Tal Reinhart Facial Workout: Because the Muscles Don't End at the Neck

I actually bought this on ebay several years ago and need to pick up a new copy and am so glad I found it again on Amazon! My DVD copy stopped working and I eventually stopped doing these and will be starting back up again soon as I get my new copy! Folks tell me still though that I look a lot younger than my age - I even got ID'd when trying to buy a lotto ticket last month. You have to be 18 in my state to by Lotto... I'm 43!! O.O To be fair, part of that might be good genetics but I do give some credit to this dvd because I used to do these exercises pretty faithfully and have recently begun to see gravity taking over again after I stopped doing them over the last couple years... :( This Facial Workout is actually quite amazing! The DVD gives you a great introduction as to what muscles you are working, and has a great computer-generated display that advises which muscles you will be working in each step, and tells what working those muscles will help prevent. It makes a lot of sense and explains what each muscle group causes when the muscle declines as we age. This is not only incredibly informative, but it is also a GREAT stress reliever especially if you get eye strain from working at a computer or any other eye-intensive work. If you've ever had a great workout that leaves your body feeling energized, this DVD does the same thing for your face. I was really surprised at how much tension I carry just in my face and around and behind my eyes since I stare at a computer all day - this actually helped me dispel a headache I'd been carrying around for nearly 2 days back when I first started the program. The DVD works out the muscles in charge of keeping your eyelids from drooping, your forehead muscle to help the forehead stay firm and keep your eyebrows from drooping too. It also works your cheek and jaw muscles to help keep you from getting that "jowly" look. It even works out the eyeball muscles (which is my fave part personally), and the muscles around the lips, which keeps your mouth from drooping and your lips actually looking youthfully fuller, longer. It's very well explained and displayed in the video. It also works your tongue muscle, which seems is responsible for getting that dreaded double or droopy chin. The exercises are odd and kinda funny looking, but if you do them right, you really CAN feel them working. Also, the ladies who display the exercises in the workout video are well chosen, as they make the exercises very easy to follow and display them perfectly and in a very serene setting. This video is not at all obnoxious, the way some videos can be. If you are at all concerned about the effects of gravity and simple aging on your face, investing in this DVD would greatly benefit you. And if you understand the principles of how working out your muscles helps keep you in better shape, then it's easy to understand why working out your facial muscles is important too! If you spend tons o cash on expensive creams, lotions, etc., do yourself a favor and invest in this - it will only cost you $ once instead of repeatedly, but will give back a lifetime of results that no lotions or creams could duplicate. Might even save you major $$ if you're planning getting a surgical procedure at some point in the future. No surgery can replace muscle tone or exercise, even if it can have a similar effect on your looks - kinda like physical therapy. You can have a corrective procedure, but it's not nearly as effective unless you get those muscles back in shape ;). Or, if you've already had some procedures and want to keep that look longer, start doing these exercises to keep your benefits. Your plastic surgeon may not be as appreciative, but your wallet will!

