Brother im 2 Weeks into his program and my Knees feel better and better! I had 2 Knee Surgeries on my Left Knee because of a sports accident. I have been to many Docs .. PTs nothing helped but Bens great system. My recommendation is when doing this program and you have knee problems, just do the program and stop doing any other sports till you get stronger and Pain Free in every movement and listen to your body! Thanks for this great review brother! Gave me some great insight. And to everyone up there struggling and going thoughts Mental stress because you can’t do the sport you love. Stay strong and believe in your body and give it the time and positivity to heal and with time you will make it 💪🏾💪🏾

Very rewarding to finish a full 12-week program like this. I have no ties or affiliation with Ben/ATG I just hope this review helps some of you somehow =] Thanks for watching! Tim

Thank you for sharing! I just started the back zero program a month ago after hurting my lower back. Customer service is amazing and my coach also said to take it slow, modify moves as needed, and never push through pain. My body is slowly feeling stronger so I’m happy.

"today in the video we'll discuss would i recommend it? Ill save you the video yes i would". Top man ! Watched all the way through.

"Dont be scared to regress". Excellent point . Thank you.

Every night after my Jiujitsu practice my knees were in so much pain on the drive home. I've just been doing a few of those ATG split squats for a few weeks regularly and the pain has decreased so much

This was illuminating. Thanks for going through the exercises in detail. I also like your awareness around each exercise. I often go through the motions without considering these things (extension, contraction, activation etc.). Ps. nice ayahuasca painting

So excited to watch this.... Thanks Tim our GUINEA PIG!

Love this review, am looking forward to starting my own ATG journey soon!

Amazing I've been looking at knees over toes guy.

Best review of the program I've seen on KZfaq. Thank you so much for putting together this content. Especially appreciate your Insight about regression based on your experience.

Hey Tim! This is by far the best review on Bens Zero program I've seen here. Deeply honest and extremely detailled. To sum it up: your words convinced me to buy the book and go through those 12 weeks, to not rush the process and use this one as preparation for Dense. 1000 Thanks from Germany.

Thanks Tim! Love your review. I look forward to watching more of your videos. I have been dabbling with the ATG since mid 2022 and started to get serious the beginning of this year. Watching your video gave me a lot of great ideas for modifying the exercises and really showed me that I need to fully commit to get the best results. If you are curious I have videos of my workouts as I am tracking my journey of getting into optimal shape. Thanks for the great insights!

Hey I went looking for the ankle video and couldn't find one. Was curious if you uploaded one because you seem to have an intimate understanding of your body and I'd love to get inside your head and know how you approached ankle weakness/pain.

Loving the ATG system more and more after each session - thanks for sharing your experience with it - excited to learn how you added onto it in future videos🙏🏻💪🏼 hope you are well Tim!

Thank you very much for your review Timothy. I'm 57 and starting to believe my knees problems can get better. Like you, I have three knee surgeries, a cartridge transplant (a procedure another renowned surgeon told me he would have never done) on my right knee and a meniscus tear one on my left. Despite all my aches and pains I consider myself pretty mobile, but lost the ability to jog and stay in that sited position you were in your video. My ankles are destroyed from twisting them so many times from playing volleyball, blah, blah, blah... I will try and comit to Ben's zero program after you eloquently explained your own progress and I look forward to see your advise on ankle rehabilitation. Thanks again. And by the way, that couch is incredibly beautiful.

Thank you for the in-depth review. Excited for the ankle video!

Been on the fence for awhile with ATG. Great breakdown, brother. I’m sold

I love the simplicity and the attitude - like let's explore this how I do I do this. I've been amazing empowered by that kind of thinking - like permaculture says the problem is the solution. I made a nordic "bench" in like 15 minutes after thinking about it relaxed and creatively without a ton of work - I just drilled some lag hooks I had into the floor of my closet - I care about my health more than my floor although I care about it too. Took a weight belt - which I later swapped for a simple but nice and strong yoga strap and a thick yoga mat folded up. I also built a tib bar. And I just built a slant board - out of pallet wood. My first go was just to stack a couple little 2 x 4 lengths and lay another board across 'em. Anyway - that's kinda fun. I think you and KOT are telling people - look you have the perfect feedback - your body tells you what feels good or bad or what's missing - and a little bit of play and exploration might help you figure it out - they resistance and motion under stretch idea - I think is going to transform my "practice" from static yoga and not very good mobility to funny creative things where I try to position my body or weight relative to gravity to get the right resistance. The not training through pain but rather regressing the exercise - these ideas are gold and very empowering.

