In an Over-Complicated World

Hello True Way Followers!

I know, I know...long time very little hear.

It's been crazy busy since I finally started my 12 year dream of opening a martial arts school (officially on Jan 17th).

Things are going great and we're already helping to improve the confidence, fitness and skill of over 50 individuals in the greater Palm Harbor area.  It's exciting and the future is bright!

Incidentally, through the busyness I have realized one of the major flaws of "fitness" and the whole weight loss industry nowadays...it's just way too complicated!!!

We're all like kids in a candy store, overwhelmed by all the choices and so-called "information" from gurus, health clubs and supplement-funded magazines (meaning the fitness mags are mostly owned by companies that sell supplements).

We bounce from one thing to the next and wonder why none of it seems to be working for us to achieve our specific fitness goals.

So as part of my mission (to find the "true way" and share it with the whole), I want to help reintroduce SIMPLICITY to fitness and healthy living.

I know many of you are just as busy and overwhelmed as me, so you need solutions that are relatively "easy" to implement and follow through on.

You need a few basic strategies and activities to help you MANAGE your time and incorporate fitness into it all.

You don't need more...you need LESS.

A few things done consistently and thoroughly is far more effective than a dozen things done haphazardly and halfway.

So in the blogs, articles, ebooks and any other products to come from me, expect the emphasis to be on keeping things simple and getting back to basics rather than some complicated and unrealistic system that cannot be implemented into the typical person's life.

That way you can actually focus on the most IMPORTANT and most URGENT things that will enrich your life and empower you.

My first "pearl of wisdom" for you (if you will allow me to call my advise that without thinking me too presumptuous) is a three-word summary of the mental training component of my book, The 28 Day Deadline Workout (which I must admit, was too complicated and involved in parts):

PLAN-EXECUTE-ADAPT (reevaluate and adjust accordingly...basically recycling the process)

If you stick to just this your effectiveness in EVERYTHING in life will sky rocket.

I could go into more detail, but I think simplicity here is key.

Meditate on that one for a little bit...and feel free to throw in your own thoughts in the comments below.

If you want to know more, or are just the least bit curious about The 28 Day Deadline Workout, feel free to visit the updated website page where I am currently offering the book at OVER 57% OFF the regular price!  Instead of $47, you can pick it up for less than twenty ($19.95)!!!  I guarantee your money back for 60 days, no questions asked, so give it a try with no obligation.

If you live in the Palm Harbor area I even have a few CD-Rom copies that I can sign for you at no extra charge:)  If that means anything to you...

Check out the special offer for the 28 Day Deadline Workout HERE.

Anyway, I hope this has helped you in some way today.  Watch for most of my blog posts to be simple and to the point like this in the future, and feel free to drop me a line about your thoughts on it. 

Take care, and remember:   Train the mind, challenge the body, unleash the spirit!

Sincerely in Fitness,

Chad Johnson

Are You a "True Warrior"?

It has been almost a month since my martial arts school, True Way Martial Arts, opened.

I have hardly had a chance to catch my breath in the whirlwind of activities coinciding with it.

Believe me, I am truly grateful for it.

The school is growing beautifully, and I am extremely excited about the students that are involved so far, and look forward to the many more to come.

We already have a major event, the Palm Harbor Citrus Festival on Saturday, March 12th, where we'll be featured on stage for a demonstration.  We are excited at the opportunity to show our stuff and get people in our community aware of the benefits of martial arts training and a lifestyle of fitness!

As everything is finally settling in, I have begun to finally establish a rhythm in my own training.  Whether it's martial arts skill training, physical conditioning, strength training or stretching, I am back into my preferred routine of daily activity.

As such, the time has come for the release of my own personal fitness training program with a martial arts twist. 

My martial arts boot camp is designed to improve the fitness and capabilities of everyone from completely untrained to high level athlete.  It includes strength training, cardio conditioning, mobility and flexibility training and even martial arts techniques to give you a total body workout that challenges the body to constant adapt and get better (fitter, stronger, leaner, etc.).

I call it TRUE WARRIOR FIT CAMP, and it's offered three days a week (Tue/Thu/Sat) in the mornings (9:30-10:30am).  I believe it brings out the "true warrior" in each of us and I am pumped about what it's going to do for all the participants along the way!

So my question to you today is:

Have you been training so far in 2011?

Have you been honing your inner warrior day-in and day-out to become your personal best?

Do you stick to your fitness routine and always try to get something significant out of it?

I could give you a lot of fitness "facts" and statistics to try to appeal to your logic and get you to begin your fitness path today, but very few people really respond to logical reasoning anyway.  We humans are emotional creatures, so I believe we have a far greater chance of influencing you to a lifestyle of fitness if we motivate you and challenge you.  Now it's time for you to step up to the plate and knock one out of the park.

So let out that inner warrior today and finally get started on your training path!  You deserve it and every one of us ultimately needs it.

You should hear a little more from me in the coming weeks now that I have an actual system and everything is falling into place.

Take care and always remember:

Train your mind, challenge your body, unleash your spirit!

Sincerely in Fitneess,

Chad R. JohnsonPersonal Trainer (ACE-CPT)
Strength Coach (NSCA-CSCS)
Youth Fitness Specialist (IYCA-YFS)
Owner & Head Instructor of TRUE WAY MARTIAL ARTS
www.28daydeadlineworkout.com
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