Bodyflex for weight loss: my review, before and after photos, table with results

The universal method of weight loss and rejuvenation - bodyflex - is described by reviews as the simplest and most effective. Its popularity is due to the fact that it takes little time, so even super-busy people can easily devote only 15-20 minutes a day to it.

In addition, this practice of losing weight, strengthening muscle tone and rejuvenating the skin can give good results to anyone who does not go to the gym or does aerobics occasionally. Various Internet sites are full of rave reviews and stories about the good results of people who have lost weight. However, today you can also find negative feedback about the well-known breathing practice.

About the author of bodyflex and her followers

Housewife Greer Childers, living in one of the American provinces, rapidly gained weight after the birth of her third child. The plump figure caused the woman a lot of suffering and caused problems in her personal life. Low self-esteem and the inability to choose what Greer considered ideal for her wardrobe forced her to look for ways to change her size 56 figure. While studying specialized literature, the future author of “lazy weight loss” came across breathing exercises. The theory of proper breathing, which allows ventilation of the lower part of the lungs, interested Greer. Having tried this practice on herself, she created bodyflex. Reviews from adherents of this method indicate that it helps you lose weight and feel good at the same time.

Its author managed to reduce the body size to the desired 44. To enhance the effect of bodyflex exercises, Greer Childers combined breathing practice with simple exercises.

Bodyflex - what is it?

Initially, American housewife Childers Greer developed this set of exercises for her own weight loss.

Bodyflex is a set of 12 exercises based on a combination of muscle stretching and aerobic breathing.

The main strength of bodyflex lies in special breathing exercises, due to which fat is actively burned by enriching the blood with oxygen.
Schematically, the pattern of inhalations and exhalations looks like this: Bodyflex breathing exercise system

Throughout the book, the author mentions that bodyflex is not just a set of exercises, but a way of life. I agree with this, exercise should be done every day throughout your life, just like brushing your teeth. Over the course of the book, Greer talked about her experience of losing excess weight and rejuvenating. On the pages were pictures of her magnificent figure and the youthful face of a woman in her sixties.

I read reviews on the Internet, watched a video with Greer, and subscribed to the bidiflex group on Vkontakte. There were also negative reviews, saying that this was quackery and other nonsense. And here I realized the following truth,

If I want to get results, then I need to thoroughly understand all the features of bodyflex and find out reviews about this technique.

The main secret of the unique technique

Aerobic breathing, which serves as the basis for bodyflex, helps saturate every cell of the body with oxygen, in the presence of which fat is actively broken down. This type of enrichment of our tissues with vital gas - diaphragmatic (belly breathing) - is usually not used in everyday practice.

It works simply: holding your breath for 8-10 seconds causes the accumulation of CO2 in the tissues, which provokes dilation of the arteries. As a result, the absorption of oxygen by cells is much more efficient. This “extra” O2 is a true “mega machine” that:

• Saturates with energy.
• Improves well-being.
• Helps to successfully fight extra pounds.

Exercise poses help strengthen muscle tone, which leads to restoration of muscle elasticity and skin tightening. Successfully stimulating the fight against cellulite and age-related wrinkles, bodyflex receives positive reviews from the majority of the fair sex. Despite the slow and calm movements during aerobic exercise, this weight loss technique produces a more noticeable effect than strength training or running.

For example, in a half-hour workout using bodyflex you can burn 1700-1800 kcal, while running during this period will allow you to get rid of only 300-400 kcal, and regular fitness will remove no more than 150 kcal. Greer Childers developed the exercises in such a way that it was possible to load certain areas of the body, achieving changes in muscle relief in problem areas.

The basis of bodyflex gymnastics

Bodyflex classes from Greer Childers are based on correct five-stage breathing, consisting of:

1. one exhale;
2. then inhale;
3. after this, exhale forcefully;
4. hold your breath (in this case, you need to lower your head, drawing in your stomach, take the desired position and, without stopping holding your breath, remain in this position for 8-10 seconds);
5. final breath.

