I talk about it a lot in my videos because it really is my biggest passion as a doctor.   It’s one thing to suffer the pain of a medical condition, and quite another tragedy to needlessly suffer from treatable chronic medical conditions.  Essentially,  all your friends, family, acquaintances, and nearby strangers are suffering alongside you for nothing.   When a treatable condition ruins someone’s livlihood,  who’s to blame??

      In this practice, my patients need to first grieve and realize that they have been unnecessarily suffering.  It’s a frustrating and necessary part of the healing process here.  The only way to convince someone of this first critical step is to show them the videos in high definition.  If you still believe your case is “special” after watching all these videos, you may consider watching  them over and over again in high quality on a high resolution screen.  If you watch them enough and listen very closely to the tone and transformation,  you will realize that your case is not different from these patients.  They had all failed everything on the market and everything in the pharmacy.   You will also realize that this practice is nothing like what has been experienced prior.  It’s a completely groundbreaking practice. Not in any way comparable to any dermatology visit, aesthetic practice, infomercial, holistic guru, expensive cosmetic line, or online resource.    This is new!!!

      Times have shifted.  The era of making scientific claims without real proof is a waste of people’s time.  In this condition, time is potential scarring. 

      Once you get that first critical step of real possibility,  the second step is easy from there.  You can now focus all your energy into finding the right acne expert to help you get to the top.  If you have failed many efforts, maybe it’s time to allow someone new to help out.  We can’t all be experts at Everything.  Brilliant innovative individuals have the ability to allow for coaching from the other experts of the world. 

Recap:  

I’ll give you the bottom line in order here:

1) make a massive realization and breakthrough that you are suffering needlessly.  Both from acne and maybe other treatable conditions as well.   

2) focus all your energy finding a real expert to take you to victory. 

–Only two steps seems simple but when people are hell bent to fix things all by themselves, needless suffering, scarring, introversion, depression, anxiety, and loneliness occur far too often.  And all those around you suffer alongside for nothing.  

     The frustration of watching people needlessly lose their unique personality is the motivational fuel behind this entire breakthrough practice.

Needless suffering hurts us all.  It’s enough already.

Make it your life’s mission to find real help if you are chronically suffering from anything. 

-Dr. Neal

©2009 “Needless Suffering”  by Dr. Neal Schwartz

      Those who are on Dr. Neal’s Acne Bootcamp™ are now entitled to a 50 dollar rebate off our amazing Exfoliation Kit for Sensitive Skin. There is also an 80 dollar rebate for members who order the life saving Flushing and Redness kit.  After you make your order, you will automatically receive the rebate within 3 days. 

Thanks and have a lovely day, 

-Dr. Neal

If you run into any shopping cart glitches today or tomorrow, simply email Dr. Neal. 

We can manually create invoices for any kit or product while we are updating the site.  

We accept paypal direct also but the button isn’t done yet in the new setup.  If you need to use paypal direct,  you can just email a request.

Thanks for your patience,

-The Acne Practice

      Although our comprehensive instruction manual talks about making email contact with Dr. Neal on Day 1 of the Home Version,  many people are still stepping up to this program all alone…

Are you going at this new program alone???

If you haven’t reached out to Dr. Neal, this is a reminder to fill out the checklist for Day 1 and email it in as soon as you get your kit.  If you forgot and aren’t perfectly clear yet, feel free to email the checklist anytime.

be well, 

-Dr. Neal

    Many of my patients in the office have been asking for more crossfit interpretations so I’ll keep posting them up as a quick resource for those both in and outside the office…

If you are not in great shape yet, Here’s a total beginner crossfit-style workout you can do in your own home or gym.

***If unsure, check with your doctor to make sure you are ready for physical activity.  (i.e. stress test, bloodwork, blood pressure, joints, etc…)

“Dr. Neal’s Crossfit Workout for total beginners”

Day 1:

1) stretch for a bit and warm up by just fake jump roping in place for 5 minutes.   (use sneakers, no need for a rope yet.  looks a little like dancing)

2) then Do 10 push ups.  (you can put your knees down to make them easier if needed)  Take a break if needed and get back to it as soon as you can.

3) Then immediately do 15 sit-ups.  (you can lock your feet under something only if needed.  You can cheat by using momentum and climbing up with hands on knees if needed.)

That’s it!!   That is day one.   Warm yourself into the rhythm with this short 10 minute workout at home.

