“Most of the movements are familiar after having done Elements, Vitamin, Mobious and Integral Strength in the past, but the combination of them in Sequences feels like an entirely different experience. I get to work on my control and conditioning quite hard, while still acquiring new skills or improving on the ones that I have some practice with.”
“Sequences was a great fit for me. Having already completed Elements and Vitamin I was keen for a challenge and particularly enthusiastic for rolls/cartwheels/handstands as these are things I've always wanted to do and never known how to develop the skills in a progressive way. I've had a ball so far working through Sequences and would not have believed that at 38 I'd be moving better than I ever have, confidently nailing cartwheel variations in both directions and progressing handstand holds.
A real winner for me is the option of a more conditioning-focused version of the program, some of the sessions have left me really gassed (in a good way) so I don't feel like I'm sacrificing the conditioning I need for my sport for the sake of better mobility.”
“Whether you’re new to GMB programs or a long time fan, you won't want to miss Sequences. This program is one of my favorites and I’ve tried and completed several GMB programs. With its comprehensive instruction and engaging exercises, GMB Sequences is an enjoyable and challenging way to learn and practice cool movements. For me, it came along right on time and aligned with some of my current movement goals (leaning macaco).
Whether you're a beginner or an advanced practitioner, you're sure to find value in this excellent program. Highly recommended!”
“I’ve long used GMB as a supplement to my training in various movement disciplines. Now in my 40’s, I recently got into playing capoeira alongside my 7-year old son. Initially I struggled with the complexity of this martial art, which requires maintaining fluidity and range of motion through various planes of movement. Sequences has provided the boost I needed in my agility, flexibility, and strength. Thanks to this program I am more confident in the roda (the circle in which capoeira is performed), as I am able to more seamlessly link together longer chains of movements.”
“I would and have recommended GMB numeral times and always told people to start with Elements. But I think most of the fun lies in the Vitamin program and because at the time there was no Sequences (or Loco which is fine for that too), I had a bit of a hard time to bridge that gap. So I'd think Sequences is great as a transition between the two and I am having a lot of fun now doing it and Vitamin as my daily dose of skill and flow-work.”
“It’s fun and it will challenge you learning (or improving) new cool moves and combos… al the while improving how you move, flexibility, coordination and have fun with it … enjoyed elements? Go for it, believe this is the right next step into the GMB world as it will introduce new moves to have fun with”
“This is, firstly, fun. Second, I can do it on my lunch break. Third, already half-way through, I have gained more flexibility for movements that I actually use - when I crawl around my boat, when I go skiing. Initially, it looked like light training, but that was just getting the forms right, then it ramped up to the maximum level that I can do. It aims toward moves like the carthwheel (which I could already do), and the kip-up (which I cannot yet do). If I can't kip-up at the end, then at least I am (already) much closer to that when I started, and I can re-run the program once more until I can do it.
There is as always with GMB a very good app with timers and instruction videos, with overviews of progress, progress tracking notes, previews of upcoming exercises (with the instruction videos), built-in timers for the whole exercises.
From being rather immobile in January last year, here I am flowing about these movement sequences (having done two other GMB programs before this one). I recommend this program. Warmly.”
“Let me preface this review by saying that I've been doing GMB programs for several years, including the original legend programs.
What I liked with Sequences are how much fun some of the movements are. For instance, I've always wanted to nail the snakedown and floor kip, ever since I've tried them in Vitamin. Macaco is a movement I've found daunting and wanted to learn for many years, without quite having had any success or any structured way of approaching it.
What I found less enjoyable with Sequences, however, had been the pacing and practical issues with the flows. My first round of Sequences started with an excitement. However, I soon felt that even the 30 min sessions often felt extremely repetetive, where I noticed myself thinking that the sessions somehow feel incredibly long. I also did the extra conditioning option, and often the last part of the sessions felt like a tiresome burden. While I do like spending good portion of time on getting one movement down, there were times where I just lost the spark during the session due to how repetetive it could feel.
For the record, I'm doing a new round of Sequences, this time 15 min sessions only, which I find to be the perfect length for these.
When it comes to the practical aspects of the flow, I actually found several of the flows to be hard to do in a feasable way because of my living arrangement. I commute between two living spaces, and I did the flows in both of them, and ran into similar spacing issues. That, of course, fractures some of the smoothness and continuity of the actual full flows.
I am, as mentioned, doing a second round of Sequences now, because I really want to get the Macaco, Floor kip and Snakedown even more down. By the way, the theee abovementioned movements have all required more practice time, so that longer sessions really paid off for those in particular.
I would recommend the program to existing GMB-clients as I think it builds upon and expands a lot of skills and movements from previous programs (Elements, Vitamin, Moebius).”
