I have found an enormous method of feeling and looking better; a method that will take years off your looks, and add exponentially to your energy level; and that is a combination of aerobics plus the VRT system.
VRT tends to fill the muscles with a great deal of red blood, called vasocongestion, and is called in the vernacular the "pump," and tends to make one a swollen bodybuilder look-alike; but the aerobics individual is usually a thin, active person with low blood pressure, a slow heartbeat, which is good from a cardiovascular standpoint, but often results in a skinny individual with low personal levels of musculature.
Question is, is how to approach the two of them with some level of clarity and compromise? I've found a level of rope-skipping in the morning, prior to my VRT workout, tends to create an oxygen debt (breathlessness) and can be followed by a chest, lat, biceps and stomach exercise. All leading to a level of breathlessness in and by themselves. I've also incorporated an evening running program too, and this plus VRT makes me feel invincible.
Care to try something different, which will make your body look and feel better, plus give you cardiovascular health? Try aerobics combined with VRT.
--Greg Mangan
VRT Man
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
VRT - Do People Think You're Crazy?
The following is from the Transformetrics Forum (www.transformetrics.com) regarding VRT. Here's an interesting exchange:
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Do you think people will think you're crazy?
The reason I ask is that I frequent another forum that is mostly women and in the "weight and resistance training" section they are always making fun of women/trainers/programs that use light dumbbells. So , I popped up one day and said that I got my arms from 2.5 lb dumbbells (I hold them while I do my dvrs/vrt). I'm not sure if they believe me. They did agree that my arms look good and whatever I'm doing, it must be working, but I still wonder if they think I'm crazy ????? Meanwhile, they're talking about lifting heavy and going to their Crossfit classes.
Anyone else come across non-believers?I guess it doesn't really matter.We know it works--right??
Donna
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Hey Donna,
You're talking to a veteran of skeptical people. When I first started publicizing my written course back in '83, I can't tell you what a pack of Doubting Thomases I came across. When I'd stop and show them what VRT was all about, they'd actually "get it," and give it a try. Then I'd hear "Holy cow! I'm getting a pump! And I feel a burn in my muscle! I thought it sounded a little crazy at first, but now I get what you're talking about!"
This kind of exercise, like the DVR, requires a little explanation, or else people will think you're talking about an imaginary exercise, which of course will do nothing. Steer them towards this forum. If they buy one of John's books or buy my VRT package, they'll see the light and be delighted with the results.
Only my zeal kept this going, because some friends of mine and a cousin or two thought I had a screw loose. Only when they saw my results and knew I wasn't kidding that it didn't come from weights, made them understand. VRT & DVR require a short instruction, and the pupil to actually TRY it, rather than just hear about it and pass a quick judgement. They must try it to 'get' it!!
--Greg Mangan
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Hey Greg and Donna,
Interesting insights. One thing I'll throw in, is that for these methods to work, it takes a strong mental ability and focus to not only visualize what you are doing, but to contract the muscles as well. That takes time. I've shown this style of exercise to a lot of people. A few get it; more don't. The ones who don't fall into two categories - those who have no interest in exercise period, and those who don't have the patience to "think" into what they are doing.
I also have to say that I don't condemn anyone who doesn't get it. I have had success with VRT movements, but I am still, after a couple of years, still learning to focus into the muscles I am contracting. You guys keep fighting the good fight.
Greg Newton
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Quote: Originally Posted by Greg Newton:
"Hey Greg and Donna,
.....I also have to say that I don't condemn anyone who doesn't get it. I have had success with VRT movements, but I am still, after a couple of years, still learning to focus into the muscles I am contracting. You guys keep fighting the good fight.
Greg Newton"
Reply: Yes, I wish it wasn't so hard for some people, Greg. And thanks for the quote from St. Paul ("keep fighting the good fight.")
In my DVD and written course, I try to take the neophyte through the process of understanding it in a simple way. I still believe that the average person's imagination should kick in, and this should be as easy as pretending that you're flying an airplane. Almost like a child-like trust in your ability to imagine.
