Hi!
I have been using this field +/- 2.5 weeks and wanted to give my review so far.
Bit of backstory:
This year has been immensely difficult; long story short, my father died and the stress and grief surrounding everything associated with that ended up manifesting as lumbar spinal disc herniations. Not just one disc, not just two discs, but 3-4, plus at least six areas of herniation on two of the discs anterior and posterior. The only times I’ve left the house in the past three months have been to go to the hospital. They didn’t believe me and what I know is going on in my body, and actually ended up causing more herniations along the way! Fun times.
Needless to say, I spent a lot of time laying down for about two months. Of course not ideal for it to heal but I became so fearful of moving because the smallest thing would cause a new spot (one time I was walking and inhaled too deeply, causing a new herniation). Yes, it got that bad.
I’ve been doing immense amounts of internal work, processing the grief, etc. I remembered Sapien’s fields after taking a break for a while and about 3-4 weeks ago, started off with the free automated workouts on YT. I would feel soreness and definite improvements in strength.
I came back to the forum and looked into all the different paid automated workouts, anything to do with strength, etc. I am at the point in my life where I’m going to love my body regardless of how it looks; I just want it to be strong and healthy and I was going to do anything I needed to somehow start getting better.
I’m grateful to have had some funds I could invest in these; I got: St. Biceps, MBL, Hardcore, 20E Pepper, and Acq of Abs. I also use free fields and/or ones on patreon (stuff like thigh fat burner, core strengthening, belly burn, etc).
I did all the free workouts for about 1.5 weeks before I bought these and honestly, they alone were making great progress. I’d just reached my desperation point of needing/wanting to be a regular functioning human again.
I’ll just say, in my past 2-3 weeks of using these fields, I have gained more strength and muscle mass than I would have in my previous condition in 3-4 months of any kind of workout or physical therapy. All of the muscle mass I lost laying in bed, I’m SO grateful to feel strength in my legs again, I’m starting to feel the roundness of my biceps!
Probably important to note: 26F, hypermobile, and wasn’t raised with the importance of physical activity/strength. For various reasons before any of this happened, I’d gotten weak enough that just turning the lock to unlock my front door dislocated my thumb. Stuff like that all the time.
I will note, I don’t know that I necessarily feel a workout from Acq of Abs, because I feel a more noticeable energy change from the free core strengthening, stomach shrinking and toning, and abdominal wall repair. If it gives me abs eventually that’s cool, but not my aim. I’m here for core strength lol
Hardcore though… stay within the loop limit lol.
The first couple weeks with all these fields absolutely felt like it is when you pick up a new fitness routine and are absolutely sore as can be, fatigued, etc.
Did I listen to a lot of intense fields? Yes. I have the time on my hands lol. I do alternate days of hardcore, st biceps, mbl, etc depending on intuition so I don’t overwhelm myself.
All in all, immense gratitude for these fields. They’re helping me move toward getting my life back.
My only wish is to get a stretching / yoga type field from Dream. For all the muscle I’m gaining, I don’t currently have the ability to stretch it out, so I’m getting stiff. That first time picking my legs off the bed in the morning is ROUGH, but so worth it! I’m getting a procedure done this week for my back, so fingers crossed I’ve gained enough strength to make it there and back without further injury. (I got in a car once 1.5mo ago for an urgent appt, herniated a disc and bulged a new one. 0/10)
If I had to pick two fields, I’d keep hardcore and St. Biceps. 20E Pepper caused a noticeable help in muscle recovery, and 100% recommend it.
Much love, and I can’t wait to update in the future!
Side note: is there any possible way to get Adupose swords at this point?