“I worked out in gyms when I was younger but fell away from practicing. Then I became alarmed at how much strength and capability I’d lost, so I joined Alpha Posse and completed the 3 levels of Elements: Gradual, General, and Accelerated. I’m 70 years old, and I love the way Elements is designed so I can pace myself and work at just the right intensity for my ability. When I started in 2024, I could barely shuffle my feet a couple of inches in Monkey and Frogger. It’s a thrill now to be able to swing my feet through the full range of each movement. The video shows my progress after 1 year and 2 years of practicing.
The best thing is what Elements has done for my right shoulder, which was very painful after years of abuse in my workplace. When I mentioned it to a physical therapist I was seeing for a knee issue, he said, “probably arthritis,” in a gloomy, hopeless tone. About halfway through Elements General, I realized that using my shoulder wasn’t a big deal anymore. No chronic ache, and it easily moves me through the full range of motion of 3-point Bridge and the locomotions. I especially enjoy the feeling of strength when I push off without pain while doing Backwards Bear.
Actually, my shoulder improvement is the second-best thing. The best thing is what I’m able to keep on doing in regular life: lift and move heavy things around the house and in my garden; get down on the floor to play with the dogs and easily get up again. And withstand the enthusiastic greetings of my large-breed dog friends.”
“I know that there are plenty of great reviews on this program out there - so I'm just going to say what's already been said:
There are movements in this program that, at some point, I thought I'd never be able to accomplish again. Now, 5 months later, I actually sailing through, enoying it, and looking forward to more!
Thank you, GMB!”
“I really enjoy the variety of movements as well as the gradual progressions for each. There’s a lot to be said to not just including animal flow movements in your workout, but really prioritizing and getting good at them. One example of the improvement I’ve enjoyed is the transition between the bear and crab. While still challenging, it finally occurred to me during one session that I had been working on it continuously for five minutes before needing to catch my breath! That wouldn’t have seemed possible just a few months ago.”
“This is a program that leads to selfdiscovery when it comes to both performing exercises, increasing abilities and also how to build a program that allows You to stay on the fitness path.
I also joined the on-line community which has a large library with lessons and resources for trouble shooting.
Laid Back. I reccommend it.”
“Got tired of getting injured while lifting weights in the gym, and hoped getting a better strength and stability/support base would help. I'm most of the way through the gradual Elements track, which I chose due to my age (47) and having a long history of joint injuries in particular.
I'm definitely getting stronger, with the more advanced exercises later in the program still being challenging but doable. I especially like how the program shifts focus between the workouts, so that the muscles and joints engaged most in the last workout have time to recover before coming back to them a few workouts down the line.
Overall, I really like how the program is set up. The vast majority of the tutorials are solid, and the progressions in the gradual track are at a good speed for me. I'll be going back through the program later on the General (and hopefully Accelerated) tracks next before trying some of the other programs (e.g. Resilience and Integral Strength).
My main complaints are with some of the basic exercises where there aren't any remedial or alternative exercise options given. For example, my ankle/knee/hip mobility is nowhere near good enough to do the "Walk Into Squat" or "Floating Table Top Pull To Squat" exercises. I could never get my center of mass over my feet enough for the Walk Into Squat. And I can't lift my knees far enough to get my feet off the ground for the Floating Table Top Pull to Squat, so I ended up having to use a couple of yoga blocks propped up on their long sides to get high enough to even partially drag my feet forward, which is very unstable. Considering the Walk Into Squat is a warmup exercise, I would have preferred an exercise that would warm up those joints for the following exercises (e.g. bodyweight squats), not just leave me frustrated before even starting the real workout. Maybe my body proportions just aren't amenable to those exercises.
It would also be nice if we could click a link to go back and replay the tutorials after the exercise timer starts. A few of the more advanced exercises (e.g. transitions) were difficult for me to catch the gist before the timer started, but I couldn't find a way to go back. But maybe I just missed it.
I hope this review doesn't come across as too negative. I definitely liked it enough to recommend it to anyone like me who is looking to be more comfortable moving their body around, and (hopefully) increase resilience to future injury.”
“Great training. Progressive which is good, as stuff you would not imagine to be capable of doing are eventually possible. Improved my mobility and most of all, although challenging and quite hard if you want to, it is fun”