In combination with isometric, stretching and isotonic poses, bodyflex tightens muscle groups relative to each other. This allows you to lose weight correctly and consistently without tormenting your body with numerous diets. Two weeks of the right program will allow you to lose 30 cm in volume.

Bodyflex for beginners: how to breathe

To master the technique of correct diaphragmatic breathing in bodyflex, you first need to take the classic “basketball player” pose: place your legs 35 cm wide from each other, rest your palms on your legs above your knees (approximately 2.5 cm apart) and bend them slightly, as if crouching The bodyflex breathing practice (reviews of people who have lost weight with before and after photos testify to its effectiveness) consists of several stages:

1. First you need to empty your lungs of remaining air. An important rule: you need to exhale through your mouth and inhale through your nose! Pursing your lips like a tube, as if to pronounce the sound “u,” we completely exhale all the air from the lungs.
2. Then you need to take a powerful, rapid breath through your nose, filling your lungs as much as possible.
3. Next, we exhale sharply through our lips, positioned horizontally (as to evenly distribute lipstick when applying makeup), while we hear a “groin.”
4. While holding your breath, lower your head down, pull your stomach inward as much as possible and slowly count to 8.
5. The final stage is a relaxed inhalation. We return to the original “basketball player” stance and calmly inhale through our nose.

At home, as Marina Korpan advises, you can use a universal breathing technique that maintains the sequence of the process, but the stance can be more free.

How Bodyflex works

With age, any woman notices that her body becomes swollen with fat, so much so that even intensive training does not help. The muscles grow under a layer of fat, which makes the body not slimmer, but more massive. And it all comes from the fact that in most cases a person breathes incorrectly and shallowly.

As a result, the muscles do not receive the necessary oxygen, and nutritional deficiency occurs. In addition, after training, a “brutal” appetite appears, which not everyone can cope with. Breathing exercises from Greer Childers reveal to everyone the secrets of being slim. After all, the author herself managed to lose weight thanks to her program from size 54 to 42. The flexible American woman in the photo before and after losing weight has changed dramatically. Why not try to follow her example?

Features of the exercises

During bodyflex exercises, muscles experience a full range of physical loads: isotonic, isometric and stretching. The first function allows certain muscle groups to contract, the second - to tense without changing the length of the muscles, the third - to work on stretching.

Such biomechanics creates conditions for training muscles in any of the controlled zones. Reviews of those who have lost weight advise anyone who has decided to do bodyflexing for the first time to pay attention not only to correct breathing, but also to the technique of performing this or that exercise.

Advantages of this system

Unlike widely advertised methods of losing excess weight today, the described weight loss program does not require:

• Plenty of time for training – exercising for 15 minutes helps improve your well-being and improve your mood.
• Special equipment, since 12 gymnastic exercises are simple and accessible. Doing them is reminiscent of regular morning exercises, after which a person feels a surge of strength.
• Stick to strict diets. It is enough to switch to a healthy, balanced diet that ensures the normal functioning of the body.
• Expenses for a subscription to a fitness club, trips associated with wasting time.

Bodyflex for weight loss also collects positive reviews because it includes special exercises for facelifting and tightening neck muscles, which are missing in shaping, aerobics and fitness programs.

Just a week of training according to the method of Greer Childers or Marina Korpan, who developed breathing exercises and promotes it in our country, helps make the waist thinner by 5 or 10 cm, and in some cases it is possible to achieve a difference of 15-20 cm!

What is bodyflex

Gymnastics Greer Childers combines breathing practice and physical exercise. It's called BodyFlex. Greer's breathing system consists of five steps:

• exhalation;
• quick breath;
• release of the lungs on exhalation;
• holding your breath;
• one more breath.

And as physical activity, the familiar elements of yoga and Pilates are used.

Bodyflex is a breathing exercise based on aerobic breathing and a set of special exercises.

