A lot of people see the results that I’ve had with my program and assume that it’s because of the Vacuum Bell, when in reality the VB is just a tool, one of many that I use. To assume that it’s the VB that’s giving me these results is like seeing a mechanic fix a car engine and assume it was the wrench that did it.

The Vacuum Bell is used only to temporarily lift the sternum, and that’s it. It’s up to you to keep it there.

In reality, the most important aspect of my program is posture, followed by posture, and then some more posture. Without proper posture, my program would be useless.

Just look at how poor my posture was in the beginning.

See that booty? Looks like I’m 1 bass drop away from twerking.

That is the result of anterior pelvic tilt, caused by decades of poor posture and improper footwear. And it took me over a year to mostly fix. I say mostly because I still have to remind myself from time to time to push my pelvis in.

As you can see my shoulders are also rounded forward. Though shoulders are much easier to fix because the shoulder blade is only loosely attached to the rest of the body, and relies on surrounding muscles to give it stability. Therefore all I had to do was build some muscle and retrain them to hold my shoulders in proper position.

And the benefit of all of this, other than not having the posture of a gorilla was that I was able to expand my chest much more effectively. By fixing my posture I can breathe easier, I can stretch better, and I’ve also gained a bit of extra height (a bit more than 2cm / ~1 inch; mainly due to re-alignment of the pelvis). As well as of course relieving inward pressure on my sternum.

This is how my posture looks like now

You can see the full progress of my PE self-improvement journey here.