Afraid of not being accepted

Let me tell you about a member we have that goes by the name of Vishal.

He desperately needed help with a few things, like-

Managing his work responsibilities

More Family time

Better Health

Dealing with Financial issues

And Managing his time better.

It came a time when he just had enough.

You've probably felt like this too, right?

He had reached a stage where he cared no more. His heart wanted to make a change, but everything he had 

tried had not worked.

Me too.

I tell ya, I spent half of my life trying to convince everyone that I was going to be a professional footballer

I trained like you wouldn't believe.

Every second of the day, you wouldn't see me without a football.

I loved it!

But cut a long story short, I found myself in similar situation to Vishals above.

I had turned 21

To this day I cannot explain why but I walked from a professional contract at Stoke City

Makes me sad thinking about it now.

But I did.

Did I give up.

Couldn't I cut it at the top.

Was I failure? In my mother's words I was?!

Football up until this time was my income security.

Football until this time was my only family.

Football until this time was my way of keeping healthy

Football was my responsibility

Football was my escape.

Not anymore though.

I needed help.

Help to direct my course of life.

Because it was going nowhere.

Then one night when surfing the net I came across a course in Connecticut and one in New York, bearing in mind I had never travelled further than Skegness for an holiday, this was the other side of the world...

Without even thinking about it.

I didn't know what was even going through my head

I just booked to go.

At 21, I think this was big.

But I had nothing to lose. At the time I thought I had tried everything when in reality that probably wasn't quite true.

Anyway, that course, travelling to another country opened my eyes up to 'possibility'

To this day, it changed the course of my life.

It shown me that no matter where you are in life, there is someone or something that can help you

Just like Vishal, came to me.

Look at Vishal now

"RWL has provided me with a solution. I can now manage everything and still have a smile on my face ( I never smiled much, ask anyone who knows me!). RWL has given me a way to meet my goals within the gym and outside. You have a life member in me. And if I have to leave due to unforseen circumstances, I will take all the knowledge you have given to ensure my life and the life of all around me remain at the high it is now."

I met people in New York, Vishal met me.

Someone is out there waiting for you.

I was once told when I was thinking of pursuing Buddhism, "its not you that pursues Buddhism, it's the Buddha that will find you"

If you are believer in a law of attraction, then this couldn't be any truer

If you are still unsure where I am going with this or of how this can help you.

Well, let me leave you with this thought (quite possibly the most powerful mind set shift you could have if you want to make a change for the better)

I couldn't have said it any better, than BG himself;

"There comes a time when your first step is NOT believing you can become something.

The first step is releasing yourself from something.

You cannot change your life by artificially implanting a new story of possibility until you accept that the 

current story you have is just that... a story."

And therefore, you are completely in control of change.

Releasing yourself can be that of

-negative people (I either spend less time with them, or I delete them out of my life including family)

-what your family wanted you to be when you grow up

-what other people think you should be but you want something else

-of others that are not quite who you want to be. You are the average of 5 people you hang around most with (If I didn't do this, I would be in prison now serving a sentence for something either drugs or vandalism, would prob have 5 kids, and believe the world is against me - the friends i grew up with do)

-following the mainstream diets and gyms

-bothered about people challenging you on your change

The list goes on.

This is hard to believe I know

I've been there

You just need someone to ASK YOU THE RIGHT QUESTIONS

The RIGHT QUESTIONS will give you the better ANSWERS

The REAL ANSWERS that you need to KNOW!

Joe 'Always wanted to be Zinedine Zidane' Hanney

Ps- I travel back to New York in a few weeks time, 10 years on from when I was last there. I'm pretty excited but very nervous at the same time, I just don't know how it will affect me emotionally but you'll be sure the first to know ;)

Be aware of the PT (Personal Trainer) that discounts

Right, I could go off on a tangent here so I'll do my best to rein myself in now and then

First up and you've probably experienced this

I certainly have

The conversation kinda goes like this

Customer "do you have any discounts"

Me "No sorry, I didn't get worse over night; I got better so no the price as gone up"

I think you get my point here.

If your PT discounts regularly they are basically saying they are -

Lazy.

Lack any ethics.

Have no passion.

Don't want improve their knowledge.

So they accept that they are becoming a lot worse of a PT!