Two conditions for performing bodyflex breathing exercises:

• empty stomach. After eating, at least 4 hours must pass before you can start exercising;
• regularity of training. Set aside at least 15 minutes every day for breathing exercises and exercises on problem areas. A full bodyflex complex lasts about 1 hour and can be done 2-3 times a week.

Bodyflex and weight loss

The main assistant that ensures the weight loss effect in the bodyflex system is oxygen. Or “extra oxygen,” as Marna Korpan, a fitness coach for the ZhiVi TV channel and a bodyflex trainer, calls it. The body needs oxygen to break down fat and carbohydrates. A special breathing technique supplies the body with a large volume of oxygen. This promotes accelerated metabolism and fat is burned more efficiently.

Numerous breath-holds exceeding the norm are contraindicated.

The result of bodyflex gymnastics

The founder of bodyflex, Grig Childers, attracted followers with her own successes from training: in just 3 months of training, she changed from size 52 to 44. This effect is difficult to both confirm and refute. We can only mention that in 2003 the Greer company was fined for unfair advertising of the bodyflex complex. Greer Childers paid $2.6 million for falsely promising her clients a reduction in body size by 10-30 cm and burning 3 thousand kcal per hour of exercise.

The founder of bodyflex in Russia, Marina Korpan, also gave rather optimistic forecasts regarding the possibility of losing weight as a result of exercise. In her blog, she said that in an hour-long lesson you can spend more than 800 kcal. No one confirmed this figure except herself.

Actual performance indicators depend on the individual characteristics of the person, the duration and regularity of the exercises. But on average, it is believed that bodyflex burns slightly more calories over the same period of time than running and aerobics.

Table: average energy consumption when doing bodyflex and other types of fitness

Weight loss is not the goal: what to expect from training

In a popular book telling how to achieve a great figure by doing bodyflex for 15 minutes a day, Greer Childers claims that the main result of the author’s program for all those losing weight is not weight loss as such, but strengthening muscle tone throughout the body and increasing a person’s energy potential. After a long course of bodyflex training, reviews from photos of those who have lost weight indicate the elimination of excess fat and tightening of flabby skin. Owners of a loose, loose layer of fat cells, as a rule, achieve more impressive results than those who have a minimal percentage of excess weight.

In addition to positive changes in your figure, regular breathing exercises contribute to:

• increasing human immune defense;
• reducing the risk of cardiovascular problems, the appearance and development of cancer;
• normalization of digestive function;
• getting rid of bad habits.

The increase in the overall tone of the body, which is caused by regular bodyflex exercises, is equally beneficial for women and men.

Indications: what does this unique practice help with?

Marina Korpan and Greer Childers recommend that anyone who suffers from physical inactivity - insufficient physical activity or lack thereof - should pay attention to bodyflex breathing exercises. Reviews of those who have lost weight with photos demonstrate:

• Elimination of excess weight, which is the main reason for a person’s dissatisfaction with his appearance.
• Skin tightness and absence of signs of early aging.
• Strengthening muscle tone throughout the body, including problem areas.
• Disappearance of puffiness and reduction of “orange peel” appearance.
• Improvement in gastrointestinal diseases.
• Absence of chronic fatigue syndrome, weakness and drowsiness, as well as emotional irritability.

Often people addicted to smoking tobacco quit this unhealthy habit with the help of the described breathing practice. The wide range of indications for bodyflex training is due to the fact that the training is simple and non-exhausting; the result often becomes noticeable after 3-5 weeks of regular practice.

Contraindications

Having studied a whole wave of information about bodyflex, reviews, before and after photos posted on forums and other thematic Internet sites, many decide that this system is suitable for anyone without restrictions. But in fact there is a taboo for:

• Pregnant women, since diaphragmatic breathing causes high tension in the abdominal walls, which can harm the desired baby or stimulate premature labor. For long-time fans of bodyflex, doctors recommend coordinating classes with a specialist, who usually advises eliminating the breathing program, leaving only a stretching load on the muscles.
• Those who suffer from various chronic diseases, as well as people who have recently been injured or have undergone surgery. Holding your breath together with a deep breath can provoke stress in the body. This leads to increased blood pressure and increased heart rate, which, combined with tension in various muscle groups, negatively affects overall health.