Day 2

Increase the number of pushups to 15,  sit-ups to 20

Day 3

keep increasing the number of push-ups and sit-ups at any interval.  When you get to 50 and 50,  you’re ready for some real crossfit workouts from the other posts.   Remember you can always take a break to catch your breath.  Just get back into the action as soon as you can.  Time the event, write down the time, and watch your fitness and balance in life improve every day.

be mindful of you limits and enjoy, 

-Dr. Neal

©2009 “Dr. Neal’s Crossfit Workout for Total Beginners”  by Dr. Neal Schwartz

Expect 24-48 hours.

If a full 48 hours has passed and you haven’t heard,  feel free to check back in to make sure your email didn’t get lost in the shuffle.

       This post is a continuation of the topic entitled:    “Intro to Crossfit”

Many people have been emailing me asking for the next workout…    I’ll detail a week’s worth here and there will be more to come as I experience and uncover the massive rewards of this new trend of workouts.

After your shoulders get worked from “Fran”,  this workout of the day is a good one to follow.

Day 2

Annie:

50-40-30-20 and10 rep rounds for time of:
Double-unders
Sit-ups

Here’s the translation:

      After warming up your heart, muscles, and joints, grab a jump rope and start jumping a little for a further warm up.  When you feel ready for mentally and physically for battle,  you do 50 consecutive double-unders back to back.  If you catch a foot, just immediately start from the number you left off at.  If you can’t do back to back double unders yet,  it’s ok to just single jump once or twice between double-unders, or just attempt the double unders and count them.   After reaching 50, you immediately start your sit-ups as shown in this “Annie” Video. These sit-ups are very different from the body building type ab workouts.  The goal is to get up and quickly repeat. You can drive arms forward for some momentum but be careful not to jerk around recklessly.  A good mental image here is to imagine yourself getting out of bed. The better you can do these functional sit-ups now, the easier it will be to get up out of bed tomorrow. 

After the sit-ups, it’s back to the double unders immediately for a count of 40.  Any breaks are just to catch your wind like you were on a soccer field backing off the ball for a moment. There are no big trips to the water fountain or to socialize.  It helps to bring a water bottle with you for this type of continuous workout.

The rounds of the rope and sit-ups go back and forth as detailed above.  No break except to catch wind. Remember, this is a timed event that can be recorded and compared to as you get more and more fit.

Safety considerations:  The sit-ups need to be fast but not jerking of the low back. Don’t pull on your neck with your hands.  Be mindful of your heart during double-unders in the beginning.

Day 2b

Although I’m enjoying the coaching of doing the exact crossfit workouts as specified, I did a homemade modification of annie today because I didn’t have a rope and didn’t want to do pull ups again. I have to share it with you because it brought amazing rewards.  It’s for anyone who either doesn’t have a rope, or is looking for a more strenuous version of “Annie”

“Annie-modified by Dr. Neal”

25 Burpees

50 sit-ups

20 Burpees

40 sit-ups

15 Burpees

30 sit-ups

10 Burpees

20 sit-ups

5  Burpees

10 sit-ups

Day 3

Now that your shoulders have had a day of rest, this next crossfit workout is pretty intense and very rewarding…

no fun name.  just a good “workout of the day”:

For time:
100 squats
2 muscle-ups
80 squats
4 muscle-ups
60 squats
6 muscle-ups
40 squats
8 muscle-ups
20 squats
10 muscle-ups

 For the squats, you can have your knees faced mostly forward. and you hands wherever you want.  (I like mine up on an imaginary straight bar on my shoulders)  Use a mirror in front of you and try to squat until you see a little bit of your lower but in the mirror.  (knees make it to the right angle.)

Here a “muscle-up” video for you. Or check out these: Muscle up 2    Muscle up 3

The muscle up is obviously not a beginner move but attempting them requires so much energy that you can count the attempts as muscle-ups for now.   I’ve been using my feet on the pull-up apparatus to “Climb” up my muscle ups.  Or you can use the pull up machine that removes some of your weight.

**Again, there are no real breaks or sets.  It’s all one set with quick rests only to catch your wind. bring a bottle of water to keep next to you if needed.

Day 4

“Filthy Fifties”     (for time)

50 Box jump, 24 inch box
50 Jumping pull-ups
50 Kettlebell swings
Walking Lunge, 50 steps
50 Knees to elbows
50 Push press, 45 pounds
50 Back extensions
50 Wall ball shots, 20 pound ball
50 Burpees
50 Double unders

The video link shows the moves.  Notice the small breaks for catching wind in the videos.  

For those of you who don’t have all this equipment in your gym or at home,  here’s another option for day 4