At RE:TRAIN we believe in truth and transparency, and sometimes the truth is uncomfortable:

There is no program that can guarantee a pain-free, injury-free body for life; bodies are too complex for such a grand promise. What LISTEN does is teach you to recognize the signals your body is sending to help correct, and prevent injury and other symptoms from happening.

There is no 'bulletproof body', there's only a body that changes. The LISTEN Method exists because rigid programs fail our complex, ever-changing bodies. Instead of forcing you to follow a plan, LISTEN teaches you how to train based on what your body needs in each session. It helps calm your nervous system, and correct faulty movement patterns -- the root cause of your pain and other symptoms.

Your body changes every day.

• Stress alters movement.

• Poor sleep affects coordination and recovery.

• Fatigue shifts joint loading.

• Emotional strain tightens tissues.

• Previous injuries resurface unexpectedly.

The body you train today is not the body you trained yesterday. Any system that ignores this reality eventually fails the person using it.

Instead of asking the body to obey a set training plan and schedule, RE:TRAIN's LISTEN Method asks a better question:

What does your body need today?

What Listen Means

Locate where excess effort, restriction, or compensation is showing up

Interpret whether that signal reflects adaptation or warning

Scale the work to meet the body where it is

Train with intention, not force

Evaluate the body's response

Navigate Forward using real data, not assumptions

How LISTEN Began

The LISTEN Method was born in the space between effort and awareness. it emerged from watching disciplined people do everything 'right' according to tradition training -- follow a plan, push through discomfort, trust the program -- only to end up frustrated, injured, or disconnected from their bodies.

Their problem wasn't commitment. The problem was compliance to systems that did not adapt to the daily changing needs of their bodies.

Listen was created to replace rigid control with intelligent responsiveness.

How LISTEN is Used

L - Locate

Where do you feel restriction, effort, or compensation today? What feels smooth, and what feels off?

We start each session by noticing what your body is doing that day, not what we think it "should" be doing.

I - Interpret

Is this signal about

• Load

• Range of motion

• Speed or control

• Recovery or stress

Is your body adapting or asking for caution?

Signals aren't inherently good or bad. They're information we use to make decisions.

S - Scale

We adjust intensity, tempo, range, or volume based on what we find.

Progress is scaled, not forced.

T - Train

You train with intention and awareness. Every rep matters, no just how many or how heavy.

Training isn't just about output, it's also adapting to input.

E - Evaluation

What changed during and after the session?

• More Ease

• More Control

• More Clarity

We don't guess, we observe.

N - Navigate Forward

We use today's information to guide what comes next.

Training evolves with your body, not against it.

Train with your body, not against it.

Ready to see how the LISTEN method can work for you?