They lack any confidence in their ability to get you results so they throw the discount sale 
trick at you to try and convince you to become a client

Other than you going to the other Personal Trainer.

The most popular discount is "buy 8 PT sessions get 2 FREE."

A word of caution for you.

If a PT is selling sessions to you rather than a program (a program gets you from point a 
to point b) he is just asking you to turn up for a workout.

No strategy.

No assessment.

No plan.

It's a bit like, having a sat nav and not using it, thinking that you can out smart it

When, you actually have no clue where you are going.

Cos, this is frustrating the life out of me whilst I am writing this

I am going to give you yet another word of caution.

So...

You buy the 8 PT sessions and get 2 FREE

BUT get this, you can use them whenever you like....

That's like being prescribed medication and you deciding to take it ALL in one go and not follow the directions of what the doctor told you.

Enough said on this.

So your trainer just admitted that they got worse.

The only way this PT can go now, is lower.

Lower price.

When they reach the lowest.

They then become a commodity.

Lots of clients (on first sight makes them look good)

But causes you a ton of pain.

They cannot look after you.

You're now interacting with people you don't really like.

It becomes A DIS SERVICE to you

Same applies to the low budget gyms

But that email is for another day...

On the flip side to this

It was confirmed to me the other day in a passing conversation with my hair dresser (Joe 
Hind at Barrie Stephen - highly recommend)

That the standard of PT's in the health clubs still remain the same all what 4-5 years ago since I last worked in one.

Stay with me on this, and just imagine this for one minute.

You meet with your PT for the first time.

No warm welcome.

Not even a smile (he's probably pissed at the long hours, early starts, back to back one 2 one's (if your trainer is doing one 2 one, then I'd escape straight away - I'll explain in another email)

No eye contact.

Didn't even ask how your day was.

Just asks you to get on the bike and cycle.

Even leaves you for few minutes whilst you get started on your own.

Comes back with a coffee.

Drinks this whilst standing there with you.

Presses a button or two ... on his mobile phone (texting) and asks you "are you feeling it"

At this point I must point out...

YOUR PT has no idea what workout they are going to provide you.

They are practically thinking about it whilst you are on the bike.

How do I know - well, check if they have a piece of paper, pencil and a program to hand.

Did you check?

Was that a "nope they didn't"

Told ya :)

Back to workout.

You finally get moved on to another machine.

Possibly a rower... because the PT gets to sit down as well

No motivation.

No words of encouragement.

More interested in his phone.

Or whats going on around him.

And oh yes, his coffee with two sugars.

Did he advise you not to have this??????

Cut a long story short before I kill myself of frustration that these so called PT's are damaging the reputation of our industry (which has the potential to be life changing) and gives the perception of what having a PT is like.

So when you come to me.

I can understand why you ask for a discount.

Especially after that lump of crap you've just experienced.

It gets worse for you.

Because of this standard.

Your results are going to take forever.

Its like travelling to the other side of the world by bus - its cheaper, slower and possibly the worst experience you can imagine.

Or you can travel by business class on Virgin Atlantic.

Its more expensive but you get to their faster, and the experience is to die for!!!

RWL is the latter by the way.

Remember, I took the industry and turned it on its head

The normal PT is the bus journey so I kind of get why you don't want to invest in much in a PT or gym.

I wouldn't

Have I mentioned that we have IFS Personal Trainer of the Year 2013 at our place?

Well, we do and he goes by the name of Sam Hanney (my brother)

He'll be responsible for designing your program (your navigation system)

The best in the industry helping you.

Surely, that can't be cheap?

Of all of the information I have shared with you today.

I'll finish on this.

The biggest problem in our industry and PT's alike

They've passed the PT course (remember, I told you about this in a previous email, not the best)

And they then think they're too good to fail

Or that the course is all they need to know, and they choose not to learn anymore.

What they need to do is

And make sure you charge for this :)

Because it will be the most valuable information they have heard

They need to look outside of the fitness industry to learn

Because the fitness industry is failing.

This was my light bulb moment all those many moons ago.

Joe 'loves 5 star service' Hanney

ps. I love my job, I get to be a judge for Miss Bikini tomorrow, all professional mind

Our deepest fear

Why do you work out? Is it to become the strongest, fittest and healthiest you that you can be. Is it to push the physical boundaries and unveil your physical potential or is it to comfort yourself that you've done something good today and that you can let go on the weekend a bit without worrying too much about the consequences.

