Pavel Tsatsouline Talks About VRT

" Because strength generally does not exceed 30% of your tendon strength, the strength govenor mechanism is set up way too conservatively. Scientists believe that pulling the brake from your gas pedal, that is minimizing the inhibitory imput into the muscles is the key that will open the door to super strength undreamed of by the strongest people in the world. Despite grandmothers wrestling leopards and mothers lifting cars to save their progeny supposedly do something to prevent the 'take it easy, you might get hurt' commands from reaching their muscles. Insane people bend bars in the windows of their cells- I believe they call them wards in the US- because their neural circuitry is goofed up. It does not recognize inhibitory input and does not hold you back.. This is the essence of DISINHIBITION TRAINING, THE HOTTEST NEW DIRECTION IN STRENGTH TRAINING. Of course we do not want to to totally lose our senses, rather learn to ignore them when we choose to.Enter FEED-FORWARD TENSION, one of the most promising disinhibition techniques. It requires you to maximally contract your muscles with a submaximal weight or NO WEIGHT WHATSOEVER. Remember Charles Atlas and his 'Dynamic Tension'method? You are supposed to imitate lifting a weight by flexing your muscles for all you have got. Just as Tai Chi Kung differs from visually similar calisthenics in concentration and awareness , 'Dynamic Tension' is an Oscar Winning pantomime of a world record powerlift, and not just a mindless going through the motions.The guy in the leopard skin swim suit did not invent the method. Russian Scientists Anokin and Proshek did in the early 1900s. Or so they thought. Bodhidharma, the semi mythical progenitor of Oriental martial arts from India, may have practiced such exercises a millennium and a half ago.Scientists were skeptical of 'Dynamic Tension' for a while suspecting that by creating artificial resistance within your muscles you learn to put on the brakes. The Soviet study by Kovalik established beyond the shadow of a doubt that ' virtual lifting' builds strength even in the so called quick lifts.""Power to The People"by Pavel TsatsolinePages 71& 72

Medical Evalutations and Analysis of VRT

Years ago, after my personal discovery of the principles of VRT and calling it visualized resistance, I submitted my written course booklet to the Physiology department of the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, my alma mater, to use in a research experiment that could be done by a student interested in a master's thesis subject. It would entail using a physiograph and a dynamometer to demonstrate the principles of vasocongestion that the VRT movements allow for. I submitted this to the attention of a Physiology professor who presided over my 300 level course. Nothing would result from it.

To my knowledge, nothing has been done that has been published in JAMA or other various medical journals. If anyone has done a comparative study of weight training and VRT, I would be delighted to hear about it. Please let me know. Through an experiment of one, I determined it intuitively to be a strength inducing exercise and one that increases skeletomuscular size and density. Others have verified this with testimonials.

Greg Mangan
"VRT Man"

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VRT was developed almost a quarter century ago by me, Greg Mangan, as a unique alternative to weight training. People love it. Most write in to tell me they are extremely pleased with it. See <www.vrtsystem.com>

Instead of cumbersome weight training and all the apparatus required, I devised a way to flex the muscles through the full range of motion, with flexion of the muscle group; coupled with the imagination of lifting extremely heavy weights. This has proven to be an extremely beneficial way to enlarge the muscle groups, by a process I call 'megapumping.' Flexors and extensors pull against each other to develop a superior exercise.

Go to my website and read about it.

Greg Mangan

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Many have said that this exercise creates an energetic, "feel like tearing trees out by the roots" kind of feeling. Reason being is this form of visualized resistance works both muscle groups at the same time; the flexors and extensors.

This powerful "megapump" (my term) gives one an extreme feeling of well-being, more than other forms of exercises publicized by other exercise gurus like Matt Furey and Ross Enamait. Much more convenient than weight training, and as energizing as any exercise can possibly be. DVR is the same idea, however using a similar name, and sold by John Peterson, a good friend of mine. I came up with the name visualized resistance in 1983. It is a system that has variations to it, but a similar concept, that goes back thousands of years.

This is a system that will vastly improve your health and your life.

Greg Mangan

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Many have written me over the years to say the results they've been getting. Some have given up weights altogether, and have replaced all Bodyweight exercises with VRT. Visualized Resistance is where it's at. See my testimonials on my website.

Some have added inches onto their chest, their arms, and their thighs. The "megapump" method of vasocongestion (commonly called the Pump, that you'd get with hoisting iron) has added inches onto the person's musculature. Some find that their neuromuscular coordination has increased, and they're quicker. Some have just found that their power has doubled, even tripled. Matt Furey and John Peterson of Transformetrics recognize the power of visualized resistance. Ross Enamait has alluded to this method too.

I alone discovered it in 1983, and in my way and form, gave it its name. It's been around in one form or another for many centuries, and some have borrowed it and renamed it, but I discovered it and called it Visualized Resistance Training. Some have borrowed that name too. No matter. The way I teach it, it can be used in place of any other bodybuilding method right now, including power calesthenics, combat conditioning, push-ups, dynamic tension, pull-ups, weight lifting, weight training, powerlifting, olympic weightlifting, isometrics, the Bully Extreme, a Bowflex, a Soloflex, and a Nautilus.

Try it out, and go to my site www.vrtsystem.com. Give it a try.

Greg Mangan
"VRT Man"

Visualized Resistance

I've created a DVD for this exercise method, and I would like to compare it with the others that are around. Many have written about excellent muscle building results with this bodyweight method of "muscle without weights". I have had letters of people who have put on inches of muscle without weights, dynamic tension, or isometrics.

It is better than calesthenics, running, or jogging; it helps you in football, wrestling, and arm wrestling. It's as good as or better than weight lifting or weight training, and requires no weights. It develops muscle growth. It does not require a Bullworker or a Bully extreme or the use of a Total Gym.

Charles Atlas taught dynamic tension, and it is better than this in its ability to build muscle. Power calesthenics, powerlifting, olympic lifting, push ups, pull ups, and chin ups cannot compare to results you'll see; pumping iron will take a second place to visualized resistance.

No need for Pilates, a Bowflex, a Soloflex, a Nautilus, or a Universal weight machine; this system takes the place of all of them. It encourages weight loss for the overweight, and muscle gain and weight gain for the thin person. John Peterson uses a system similar to this in his Transformetrics program. Ross Enamait, Matt Furey with his Combat Conditioning, and Pavel Tsatsouline also recognize this system too.

Greg Mangan
"VRT Man"