Thirty Exercises in Six Movements

Performer Gregory Sporton and composer Jonathan Green, filmed by Keir Williams present the work of Sanford Bennett, a late 19th Century crank, or unsung visionary depending on who you believe, who developed an exercise system to ward off ageing and fatigue. Bennett's determination that the process of aging was far from natural echoes Descartes idea three centuries earlier that we die because we think we will...Giving Bennetts work the digital treatment tests his claims that an objective truth about the body was being obscured by our dependence on culture.
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[Dreamsex101]

He lived til his 80s and got ran over by a car.  Interestingly enough I purchased his book and he does look astoundingly youthful for a 72 year old. He was strinkingly muscular. I have tried the first 2 of his exercises for the calf and abs and they surprisingly work. Go figure

[TotallyTyra]

Very interesting!

[omegacut]

Good work.

Jothesh probably either a teenager or from the midwest.

[groggery1]

Bennett's exercises are designed to be performed 'under the bedclothes' as it happens.

[OdysseyArts]

The history behind this is really interesting. George Burns, the entertainer who lived to be over 100, advocated exercising BEFORE one got out of bed.

[holayholay]

wonderful video , now i come to know that i have been doing some mistakes in doing these exercise , lol .VisualisationBIAD could u post the facial exercise of him as well , that would be sooooooooooooooooo nice of you .

[dxliscious]

hey this is my old dance teacher hi greg keep up the gud work hehe

[jothesh2]

GAY! x3