As the other reviews attest, most users of the Tal Reinhart Facial Workout DVD will be women anxious to avoid plastic surgery (or reluctant or unwilling to consider it). Facial musculature, and its slippage over time however, is identical for both sexes and few males can deny that if we're fortunate enough to last to "a certain age" (49 in my case) we could most likely benefit from this sort of a program. And the good news for us aging XY's is that if you can overcome your "hell no I won't ask for directions" stubbornness, this program can REALLY do you some good. Tal Reinhart is not my first facial exercise guide; I've also done Carole Maggio and a couple other books, and those ARE helpful. Nevertheless I would recommend this as the place to start. First because VIDEO is by far the best way to learn these exercises. Although I do the Carole Maggio workout faithfully I am never 100% sure I'm doing everything correctly. Even the best descriptions and still photos can't demonstrate a facial move as well as video can. Second because Tal Reinhart is VERY well organized and presented. First time viewers can learn the individual exercises, practice them in isolation, then (quickly) advance to the full workout, offered without interruption at the end of the DVD. This is an EXCELLENT way to organize the material and demonstrates considerable foresight on the part of the producers to optimize our use of this material. The first part of Tal Reinhart focuses on each individual exercise, explaining not only the technique but also showing via computer graphics how age and neglect cause facial muscles to sag. It's a horror show indeed! House of Wax part 2! See once-supple faces turn into cranky grandmothers before your eyes! More than anything else these visuals reinforce why facial exercise is IMPORTANT to personal self-confidence and general ongoing maintenance. Indeed, if you're reading this, you are most likely getting much of that motivation already from your own saggy visage staring uncomfortably back at you every morning from the bathroom mirror. In addition to these eye-opening graphics (yes-intentional pun), the demonstrations are very slickly done and reasonably easy to follow. It sure doesn't hurt that the individual exercise demos are split between three gorgeous young Israeli models (actually the entire production is from Israel) whose faces are alabaster perfection to begin with. But who can fault the producers for using the beauty to which we aspire to motivate us? All three ladies are well experienced in the exercises they are demonstrating and as indicated earlier are easy to follow along with. But the critical question is of course does it work? My short answer is YES however I must qualify that response by adding that I am continuing with much of the Carole Maggio workout alongside this one so it's impossible to say where one leaves off and the other begins. The eye & upper face exercises are MUCH more comprehensible in Reinhart than Carole's books so anything above the nose I credit to Reinhart. In evaluating this question we need to carefully consider exactly WHAT counts as success. I realize no amount of exercise will shrink my Darth Vader helmet of a skull; I must also accept that pattern baldness is just an indignity that life commands me to endure, and like a woman refusing plastic surgery I will NEVER glue a rug to my scalp (or anything equally ridiculous). In other words, my expectations have to be in line with what can be achieved. Even within those limitations I'm satisfied that the results justify the effort. I started facial exercise (Maggio) back in June '06 and only picked up Reinhart in early '07. I have been doing both daily and fairly quickly saw my face firm up and take on a chiseled shapeliness that certainly wouldn't have happened on its own. Taming my tendency to a double chin has taken somewhat longer but with ongoing effort it is DEFINITELY receding and I'm convinced that this too is an important battle that can be won. I am slightly amused by other reviewers complaining that facial workouts create more lines than they erase. What you're seeing here (for the first time) is muscular definition; would you gripe if you could see a six pack on your abs after months of effort? EVERY change I've observed on my own face has been an improvement! An IMPORTANT (and possibly overlooked) point made on the video is that the "full routine" closing the DVD serves as a basis for constructing your own personalized facial workout (the full routine on the video takes about 20 minutes). In other words, don't just follow along with the "full routine" and wonder why things aren't shaping up as quickly as you'd like. I suspect most men (like myself) will require extra work and effort to sharpen the mouth and jawline. Be prepared to DO EXTRA reps for the areas you're particularly concerned about. This is where it might be useful for you to have a second book or video for another perspective. However I believe you CAN get good results using only the exercises demonstrated here, provided you'll customize your routine to match your needs. So then, fellow males, have I convinced you? If you're not happy with the face you're showing then here's your best chance to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