My son often plays with toy cars on our living room floor, and lays on the floor, pushing them around and making sounds like "b-rrrr-rrr-room" and sounds like that. Deep in all of us is a child-like ability to imagine, which every-day worries and concerns seem to drown out, almost completely. We often believe that those worries and concerns are they way we are supposed to think. But some find this simpler way of thinking and imagining to be too hard, and this has made exercise systems like this much less popular a method, then when one does not have to use their imagination at all during an exercise.
--Greg Mangan
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"...when one does not have to use their imagination at all during an exercise."
That's what I was stressing to them on the other forum that I wasn't just mindlessly throwing around a 2.5lb weight--what good would that do, but that I was using tension and imagining that it was a much heavier weight. I didn't get much response, other than it obviously works for me.
Oh well......
Donna
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Do you think people will think you're crazy?
The reason I ask is that I frequent another forum that is mostly women and in the "weight and resistance training" section they are always making fun of women/trainers/programs that use light dumbbells. So , I popped up one day and said that I got my arms from 2.5 lb dumbbells (I hold them while I do my dvrs/vrt). I'm not sure if they believe me. They did agree that my arms look good and whatever I'm doing, it must be working, but I still wonder if they think I'm crazy ????? Meanwhile, they're talking about lifting heavy and going to their Crossfit classes.
Anyone else come across non-believers?I guess it doesn't really matter.We know it works--right??
Donna
=============
Hey Donna,
You're talking to a veteran of skeptical people. When I first started publicizing my written course back in '83, I can't tell you what a pack of Doubting Thomases I came across. When I'd stop and show them what VRT was all about, they'd actually "get it," and give it a try. Then I'd hear "Holy cow! I'm getting a pump! And I feel a burn in my muscle! I thought it sounded a little crazy at first, but now I get what you're talking about!"
This kind of exercise, like the DVR, requires a little explanation, or else people will think you're talking about an imaginary exercise, which of course will do nothing. Steer them towards this forum. If they buy one of John's books or buy my VRT package, they'll see the light and be delighted with the results.
Only my zeal kept this going, because some friends of mine and a cousin or two thought I had a screw loose. Only when they saw my results and knew I wasn't kidding that it didn't come from weights, made them understand. VRT & DVR require a short instruction, and the pupil to actually TRY it, rather than just hear about it and pass a quick judgement. They must try it to 'get' it!!
--Greg Mangan
==========
Hey Greg and Donna,
Interesting insights. One thing I'll throw in, is that for these methods to work, it takes a strong mental ability and focus to not only visualize what you are doing, but to contract the muscles as well. That takes time. I've shown this style of exercise to a lot of people. A few get it; more don't. The ones who don't fall into two categories - those who have no interest in exercise period, and those who don't have the patience to "think" into what they are doing.
I also have to say that I don't condemn anyone who doesn't get it. I have had success with VRT movements, but I am still, after a couple of years, still learning to focus into the muscles I am contracting. You guys keep fighting the good fight.
Greg Newton
===============
Quote: Originally Posted by Greg Newton:
"Hey Greg and Donna,
.....I also have to say that I don't condemn anyone who doesn't get it. I have had success with VRT movements, but I am still, after a couple of years, still learning to focus into the muscles I am contracting. You guys keep fighting the good fight.
Greg Newton"
Reply: Yes, I wish it wasn't so hard for some people, Greg. And thanks for the quote from St. Paul ("keep fighting the good fight.")
In my DVD and written course, I try to take the neophyte through the process of understanding it in a simple way. I still believe that the average person's imagination should kick in, and this should be as easy as pretending that you're flying an airplane. Almost like a child-like trust in your ability to imagine.
My son often plays with toy cars on our living room floor, and lays on the floor, pushing them around and making sounds like "b-rrrr-rrr-room" and sounds like that. Deep in all of us is a child-like ability to imagine, which every-day worries and concerns seem to drown out, almost completely. We often believe that those worries and concerns are they way we are supposed to think. But some find this simpler way of thinking and imagining to be too hard, and this has made exercise systems like this much less popular a method, then when one does not have to use their imagination at all during an exercise.