Thanks for making this video. I started doing these routines 3 weeks ago and can already tell a difference

Yeah Ben has surely been an inspiration. I feel you, sir, about the ankles. I'm in my early 30s, skateboarded for much of my teens and early 20s, have had many ankle injuries, and knee injuries, both in the left leg, and I've repaired my knees, even to the point of squatting 2xBW and pistol squatting with kettlebells for reps, yet from ankle injuries, and bone growing on bone, my left ankle's ROM will never match my right, yet from doing this KOT work, no longer do I experience weird and unstable movements in my left, and my ROM has improved, while showing itself more in my left knee, even though discomfort was not frequent. It is reducing while my left ankle gets stronger&stronger, more stable, and now with slightly more ROM. It may never match the right side, yet adaptation and changes are always possible

Best information and review I’ve seen so far on ATG. Thank you. Great idea to do the hamstring bridges. The importance of nutrition…definitely!

Great idea Tim about putting extra hamstring work into the programme. Getting the hamstring and hips to work together with lower legs works wonders for people dealing with achill issues. So the forefoot supported bridge is very good for that. Getting it then into standing position and working either on absorbing the force or push off makes it stick. Keep up great work and thanks for information, btw Golden teacher is still my favourite 👌

Thank you so much for the insights Tim! Been following you since the parkour days and I respect your commitment to improving the human bodies mobility

Holy crap I’m just here to watch a review of the program and it’s Tim Shieff! Wow small world! Great video!

Good stuff, thanks for this review. I'll keep a look out for your Dense review when it's time but you've sold me on KoT. Will start with the girlfriend. Subbed!

I was wondering how this program was. Thanks for you honest thoughts and things about how you changed a few things for your benefit

Thank you for your documentation sir. I myself will be working on these soon to achieve better knees. I've torn my ACL 3x, MCL 1x, and meniscus 1x. This has resulted in having to have 4 knee surgeries. I'm hoping that this will be a way for me to come back strong and help me with my longevity with my youth.

❤❤❤ DIVINE TRUTH? From Jesus and Mary in Australia? Awesome me too!! Lovely to meet you (sort of). I'm subscribing. Thank you!

Awesome I might try this, my knees are still messed up from basketball...thanks Tim

Great review, enjoyed your input, looking forward to the following videos

Wow, thanks for sharing this! I have been considering giving the proper programme a shot and this is defo encouraging. If you keep making joint gains like this maybe we'll see you back doing parkour one day :O

I sprain a ligament in my left knee two weeks ago at jujitsu class. I’ve been wearing a knee sleeve and still have pain. Definitely going to enroll in the program after your review

Brilliant video. Thank you so much for taking the time to make it.

Thanks for a fantastic review with detail and depth. I’m going for this program based on your video. Many thanks!

Great review. Really enjoyed listening to what you thought. I'm just recovering from knee osteotomy, just about to begin full weight bearing and planning to start a very regressed version of this. 👍

exactly what I was wondering! articulate concise thank you .

Liked the input of playing with the movement to find out what your body needs specifically, also that developed quads can benifit from replacing the couch stretch with a more "loaded" stretch. Thanks for sharing!

Excellent video

Nice review. Love your floor couch btw!

Nice review. I have a feeling that it didn't help your ankles because you didn't do the calf movements correctly. You are supposed to go all the way down and get a deep stretch on each FHL and KOT calf raise. Turning them into quarter pulses shifts the emphasis into the muscles and away from the tendons and ligaments of your ankles.

Thanks for the vid. I'm looking to try the ATG Zero Program, so I found this really helpful

Thank you so much, this was incredibly helpful.

great honest review, i don’t know you but i already like you. keep it up man

Look forward to the ankle vid!

Thoughtful explanation. Thanks 👍

Super helpful review. I was on the fence but this convinced me. Thanks!

Great review. I will eventually get the program and I will start doing glute bridges. Running in sand has helped strengthen my ankles.

Thank you for explaining your journey. Especially with knee surgeries it's important to. know where you are now.

Thanks so much - ankle ruiner here. Really enjoyed your review. Appreciate it.

Brilliant! Thanks so much for sharing your experience in such a detailed and thoughtful way.

Thank you for taking the time to make this review

Hey Great video, I'm on week 9 right now and having a blast. Question: what are those balance things your using to help with tib and calf raises?

Most helpful review yet!! Thank you!!

you the man Tim - keep being you and thanks for the insight!

This was so helpful, your insights are Truely for the people! Much appreciated matey :))

i've been doing the program for a week and feel slightly better. However, i've always struggled with annoying pain from lower back to ankle, only on my right leg. I haven't had a professional opinion yet, but googling this came up with Sciatica. I'm not sure yet. Also, stretching or doing hip rotation exercises worsens the pain. My right leg always goes numb when i sit too long in the toilet. Anyway, i hope the program does help with this.

oh my gosh! getting it right now and starting tomorrow! have had outer knee pain for 2-3 months and unable to do much...

