork world too long. I still think this is BS.

What would you understand as substance (not a rhetorical question)? 

 

 

[aurum]

19 hours ago, Vali2003 said:

What would you understand as substance (not a rhetorical question)? 

Substance would look like some or all of the following:

• Original peer-reviewed research that has impacted the scientific community and conversations in a meaningful way
• Detailed proposed mechanisms and methodological development
• Detailed successful case studies
• Empirical feedback process
• In-depth explanations of how you build on mainstream understanding
• Acknowledging the limitations of your work and seeking to improve it through adaptability 
• ...honest work towards all the above if you don't currently have them, since nothing starts from that place

Substance is not:

• Mindless bashing of the mainstream and your competition
• Celebrity endorsements
• Using scientific buzzwords and "science-sounding" arguments
• Random testimonials
• Focusing on and hyping up founder credentials
• Non-falsifiable mechanisms
• Claiming your modality as a cure-all

 

Basically, it's the difference between selling and honest inquiry.

Edited July 14 by aurum

[Vali2003]

 Thank you for the answer.

Let me try and make a more substantial argument for this training, as I did not intend to sell anything, but I see, that's essentially what I did. 

5 hours ago, aurum said:

Original peer-reviewed research that has impacted the scientific community and conversations in a meaningful way

As I said already, there is no peer-reviewed research at this point, and I also can't claim that it has impacted the scientific community in a meaningful way (at least not in public).

I would add here, that many researchers, for example Dr.Robert Schleip, are proponents of other fascially based pratices (for example rolfing for Dr.Robert Schleip), which would cause them to be partial when it comes to conceding superiority of one specific training method. The whole space of "fascia training" is wide open, so to say, therefore everybody wants to come out with their set of exercises on top, which makes the field very open and muddy (maybe that is just my limited view of it though).

5 hours ago, aurum said:

Detailed proposed mechanisms and methodological development

This is obviously difficult for me, as the human body is a complex thing and my understanding of it has limits. But I can at least give some explanation of the mechanism as I understand it (I'll work towards it, as you said). 

The way this training makes you stronger is the same way it can heal injuries. By remodelling the fascial structure and increasing fascial tensioning. I'll talk about each of these aspects seperately, but they are, of course, interlinked (For example, having more myofibroblast cells will increase the speed of remodelling in the fascia).

On a meta-level the training works by significantly increasing the glutes and abs response in every movement, as a result of optimal fascial structures which distribute energy more effectively. I'll try to explain, how that is possible.

Fascial tensioning

The way this works is through a differentiation of fibroblast cells (the main cell in the fascia), into differentiated myofibroblast cells. These cells express alpha smooth muscle actin, which enables the cells to contract. The force generated by the contraction then get's transmitted to the extracellular matrix. The myofibroblasts are also significant contributors to collagen synthesis (collagen is one of the main components of fascia), which enables them to patch up wounds quickly. 

So, if you have a muscle strain -- or basically whenever the tissue experiences significant stress -- fibroblasts differentiate into myofibroblasts, which enhances their contractile abilities, supporting a quicker healing process. The cells then self-destroy within 100 days, and return to normal fibroblasts. In some chronic cases, the myofibroblasts persist and constantly continue synthesising collagen, while the old collagen get's shipped of -- resulting in scar tissue.

Hyperarch Fascia Training basically claims to have found a way to consciously (through a specific way of tensioning the foot) differentiate fibroblast cells into myofibroblast cells. Not the same kind of cells as in wound healing, however, as these cells would be a permanent part of the fascial matrix, without being chronic (There is always a certain number of permanent myofibroblast cells in everyone). This can be proven -- but has not been done, nor do I know how difficult it would be -- by seeing if people who have a significantly higher glutes response (as can be measured through EMG), also have more permanent myofibroblast cells in their fascia. Of course this would only be correlation, not causation, but certainly a step towards proving the mechanism.

This increased amount of myofibroblast cells improves the ability of fascia to remodel quickly (which explains quicker recovery times in some people), but also increased glute and abs response, as a result of higher fascial tension during movement. In movement, the myofibroblast cells contract,in effect tensioning the fascial network. This changes how energy get's distributed throughout the body, and the glutes and abs get activated more.