--Greg Mangan
========
"...when one does not have to use their imagination at all during an exercise."
That's what I was stressing to them on the other forum that I wasn't just mindlessly throwing around a 2.5lb weight--what good would that do, but that I was using tension and imagining that it was a much heavier weight. I didn't get much response, other than it obviously works for me.
Oh well......
Donna
Monday, March 2, 2009
Suggestions to Prevent VRT Injuries
[Originally Posted by Hank_Z]
Hi Greg,
I posted earlier today on your site about having finally healed my rotator cuff tendinits. My plan is to do all of the VRT exercises on your DVD at high tension three days a week. I think that those exercises are the least likely to cause injury, and provide a lot of opportunity for strength gains. Although I like doing push-ups, I'm thinking that those are more likely to cause injury, so I'm planning to just do counter-top and wall push-ups for awhile.
Also, I'll continue doing stretching exercises for my shoulders six days a week.
Based on your knowledge and experience, do you recommend anything else to help prevent injuries? Do you, for example, recommend that I use significantly lighter tension on the VRTs the first couple of weeks or so? That might reduce the chance of aggravating the tendinitis, but it might not do much good in terms of exercise. (BTW, I'm almost 60 years of age.)
Thanks, Greg. I think your system is both safe, effective, and simple.Phil
Dear Hank, First of all, thanks for asking! At your age, I would be careful doing them all at high intensity training (HIT), and more likely consider doing some VRT's at a "significantly lighter tension" as you say.
At my age of 56 going on 57 in May, I'm right behind you. I do push-ups every morning, but sometimes hear an ever-present click in my elbows as I do them; I do one set of 25 full-range. However, on certain days I do counter-top push-ups, and this allows the clicking to stop.
I tend at my age to do more rapid but lower-intensity VRT exercises; I tend to do HIT style only for one set for the upper arms, and one set for the chest, because I appreciate the larger size they give me in those anatomical areas. But I have found very little tendinitis with VRT, no matter what the exercise is. Hope this helps.
Greg Mangan
VRT Man
Hi Greg,
I posted earlier today on your site about having finally healed my rotator cuff tendinits. My plan is to do all of the VRT exercises on your DVD at high tension three days a week. I think that those exercises are the least likely to cause injury, and provide a lot of opportunity for strength gains. Although I like doing push-ups, I'm thinking that those are more likely to cause injury, so I'm planning to just do counter-top and wall push-ups for awhile.
Also, I'll continue doing stretching exercises for my shoulders six days a week.
Based on your knowledge and experience, do you recommend anything else to help prevent injuries? Do you, for example, recommend that I use significantly lighter tension on the VRTs the first couple of weeks or so? That might reduce the chance of aggravating the tendinitis, but it might not do much good in terms of exercise. (BTW, I'm almost 60 years of age.)
Thanks, Greg. I think your system is both safe, effective, and simple.Phil
Dear Hank, First of all, thanks for asking! At your age, I would be careful doing them all at high intensity training (HIT), and more likely consider doing some VRT's at a "significantly lighter tension" as you say.
At my age of 56 going on 57 in May, I'm right behind you. I do push-ups every morning, but sometimes hear an ever-present click in my elbows as I do them; I do one set of 25 full-range. However, on certain days I do counter-top push-ups, and this allows the clicking to stop.
I tend at my age to do more rapid but lower-intensity VRT exercises; I tend to do HIT style only for one set for the upper arms, and one set for the chest, because I appreciate the larger size they give me in those anatomical areas. But I have found very little tendinitis with VRT, no matter what the exercise is. Hope this helps.
Greg Mangan
VRT Man
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Reflections on a Silent Retreat
Having spent the last four days of last week on a Silent Retreat, I'm back in business. I devoted my time to an 8' by 10' room with a single bed, a sink, and a desk, and got caught up on my reading, writing, and reflection.
And exercising.
This is not a very big area to move around in, for sure, but I found time to do Iso's out of John Peterson's Isometric Power Revolution book, and of course, my VRT.
