Offer is Closing! Hurry!

I wanted to give you a one last courtesy notice about Vince's Maximize Your Muscle monthly series closing down today.

Maximize Your Muscle (only $1) <------ closing til January 4th, 2011

This is your last chance to try out Phase 1 featuring 100 Rep Muscle, which will begin the day you say goodbye to plateaus forever. 

Tonight at midnight the page will come down and be replaced with a "Offer Closed" sign, which means YOU missed out!

YMaximize Your Muscle (only $1) <----  going… going…

NOTE:  Vince asked me to politely ask you to not email him for a 2nd chance, he has to do what he promised.

Next week he begins working with the members that took action.

Congratulation if you did get Maximize Your Muscle

BTW, you are now apart of an elite 1% group. 

If not…

This is your ABSOLUTE last chance. 

Here is the link before I go hit the gym myself:

Maximize Your Muscle (only $1) <----- hurry 

Maximize Your Muscle FAQ

ATTENTION: Maximize Your Muscle CLOSES tonight!!

The past 2 days I've received a load of inquires about Vince Del Monte's Maximize Your Muscle program, so I thought we could run through each one at a time.

If you needed an answer before signing up then I hope you opened this in time because EVERYTHING you need is answered below.

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Question #1: Is MYM for women, too?

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Absolutely, I guess you haven't see pictures of Vince's new wife Flavia?  She's an MYM follower

too and I know Vinny has zero intentions of bulking up his wife!  LOL

I ve met Flavia and she would tell you, "My arms, legs and stomach didn't start seeing muscle

tone and definition until I started pushing myself with Vinny's stuff." 

Maximize Your Muscle <--- Ladies, get super sexy and lean HERE 



Vince would advise the ladies to push just as hard as the men when lifting weights - no

changes or modifications there.  However, Vince does suggest females keep their carbs specifically timed around breakfast and before or after their workouts and they'll gain lean and clean muscle - zero fat. 

Vince also suggests ladies maintain regular interval cardio like skipping, stairs or sprinting

for 10-20 minutes post-weights and you're going to have a sexy and deadly body. 

The biggest difference between women of the same size, while one looks "okay" and the other

looks "smokin hot", is one thing: LEAN MUSCLE.

Maximize Your Muscle <--- Get the body women REALLY want!

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Question #2: I'm in my 60's, should I give this a shot?

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Surprisingly, the winner of Vince's 16-week transformation contest was in his mid 40's

and two of his other top success stories (Bruce and Tom) were in their 40's and 60's as well. 

It's funny, Vinny told me that a lot of 40-60 year olds discovered they were just "babying themselves" too much in the gym.  It wasn't until they trusted the program and their body that they got rapid results.

That being said, if you're a complete beginner, nursing an injury, unfamiliar with intense lifting, or just not confident in yourself, leave your copy on the shelf for someone else. 

Vince's program is the perfect challenge and opportunity to increase the quality of your life and trick your body into making it look and feel younger (muscle is a metabolic

marker that has been researched to do both).          

Vince coaches you on how to improve your flexibility, how to recover, eat properly and take care of yourself between the workouts - this is the info that will make you successful.  Vince's monthly series is a curriculum based program based on progression so each month

he introduces a new challenge and as long as you follow the plan, you can't go wrong.

Plus, he provides coaching in his forum and on the phone so that he can tweak anything you're concerned with.

Finally, MYM is intense and requires you to lift anywhere from 4-6 times a week for 30-90 minutes a workout in some Phases.  If that sounds like "too much" than this is definitely not for you. 

I personally think you'll be pleasantly surprised just like Vinny's other over 40 members who have got better results now than they did in their 20's (some even got into competing)!

Maximize Your Muscle <------- Age is just a number, I m going for it! 


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Question #3: What's included in the 14-day trial for $1.00?

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The starter kit comes with:



**The 2-CD "Blow Beyond Your Genetic Potential" CD
where Joel Marion grilled Vince about living "large" in every
aspect of life, inside and outside of the gym.



**The 20-page Phase 1 MYM Digital Newsletter and
workout log



**The 2-hour Phase 1 Workout DVD (intense footage
shot LIVE at the gym - this you MUST see!)



**The Phase 1 LIVE 90-minute coaching call where
you can ask Vince you personal questions about the
program (get on the phone with a world-class coach!) 



**Access to the Maximize Your Muscle Members Only Discussion Forums where you can interact and
get support with other like-minded members doing
the same exact program as you -- This is HUGE.

And you get instant digital access for ONE BUCK! 