How this works can be explained with the tensegrity model (https://flexotape.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Tensegrity_pink_wood.jpg) The fascia and bones work similarly to the strings and struts of the traditional tensegrity framework. Now, if you increase the tension in the strings, the energy will be transferred to different to different areas within the network. The claim is, that higher tension in the fascia leads to more energy being transferred throughout the whole body, but especially the glutes and abs. This is where the catchphrase "holistic" comes from, but it is very accurate in this case, as the body truly starts move more like a network connected through a tensegrity structure, instead of isolated parts. This can be best understood through experience, for example in the exercise towel curls. In the beginning of doing this exercise you will feel mostly the calf and foot being activated and almost cramping (assuming you have a low tensioning level). But as you keep on training, you will feel less in the calf, and more in the glutes, until all that you'll feel are the glutes. 

Now, I think the most common point of skepticism here is the question of why. Why would there be a mysterious mechanism that has this effect? Why would this not just be the norm for everybody, if it exists? The answer is, that it probably is the norm, but maybe technological innovation in form of the shoe has come in the way, with genetics also playing a role. 

The shoe

The explanation would be that our shoes (which have become more and more cushiony), shut off most of the sensory information that the foot normally receives. Imagine, if you're barefoot on rough surfaces, the foot would constantly receive signals (the foot contains an exceptionally high density of mechanoreceptors within fascial structures, which is why the foot is special in this regard), and adjust the fascial tensioning to its demands, through an increase of myofibroblast cells. But this doesn't mean you can just jack off the shoes and everything will return to normal as the sensory functions strongly degenerate over time and it's not obvious that they will simply regain function through use. 

Genetics

Not everybody who has high fascial tension walked around barefooted as a child, so it's assumed that genetics also play a large role in how strongly your feet react to stimulation. Some people would require only little stimulation for the same effects, while others would require a lot. 

Remodelling the fascial structure

Remodelling the fascial structure is also vital for improving energy distribution throughout the tensegrity network. If fascia is tangled up and not aligned properly, it will 1. be potentially painful, as nerves are compressed and the tissue is dehydrated and 2. it will be less effective in energy distribution, resulting in energy leaking at joints, or muscle groups that are not designed to carry a large load (which can lead to overuse injuries like shin splints or tendonitis for example). 

Picture: 

 

Movement in general helps to keep your fascia hydrated and organized. However, many physically active people may still have disorganized and dry fascia through a lack of tension, as the body moves suboptimal and compensation patterns form.

You can test if your fascia has good organization or not, by rolling on your calf muscles with a tennis ball for example. Feel if it's unsmooth and painful, or smooth and painfree. If your fascia is organized properly you will not experience pain and it will be smooth. 

Other common remedies for disorganized fascia include foam rolling or myofascial release. Some people think that foam rolling can "break up" adhesions. That is not true, as far as I can tell. Instead, foam rolling can help by "rehydrating" the tissue. Still, this does not work with more severe disorganized fascia, where maybe it's partially torn or strongly disorganized.

But the fascia has the ability to remodel itself along the lines of tension (Myofibroblasts and fibroblasts synthesize collagen along the lines of movement or tension). 

Hyperarch fascial training uses this, by having exercises that target the fascia more than the muscles -- muscles are obviously still involved in the movement, but the goal is having the fascia slide more than usually -- to elicit a greater remodeling responds. Aditionally the remodelling process is more effective due to the increase of myofibroblast cells. 

7 hours ago, aurum said:

Detailed successful case studies

My case is the only one I can explain with detail and I did that already. Even though I did in a salesy way, the experiences I mentioned are all true. Otherwise, I wouldn't say the case studies on his YouTube are detailed in general, but the three I linked to in my initial post are the ones with the most detail there are. But you are right in that detailed case studies presented in a scientific way lack so far. 

7 hours ago, aurum said:

Empirical feedback process

Here are actually several possibilities: EMG, adhesion tenderness, myofibroblast count, subjective glute response.

EMG 

With an EMG, you can test the glutes response before a 12 week training cycle and after. If the result afterwards is significantly higher, then the training has succeeded in improving glutes function. This does not prove any of the mechanistic explanations I mentioned, but does prove the effectiveness of the training in improving glutes function. Of course this one is rather impractical, because who has access to an EMG machine. 

Adhesion tenderness

As the training goes, your adhesions (painful knots in the fascia), should become less painful until the pain completely disappears. This can be tracked, by ranking all the adhesions on a tenderness scale from 1-10 (1 being almost no pain, and 10 being a lot of pain). This ranking can be updated weekly to see if there are improvements. While it is a subjective scale, the difference between a 10 on the scale and a 1-2 is not subtle at all. 

Myofibroblast count

This is another objective measurement, that no normal person has access to, but is highly relevant for proving the method. The amount of myofibroblast cells could be measured in people who have a higher than average glute response. While not necessarily causative to glutes function, it would show that it's possible for some people to have a higher amount of permanent myofibroblast cells and therefore open the door for the desribed mechanism to be proven true. 

