“	Originally Posted By: chief108 good one... go ahead, we're listening dude!!! here's a starting point!!! what about that extreme hardening Chief108	”

In several of the exercises you harden for instance the stomach as much as possible. This is done while holding the breath. One must be very careful not to harden other areas than the stomach (for instance the neck), but try to stay relaxed. Doing this at the same time as holding the breath is a very hard and though exercise, but I think maybe that is what gives the energy boost.

Since these exercises seem to work very fast, there must be something which trigger this effect. I think maybe it is this hardening combined with holding of the breath, which could be the key. I don`t know how common that is in regular chi gung, but it seems like some of you are doing some similar exercises though, at least some of them involve some kind of hardening of the muscles while doing the exercises. This is quite interesting. Those of you who practice such "hardening" and holding of the breath exercises, how do you feel about those excersises Are they effective, working fast or...