The list of other taboos for bodyflex exercises includes reviews from doctors:

• Heart failure.
• Hernias of various localizations.
• Uterine fibroids (as deep breathing and abdominal tension can cause bleeding).
• Arrhythmia.
• Pathologies and diseases of the thyroid gland.
• Glaucoma.
• High degree of myopia.
• Bronchial asthma.
• Intracranial pressure.
• Increased body temperature.
• Bleeding.
• Hypertension (severe stage).

Doctors advise that before starting to use any of the breathing practices, undergo a medical examination to exclude possible contraindications. It is also necessary to make sure that there are no chronic or other diseases with mild symptoms.

Contraindications to bodyflex

My main motivation was age, waist circumference, stiff back. There are people around me who love running, cycling and morning walks, but I am not one of them.

Bodyflex is suitable for everyone who has no contraindications for it. Therefore, I recommend paying attention to this useful complex for morning exercises.

Over the course of 4 years, I fell in love with this complex and would gladly give Greer the Nobel Prize for her complex. Her experience helped me get my body in order, both inside and out. To find out how the complex works, it is advisable to read the original source, which also mentions contraindications:

• Pregnancy,
• Chronic diseases of the heart and vascular system,
• Chronic respiratory diseases,
• Glaucoma, severe myopia,
• Chronic neurological problems,
• Thyroid diseases
• Gallstone disease,
• Presence of bleeding
• Tumors,
• In case of illness with increased body temperature, colds, acute respiratory viral infections, influenza.

For those who want to make friends with bodyflex and learn a lot more about its contraindications, you can contact clubs where there is a bodyflex trainer, for example in your city.

Three basic rules from Marina Korpan

To improve the results of bodyflex exercises, reviews from a famous Russian guru suggest following basic instructions:

1. Systematicity in bodyflex is the most important factor in achieving high efficiency. Daily classes should be held regularly, without absences or excuses. 15-30 minutes a day is enough. Most people prefer 20-minute workouts to get ideal body proportions.
2. It is necessary to maintain a reserve of patience. The fight against excess weight at the initial stage is aimed at strengthening muscles, which is facilitated by careful exercise. Correction of problem areas is enabled later.
3. For those who are interested in the bodyflex system, reviews of those who have lost weight with Marina Korpan are advised not to starve or adhere to strict diets, as this causes weight gain again. It is enough to eat correctly, that is, in a balanced manner, and perform a set of exercises without fail on an empty stomach.

Pros and cons of bodyflex

The undeniable “advantages” of bodyflex

for me there were home activities that you can do in a familiar, calm environment, when you are not pushed or controlled. And most importantly, there is no need to get ready and rush anywhere.

The combination of breathing exercises and static exercises is attractive. The body is fully involved in the work: the head (I control inhalations and exhalations), lungs, diaphragm and muscles that I strain while holding my breath. There is no direct load on the spine.

Bodyflex does not require special equipment or sportswear.

The charging duration is 15-20 minutes, which is quite acceptable for a morning exercise routine. According to Greer, it is better to do the complex in the morning, on an empty stomach. Personally, I liked it almost immediately, because in the morning it is more likely to find time for yourself than at other times of the day.

But both for me the advantages and for others can be disadvantages:

1. Do the complex in the morning, after sleep, on an empty stomach, in order to pump the diaphragm well.
2. Have breakfast after 30 minutes - 1 hour, so that there is time to burn fat after exercise.
3. To improve results, you need to exercise every day in the morning for 15-20 minutes.

I was more interested in the “pros” of the complex than the “cons”, because... the author promised to reduce my waist by 5-10 cm within a week. But I really wanted to become slimmer.

At that time, my weight was 72 kg, with a height of 160 cm. The body mass index was increased 26.5. I myself felt great about my extra 6-8 kg. First of all, I measured the initial volumes of all parts of the body and compiled a table.