Excellent review from a world-class athlete.

Hey man, I know this is supposed to be a knee program, but from what I saw, Ben also has some exercises for shoulders. Would be cool to get your feedback on those!

Love it. Always appreciate your input brotha💪🕊

Thanks for the review! Were you able to make an ankle strengthening video? The inside of my ankles bother me also, so I'd love to see it

Xlnt Squared ! Great run thru. Just what I needed to begin, and to accelerate into better mobility. Thanks

It's really your tiba that you need to focus on the most.

Totally nice coverage about the program and valuable input. Your additions were helpful as well. The ankle comments were a bit moot, the man has an ankle rehab program for those bendy bits at the end of your legs. Kinda silly doing a knee program and crying that it didn't whiten your teeth. Get it? Just kidding around. This is the best review on the knees dudes exercises. Thanks.

This is fantastic. Thank you!

Hi Tim! I know this video is two years old, but ATG has recently added many new programs to his app, including an ankle protocol! I was wondering have you taken a look at it and what do you think?

Very informative. Thanks kindly

Thanks for sharing your experience! It was timely: some old knee pains returned, so I signed up for the ATG program as soon as I saw your review. EDIT: Question: replacing the warmup with poliquin step ups - did you discover that on your own, or did the coach suggest it?

Great video dude 👌 How many times per week would you do these workouts?

Thank you for your thoughts. I found it very useful

Thank you for making this video!!

fantastic job and review, the best out there! im at a similar point, great advances for my knees but my right ankle has been the same (tightness, mild pain, all from a couple of severe sprains years ago)...looking forward for your vid, thank you!

Honestly, the hardest part probably is sticking with this (or any) program for 12 weeks. I know I have ADD with my "programs".

Thanks for sharing your experience! This was really helpful. Quick question - Did you have surgery on your knee for your meniscus and took the program post surgery? Or Did the program help you skip surgery and help repair the meniscus tear with blood flow, activation and rehab?

Can you please tell us where to get all the equipment ?

I would like to buy the zero program but ben has posted plenty of excercises for free from that program. Hope im not ripped off by it lol

Great share! Thank you, man.

I have a question regarding the training. First and foremost, I’d like to ask you the time at which you performed the exercises. Was it morning or noon? Also, were you doing them daily?

Very helpful thanks! I am fit, 40, no knee pain. But man, I want to be able to bend like that!

What are those Wex steps you mentioned? Also excuse my manners, thanks for making the video. It was very honest, heartfelt and detailed review 🙏

Great video! Just one small thing as a Welsh person hahaha. Pen-Y-Fan is not pronounced penny-fan but pen-uhh-van. Had to double take when I heard that lol.

Great review. Thank you. Have you done the ankle-specific video you mentioned?

I enjoyed this video and all the details you touched on. Thank you very much! You mentioned that you were going to make a video for the ankle exercises you found helpful, but I can't see it in your channel. Do you still intend to do that? Other than dorsiflexion restrictions (tight!), I don't have any real ankle issues *yet*, but I'm still interested in your insight. Cheers and regards from Canada, jz

I don't know if the sissy squats in the program are done freely as you show, but for me, it's a mistake not to have a support to maintain balance. The impact you can exert on the patellar tendon when stable is much greater and leads to better adaptations.

He got some ankle specific exercises that are not part of Zero.

@tim’sgym - where is the follow up ankle video? Could you post in the chat or comments please

Very informative thanks 😊

Did you do any physical activity during the zero program? like sports of other workout programs? I'm a breakdancer and I want to get in this program to bullet proof my knees

Very interested in the program for mobility porpouses, thinking about doing it before my calistenics training like a warm up or something like that

great review, thanks alot

do you think the sled warm up is necessary? i havent got the space nor is it practical at my home.. thanks for this great video

Dope couch.

Did you do any other workouts during the 12 weeks? Like upper body? chest, back, arms, abs etc.? since this program is M,W,F I was thinking of doing supersets like Bi's and Tri's together on Sunday, Chest and back Tuesday, and Shoulders and Abs on Thursday. Might be too much though. Rest is important. I guess I could scale those back and do less sets. What do you think? Or do you recommend just doing this for the 12 weeks before adding anything else?

Thank you for the review, I have been looking into it and came across your video. I do have a question, what are those "foot print" type blocks you have and what is their purpose?

Did you incorporate the rope training into the actual Zero program, such as a warm-up before doing a sessions? Thanks!

Is it ok to lift the heel in split squats? I thought that shouldn't happen.

Thanks Tim 🙏🏻

I have a question is it the same weekly workouts for the 3 months straight?

Yeah man Jesus is king 👑😍