My working area in this small room was literally 3' by 5', but I found no problem utilizing this space for doing any and all exercises in my VRT DVD, and the ISO's in John's IPR book.
So outside of various lectures we could listen to about four times throughout the day, my time was spent exercising, reading and writing. Much like the life of a cloistered monk, except that he would perhaps exclude the exercising part of the question.
I came home to my wife, and she says, "Looks like you've been working out! And you lost weight, too! What kind of a retreat is that? Did they have a workout room of some kind?" I said yes, they did in the basement of the facility, but I never went down there. Just stayed in my room, or attended lectures in a chapel.
So here's one for those living in technologically unimproved surroundings; lose weight, gain muscle, improve your physique in a living area designed for a monk or a seminary student.
Remember "Mens Sana in Corpore Sano," or the old Latin phrase for, "A Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body."
--Greg Mangan
And exercising.
This is not a very big area to move around in, for sure, but I found time to do Iso's out of John Peterson's Isometric Power Revolution book, and of course, my VRT.
My working area in this small room was literally 3' by 5', but I found no problem utilizing this space for doing any and all exercises in my VRT DVD, and the ISO's in John's IPR book.
So outside of various lectures we could listen to about four times throughout the day, my time was spent exercising, reading and writing. Much like the life of a cloistered monk, except that he would perhaps exclude the exercising part of the question.
I came home to my wife, and she says, "Looks like you've been working out! And you lost weight, too! What kind of a retreat is that? Did they have a workout room of some kind?" I said yes, they did in the basement of the facility, but I never went down there. Just stayed in my room, or attended lectures in a chapel.
So here's one for those living in technologically unimproved surroundings; lose weight, gain muscle, improve your physique in a living area designed for a monk or a seminary student.
Remember "Mens Sana in Corpore Sano," or the old Latin phrase for, "A Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body."
--Greg Mangan
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
The Power of Gratitude
This Thanksgiving reminds me of the power of gratitude--you know, just giving thanks. Giving thanks for all of the things we so often take for granted can bring so much more into your life.
People constantly think about all they don't have. That creates the evil of comparison with others.
A wise man once said you will always find people who have more than you, in money, smarts, strength, good looks, in health, in good fortune, and so on. And you will always find those that have far less than you. In all of those areas above.
The evil of comparing is that we tend to concentrate on those that have more than us, not less. And that is the evil of comparison; it creates envy and jealousy, only drives you away from the people that you admire, by envying them, not drawing them closer to you.
At one time, I complained about an aching knee. It kept re-occurring and bothering me, and I envied a man of similar age that I worked with who could run, even ran in marathons. The more I thought about the bad knee, the more mildly angry I got about my position as being mildly disabled and not being able to run or sprint.
Then one day as I approached a store, I saw a man come out, smiling, in a wheel chair with no legs. He was around my age. He could've been a veteran, don't know for sure. But he was happy and yakking away to another man. And all of a sudden my preoccupation with my knee ended, thinking to myself, look at the fact that I can walk---and he's happier than I am!
If we complain about things, we'll only get more of those things. What you think about, or visualize about (which is merely a mental movie of your thoughts), you will bring about. So if we concentrate on Thanks as in Thanksgiving (which is coming up tomorrow), we'll get more of the things that we're thankful about.
Don't think about your shortcomings. You'll only create more of a world in your mind of shortcomings. Think about all that you are grateful for. What you think about, and thank about, you will bring about. Gratitude brings more of the same into your life, of all the good things you've attained.
Visualize the best, visualize success, and you will bring that about. Remember that thoughts are things and thoughts have wings.
Greg Mangan
"VRT Man"
People constantly think about all they don't have. That creates the evil of comparison with others.
A wise man once said you will always find people who have more than you, in money, smarts, strength, good looks, in health, in good fortune, and so on. And you will always find those that have far less than you. In all of those areas above.
The evil of comparing is that we tend to concentrate on those that have more than us, not less. And that is the evil of comparison; it creates envy and jealousy, only drives you away from the people that you admire, by envying them, not drawing them closer to you.
