Laszlo, a master teacher, teaches with care a well structured class on Painless Flexibility in a secure and genuine environment. His system is based on a deep understanding of the human body and mind. For each session, participants can also count with the guidance of Diane and Will. After having completed three levels and now being in the advanced class, I can say that these classes are for all types of people and bodies. I have progressed in my own flexibility but even more important on my own ability to establish a body and mind connection which has change my outlook on life. Best experience and class yet offered at North Haven Racquetball Club.

Since I was a young boy I played hockey. After my high school days I continued my physical activities off the ice and in the gym. I was a fit guy at age 19, about 5’11’’ and 175 lbs. Over the next 7 years I changed my body drastically. My love for weight lifting grew and I began bodybuilding. By age 25 I was a lean 240lbs. The stress I was putting on my body was becoming very noticeable, joint pain everywhere. My lower back was starting to bother me. Of course as the smart 25 year old I mostly ignored my body’s cry for help. Long story short I threw my back out, couldn’t get off the floor. To the DR’s I went. Physical therapy was what they said would patch me up. It helped a little but after months of it I still wasn’t fully better. During all these months I had decided to go in another direction with my career and I wanted to join the Navy and become a Navy SEAL. I was basically told that I would need to lose a lot of weight. There’s no way a guy at 240 lbs can run as fast for long distances as a guy that’s 155-165 lbs. Only the fastest guys get SEAL contracts.

So I changed my diet and workout routine and over the next 2 years lost all that extra muscle and was about 180 lbs again. During that process my joints started feeling better but my back was just not right. I ended up throwing my back out again, along with other leg injuries. Back to the DR I went. More physical therapy I did. My back…. still not well. I had an MRI done. It showed my L4 and 5 compressed. I had a conversation with the Dr at age 27 about if this gets any worse I’d be needing surgery. He advised me to stop working out. Stop running. Give up on the SEAL dream.

I went to the gym the next day to swim and as I walked in I saw Laszlo. I didn’t know Laszlo very well at that point in time but had seen him many times before. I was always very impressed with the level of flexibility he achieved. I decided to share what was going on with my body with him and to my surprise he instantly said “sit down, I’ll show you how to fix yourself” he went over his stretching routine with me. After doing this routine only a handful of times over the next week my back started feeling a bit better. I continued with this routine for the next 6 months. 3 months into it I felt great. My back hadn’t felt this good in a long time. The amount of flexibility I was able to obtain was astonishing to me, and all without any pain. There was never any pain with this program. Stretching actually felt great! By the 6 month mark I was back to running 30 miles a week. Swimming 3 miles a week and 2-3 strength workouts a week. I ended up getting that SEAL contract I wanted. This program changed my life and body. My back no longer anywhere close to needing another DRs opinion.

1/31/2018

‘’I recommend that you add at least one twisting exercise, like the pretzel, to your routine. It’s really important that you keep the hard-won flexibility in your lower back area. Especially if you go for long hikes, particularly when carrying a back-pack, you need to release the tension that builds up in that region around the hip”, Laszlo speaks passionately inspiring me for my most coveted Everest base camp trek in my 60’s…

First time I met Laszlo in a gym that I had joined during my US visit for 2-3 months. He was doing incredible floor exercises for hours just like a young gymnast. I could not get my eyes off him. Undoubtedly, I was fascinated by his amazing flexibility and could not resist talking to him about it. After my few chats with him I realized that Laszlo was a master of making exercise a pleasure with his sound knowledge of human anatomy, muscle controls and science of flexibility.

I was a yoga practitioner but was suffering from a leg and back pain after my spinal surgery about one and half years before and Laszlo was surely a ray of hope! He readily agreed to coach me. During my everyday two hours session, he explained me do’s and don’ts, trained me to feel muscles, and stretched areas, different and sometimes difficult types of techniques, such as using reciprocal inhibition, and appropriate use of each of these.