It's a 14-day trial and if you are satisfied then you'll be billed $29.95 for Phase 1 and for every future Phase you want (there are 12 in total) then you'll be billed $29.95 once a month and you can cancel anytime.

I suggest you give the 14-day trial a shot… someone giving you his best info for only ONE BUCK must be pretty confident that you'll love it: 


Maximize Your Muscle <------- Get ALL that for just $1

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Question #4: What's the catch?

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Vince could easily sell Phase 1, 100 Rep Muscle, as a stand alone product for $47-$97.  The truth is, he simply wants the RIGHT people in the program.

He's tired of working with babies and excuse-makers.  This program is dedicated to people who are super-serious and want to live large inside and outside of the gym.

He's allowing you to try it with a "low-barrier" so that he can filter out people who don't belong.  As a coach, myself, I can appreciate that and actually think it's a brilliant idea. 

When you check out the membership forum, you'll only find positivity and high-quality people who are motivating each other to do their best. 

If you like MYM, you'll be billed $29.95 after 14-days for Phase 1 and then you'll be billed $29.95 every 30-days from the day you signed up to receive future Phases.  So it's basically a $29.95 program to get access to one of the top muscle-building coaches in the world.

You get a new program each month, 1-1 phone and forum coaching and a newsletter that contains

info on how to achieve success inside and outside the gym.

It would be absolutely stupid for Vince to give away his best information he wasn't confident that you would love it and want to stay on board until you complete the 12 Phases.  Simply put, he's OVER-delivered
and wants to prove it to you for $1.  Then, you decide:

Maximize Your Muscle <------- $1, then you decide


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Question #5: How many people quit his program after the first month?

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Interesting question!  Vince opened this up back in January and had over 1000 members and then again in April with 1400 members and he informed me that only 20% decided that MYM wasn't for them.

Why?  

One top reason:  It was too challenging.


Now, Vince has not changed anything to appeal to the 20% who found the workouts too advanced.This IS for people with at least 1-4 years of training who have hit plateaus and ready to bust through.

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Question #6: What happens each month after Phase 1 if I choose to stay on board as a member?

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**A Brand New 2-hour Workout DVD with a brand new
workout

**Phase 2 is called 5-Day Whole Body Vinsanity and based

on killer whole body workouts lasting 75-minutes each. Literally,

the hardest workout of your life.

**Phase 3 is called Crank Up The Volume (my absolute favourite)

is designed to build defined, full and round muscles.

**Phase 4 is called Ripped and Rush and gives the fastest

way to get shredded in 28-days for your photo shoot.

Oh yeah, Vinny has a 16-week transformation contest and

gives away $5,000 worth of cash prizes to top contestants! 

And currently they are Phase 9 and I think he's doing 12-16 Phases in total… Let's worry about Phases 1 for today! 



**Continued Access to the MYM Members Only Discussion
Forums



**A 90-min Mastermind and Body Q&A call each month
where you get direct coaching from Vince. 



**A brand new 20-page content rich digital newsletter (info he does not share for free on his blog or anywhere else). 

I can vouch for the program and tell you it's damn good.
But you be the judge -- try the entire thing for just $1:



Maximize Your Muscle <== click here

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Question #7: What's the best part of the MYM program?

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The price!  Apart from the $1 trial, I personally think
the monthly price (which you will never be billed if you
decide MYM is not for you) is extremely low considering
what you're getting each month.

Monthly coaching and direct access to the #1 name
in muscle-building for less than the cost of a session
with a decent personal trainer?

90 mins on the phone each month?
Private access via the members only forums?

4 weeks of programs (the equivalent of roughly 10
personal training sessions) while having your programs
designed by the #1 leading muscle building expert
himself for less than cost of ONE personal training
session with a semi-decent trainer?

That's VALUE.  If you don't see that, then I don't mean
to be blunt, but the program isn't for you.

Maximize Your Muscle <------- EXTREME Value and expert access each month

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Last Question: Is this really opened for only 72-hours?

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Depending on when you read this, it might already be closed.  Vince is NOT bluffing.  He closed registration after 3-days in January and after 3-days in April and it's been closed since. 

If you miss out then you'll have to wait till January 2011.  Vince doesn't want the group to become "overcrowded", so he's only taking new members until tonight at midnight , then the program will be CLOSED.


BUT, right now it's just $1 to try and you'll have a full
14 days to evaluate if the program is right for you.  If
not, you can easily cancel and you'll never be billed
anything further (Vince even gives you the cancellation email address).  This is an honest "ethical" bribe to allow you to try the BEST muscle-building confidence boosting,
lean body program around for just $1.

