“Resilience is a great routine, because it helps to gradually build strength. Before you know it you can do things you couldn’t or struggled with.
That is real progress and it keeps you motivated.
I do this along with elements.”
“Resilience offers short but challenging practices that fit easily in my busy schedule. Doing it regularly helped me get rid off shoulder pain and makes me indeed feel better and more confident in my body in my day to day life as well as in sports.”
“When I think about the Resilience program, the main emotion I feel is… gratitude.
It’s like, “thank god there’s a program like this,” because Resilience gives me a chance to do things that I rarely find time to do otherwise.
While most of my training is about “strength”, which focuses on the muscles, in short sets of 30 seconds to a minute each.
In Resilience, your joints and your often ignored “weak links” (ankles, wrists, elbows, etc) get a lot more attention. They’re so easy to ignore, which is why I’m grateful that this program makes them easy to NOT ignore.
Moreover, the durations are way longer — 3 to 6 minutes of constant movement, in a single set, and then you move on to a different exercise. This is also a great relief, because it allows you to really spend time with each movement and feel it at a deep level. It’s like physical meditation, which I enjoy more than the endless “artificial” cycles of work-rest-work-rest that modern exercise has become.
I should also advise that this program is also very humbling, quickly revealing your weak links. I feel much more like a beginner while doing Resilience than even with Integral Strength.
Again, glad to have this program and grateful to the team for developing this.”
“I got this programme after dealing with the aftermath of an almost torn ligament, where I kept feeling knee pain. I realized I need to strengthen those areas that are more injury prone, especially with age. However, I was suprised that this programme does not tackle knees at all, which is surprising considered how many people have knee pain and injuries. Some of the excericses are good for the knees as well, but few. Anyway, there are many exercises, from the most basic to very advanced. I found some too easy, while others I will need to work on for a long time (like or shrimp pistol squats, ha!). So there's room to accommodate various levels. However, personally, I find most of the sessions not so helpful overall, because I'm already very flexible and mobile after practicing yoga for 15+ years, so I actually skip many excercises because they're too easy and there's no options to make them more challenging. I still appreciate the dfiveristy of movements and all the things I've learned, but I only find the last 6 lessons truly good for me. I think I'd only redo those.”
The program definitely will help your knees, including the shrimp/pistol combo you mentioned... it builds stability in the knee and ankle joints. More importantly, Resilience will improve your hip and ankle coordination (some of those "easy" movements you skipped), which address some of the most common issues that lead to knee injuries (limited ankle mobility is a BIG cause of knee injuries, for example). I strongly recommend following the actual program instead of picking and choosing portions based on your assumptions from other kinds of exercise.
“I am about halfway through the programs lessons or modules. This seems to be gentle to moderate intensity movements. The prep work gets you moving and mentally prepared and then the practice is hard enough to feel like an exercise for some sections. I appreciate the focus on slow smooth movements. My hardest areas like wrist and hips appreciate going through the motions and regularly feel better after a session. I tend to do the shorter variation but still get a positive sensation. I really recommend this to people with light nagging pains and people who want to explore different movements/activities from their typical knowledge.”
“Resilience is a real gem. First it was just something I did on my off days but the longer I used it, the more I liked the program. After finishing my first round some weeks before I immediately started my next round, this time as my main focus.”
“I found the program quite helpful in working around/through some nagging injuries.
And my mobility has improved significantly, I am currently not able to to access all movements, but fully expect to when injuries have completely healed.
As with all the GMB programs the videos and explanations are excellent, some of the best there is.”