I suspect that with most people it's the latter, which is sad. I appreciate that most people are not into this as much as I am and I'm glad because I wouldn't have a career if that wasn't the truth, however I cannot escape this quote whenever I think about it:

“No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training.

 

 It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.”     Socrates

 



This is what I am thinking about when training clients, it could be very easily misunderstood as being overly critical and aiming far too high. But the truth is that I want them to get the best results possible. So having said that, when I have clients' results as a top priority and not how much they like me, at what point do I tell people that they don't get a new programme, or that their nutritional habits have clearly not set in yet and so we need to regress to day 1.

After all there is a conflict in that they are paying for a new programme and advice, every few weeks. But there is no point in progressing them if they haven't improved.

This happens quite regularly, those who turn up to the gym to 'work out' (the latter from the first paragraph) will hand in their programme after 6 weeks and they will have made no progression whatsoever. When questioned, they will usually reply "The weights are really heavy..."



Of course the weights area really heavy, that's why they're called weights... It's going to be uncomfortable and it will hurt but you won't regret it.

Here is the uncomfortable truth, if you are not making some sort of progression every session then why did you train? If you aren't stronger or fitter as a result of your training then what was the point? You either: didn't train hard enough, didn't recover well enough or didn't eat well enough, something's wrong.

Then what if I come to ask you about your food? How have you been eating? Can I see your food journal?

It's not been done, and the reason is this;

'I fell off the wagon a bit, and so I didn't bother writing anything down. I also haven't been taking my supplements because there's not much point if I'm not eating properly.'

....

1. If you only show me when you eat healthily, don't bring in a journal when you eat things you shouldn't, and your results stay the same; then I think you're ill. I only see a good diet and no changes, something doesn't stack up.
2. What am I supposed to say? I want to help you but the quality of my advice is as good as the quality of the context which I am given. No food journal, means no specific advice.

Congratulations, I am now as valuable to you as a Google search.

I end up saying, 'Don't eat crap and replace it with healthy food'

What's healthy food? I don't know because I have no context, anything unprocessed should be OK.

Here's my opinion:

• If you don't progress enough on your programme you keep going until you do.
• If you show me evidence that your habits are not ingrained properly then we start again.

What do you think?

Got Thin - Got Fat Again!

Don't fall for this sh#?...

It took me just about 10 seconds and I had to switch it off.

Frustrates me like you wouldn't believe to see programs like this.

Just like those New Debenhams Size 16 Mannequin's.

Its just masking the fact.

That as a nation we are getting fatter, sicker and more depressed.

They say it's because it is what the average size person is now.

Quote on quote Debenhams says it reflects the size of many of its customers.

They said the same when the average sized person was a size 12 a few years back.

What's next.... size 20?

I personally think it's an opportunity for the public to create their own paradigm.

To accept that there is no hope for themselves to change.

To lose the weight they've gained for whatever reason.

It is also a HUGE statement that the Health Department and Government are FAILING big time in their attempt to 

get the nation healthy.

And with alarming rates of obesity at an all-time high, they are simply running out of ideas.

Anyhooooowww

This is where I get controversial .

Don't let these TV programs, big clothes stores make you think any different about yourself.

You are not like the majority.

You can really change.

You are simply 'U'.

It first starts with resetting the mindset, just as I am going to show people  how to do on Saturday at our FREE workshop.

It is then having the belief in what we do can help because we do, do things VERY differently.

Even our nutrition program (Health, Vitality and Energy 'U' Deserve program) is so different to mainstream advice even by the trusted NHS.

Just as Karen our member found

"I was also seriously challenged by your approach to nutrition - so different to mainstream advice by the "trusted" NHS. It took me a while to grasp it and understand. So, I guess a challenge was starting a new nutrition regime that I didn't fully understand and didn't feel confident in justifying to those who queried me."

Karen is just about to renew her membership with us for another!

Personally, I think, actually I know that people love to see other people struggle.

Because they are struggling.

Its like we're not supposed to be successful.

I wonder if this is dwindled its way down from the very top.