We know it's awesome, but we're letting you decide.
If you don't agree, please cancel (and never be billed).
The $1 trial PLUS is available until tonight, then the site will be CLOSED to new members for at least 4 months.  



Try it "on us" for just a buck (cancel anytime):


Maximize Your Muscle<------- Site CLOSES tonight @ 11:59 p.m.!!!!!!

GET RIPPED with 3 Weird Tricks!

First off, yesterday Vince Del Monte re-opened the doors to his

Maximize Your Muscle program (which has been closed for the

last 4 months), and until Thursday at midnight, with your permission,

he's allowing you try out Phase 1 of his system for… get ready

for this...

ONE BUCK!!!

That's correct, you can reread that, it's no typo.  ONE silly dollar.

Get Maximize Your Muscle for $1 <------ Click here

Okay, here's today's article:

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3 Weird Ways To Ignite NEW Muscle, Skyrocket

Your Metabolism & Incinerate Fat

By Vince Del Monte - YOUR AFFILIATE ID

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Weird Way #1:

Unstable Surface Training to Activate the Nervous System

The reason it works: unstable training can increase muscle activation due to increased demand on the neuromuscular system in order to stabilize the articulation of joints caused by an unstable surface used as the base of support.

How to make it work:

Unstable training (such as performing a pushup with your hands on a stability ball or 2 medicine balls) does result in a decrease in force production, which prevents maximum motor unit recruitment. However, unstable surfaces do "wake up" the nervous system and its best application is to perform these exercises prior to the real strength training exercises.

Methods you can experiment with:

You don't have to use an unstable exercise for every body part or exercise, but it can be excellent for a stubborn muscle group. A stubborn muscle group is often a result of the lack of activation of the CNS, thus using an unstable exercise could fix the problem. Let's use for example push-ups on a medicine ball or stability ball superset with a DB chest press. The superset method is best practice and should be used earlier in the workout as unstable surface exercises are fatiguing. Another example, squats on a BOSU ball followed by barbell squats.

Other details: you don't always have to be on an unstable surface to "wake up" the nervous system. You can perform exercises on 1 foot, with your eyes closed; or create a situation where your base of support is limited.

Weird Way #2:

Heavy Lifting Cycles

The reason it works: muscle damage, activation of the high threshold muscle fibers (growth fibers), potentiation of the nervous system; which means when you get back to Heavy Lifting Cycles

The reason it works: muscle damage, activation of the high threshold muscle fibers (growth fibers), potentiation of the nervous system; which means when you get back to your normal bodybuilding routine you will be able to recruit more muscle fibers for the same exercise.

How to make it work: use every means in your power to increase your maximal strength, power and explosiveness. Dedicate a period of time each year to this style of training – it’s in my experience that after a period of focused heavy lifting, your gains from the subsequent program are always far superior.

Methods you can experiment with: regular sets in the 2-4 and 4-6 rep ranges, rest-pause sets (multiple mini-sets of heavy weight using 90% of your max weight taking only 10-seconds rest between reps), wave loading (1 x 5, 1 x 4, 1 x 3, 1 x 5, 1 x 4, 1 x 3), contrast loading (1 x 1, 1 x 5, 1 x 1, 1 x 5, 1 x 1, 1 x 5).

Other details: longer rest intervals of 2-3 minutes in between sets are required during heavy lifting phases.

Untapped Target 3:

Volume Lifting

The reason it works: cumulative fatigue, hormonal production, and achieves a good pump. If you understand the importance of pre and post workout nutrition, jamming your muscles with workout drinks that include dextrose and amino acids, then guess what? Increase blood flow to a specific muscle will increase the amount of aminos being pumped into that muscle and it will significantly increase amino uptake. This means a much more anabolic (muscle building) response to your workout.

How to make it work: maximize the pump as well as muscle fatigue.

Methods you can experiment with: regular sets in the 8-10, 10-12 and 12-15 rep ranges, drop sets, pre-fatigue (super set isolation plus multi-joint), post fatigue (superset multi-joint plus isolation), giant sets (3 sets in a row for the same muscle group), slow reps ( 6 seconds up, 6 seconds down), "burns" (partial reps added at the end of a regular set).

Other details: 30-60 seconds between sets (or less). Do not chase after a pump in each set. Strategically place it at the end of each workout for your very last set and this will greatly increase the rate of muscle gain.

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Thanks Vinny D!