At one time, I complained about an aching knee. It kept re-occurring and bothering me, and I envied a man of similar age that I worked with who could run, even ran in marathons. The more I thought about the bad knee, the more mildly angry I got about my position as being mildly disabled and not being able to run or sprint.
Then one day as I approached a store, I saw a man come out, smiling, in a wheel chair with no legs. He was around my age. He could've been a veteran, don't know for sure. But he was happy and yakking away to another man. And all of a sudden my preoccupation with my knee ended, thinking to myself, look at the fact that I can walk---and he's happier than I am!
If we complain about things, we'll only get more of those things. What you think about, or visualize about (which is merely a mental movie of your thoughts), you will bring about. So if we concentrate on Thanks as in Thanksgiving (which is coming up tomorrow), we'll get more of the things that we're thankful about.
Don't think about your shortcomings. You'll only create more of a world in your mind of shortcomings. Think about all that you are grateful for. What you think about, and thank about, you will bring about. Gratitude brings more of the same into your life, of all the good things you've attained.
Visualize the best, visualize success, and you will bring that about. Remember that thoughts are things and thoughts have wings.
Greg Mangan
"VRT Man"
Friday, November 7, 2008
Dr. Ignarro's Miracle Molecule
Dr. Ignarro, a pharmaceutical professor, discovered a "miracle molecule" which will eliminate bypass surgery, lower and finally end arteriosclerosis, reduce plaque and eliminate arterial blood clots, lower blood pressure, and generally cure almost all problems of cardiovascular disease.
He won the 1998 Nobel Prize for this discovery, but unfortunately his work has never been given very much publicity, due to the fact that the medical profession is finding it too easy, too plentiful, too cheap as a cure for almost all heart maladies.
That miracle molecule is Nitric Oxide. It is the curative component which is found in Nitroglycerine, a vasodilator (expands and thus relaxes a narrowed artery, which reduces chest pain and eliminates heart attacks), and also is the vasodilator which ends impotence (found in Viagara and other E.D. drugs). This would end the need for cholesterol inhibitors like Lipitor or Crestor, because it elimates arteriosclerotic plaque build-up. Nitroglycerine is expensive and lasts only a few minutes, but the key molecule or compound in it can be found elsewhere in less expensive form.
Where to find this? The easiest source of Nitric Oxide (chemically depicted as NO) is an amino acid called L-Arginine. It suppresses an enzyme which inhibits the formation of Nitric Oxide. (Not to be confused with Nitrous Oxide (NO2), which is laughing gas). Believe it or not, it's the same compound found in smog, but it's usage on an individual in supplements that contain L-Arginine, or taking L-Arginine itself, can perform miracles in regards to your heart health. --
Greg Mangan
"VRT Man"
He won the 1998 Nobel Prize for this discovery, but unfortunately his work has never been given very much publicity, due to the fact that the medical profession is finding it too easy, too plentiful, too cheap as a cure for almost all heart maladies.
That miracle molecule is Nitric Oxide. It is the curative component which is found in Nitroglycerine, a vasodilator (expands and thus relaxes a narrowed artery, which reduces chest pain and eliminates heart attacks), and also is the vasodilator which ends impotence (found in Viagara and other E.D. drugs). This would end the need for cholesterol inhibitors like Lipitor or Crestor, because it elimates arteriosclerotic plaque build-up. Nitroglycerine is expensive and lasts only a few minutes, but the key molecule or compound in it can be found elsewhere in less expensive form.
Where to find this? The easiest source of Nitric Oxide (chemically depicted as NO) is an amino acid called L-Arginine. It suppresses an enzyme which inhibits the formation of Nitric Oxide. (Not to be confused with Nitrous Oxide (NO2), which is laughing gas). Believe it or not, it's the same compound found in smog, but it's usage on an individual in supplements that contain L-Arginine, or taking L-Arginine itself, can perform miracles in regards to your heart health. --
Greg Mangan
"VRT Man"
Saturday, October 4, 2008
The VRT Answer for Arthritis
From John Peterson, author of Transformetrics:
I received a great letter from a man suffering from severe arthritis who has obtained exceptional results by performing the Seven Tiger Moves from my book The Miracle Seven. He wrote that for many years he could not sleep for more than three hours at a stretch due to waking up in pain. Now, however, he almost always sleeps through the night with no problem—thanks to the Tiger Moves.