It's kinda why the 'the biggest loser' was stopped

According to myself and many other trusted fit pro's it got stopped because for whatever reason I don't agree with the methods it used got people results.

They were successful.

And then the viewings started to decline.

Ratings became even lower.

They then finally decided to scrap the show.

Replaced it with big fat gypsy wedding.

It's the same reason why people keep going back to 'Weight Lovers' sorry weight watchers because they never really achieve any kind of successes

They like to be round like minded individuals ...

And truth to be told want to stay over weight.

Same as the TV program yesterday 'get thin, got fat again'

The underlying message is 'its ok to be overweight because there are a lot of people in your shoes

Bullsh?t. You don't have to be like everyone else.

Because...

EVERYONE ELSE AS THIS FEAR OF FAILURE AND THEY'VE COME TO ACCEPT ONLY THIS!

Ignore that.

Retrain the brain... it can be done.

Be yourself.

You owe it to yourself to be successful in anything you want to be or become.

All you have to do is DECIDE that this isn't you any more!

and avoid all of this negativity crap that's out there!

Rant over!

Enjoy your day

I hope that inspired you to do something positive today!

Joe 'mannequins scare the crap out of me - ever since I watched the horror film puppet master' Hanney

What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do - FREE WORKSHOP

Great quote by Tim Ferriss, don’t you agree?

Think about this for one minute (that’s right, take a couple of minutes from your day and just think about this)

It’s VERY true right?

It could be number of things.

A fear of investing in yourself.

A fear of leaving a job.

A fear of leaving a marriage.

A fear of not living.

A fear of joining a gym.

A fear of going clothes shopping.

A fear of social situations.

A fear of public speaking.

The list is endless…

Over somewhat the short life I’ve had I have experienced at least all of these at some point or other for whatever reason.

The three I will touch on today though are ‘a fear of sociable situations’, ‘public speaking’ and ‘investing on myself’

You’re probably thinking “Social situations”

Yes, that’s right.

Im kinda introvert in many ways. When it’s in the gym environment it’s what I know best and is when I'm most comfortable in, so it doesn't count here.

But.

When it comes to other social situations like mingling with a partners family, or attending a networking event or attending a course where I fear that I am out of my depth.

I'm not quite sure if it's the fear factor or just the boring side of me coming out.

It’s probably a bit like how you may feel when you've been asked to attend the Christmas party this year and you don’t quite feel comfortable wearing that dress of yours.

Investing in myself is not really a biggy but when it comes to putting my money where my mouth is, it does become a fearful event.

You see.

Public speaking is something that’s pretty scary for anyone.

They say its people’s number one fear with death being number two.

Crazy right?

Anyhow, as I preach in many of my emails to you about investing in yourself and this sometimes means investing a lot more than you have done in the past.

Especially, if you want the best.

So just recently I had found myself in this situation.

I personally want to become a GREAT speaker and to do that I need to learn from the best.

The best costs me £4000 for 4 days.

He shares the stage with the likes of Richard Branson, Donald Trump, Seb Coe, Anthony Robbins just to name a few.

So I found this guy, figured the price, considered that is a combination of all of my fears “public speaking, sociable situations (out of my comfort zone) and a huge investment £4000.

So I decide to go through with it!

I had considered this many times before I actually decided to do it.

Pondered on his website every day for a month, thinking should I do this or not?

I even went to see the speaker mentor ‘live’ to see if he wasn't bluffing.

He certainly wasn't.

I get emails from him almost weekly.

And bang.

I just decided!!!!!

You see, anyone who knows me knows that my brain processes information at the speed of lightening.

I think this is the introvert in me.

This is how I came about my decision to do this.

1-what is the worst thing that can happen (I stay where I am)

2-my reason WHY is huge to do this (I want to be the best public speaker I can be so that I can help even MORE people with their health issues)

3-which led to answer certain questions around developing this goal of mine –POWERFUL GOAL SETTING TECHNIQUE I HAVE DEVELOPED (100% of the time the goals you set you’ll achieve)

4-once I had decided to do this nothing was going to get in my way. Not even trying to find the £4000 to pay for it because I knew if I wanted it that bad I will find a way to make it happen.

Kinda reminds me of this quote-

“There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstances permit. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results” Art Turock

Now the course is in a few weeks.

I’ll report back to you once I’ve completed it.