I failed to mention yesterday that the $1.00 trial to Maximize

Your Muscle is for super-serious people who already have at

least 1-year of training and ready to go to the next level. 

If you checked out Vince's pics and the pics of his current

members then I'm sure you figured that out for yourself! 

If you don't take your muscle training and physique very seriously

and content with looking and feeling like the "norm" - please -

don't even check this website out. 

However, if you're truly committed to blowing beyond your

genetic potential, making plateaus a thing of the past and

building a body that tells the world, "I'm in control and get

whatever I want in life…" then his muscle series has your

name all over it and it's all yours for only a $1.00 trial:

Maximize Your Muscle for $1 <-------- Click here if you're ready for the next level

3 Secrets For a Fat Burning Holiday Plan

If you want to do the impossible and LOSE fat over the holidays,then this is going to be the most important fat burning tips articleyou ever read.

Losing fat and keeping the weight off over the holidays is easier than you think. And I'm going to show you exactly what you need todo to lose fat while enjoying yourself at big meals and parties over Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years.

There's just 3 simple steps you need to follow.

1) You need to plan out your reward meals in advance. Remember, itis a big psychological boost to your fat loss program if you canstill enjoy your favorite foods while transforming your body.
So here's what you need to do. Simply grab a calendar and mark offthe days when you have a big meal planned. Don't forget, you getat least one meal per week when you can have whatever you want.

That means you can mark off Thanksgiving Thursday, and then your work holiday party, then your family Christmas dinners, and any other event you have planned. Once per week you get to reward yourself for doing such a great job with your program. So enjoy!

2) The second thing you need to do is plan out your fat burningexercises sessions in advance, so you know exactly what you need todo in order to free up more time for holiday parties, shopping, andmerry-making.

Remember, you don't have to do long, slow, boring cardio if you want to lose stomach fat. In fact, you have to do just the opposite. You need to cut your workout time, cut the time you spend at the gym, and just say NO to cardio and crunches. Both are a waste of your time - and that's my holiday gift to you - never having to do those silly exercises ever again.

Switch to the simple, bodyweight and home fat burning exercises inthe Turbulence Training system. You'll love how you can burn fat inthe comfort of your own home in just a few short minutes each week.


3) Stay strong with social support. Now more than ever is the time of year when you need to spend time with your social support group. Make sure you are still checking in on the Turbulence Trainingmember's forum to get help and support on sticking to your fat burning plan over the holidays. You'll get help from others all overthe world to lose fat while everyone else at work gains weight.

So that's all you have to do...just follow that simple 3-step plan of reward meals, planning, and social support, and you'll lose fatover the holidays.


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Here's to your Fat Loss during the holiday season!!

GIGO for Weight Loss

I went out with a friend to lunch this week and he asked me a question that I hear a lot:

"Mike, I've been exercising a lot lately, but I have barely lost any weight. Why?"

My friend works in the computer industry so I decided to answer his question in familiar terms for him.

First, I told him that exercising was a great start in his fat loss journey. However, I told him his diet was even more important than the exercise. I asked him if he understood the term GIGO. Of course he said yes and told me GIGO stood for Garbage In Garbage Out for computer programing. So basically if you put bad code into a computer than you can expect to get bad results.

I proceeded to tell my friend to apply the same GIGO theory from computers to his fat loss goals.

He looked at me like I was nuts!!!

I went on to explain that if you put garbage into your body (junk food, sweets, soda, etc.) then junk is going to come out (fat, cellulite, stomach rolls, etc.). In order for my friend to be successful he needed not only to exercise but also cut his caloric intake and start eating healthy foods.

So remember when you are trying to lose fat that your diet is MORE important than exercise. If you put garbage into your body than you will get garbage (FAT) back out!

Want to Lose Weight Before The New Year?!?

I've always thought that everyone's New Year's resolution to lose weight was pointless. The resolution maybe will last 2 months and then everyone usually goes back to their old ways. Why not try and get healthy and lose fat NOW?!? I've always used transformation contests for extra motivation and I've found a new one that you can join to start losing fat before and during the holidays.

This contest is being run by Tom Venuto, author of Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle. Please check out what Tom has to say. If you want to start getting healthy and losing fat now, this contest could be the motivation you need!

Please read below or if you want to sign up:

(1) Purchase the Burn The Fat e-book

(2) Join the Burn The Fat Inner Circle fitness support community ("contest central")

Tom Venuto's Holiday Fitness Challenge to You

Every year as Thanksgiving gets closer, you’ve probably seen the depressing reports: “Most people gain between 5 and 10 pounds of body fat in the six weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas.” I’m not sure if this worries you or not, but a lot of people are terrified about getting fatter in the next two months. They anticipate the workouts falling by the wayside and the holiday food calling out to them irresistibly, defeating even the strongest willpower. There’s good news and bad news about this.