Bodyflex system: advantages and results

The breathing program for losing weight by Greer Childers and Marina Korpan helps obese people:

• Improve metabolism by accelerating thermolipolysis (fat burning).
• Strengthen your abdominal muscles.
• Completely absorb oxygen (if during normal breathing the body’s cells absorb only 25% of the incoming volume of vital gas, then during training with bodyflex this parameter increases to 85%).
• Reduce the amount of hard-to-reach visceral fat that fills the space around the internal organs.
• Reduce or eliminate cellulite, since photos of people who practice bodyflex show the absence of an “orange peel.”
• Successfully combat constipation and other gastrointestinal problems.
• Increase muscle elasticity.
• Bring body contours closer to ideal.
• Align the oval of the face.
• Normalize digestion and regularly remove toxins.
• Increase self-esteem and improve mood.

After a year or two of regular bodyflex exercises, reviews with photos from experienced people show dramatic changes. If at the initial stage you can see a loose and voluminous body in any model, then by the end of the period amazing changes occur in it - the figure becomes slender and fit.

Bodyflex - my results

The table below shows real data for 1 year and 3 months. daily bodyflex exercises. They show, although small, the dynamics of change.

I achieved these results without adhering to proper nutrition and other restrictions. I just did exercises every morning on an empty stomach, learned to breathe correctly, stretch my muscles and do exercises correctly.

According to my family, I looked thinner and fit.
But the weight did not change much. Table of my body measurements

Does the respiratory system help everyone?

In practice, there are rare cases when the process of losing weight takes too long or becomes impossible. Trained people whose muscles maintain their tone lose weight incredibly slowly. Such people manage to maintain their figure with the help of breathing exercises, but no significant changes occur. The wonderful bodyflex technique in reviews with results noticeable to others, as a rule, is intended for overweight people who cannot afford strength training with intense loads, running and jumping.

The effectiveness of bodyflex may also decrease while taking certain medications: antidepressants, hormonal drugs, birth control pills. The absence of visible changes in figure after training is sometimes due to the individual characteristics of a person’s metabolism. This technique does not work in cases where the student does everything through force, without pleasure, without believing in a positive result. In the absence of discipline and unwillingness to perform breathing exercises every day, it is impossible to lose weight, and a three-day break in exercise leads to the fact that you have to learn to breathe again. In addition, it will also not be possible to reduce body weight below the physiological norm.

Opposing opinion and expert comments

One of the opponents of bodyflex, Alexey Faleev, the author of his own weight loss program, who promotes it with the help of several books and a number of relevant articles, points out the presence of large, 10-second breath holds after exhalation, which can be very harmful to the body. This oxygen deprivation, according to the master of sports and multiple champion, can negatively affect the tissues of the brain and body, eventually causing various diseases, including tumors. But is bodyflex so dangerous? Real reviews from practicing doctors indicate a lack of research on this topic. At the same time, observations of athletes whose activities involve longer breath-holds did not reveal an increased susceptibility to cancer in them. For synchronized swimmers, for example, the pause during breath holding can range from 3 minutes and 40 seconds to 4.5 minutes! However, critical physiologists argue that the loss of excess fat during bodyflex is associated with stress due to the saturation of tissues with carbon dioxide, and cardiologists recommend paying attention to the sharp movement of the diaphragm during inhalation after holding the breath, which can provoke an increase in blood pressure. Professionals and long-time supporters of bodyflex advise beginners to listen to the opinion of the authors of the technique, who suggest first learning how to breathe correctly for 3-4 weeks, and only then starting to perform the exercises. From the mega volume of incoming oxygen, dizziness, tingling in the hands and darkening in the eyes may initially occur. During this transition period, you need to strictly monitor your well-being, interrupt classes in time, take breaks and avoid discomfort. As soon as the body gets used to diaphragmatic breathing, the excess of incoming oxygen will become the norm and unpleasant symptoms will disappear.

