Hey Matt,
I’m sure you know this but I wanted to say that I found a great benefit to Hindu Squats. I’ll be 61 this year and developed pain in my right knee while walking. Very Bizarre for me. I figured I’d try the Squats because of the range of motion. I can control everything while moving and no real impact on the knee. I did 5 sets of 10 and immediately had no issue walking. That was yesterday and can do them again today. I really think the issue is getting weaker with age and this seems to be a great remedy.
Thanks,
John

Heya John,
Glad to hear about your discovery and what you’re actively doing to strengthen your body and eliminate pain.

So much of the pain humans are experiencing today is due to inactivity – or from imbalanced activity.

There is a whole lot more pain going on in gyms of today than I ever saw in one year as a teenager.

In the locker room and sauna alone, it’s not uncommon for me to see well built men who can’t walk without a gimp, who can’t raise their arms above their shoulders, or who’s vertebra appear to be fused.

Several years back I met with a person who thinks he’s somewhat of a tough guy, yet he couldn’t move freely due to the pain in his back and shoulders.

The fix was simple.

I showed him how to lie across one of those big Swiss-style air balls and let the back of his neck arch and settle in. Theoretically, once the back of his head was resting on the ball, all he had to do was breathe deeply, relax, and… rest some more.

If he would have done this, not only would he have found relief, but I would have given him another exercise to help him more.

Couldn’t even get him to attempt the first exercise. I told him that a mouse has more courage than he does – which was underplaying the truth.

Meanwhile, I’ve helped thousands of men and women improve their knee health by doing Hindu squats and the other exercises I teach.

The key is starting out small, doing 10 squats a day to begin with – or even less.

It’s not how hard you train that matters most in the beginning – it’s where you get started and how you sustain your training over the long haul.

When you don’t try to force the process, you tap into the force – and you end up exercising more, enjoying it more, and making more progress with this process.

Complaining about pain and doing nothing is nothing new.

You gotta be willing to engage. You gotta be willing to give something new a whirl.

Once again, we come full circle to the words “desire” and “focus.”

If you have desire and focus, you can astonish yourself. If you don’t – ain’t nothin nobody can do for you.

Matt Furey