Now, why did I share this with you?

Well, you are most likely familiar with having found yourself in similar situation like I listed above.

And you continue to find yourself in situations like this.

The difference is.

How do you get from being in that FEARFUL state of mind to ACTUALLY taking ACTION?

Well, I want to share with you the very mental building blocks I put in place to go from this mentality to one that makes you take action.

Remember the POWERFUL GOAL SETTING TECHNIQUE I mentioned above.

Just like I did on myself and the same I do for our members.

Also, I have already told you that I want to become the best public speaker in my industry and to do that I need to practice “practice makes perfect” right?

This is perfect to practice some more.

And you get to be my critique and in RETURN I help you set some powerful goals that you can finally achieve eliminating any fear factors that you may have in the process.

This is going to be a very special, one off workshop. It won’t be repeated. It’s FREE.

Date: Saturday 16^th November

Time: 3:00pm UK time

Location: at RWL GYM

Register Below

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Joe ‘standing on the shoulders of giants’ Hanney

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A Flawed Approach to Weight Loss

 

And peeps, yes you have been and keep on insisting in doing this

When…

It’s proven NOT to work!!

Not only from the results you currently have and experienced but from also the evidence of many thousands of people who are part of this obesity epidemic

 

There’s a lot of things wrong with this…

 

1-Flawed mindset. Whether that be an accumulation of bad habits, lack of self-belief, false stories

 

And probably two of the main problems which are around your reason ‘WHY’ and the fact

 

that you have no concept of what feeling good/amazing is like?????

 
 

2- Buy magic pill or quick fix diet. You want immediate gratification, a quick fix to your problems which usually means the cheapest solution

 

The thing is though there is no such thing as a fat loss pill or quick fix diet

 

It didn’t take you overnight to create the problems you have so why on earth do you think you can undo everything in just one pill or several should I say…

 

3- As above, you want the lightening effect…. Immediate results… you think this will make you happier!

 

Dig deeper here people, is it weight loss your after or is there something deeper that you desire most?

 

Like love, compassion, a feeling of self worth, confidence, feeling and looking your best all the time not just an short amount of time!!!
 

90% of people don’t even do themselves justice on the magic pill because  the side effects so severe and I mean like…. You will need to wear a nappy 24/7 to ensure that you are prepared at all costs… I think you know what I mean here…

 

4- Lose ‘some’ weight. Those that do stick to any weight loss pill or quick fix diet will lose weight fast because they are barely eating and sometimes less than what a 2 month old baby would need never mind a grown up…

 

But then it quickly wares off

 

Or its gets harder to maintain

 

Or you just don’t want to count points, eat lettuce or shakes all day everyday for the rest of your life

 

Or you find that you are becoming un sociable, losing friends, can’t eat out, can’t even have a glass of wine with the husband

 

Or health issues for example, hair loss, water loss through going toilet so much, deficient in many vitamins an minerals resulting in a lower than normal immune system so more frequent illnesses

 

Sugar cravings like you wouldn’t believe

 

And then you find yourself ‘cheating’ no such word but one which I think you’ll resonate with

 

Which then leads to

 

5- Road bumps and problems

 

Which result in self-sabotage

 

Which then create a poor relationship with food

 

You then are not quite sure where to turn because you can no longer self-manage

 

Eventually you revert back to square one

 

Where you binge even more

 

Guilt plays a massive part

 

Confidence is low

 

Self esteem is lower

 

You feel like a failure  

 

And then…

 

You found

 

6- A new diet/quick fix pill. Your friend is doing something like flabALOT, or weightLOVERS, or LIARlife!!!!

 

Or you buy into a new trend like those 6 pack abs machines of the tv channel…

 

So you jump on this for a while

 

Which then creates this cycle again… 1 through to 6…

 
 

Then we come to a point that’s plain and simply ‘insanity’

 

Doing the same thing over and over again to expect a different result!!!

 

Question is 2014 is fast approaching

 

When are you going to break this ‘flawed approach’ ?
 

Joe (changes peoples lifes) Hanney
 

Ps our next seminar is on the 21^st November “The Calorie Reduction as Priority (CRaP)Theory” -

 

Feel free to come along,

You can find details here http://rwlgymcraptheory.eventbrite.co.uk