Facelift with bodyflex

Only two exercises of the bodyflex system for the face are characterized in reviews as effective training for double chin and wrinkles:

1. The Ugly Grimace helps strengthen the neck muscles and tighten the lower chin area with fat deposits. After completing the breathing technique, we move the lower jaw forward as far as possible. Pull out your lips as if for a kiss. Then we direct our lips upward and pull them towards the ceiling, and straighten our arms and tilt them back a little. We count to eight.
2. “Lion” is an exercise that can simultaneously engage 40 facial muscles. Having completed the breathing technique, form your lips into an oval, straining them and sticking out your tongue as much as possible. With your eyes wide open, lift them up, looking at your forehead. During this exercise, all facial muscles, from the chin to the forehead, should experience tension. Maintain this feeling for a count of eight.

Repeat both exercises 6 times, relaxing your muscles during pauses and inhaling. If you do them correctly, the tension in the neck area will be quite strong, and the muscles may ache even the next day. However, this is considered the norm, since there is no load on the neck muscles in most training complexes, so they are not involved.

The faces of people who have practiced bodyflex in reviews with before and after photos reflect amazing changes. The double chin and sagging neck are removed, the oval of the face is tightened and smoothed, small wrinkles disappear, and large ones become less noticeable. In addition, skin tone improves - it becomes smoother and healthier.

Slim waist with breathing technique

Many women call the stomach and sides one of the most problematic areas. The fight against fat deposits in the abdominal area is an important element on the path to an ideal figure. A bodyflex complex for the abdomen can help you get rid of voluminous shapes, make your waist thin, and your sides graceful. Reviews from experienced people claim that 5 exercises designed to tighten muscles, burn hard-to-reach visceral and subcutaneous fat through breathing and stretching are very effective. But they must be performed regularly in compliance with the rules. As the video instructions tell you, you first need to take a special position: put your feet shoulder-width apart, bend your knees, lean your body forward, and rest your hands on your legs just above your knees. You need to look straight ahead. You should keep your back straight, pulling in your stomach and lowering your head down. Keeping the vacuum with a raised diaphragm, we hold our breath for 10 seconds, while simultaneously performing effective exercises:

1. For lateral stretching. Stand up straight, bend your knees slightly, rest your hands on your palms, placing them slightly above your knees. After performing the breathing technique, point your straight left leg to the side, transferring your body weight to your right. At the same time, raise your left hand up and point it in the opposite direction, following it towards your bent right leg. Do the stretch for 8 counts, and then repeat in a mirror manner, switching sides. In total, you need to perform 3 repetitions for each side. This exercise tones the waist muscles and creates smooth, expressive lines of the figure.
2. "Diamond". Stand straight with your feet hip-width apart. Place your hands in front of you at chest level, lightly touching your fingertips. While holding your breath for 8 counts, press your fingers and palms against each other. We repeat three times. This exercise not only corrects the waist, but also forms the beautiful contours of the inner surface of the arms.
3. Bodyflex is great for strengthening your abdominal muscles. Reviews with before and after photos show dramatic changes. The simultaneous load on the upper and lower abs allows you to make your stomach perfectly flat. Lying on your back, bend your knees, placing your feet on the floor. After completing the breathing practice, with the strength of our muscles we lift our chest and shoulders up. At the same time, we throw our head back. We fix the position for 8 counts, then lower ourselves to the floor. We repeat this set three times.
4. “Scissors” is a widely known exercise, but in bodyflex it is performed while holding the breath. Lying on your back, place your palms under the gluteal muscles. Having completed the breathing technique, we raise our legs above the floor by 10 cm. We do swings, counting to 10 and spreading our legs as wide as possible to the sides. We repeat three times. This exercise is designed to correct the lower abs and perfectly removes the crease in the lower abdomen.
5. "Cat". Standing on all fours, keep your head straight. Having completed the breathing practice and maintaining a vacuum in the abdomen, we arch our back upward like a cat, making the arch as high as possible. Count to 10. Repeat three times. This bodyflex exercise (reviews before and after confirm the effect) can adjust the waist to the ideal and tone the whole body.