Good news: According to the New England Journal of Medicine, the average amount gained is much more modest - just over a pound.

Bad news: A study by the National Institutes of Health found that this seasonal weight gain - even just a pound - is the kind of weight gain that most people don’t lose when the holidays are over; it simply adds to the “weight creep” that “sneaks up” on you as you get older.

People often wonder how it’s possible to wake up one morning at age 40 or 45 and “suddenly” they’re 30 pounds fatter - or more - than they were in college. Mystery solved.

Of course, some people really do pack it on over the holidays, but whether its a pound or ten pounds, did you ever ask yourself why does holiday weight gain happen at all?

In previous years, I’ve asked my readers and here are some common answers I was given:

Holiday Excuse Survey Says…

“I’m too busy over the holidays to work out as often as usual.”
“I’m more stressed over the holidays, and the food is there, so I eat more.”
“I have at least three parties to attend and then there’s Christmas and New Year’s, so it’s impossible to stay on a diet”
“No one can tell me not to enjoy myself over the holidays so I’m just going to eat whatever I want.”

These answers all have a few things in common:

“Either/Or” Thinking and “Reverse Goal Setting” Exposed

First, they assume that you can EITHER get in better shape OR enjoy yourself, but not both. Stated in reverse: You can either deprive yourself of holiday enjoyments or gain weight, but it has to be one or the other. The truth is, “either/or thinking” is neurotic thinking and a great killer of fitness programs.

Second, these are all excuses or rationalizations. “I’m too busy” for example, is always an excuse, because I have never known someone who was too busy to make time for his her highest life priorities. We all have the same amount of time - 24 hours a day – the real problem is, most people don’t make exercise and healthy eating a priority. And remember, words mean little. Actions reveal a person’s true priorities.

Third, none of these are the real reasons most people gain weight over the holidays to begin with. The real reason is because an intention was never set for the opposite: To get in better shape over the holidays.

Most people set a “goal” to get in worse shape over the holidays. It’s not consciously set, of course, as few people would intentionally set out to get fatter. They simply do it by default. In their minds, they accept that it must be just about impossible to stay in shape with everything going on over the holiday season, so why bother?

Rationing Lies For Holiday Failure

Once the decision has been made, then the rationalizing continues:

“Why should I deprive myself?” “Family is more important”“Worrying about diet and exercise during the holidays is neurotic” “I don’t care if I gain a few pounds, I’m going to enjoy myself anyway”“It’s only these two or three weeks that I let myself go wild”“I’ll start the first week in January and lose the weight then.”

As a result of this “negative goal-setting,” they expect to work out less, eat more and gain a few pounds, and they don’t seem to even consider alternatives.

But what would happen if you…

SET A GOAL TO GET IN BETTER shape over the holidays?

What would happen if you decided that it was not an all or nothing proposition and that you could enjoy the holidays and all it has to offer and get in better shape at the same time?

And what if you decided that your health and your body were the highest priorities in your life, because you realized that can’t enjoy anything else in life, including family or holidays, if you don’t have your health?

Here’s what would happen: You’d get in better shape!

I’m not all that different from you just because I’m a bodybuilder and fitness professional. I have many of the same problems, concerns and struggles as you do. Although today I always get in better shape between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, that’s a result of a conscious choice, a close examination of my old belief systems and a lot of action. For me, it all started about eight years ago.

For most of my adult life, I wasn’t much of a traveler and I didn’t enjoy flying or staying in hotels. For one thing, I had so many business commitments in the East Coast health club business, that I seldom left town for long, as I had to “tend to the stores.” But I also had a belief that if I traveled, my workouts and nutrition would suffer. After all, “it would be hard to stick with my usual bodybuilding diet, and I wouldn’t have access to my usual gyms”, I told myself. For these reasons, I never did much travel..

Then I was forced to take some trips for business reasons. Predictably enough, my nutrition and workouts suffered while I was spending time in airplanes and in hotels. With my experience having confirmed my beliefs, I re-affirmed to myself, “See, travelling is nothing but a pain. You just can’t stay on a diet and training program when you’re out of town.”

After several more trips, I noticed that something very negative happened: I surrendered. I had resigned myself to “not bother” while I was on the road. I let my expectations create my reality.

