Psycho Blast - any insights?

[teacup]

Hi everyone,

Hope you are all well.

I’m looking for any insights or experiences of Denie Walters’ Psycho Blast anyone has.
My own training for the past few months has been Frank Rudolph Young’s Yogametric exercises (sets of 5-10 reps each) and I’ve found the tension really increases when I use the Limbic Supercharger from Psycho Blast which Fred Hutch generously shared a few years ago on the Lionquest forum. Thanks Fred!
Anyway, I wondered if Psycho Blast held any other gems?

Thanks.

[fredhutch]

Welcome to the forum, teacup, and I'm glad you are making use of the Limbic Supercharger...it really works. A few years ago I asked Denie if he could remember the title of the book it came from, or the author, but he told me he could not remember either. Denie's website vanished a few years ago, don't know what happened to him.

[teacup]

Hi Fred,

Thanks very much. The Supercharger is great, I’m not sure if it increases fibre recruitment or dampens the Golgi reflex (or other limiting factors). Either way it has a perceivable effect.

I tried searching for Denie myself, the Internet Archive found a page in Italian with English language extracts from his book, but that was it. Found that page was originally referenced in the ditillo
blog - “Pressing for Power and Development by Charles Coster”.

Funny thing is, much as I’m not sure how the Supercharge does its’ stuff I do think it touches on the “fight/flight” instinct. Holding the energy ball at the base of my skull reminds me of Reptilian Brain work that I learned from Taijiquan teacher Erle Montaigue’s videos and books (RIP Erle). Do you think the Supercharge could be of benefit for fighting or in an emergency? Obviously it works best with conscious focus on the point inside the head, but it’s got me thinking….

[brothersteve]

I saw the ad for this book in Bob Kennedy's MuscleMag International in the early 80's. I only perused it quickly in a bookstore a few times. I do remember Kennedy trying to take full credit for the book and he and Denie got into a spat over it.

Here is a review from one of this forums past.... www.tapatalk.com/groups/theofficebodybuildingworkout28918/psychoblast-denie-walters-book-t11057.html

[Michael]

What is the Limbic Supercharger?

[teacup]

Hi Michael,

Sit on the edge of a chair, arms resting on legs and palm up.
Picture/imagine/feel (whatever works) a ball of energy at the base of your spine.
Now roll that ball down underneath and up the front of your body until it reaches the solar plexus. Rest it there for a moment, then continue up to the mid-brow/third eye. Rest it there again for a moment then up over the top of your head down to the base of your skull. Rest it there a moment then pull it inside your head and “shrink” it to a point in the middle. Tell yourself your strength comes from that place.
Whenever you need to use it, put your attention mostly to that point and some on what you are doing, you’ll find your strength really increases.

I don’t know if it’s Qigong or what but I find it works for me.

[teacup]

Just to add some context.

I used the Supercharger for a few years and liked it, but dropped it in 2020 when I started doing the Superbrain Yoga squats each day and found the two did not “mix” so to speak (weird feeling in my head, never a good sign). About 6 months of Superbrain Squats but I stopped them after becoming unwell with shingles. I found the Superbrain Squats left me energised but in a different way: whatever I perceived needed doing, I did it there and then often not waiting to think through how best but just plugged away. Disregarding the need for food, drink or rest. All recovered now though, it was a couple of years ago.

I restarted the Limbic Supercharger a few weeks back when I had to carry several heavy grocery bags further than planned; the Supercharger switched on and the effort/tiredness reduced. Perhaps it has an anaesthetic effect, reduced feedback means no signals that cause reduction in effort?

[fredhutch]

I still hope to find the original source book for this drill...while I have no doubt Denie reported accurately, I would like to read what the original author said about it, and in what context. I have seen many similar drills over the years but never this exact pattern.

[Big B]

Feb 28, 2023 19:44:51 GMT fredhutch said:

I still hope to find the original source book for this drill...while I have no doubt Denie reported accurately, I would like to read what the original author said about it, and in what context. I have seen many similar drills over the years but never this exact pattern.

I own an original copy.

[brothersteve]

Dec 13, 2023 8:50:15 GMT Big B said:

Feb 28, 2023 19:44:51 GMT fredhutch said:

I still hope to find the original source book for this drill...while I have no doubt Denie reported accurately, I would like to read what the original author said about it, and in what context. I have seen many similar drills over the years but never this exact pattern.

I own an original copy.

Any insight?  Is it worth it?

[teacup]

Dec 13, 2023 8:50:15 GMT Big B said:

Feb 28, 2023 19:44:51 GMT fredhutch said:

I still hope to find the original source book for this drill...while I have no doubt Denie reported accurately, I would like to read what the original author said about it, and in what context. I have seen many similar drills over the years but never this exact pattern.

I own an original copy.

Hi Big B,

Do you mean an original copy of Psycho Blast or an original copy of the book Denie found the Supercharger exercise in?

[Deuce Gunner]

All Physcos deserve a good blasting.

[moxohol]

All the above sounds like New Age psycho-babble hokey. Simply a placebo effect. I'll stick to my morning breathwork, ie: "Intermittent Hypoxia-Hyperoxia Training" (IHHT)

I'd highly recommend it to anyone who desires more energy or increased healing factor. It's a russian thing that's been in use since WW2. Only now it is becoming mainstream due to germans who translated from numerous Russian studies about IHHT from Cyrillic.

[fredhutch]

If you haven't actually done something, your opinion about it is worthless.

[moxohol]

Dec 14, 2023 14:28:57 GMT fredhutch said:

If you haven't actually done something, your opinion about it is worthless.

So, by yr impregnable logic & to use an analogy: if I ever express any opinions here related to homosexuality then it is rendered "worthless" because I don't know from whence I speak thereof since I never got pegged by my wife. Is that correct? Experience is a harsh teacher as most adults already know & I'd rather learn by the mistakes of others then do it by 1st hand experience. So you'll have to do better than spouting off an internet meme.

My opinion would be "worthless" if I simply lived in a solipsistic universe or was bereft of any meaningful life experiences which, by the way, many of us here use as a basis to form an educated opinion about any given topic. I have a wealth of background to which u know nothing about. What I retort in response to your comment is covering old ground that I've stated repeatedly on this forum before. Perhaps, u missed it?

I had a car accident in December of 2014 & suffered multiple fractures to my limbs & spine. I had brain & heart embolisms as a result. I tried a shitload of conventional AND.....unconventional therapies. I ran the full gamete of doing alternative to superlative medical treatments. I can't say my chosen recovery routes were advisable but they say necessity is the mother of invention? Many of my views expressed on this forum are formed from actual field experience & not limited to simple erudite academia or waxing polemic. Frankly, much of my therapy was a wide leap of faith in trusting a medical consultant (not a doctor) who resembled Prof. Emmett Brown & who advised me on all non-conventional treatments. But the treatment protocols were tangible enough & did give splendid results of the same. I didn't do anything like reiki or qi quong. Most of the protocols were related to biochemistry, chronobiology & physical therapy of which the last was rich, varied & unusual. For instance: I played alot of video games to retrain my nervous system to recover from hemiplegia.

So, I have this unforgiving inside of me that I know what I'm talking about as I've done remarkably well for a hemorrhagic stroke & heart attack victim since age 52 & as an aside: a landed canadian immigrant from Africa who had to sort himself into a new life & culture on his own at age 18. BTW, that last sentence isn't an ethos argument either.

I know a placebo effect when I read one & I am educated enough to discern one as well.