By regularly training with this complex, after 2-3 weeks you can notice significant changes towards improvement. The main thing is to do it without excuses and with pleasure.

Basic bodyflex complex

All exercises are performed only after the last stage of five-phase breathing. There are quite a lot of exercises.

The most popular poses and techniques:

1. Lion pose - you need to stand with your hands just above your kneecap. After holding the breath, the wide open eyes roll up, the cheeks tense, the circle formed by the lips falls down, and the tongue protrudes out of the mouth as much as possible. You need to repeat the exercise 5 times.

2. "Ugly Grimace" - the pose remains the same. The lower jaw protrudes forward, the duck-shaped lips also extend forward to the limit, stretching the neck behind them. The head is thrown back deeply, as if you need to capture a kiss on the ceiling. The pose is held for 8 seconds. and requires 5 repetitions.

3. "Side stretch" - as you exhale, the left elbow drops to the left knee, and the right leg and right arm, stretching out, form a straight line. In this case, you need to tense up to work the muscles on your side. A similar pose is taken on the right side. You need 3 repetitions of 8 seconds. in each direction.

4. "Pulling the Leg Back" - breathing exercises are performed while standing on your knees and elbows. The hands lie palms down on the floor. After the final exhalation, the straight left leg rises with the toe extended towards itself. The procedure is repeated three times. The actions are similar with the right leg.

5. "Seiko" - the starting position is similar to the previous one, but the straight left leg is moved to the side. As you exhale, the straight leg rises as high as possible, the toe and the entire leg are extended towards the head. The muscles are extremely tense. The pose is repeated 3 times on each leg.

6. "Diamond" - standing straight, you need to fold your arms at chest level, touching only the fingertips of both hands. It is important to raise your elbows as high as possible and not lower them down. After exhaling, the fingertips begin to press hard on each other. The exercise is repeated 3 times.

7. "Pretzel" - sitting on the floor, the left leg lies on the floor at an angle, and the right bent leg is placed above the left. The left hand clasps the right leg, the right hand rests on the floor behind the back. As you exhale, the left hand pulls the right leg close to the body, while the body turns to the right. Repeat – 3 times on each leg.

8. "Scissors" - from a lying position, straight legs rise low above the floor. As you exhale, swing your legs to the sides, first the right leg is above the left, then the left is above the right.

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Bodyflex: reviews from real people

Numerous photos and admiring comments of people who have lost weight following the recommendations of Greer Childers or Marina Korpan can be found on thematic forums and on social networks. They reflect a variety of results - from a few kilograms lost to significant changes in the figure with a complete wardrobe update. Some commentators talk about bodyflex training in fitness clubs or nearby gyms, while others share their experience of home breathing exercises. Most are confident that only regular practice of this popular practice can bring the body back to normal. In addition, reviews of bodyflex with results and photos indicate the need to adhere to a healthy diet and avoid strict diets.

Many commentators talk about the positive effects of breathing practice on the entire body. It became easier for some of them to wake up in the morning and feel cheerful, while for others it became easier to maintain a working mood for the whole day. At the same time, there is no need to absorb additional calories to maintain the rhythm of life. Those whose age is approaching Balzac’s age or who have passed it especially praise bodyflex for the face. Photos and reviews of ladies from 40 to 50+ are evidence of a successful fight against age-related changes. On the Internet, however, not all people speak with enthusiasm about this weight loss technique. Some of them have become disillusioned and do not advise others to practice bodyflex. They often prefer a softer technique that does not involve holding the breath, which was developed by Marina Korpan. It's called Oxysize. Skeptics, of whom there are also many among the respondents, are most often found among athletes or trained young people for whom this technique is not suitable. You should also not believe claims that bodyflex can cure many chronic ailments - this fiction has not been confirmed by any clinical studies. Those who decide to lose weight using this popular method must first undergo an examination and obtain a doctor’s approval.