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Tal Reinhart Facial Workout: Because the Muscles Don't End at the Neck

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This is a great product. Scared of plastic surgery? Can't afford plastic surgery? Don't want to look like Michael Jackson or wind up with grotesque fish lips?

Then this is absolutely your answer. Very professionally done. eight years ago I had a different facercise video, the woman who designed facercise did the video, it looked kinda home made and it made me look better than I'd looked in twenty years. Killed the double chin, tightened the jowls away, opened up my eyes.... it was very effective. Friends who saw me a month after I started were asking me what I'd done, had I gotten a little work done or what! :))

Now this one has beautiful girls and when I'm done, i get that wonderful slightly sore muscles feeling all over my face and neck that tells me this is working just as well as the other one did. And this one shows computer graphics of which muscles you're working out and what happens to your face if you don't work those specific muscles. Ouuue. Scary and true too.

So before you go under the knife, give this a shot for a month or three.... you may decide you NEVER needed a face lift, all your face needed was a good, easy, quick exercise program like this one.

Least that's what I decided. :))

As the other reviews attest, most users of the Tal Reinhart Facial Workout DVD will be women anxious to avoid plastic surgery (or reluctant or unwilling to consider it). Facial musculature, and its slippage over time however, is identical for both sexes and few males can deny that if we're fortunate enough to last to "a certain age" (49 in my case) we could most likely benefit from this sort of a program.

And the good news for us aging XY's is that if you can overcome your "hell no I won't ask for directions" stubbornness, this program can REALLY do you some good. Tal Reinhart is not my first facial exercise guide; I've also done Carole Maggio and a couple other books, and those ARE helpful. Nevertheless I would recommend this as the place to start. First because VIDEO is by far the best way to learn these exercises. Although I do the Carole Maggio workout faithfully I am never 100% sure I'm doing everything correctly. Even the best descriptions and still photos can't demonstrate a facial move as well as video can. Second because Tal Reinhart is VERY well organized and presented. First time viewers can learn the individual exercises, practice them in isolation, then (quickly) advance to the full workout, offered without interruption at the end of the DVD. This is an EXCELLENT way to organize the material and demonstrates considerable foresight on the part of the producers to optimize our use of this material.

The first part of Tal Reinhart focuses on each individual exercise, explaining not only the technique but also showing via computer graphics how age and neglect cause facial muscles to sag. It's a horror show indeed! House of Wax part 2! See once-supple faces turn into cranky grandmothers before your eyes! More than anything else these visuals reinforce why facial exercise is IMPORTANT to personal self-confidence and general ongoing maintenance. Indeed, if you're reading this, you are most likely getting much of that motivation already from your own saggy visage staring uncomfortably back at you every morning from the bathroom mirror.

In addition to these eye-opening graphics (yes-intentional pun), the demonstrations are very slickly done and reasonably easy to follow. It sure doesn't hurt that the individual exercise demos are split between three gorgeous young Israeli models (actually the entire production is from Israel) whose faces are alabaster perfection to begin with. But who can fault the producers for using the beauty to which we aspire to motivate us? All three ladies are well experienced in the exercises they are demonstrating and as indicated earlier are easy to follow along with.

But the critical question is of course does it work? My short answer is YES however I must qualify that response by adding that I am continuing with much of the Carole Maggio workout alongside this one so it's impossible to say where one leaves off and the other begins. The eye & upper face exercises are MUCH more comprehensible in Reinhart than Carole's books so anything above the nose I credit to Reinhart.

In evaluating this question we need to carefully consider exactly WHAT counts as success. I realize no amount of exercise will shrink my Darth Vader helmet of a skull; I must also accept that pattern baldness is just an indignity that life commands me to endure, and like a woman refusing plastic surgery I will NEVER glue a rug to my scalp (or anything equally ridiculous). In other words, my expectations have to be in line with what can be achieved.

Even within those limitations I'm satisfied that the results justify the effort. I started facial exercise (Maggio) back in June '06 and only picked up Reinhart in early '07. I have been doing both daily and fairly quickly saw my face firm up and take on a chiseled shapeliness that certainly wouldn't have happened on its own. Taming my tendency to a double chin has taken somewhat longer but with ongoing effort it is DEFINITELY receding and I'm convinced that this too is an important battle that can be won. I am slightly amused by other reviewers complaining that facial workouts create more lines than they erase. What you're seeing here (for the first time) is muscular definition; would you gripe if you could see a six pack on your abs after months of effort? EVERY change I've observed on my own face has been an improvement!

An IMPORTANT (and possibly overlooked) point made on the video is that the "full routine" closing the DVD serves as a basis for constructing your own personalized facial workout (the full routine on the video takes about 20 minutes). In other words, don't just follow along with the "full routine" and wonder why things aren't shaping up as quickly as you'd like. I suspect most men (like myself) will require extra work and effort to sharpen the mouth and jawline. Be prepared to DO EXTRA reps for the areas you're particularly concerned about. This is where it might be useful for you to have a second book or video for another perspective. However I believe you CAN get good results using only the exercises demonstrated here, provided you'll customize your routine to match your needs.