Subjective glute response 

The glute response can also be measured subjectively, by looking at the response during the exercise called "towel curls." This is scientifically less relevant than the EMG, as it is measured in a specific movement and it's subjective. However, it can still be useful, beause, again, the difference between 0/10 glutes response and 6/10 glutes response is hardly subtle. Also you can simply touch your butt during weight bearing anytime and see if it's hard. Over time it grows much harder during movement, as you tap into more of the muscle. 

7 hours ago, aurum said:

In-depth explanations of how you build on mainstream understanding

 I tried to do this above, referring to the current scientific understanding of fascia.

7 hours ago, aurum said:

Acknowledging the limitations of your work and seeking to improve it through adaptability 

I see the main limitation in the lack of empirical evidence, and also lack of standardizes training protocols and explanations of the training. Of course, it's likely that a large degree of the mechanistical explanation is false or inaccurate and will have to be improved through scientific rigor.

I hope this serves as a more substantial basis for discussing this training, and apologies for my initial post being too salesy. That was not my intention. 

Glossary for fascial terms used (definitions from fascia research society https://www.fasciaresearchsociety.org/fascia_glossary_of_terms.php):

Adhesion:

Adhesions are bands of scar-like tissue that form between two surfaces inside the body.

Alpha smooth muscle actin: 

Alpha smooth muscle actin is an isoform typical of smooth muscle cells and one of six known types of actin. In addition to its presence in organ tissue, alpha smooth muscle actin has been identified in myofibroblasts, where it plays an important role in focal adhesion maturation and in inhibition of cell motility.

Collagen: 

Collagen is an abundant protein that constitutes a major component of fascia, giving it strength and flexibility. At least 14 types exist, each composed of tropocollagen units that share a common triple-helical shape but that vary somewhat in composition between types, with the types being localized to different tissues, stages, or functions. In some types, including the most common, Type I, the tropocollagen rods associate to form fibrils or fibers; in other types the rods are not fibrillar but are associated with fibrillar collagens, while in others they form nonfibrillar, nonperiodic but structured networks.

Differentiated myofibroblast:

Differentiated myofibroblast describes a myofibroblast that is capable of expressing alpha smooth muscle actin.

Extracellular matrix:

Extra-cellular matrix refers to any material produced by cells and excreted to the extra-cellular space within the tissues. It takes the form of both ground substance and fibers and is composed chiefly of fibrous elements, proteins involved in cell adhesion, and glycosaminoglycans and other molecules. It serves as a scaffolding holding tissues together and its form and composition help determine tissue characteristics. In epithelia, it includes the basement membrane.

Fascia: 

Fascia is a term which continues to carry different meanings for various professions and perspectives. Based on the connecting nature of this tissue and the interdisciplinary range of related professionals working with it, the Fascia Nomenclature Committee (FNS) of the Fascia Research Society recommends the following two major usages:

a fascia is a sheath, a sheet, or any other dissectible aggregations of connective tissue that forms beneath the skin to attach, enclose, and separate muscles and other internal organs. See "A fascia and the fascial system".

the fascial system consists of the three-dimensional continuum of soft, collagen containing, loose and dense fibrous connective tissues that permeate the body. It incorporates elements such as adipose tissue, adventitiae and neurovascular sheaths, aponeuroses, deep and superficial fasciae, epineurium, joint capsules, ligaments, membranes, meninges, myofascial expansions, periostea, retinacula, septa, tendons, visceral fasciae, and all the intramuscular and intermuscular connective tissues including endo-/peri-/epimysium. The fascial system surrounds, interweaves between, and interpenetrates all organs, muscles, bones and nerve fibers, endowing the body with a functional structure, and providing an environment that enables all body systems to operate in an integrated manner. 

Fibroblast cell:

Fibroblasts are flat elongated fascial cells with cytoplasmic processes at each end, having a flat, oval, vesicular nucleus. Fibroblasts, which differentiate into chondroblasts, collagenoblasts, and osteoblasts, and myofibroblasts form the fibrous tissues in the body, including tendons, aponeuroses, supporting and binding tissues of all sorts.

Mechanoreceptors:

Mechanoreceptors are sensory receptors that respond to mechanical pressure or deformation. They include Pacinian corpuscles, Meissner‘s corpuscles, Merkel‘s discs, Ruffini corpuscles, and some interstitial nerve endings.

Tensegrity:

Tensegrity is the property of materials made strong by the unison of tensioned and compressed parts.