But I didn’t let it go on for long. As soon as I became aware of what was happening, I decided that I wouldn’t tolerate it, so I challenged myself and my previous limiting beliefs. I asked myself, “Why the heck not? Why let myself backslide? Why even settle for maintaining? Why not challenge myself to improve while I’m traveling?” The answer was: There was no good reason, there were only excuses.

From that day forward, I set a challenge for myself…

To come back from every trip or vacation in better shape than when I left.

Of course there were exceptions, as when I went on a vacation for total R & R. But I never let travel get in my way again. I prepared food that I would eat on the planes so airline food was never an excuse… I usually chose hotels that had kitchens, so I could cook my own food. I went food shopping immediately after check-in. I wrote my training schedule and scouted gyms in advance… And I actually found myself training harder than usual.

No matter where I was training - it could even be some “dungeon” of a gym in the middle of nowhere - it didn’t matter because my mind was focused on improving and looking better when I came home than when I left. I had a goal to motivate me!

What do you think happened? It’s not hard to guess: I always came home in better shape than when I left.

Since then, my “travel challenge” has become somewhat of a ritual in my life. When I’m away from my “home-base” it becomes a “fitness road trip.” I search the Internet or yellow pages or ask locals to help me find the most hard-core gym nearby wherever I will be staying (Gold’s Gym works for me!) When I get there, I train every bit as hard as if I had a competition just weeks away. I look forward to it now. In fact, this is what led me to my “holiday fitness challenge” idea.

Like many people, I travel over the holidays, so I’m automatically in “travel challenge” mode at thanksgiving, Christmastime and New Year’s. But with the additional temptations and busyness that the holidays bring on top of the usual travel stresses, I saw fit to declare a new challenge:

“The Holiday Challenge.” The difference was that for my “holiday challenge,” I pledged to not only to return home in better shape than when I left, but to enjoy the holidays to the fullest at the same time.

People who think I deprive myself to look the way I do would be shocked: I eat like a KING over the holidays including Pumpkin (or apple) Pie at Thanksgiving and OF COURSE my mom’s famous red and green Jell-O Christmas cake. Then on New Year’s I’m usually toasting champagne and having a blast with friends or family….

The difference is, I don’t eat like that very often.

Every other meal stays right on schedule and I work out hard and consistently over the holidays; I don’t let everything fall apart just because ‘tis the season.’

The idea that you can EITHER enjoy the holidays OR stay in shape - but not both - is wrong, it’s damaging and it’s limiting.

Life is not an either or proposition; it’s a matter of balance.

Success does not mean going to extremes. Success can be a simple matter of re-examining your beliefs, rearranging your priorities, setting goals, changing the questions you ask yourself and re-evaluating your expectations.

Your expectations will become your reality. What are you expecting? Are you expecting success? Are you expecting to be in better shape after holiday parties, celebrations, banquets, dinners, and desserts? If not, then why not? What’s preventing you from enjoying all of the above and still getting in better shape? Do you have a limiting belief which dictates that it’s one or the other? Could it be that you never set a goal, intention or expectation to do it? Could it be that you’re rationalizing or making excuses? If so, then I challenge you to change it this year.

As of this writing, there are less than two months until the end of the year. Why not see how much you can improve your physique over the holidays, without depriving yourself of any holiday enjoyments or festivities? Just step up your expectations. Step up your standards. Step up your nutrition. Step up your training. Step up your action. Step up and accept the “Burn The Fat holiday fitness challenge and see what happens!

That’s right… The First Annual Burn The Fat Holiday Fitness challenge contest is open from Wednesday November 18th to Wednesday November 25th.

Over the course of a “50-Day Burn” which spans all three major holidays - Thanksgiving (US), Christmas and New Year's - you'll have the motivation, the accountability and structured program to end the year strong, start the new year on the foot and possibly get in the best shape of your life.

Even better, you'll be able to eat delicious Holiday Food and enjoy yourself to the fullest at the same time because this is a lifestyle program which allows your favorite foods in moderation and balance.

And the best part of all: I'm sending the winners of the contest to Negril Jamaica to show off their new bodies on the beach in 2010!

Taking the Burn The Fat Challenge is simple. You can enter the contest two ways:

(1) Purchase the Burn The Fat e-book

(2) Join the Burn The Fat Inner Circle fitness support community ("contest central")

You'll be automatically enrolled with either purchase.

Or, if you want ALL the contest details and the FULL list of prizes, visit the CONTEST PAGE

Train hard and expect success!

-Tom Venuto,