I had bought the Carol Maggio Facercise book and DVD and used them for a few weeks, and after reading some of the reviews of the Tal Reinhart program I decided to give that a try, too. It only took a few viewings of Tal Reinhart to decide that it was not the best face exercise program when compared to Carol Maggio's. If you can put aside the the fancier production, lovely models and smooth narration of Tal Reinhart, the actual exercises are kind of shallow. Some of them mimic the ones on Carol Maggio's Facercise, but most of them are different. The models who perform Tal Reinhart's exercises are very beautiful and clearly acting and posing. When you do the movements they demonstrate, only a few of them felt like they were really working any facial muscles. I tried the Tal Reinhart program after having done Carol Maggio's Facercise for two weeks, and even though her exercises make your face tired and muscles burn, my jaw clicking was actually improving. But when I tried Tal Reinhart's, those movements made my jaw feel worse and click more. The big difference for me is that even though the Facercise presentation is a little more vague on the DVD and the photos in the book aren't always as clear as they should be, if you carefully perform the Facercise program exactly as described then you can actually feel the so-called "burn" of muscles in your face being pushed. This has never resulted in any pain or strain in my face, and I have actually seen small improvements in some areas, especially forehead, nasolabial folds and an area on my right cheek that seemed "sunken" compared to the left one. All of these areas have "plumped up" a little since doing Facercise. I'm not expecting a miracle in my appearance, but I do expect to feel like I've actually worked some muscles and that's the difference between the two programs. They both explain the anatomy of the face and what happens to the muscles over time - Facercise does this in the book and Tal Reinhart on the video. But I really feel like the exercises in Facercise teach you to isolate and work specific areas of your face better. Once you learn the program, you don't need to watch the Facercise video anymore or look at the book except to check back once in awhile. I don't think I could have watched the Tal Reinhart video many more times without being really irritated by the acting, much less not being impressed by the exercises.

First of all I believe these exercizes are very good. The problem I have is not with program - in fact I felt very toned after just one workout! The problem is with the production of the video - there is way too much unecessary footage! It is clearly meant however to be sort-of meditationally relaxing to the viewer, they get credit for that --- but after seeing the camera (slowly) pan past a facade of columns and into the "meditation room" where the model is poised on top of the meditation platform for the umpteenth time - I now know what that pan dial on my DVD remote control is good for! ;-) Too much footage is also spent (completely wasted in fact) on the models poising empty-headed facial expressions - that no one really cares about (I'd have more fun reading some meant-for-teen publication like Seventeen). I also will say of some of these exercizes - they can be hard to do without resisting the temptation to burst out laughing due to both the exercizes themselves and the expressions make by models while they are performing the exercizes. My issue htere is not that the models are young and beautiful - it's just there is way to much almost narcissistic focus on this dippy footage - it in fact borders on being insulting to the viewer. Another issue is as you may have gleaned thus far - it is way too long which does not facilitate a once-daily routine - oh unless you wish to make yourself crazy. My recommendation is to learn the exercizes cold and practice at your leasure - or perhaps supplement with a facial exercize DVD routine that is SHORTER (there is one put out (published) by Barnes and Noble - not quite as good but the neck exercizes are easier - also has facial massage which makes you feel really good :-)) ). My routine - I do that video ( B&N DVD - accompanying book is good too and cheap) right before bed - I wish to supplement with exercizes from this DVD being reviewed here once I have them down pat - as the other video is much shorter and conducive/motivational to a routine. NOTE though - I have not watched any of the other DVDs available at Amazon on facial exercize.

It's okay, but I don't really have the time. I'm too busy trying to lose weight, keep my weight down, losing the weight again, etc., as well as doing Yoga and meditating to control my anxiety and being mom to two dogs. I'm single so no one to impress. They seems like really good exercises, but I guess my face is on it's own for now! I still have the DVD and PLAN to use it again!

Guess what, men can be just as vain about our looks as women. True we do not like to be seen as preening ourselves in front of mirrors. And there is belief of the ruggedly manly looks of an outdoors man. But if we admit it to ourselves when a man first sees the tired sag in his jowl line, the beginning of crow's feet at the corners of his eyes and the lines at the corners of his mouth growing. Well, most men will at the very lest begin to wonder where the years have gone and is it down hill from here. Will he end up wearing his father's face? Come on guys, we all know when we start to reach a certain age that is in the back of our mind. Like all things in life you can either accept it or go down fighting. Tal Reinhart Facial Workout gives you a chance to fight for the fitness of your face like you would the fitness of your body. If you are willing to take charge of your fitness this dvd if full of exercises that target the different areas of the face that cause problems. Don't be put off by the fact that Tal Reinhart Facial Workout is demonstrated by women, it works for men too. Personally, I have seen my crow's feet lessen to a great degree and my jaw line tighten and I have only been doing these exercises for a month. Granted I set aside 20 minutes daily for these exercises, but as with all exercise programs you get out of them what you put in. I almost cannot wait to see how I look after 6 to 12 months of this program. At Tal Reinhart Facial Workout costs a lot less than a face-lift and is more than likely a lot less painful and a lot safer. And let's face it there is something far more manly about saying you exercise your face to stay looking good rather than saying you are visiting a plastic surgeon or getting a facial. Buy Tal Reinhart Facial Workout, exercise and become a strong-faced man for years to come, if you are man enough. The choice is yours.

