Five Rites: Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth

[MikeNY]

I have a friend Tom; the basis for his fitness is the Five Rites, he has all the copies available of The Anicent Secret of the Fountain of Youth as well as a copy of Peter Kelder's original booklet The Eye of Revelation 1939.

Now in the book they recommend 21 reps for each Rite (exercise) and just one set; and also recommended a it could be done morning and night. Now Tom does more than 21 rep's to a set, he does the Hindu pushup (recommended as the last Rite) in sets of 50, sometimes 100. There is a notation in the book, you can do more than 21 reps and he takes that very seriously, it works for tom too.

Told him about Transformetrics, Powerflex and VRT and the forum, hope he joins us. There are other great body weight systems out there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Tibetan_Rites

Five rites on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APzA1W68y1E&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OyiHQRpY0Y&feature=related

[budgiefan]

The 5th rite is similar to, but different from the Hindu push up. You basically go from the start position to the finish position without the circular scooping motion of the hindu push up.

It's much more a stretch than a strength builder.

Doing the 5 Tibetan rited for more than 21 reps is probably a good physical workout, but I have to believe the person who designed the program limited it to 21 reps for a reason, perhaps spiritual, so to ignore this is to NOT be true to the rites.

It's like medicine. If your doctor tells you to take just one pill, sure, you could take 2 or 4 or all of them, but you'd be doing it for a reason other than what it was designed for.

[gruntbrain]

Having a fitnes foundation as provided by the 5 Rites, the 7 Tiger's, or JP's Trinity is a good thing. Often the practioners incorporate other additional health practices so any success is really the result of a TOTAL health/fitness package.

[MikeNY]

I tried the Five Rites and found they did give energy. budgiefan the books does say you can do more than 21reps and in fact seems to say 21 in the morning and 21 at night as well as adding reps. Tibetan Yoga used 21 reps, and five exercises per group and a sixth brething exercise in Tibetan phrul 'khor yantra Yoga.

http://people.tribe.net/sahajananda/blog/743ffcef-f30a-454e-8610-14dd8a45cd06

http://allyoga.tribe.net/thread/b7ecc195-67c5-48ef-a078-e9f7dc47b277

[ezekial1925]

Hey all,
I used to do the rites religiously. Due to illness, injury, etc, I got away from doing them. They are GREAT exercises though.
Aloha,
Jim

[John Peterson]

Hey Guys,


"The Five Tibetan Rites" is a "NERVE FORCE" building routine. That in fact, is the purpose of the exercises and as a result they are also superb anti-aging exercises.

---John Peterson

[MikeNY]

Tom is very fit, watches what he eats and very muscular, he looks like a transformetrics guy and looks much younger than his age and loves his wife. He still dates his wife and that might be a thing that makes life much better for him, he has Peace. The Five Rites Hindu Pushups reminds me of the Panther Pushups from the M7. Now Tom does extra reps and how can you go wrong doing lots of Nerve force building PCs; he also does Qigong and Kung fu.

John is right I think the Five Rites are Nerve Force building exercises. I tried them because my buddy always speaks so highly of them, and my brother tried them too. I only did 21 reps but the first time time I tried them felt energy; did them for a month, then had business and was away and just stopped. I see the Miracle Seven as Nerve Force building exercises as well. I think the M7 and the 5 Rites might be a good combo.

[jan]

I start the day with the Rites, followed by the M7's and, this morning, Hindu-push ups and Hindu squats. Energy enough to take you through the day!

Jan

[kong2]

on the 5th rite do you inhale or exhale on the upward part of the movement? Ive read descriptions of the exercise that differ.Thanks Lou,(Kong2).