So then, fellow males, have I convinced you? If you're not happy with the face you're showing then here's your best chance to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

I have all facial exercise DVD's but this one is amazingly well detailed.
It explains and shows all the exercises in a simple way, both in 3d animation and live models. Finally a DVD that does not look like it was made at home.
It also has a full segment at the end that is real easy to follow
and you can feel all your face muscles working intensely.
I recommend it dearly.
Alex

Working out and dieting can bring about major changes in your body - but those benefits don't always extend to your face. I became interested in this DVD because I wanted to tone up my jawline, eliminating the dreaded "double chin." But first I watched the entire DVD two or three times, and was impressed by how thorough, well-explained and challenging each of the exercises were.

Once you have become familiar with the system, you can just click forward to the "Full Routine" at the end of the DVD. It's excellent for toning up the entire face - but my favorite sections have to be Cheeks, Jaw, and Neck. Since I began doing these exercises about 4 weeks ago, my jawline has become significantly tighter, prettier and more defined. Love it!

I had bought the Carol Maggio Facercise book and DVD and used them for a few weeks, and after reading some of the reviews of the Tal Reinhart program I decided to give that a try, too. It only took a few viewings of Tal Reinhart to decide that it was not the best face exercise program when compared to Carol Maggio's. If you can put aside the the fancier production, lovely models and smooth narration of Tal Reinhart, the actual exercises are kind of shallow. Some of them mimic the ones on Carol Maggio's Facercise, but most of them are different. The models who perform Tal Reinhart's exercises are very beautiful and clearly acting and posing. When you do the movements they demonstrate, only a few of them felt like they were really working any facial muscles. I tried the Tal Reinhart program after having done Carol Maggio's Facercise for two weeks, and even though her exercises make your face tired and muscles burn, my jaw clicking was actually improving. But when I tried Tal Reinhart's, those movements made my jaw feel worse and click more.

The big difference for me is that even though the Facercise presentation is a little more vague on the DVD and the photos in the book aren't always as clear as they should be, if you carefully perform the Facercise program exactly as described then you can actually feel the so-called "burn" of muscles in your face being pushed. This has never resulted in any pain or strain in my face, and I have actually seen small improvements in some areas, especially forehead, nasolabial folds and an area on my right cheek that seemed "sunken" compared to the left one. All of these areas have "plumped up" a little since doing Facercise.

I'm not expecting a miracle in my appearance, but I do expect to feel like I've actually worked some muscles and that's the difference between the two programs. They both explain the anatomy of the face and what happens to the muscles over time - Facercise does this in the book and Tal Reinhart on the video. But I really feel like the exercises in Facercise teach you to isolate and work specific areas of your face better. Once you learn the program, you don't need to watch the Facercise video anymore or look at the book except to check back once in awhile. I don't think I could have watched the Tal Reinhart video many more times without being really irritated by the acting, much less not being impressed by the exercises.

I am 61 years old. I previously bought another facersize tape and was unable to follow the instructions. The Facial Workout DVD has a more scientific approach and shows you individual exercises with examples of the muscles you are working out. Don't kid yourself, it is not easy figuring out how to access these muscles. At first it feels like you're doing nothing but after a few tries you get closer and closer to actually feeling where you should be working out. Then she has a full routine which is great, it only takes about 20 minutes and goes through it all quickly and efficiently, no extra gabbing or time wasting.

I have the usual jowls and hanging wattles, not terrible but not pretty. Several people have asked if I've lost weight, I haven't. It is all very subtle but I 100% believe in this. I do exercise my body but never thought I needed to exercise my face.

Good luck. If I can do it you can too.

I also bought the Carole Maggio Facercise DVD and The Tal Reinhart DVD is so much easier to follow. Unlike in the Carole's DVD, in The Tal Reinhart DVD, the exercises are not rushed through. You actualy can see how exactly to do them and what purpose they serve.

I ve a male and I am 63. I ve been using this DVD for about 2 years. I pass for 50-51 with no sweat, and could maybe even go late 40s. This DVD works really well. I do it 5 days a week in the shower as I take a shower and use good face cream products. I can tell by the reviews that Facersize is in direct competition with this product and of course they are going to slam it. Do you really think they are going to write "great DVD" ??? This product has worked great for me and I looked everyday of 60 when I started using this and today, I ve lost 10 years worth of aging in my face. This has really diminished the crows feet and the jowels and completely removed my "double chin" Now if they just had something for the hands..

i bought this dvd as i began to see signs of aging (laugh lines, jowls, etc) not knowing if it would help or not..i love this dvd! after the first workout i felt as if i had done pilates for the body..after 2 weeks i am seeing the lines around my nose smooth out and no laugh lines showing...and i dont know if anyone else has noticed this but with the eye exercises my vision has greatly improved to the point that i can read fine writing again..great results

I bought this video a couple years ago and misplaced it. I just found it recently and started doing the exercises again. The video is very well explained and easy to follow. The one thing I'd like to mention is that the models make it look very easy, so at first, I wasn't exercising the facial muscles as hard as I should have been. I've since done differently, and I can really feel the burn. It's too early to tell visibly if it is working, but I do feel the difference after each workout, just as I do when I exercise my body. My sister has the DVD, and she told me that her beautician recently told her she could definitely see a difference in her facial structure. I think it is well worth the money! I also own the Carol Maggio DVD, but I find that she goes very quickly in explaining the routine, and I had a hard time sticking with it and wasn't sure if I was doing the exercises correctly. I really like this DVD, however.