I had bought Maggio's book years back, but had a hard time keeping up with the exercises (pain in the butt to turn the pages and count to myself) so was looking for a DVD which would lead me through a routine without me having to think and ordered this based on good reviews. I have been doing the 20-minute routine in bed every night for the last two weeks and am really pleased with the results. I know the routine by now so can have the DVD running on low volume on my laptop while I'm watching TV - 20 minutes goes by no problem and other than the eye rolling exercise I can keep up with whatever show I'm watching. I often repeat the lower face exercises once the DVD is over - why not since I'm just watching TV anyway. I wish I had taken a "before" photo because I think I look years younger already - got my hair done today so was forced to look in the mirror, which I usually hate. Today I was actually happy with my face - less puffy/baggy under the eyes, no nasal labial crease and my lips look fuller too. Still need to work more on saggy jaw and double chin, but am confident that with continued practice those will improve too. I do feel a burn with the exercises and soreness after - not sure why some folks don't. The sets are beautiful, the exercises are well-explained and the voice-over is pleasant in that mellow, yoga, feel-good sort of way. The girls are young and super-pretty, which seems ironic, but that really doesn't bother me. I am 50 with a moon face which, while adorable when I was younger, had gone to looking puffy and slack. I now feel that I won't need injections to fill in the folds around my mouth and can avoid that weird flat upper lip look that you see on almost every woman over 40 on TV...in short, highly recommended.

This is my second purchase of this CD, as I gave my original copy away to my best friend. I am over 40 and am always asked what I do to keep my face toned: I give credit to this CD. It has the most wonderful introduction to very simple and effective facial exercises. The explanation for each exercise shows which facial muscles are toned, so you know where the improvements should appear. The models are beautiful and the photography is bright and clear. I did all the exercises as directed and could see visible results in the first week. Many friends have ordered this CD from Amazon and everyone who has kept with the program for a week or two has seen the improvement. Your face just feels different. The entire routine takes 10-15 minutes, is very simple to learn and can be done anywhere. If I can't get to sleep at night, I do the exercises: it distracts my mind from the thoughts of the day and I fall to sleep knowing I've done something productive! Sometimes I do them while watching TV. But I always do them at least three times a week. If you can commit to a few minutes several times a week, you'll be pleased with the results.

I love this facial workout. Just wish I had been aware of the importance of working facial muscles earlier in life. Have been doing the workout faithfully every day for 3 weeks and am starting to see improvements in the eye and mouth area (I am 56). Have always worked out but never gave any thought to the muscles in the face which are no different from other muscles. If you don't use it, you'll lose it!

Great. easy exercise. What is very imported the exercise are working and my face start looked more fresh and elastic.

Ok

Good step by step tutorial, very simple to follow, and nice calming music. You must first learn to isolate face muscles in order to fully get the benefits but with time and patience if will happen. The eye exercises are great.

I have been following this DVD for about 2 months now and feel I can see improvements around my eyes and mouth. I am sure that a few of the exercises a put in just to fill time but others seem to be having a real impact. Once you have mastered the full workout there is a daily routine at the end of the DVD that can be followed in about 15 minutes, short enough to be followed 2 or 3 times a week. The production is very good and if I have any complaints it would be the use of 3 very young and good looking girls. I would prefer to see older women following the routine so we can judge if the exercises are having a real impact. So far I am happy with the progress and will continue with the routine.