With every passing day, I was feeling better, more flexible and most importantly, energetic for the rest of the day!

Laszlo is not just a performer but he is a seasoned coach with utmost patience and perseverance…never forgetting to appreciate his students for even the smallest achievement! Laszlo’s elegant complete horizontal and vertical splits make it hard to believe that he suffered with leg pain and could hardly walk 3 years back.

It’s my sincere wish that many people should benefit from Laszlo’s knowledge and practical sessions. Now I am back to India but strongly hope to connect with him whenever possible. It would be great to have his online videos or book or webinars that can help many to improve their health, reduce pain & lead to a happy life.

‘’Now I can easily get into the lotus pose…also learned some of the Yoga poses from the book you gave me,’’ Laszlo writes to me in one of his e-mails. With his great dedication and love for fitness, Laszlo is just unstoppable!

I soulfully wish him a great health and remarkable success in his profession!

I have been involved all my life in sports and in pursuit of a healthy style of life. So why such a slump? What is not working? Once you put the workout in, there is some improvement. But what a drag to get the wheels rolling.

To resume one typical day as described above, I saw at the gym an individual in a martial arts uniform and a master’s belt. Being myself a red & white (6th Dan black belt in judo) I mustered valor to stop his training and introduced myself. He said his name was Laszlo. He looked to be in my age range, but with the elasticity and agility of a 15 years old teenager.

Once the introducing stage was over, found in Laszlo to be a colleague in martial arts, a person with wisdom (but with desire to hear) and desire to give of his time for the benefit of others. In short, a very NICE human being.

I related to him my long struggle with lower back problems affecting my comfort zone. He invited me to join him along his stretching exercises. All good until we got to the lower back routine. He said: “Joe, you are in pain! I know what is going on and have dealt with it.”

He instructed me to do several very particular stretches which produced a comforting warm feeling to the muscles. I knew right then and there that IT WAS WORKING. For the past struggles with physical therapy, medication and medical bills I had seen little to show for.

With Laszlo’s routine the pain frequency has diminished. The antagonistic muscles are finally relaxing and stretching. When the discomfort re-appears, I do the stretching and the pain is gone.

Laszlo explained the dynamics of the relief of the pain. I use it even in bed when struggling with a sleepless night. His intervention is not a miracle, but works as good as one. His system empowers you to ACT EFFECTIVELY with the muscular issues at hand.

There are EURICA moments in life. To me this is one of them.

Many others and I that have worked out with Laszlo encouraged him to write his book. To the skeptics at the gym, questions are answered when you can see and testify of Laszlo’s flexibility. It is nothing but amazing. And he will tell you that you can do it, once empowered with what to do.

Thank you Laszlo from me and others that have benefited from your help.

Not a week goes by that I don’t stop to compare notes with Laszlo on where we are in our respective journeys. As many people do, we both started stretching due to similar reasons: injuries. When I first met Laszlo, he told me he had an old hamstring injury that kept coming back in spite of therapy. He was attempting to recover on his own so that he could continue practicing karate at the intensity he had been used to for so many years. On the other hand, I had just started body building and learning basic barbell lifts. It was only a matter of months before I would be joining Laszlo on the stretching mats before my workouts. Through inconsistencies in my lifting form I had developed joint pain in my knee, hip, and shoulder.

Laszlo and I are both engineers by profession, so it is no wonder we attack problems in similar ways: research and experimentation. During our conversations before my workouts, we would talk about a range of topics that we had been studying to help us through our pain. Topics such as reciprocal inhibition, myo-fascial release, how long stretches should be held for and how much load should be applied. Laszlo also shared a variety of stretches with me that he had been experimenting with and would take me through beginner, intermediate and advanced versions of those stretches.

Since then we have both recovered from our injuries and are continually improving on our flexibility. We are able to train at an intensity that challenges us without the risk of injury. Laszlo continues to help others reach that same potential through the dedication he has put into making the attainment of proper range of motion and flexibility a painless and straightforward experience.