In his letter he wondered what I would recommend to further amplify his results and to sculpt his entire body to the max. Naturally, Power Calisthenics are out of the question.
Without batting an eye, I immediately responded that he needed Greg Mangan's VRT Package (Click here for ordering information). Why? Because with Greg Mangan’s VRT Total Bodybuilding System he can take his desire for complete and synergistic strength and development to an entirely new level with exercises that Greg has specially created to strengthen and sculpt every muscle group in the entire body from head to toe. And better yet, VRT is perfect for people suffering from Arthritis and other joint conditions. Here’s why.
Greg teaches how anyone can positively contract and relax each muscle group at will for maximum strength development and body sculpting, using the power of applied visualization. And because VRT does not rely on weights or machines, there is absolutely no excess gravitational stress placed on swollen and painful joints, ligaments, or tendons. THAT MAKES VRT PERFECT FOR PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM ARTHRITIS OR OTHER FORMS OF JOINT PAIN!
With VRT, not only do you learn how to strengthen muscles maximally, but it also increases blood flow throughout the entire circulatory system even to the smallest capillaries. In addition, VRT greatly enhances your range of motion gently and safely as the strength and development gained through VRT stabilizes every joint with strong, perfectly sculpted, and flexible muscles that literally support the entire skeletal structure while making movement far more comfortable and pain free.
All this in addition to the fact that once you learn VRT you can exercise any time and any place because there is no equipment or weights involved—just your own body. And frankly, it doesn’t get any better than that!—J.P.
Do you know someone who would benefit from the challenge and inspiration of these Daily Transformations e-mails? Please forward them this link to www.Transformetrics.com, and encourage them to sign up in the drop-down box.
I received a great letter from a man suffering from severe arthritis who has obtained exceptional results by performing the Seven Tiger Moves from my book The Miracle Seven. He wrote that for many years he could not sleep for more than three hours at a stretch due to waking up in pain. Now, however, he almost always sleeps through the night with no problem—thanks to the Tiger Moves.
In his letter he wondered what I would recommend to further amplify his results and to sculpt his entire body to the max. Naturally, Power Calisthenics are out of the question.
Without batting an eye, I immediately responded that he needed Greg Mangan's VRT Package (Click here for ordering information). Why? Because with Greg Mangan’s VRT Total Bodybuilding System he can take his desire for complete and synergistic strength and development to an entirely new level with exercises that Greg has specially created to strengthen and sculpt every muscle group in the entire body from head to toe. And better yet, VRT is perfect for people suffering from Arthritis and other joint conditions. Here’s why.
Greg teaches how anyone can positively contract and relax each muscle group at will for maximum strength development and body sculpting, using the power of applied visualization. And because VRT does not rely on weights or machines, there is absolutely no excess gravitational stress placed on swollen and painful joints, ligaments, or tendons. THAT MAKES VRT PERFECT FOR PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM ARTHRITIS OR OTHER FORMS OF JOINT PAIN!
With VRT, not only do you learn how to strengthen muscles maximally, but it also increases blood flow throughout the entire circulatory system even to the smallest capillaries. In addition, VRT greatly enhances your range of motion gently and safely as the strength and development gained through VRT stabilizes every joint with strong, perfectly sculpted, and flexible muscles that literally support the entire skeletal structure while making movement far more comfortable and pain free.
All this in addition to the fact that once you learn VRT you can exercise any time and any place because there is no equipment or weights involved—just your own body. And frankly, it doesn’t get any better than that!—J.P.
Do you know someone who would benefit from the challenge and inspiration of these Daily Transformations e-mails? Please forward them this link to www.Transformetrics.com, and encourage them to sign up in the drop-down box.
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