Are you a Sit -aholic?

Think about it.

How long and how many times a day do you sit?

You sit at your desk at work. You sit in your car or bus for your daily commute. You sit at the cafeteria or restaurant on your lunch break. If you're a parent and bring your kids to the park you'll probably do like most and sit on the bench instead of playing with your kids. Then it's off to the house to sit some more on the couch to watch the Zombie Box.

Don't get me wrong, some times you have to sit but no wonder people are out of shape.

This filthy habit is plaguing many of you. They say the first thing to "go" with old age are your legs.

Loss of strength and circulation.

And I can tell you sitting isn't the solution to solving the problem.

You know the old saying : I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees". Let's change "knees" for "butt".

Another statistic being passed around is we sleep 1/3 of our life. That means most people spend the other 1/3 on their butt. That leaves just another 1/3. That doesn't leave much time to do all the other things we enjoy doing and training should be a big part of that.

What's more important than your health? Nothing.

The first thing to beating the addiction, get out of what we call "the Trance" and when you catch yourself sitting when you could be standing, stand.

Once you're aware of your habit slowly start implementing exercise when you catch yourself doing the "thing".

Sit should mean: you owe me 10 push ups!

You'll feel better, you'll have more energy and you'll beat the 2 o'clock fatigue.

When you're stronger at push-ups then grab one of our Strength Training Kits. You'll kiss the addiction goodbye and proudly say: "I've been sit-sober for the past 6 mths! Lol"

Master Yourself,

Sibok Martin

Body says: you're fired!

Are you overwhelmed by today's hectic living?

Would your body fire you if it could, based on the times you missed work - outs.

When it comes to physical fitness you might think it would be easier to live in a monastery like monks and train all day every day to get results. Very few of us have that privilege.

We all seem to have less and less time to enjoy the things that make us happy.

You need results FAST and that's where we come in.

Station Training was created to keep you in peak physical and emotional shape in the least time possible.

If in one hand, I guaranteed you results with a 2 hour workout, a trip to the gym and a personal trainer while in the other offered you our Strength Training Program with the same results at a fraction of the time with no commute, while in the comfort of your own home or office.

What would you choose?

The answer is obvious.

It doesn't take complex workouts or routines to get results. Shuffle your cards, pick 15 of them, lay them down, put the music on (or download to your i-pod) and go!

You have the luxury of choosing within 50 different exercises in your stack.

As you progress your workout will get easier and so will your desire to do more.

Next, you'll need to set a number of reps for each exercise.

Still too easy?

Work your way up to 2 minute stations instead.

Still not enough, take your intermediate stack (85 exercises) and choose from those.

The versatility of the kits are incredible. But the best part has to be it's SIMPLICITY.

We all have too many things to juggle: Kids, businesses, employees, relationships, AND our physical fitness? Might as well make fitness the easy, fun part.

15 stations equals 15 minutes. You can take only 5 stations and make those the hardest ones you've ever done and still have a sense of accomplishment at the end and it only took you 5 minutes.

The secret is in the Intensity.

The emotion you bring to your workout. Don't leave your problems at the door bring them with you and burn them right out of your mind and body. Use them as fuel to take your physical fitness levels to all time highs.

Your body will feel refreshed and pleasantly satisfied.

Avoid getting a Pink Slip, get your strength training kit now.

Master Yourself,

Sibok Martin

Training this way makes you a better fighter?

A real confrontation should end in 15 seconds or less.

It's Fast, Short, Intense, Stressful, and there aren't any breaks or time outs.

That's why our strength training program is set to mimic a real confrontation.

The only difference is we train for a minute at a time, just for insurance.

It guarantees that if the confrontation lasts for more than that, then you have a reserve of energy in case something does go wrong.

For example multiple opponents, your opponent is on drugs, etc...

You have to be able to sustain that high energy output and make sure your battery doesn't drain itself.

By simulating a fight in your strength training program you gain an edge on a potential opponent.

Station Training also helps professional fighters. Instead of focusing on the short and sweet we'll mimic their fight time. Example: 3 minute rounds with 1 minute breaks. Set the music using the intermediate or advanced CDs.

Follow the same formula, stay dynamic and explosive with high intensity for the whole 3 minutes, your body will adjust and be better prepared for that type of encounter.

Most people don't start with the basics and we encourage you to start progressively from the bottom up.

Keep this in the back of your mind while training: "If I had to defend myself and survive an encounter and measure my success by how many reps I'm doing in this exercise, would I be winning or losing?"

While training I try to compare slowing down or quitting to being knocked out, choked out or loss of life.

You can imagine with that image as an incentive I'm training like a mad man for the entire station and every subsequent one.

For our complete Strength Training program go here.

Master Yourself,

Sibok Martin

Results in 1 minute. Really?

There are 3 reasons for choosing 1 minute exercises.

I agree 1 minute is pretty short but when you follow a proven system like ours you quickly realize 1 minute at a time is more than enough.

Your goal in each exercise is to give your maximum output, no pacing, no breaks.

You have to go all out and sustain a peak intensity level.

When starting out, If each station would be 5 minutes you would have a hard time keeping your form in check.

The first reason for choosing 1 minute exercises is: "Immaculate Technique".

Each exercise is designed to help you carve and strengthen a specific muscle group or groups of muscles.

Everyone can do Tigers for example.

Tigers # 1

But if you're bending your knees, not touching the floor with your forehead, failing to keep your feet up against the wall you're robbing yourself of results.

Same thing with Leg-Ins.

Leg-Ins # 1

If your feet always touch the floor, you lean back too far, or you fail to exhale on every knee pull-in, you're not keeping perfect technique.

So as a gage, training 1 minute allows you to be intense and dynamic while maintaining perfect form.

When you are able to do that consistently with each exercise you're ready to either add stations or step-up 2 minute stations.

While strength training, pay attention to these 2 key factors: level of Intensity, and level of technical prowess.

When starting you should choose 10 exercises.

Stick to those for 4 weeks. Never changing the order of them.

Every time you complete a circuit on any given day, record your stats.

Focus on beating those numbers every time. When you see and feel an increase in your endurance level, change the order of those 10 exercises.

Still not enough? Add more exercises and repeat the process until you can complete the basic kit (50 Exercises).

It should never get EASY, since you're always giving maximum intensity coupled with perfect technique.

If it does (get easy), you need to re-visit those 2 key factors: Intensity and Technique.

For a quick reference of strength training exercises pick up our Basic Station Kit which comes with our Strength Training Workbook.

Aim Higher,

Sibok Martin

Use your Enemies

Some people are still having trouble sticking with the goals they've set.

So I'm going to show you some ways to help make it work for you since it's so critical to your success.

This information is very valuable considering the odds that are stacked up against you: The stats show that most will not follow through on their goals and resolutions this year.

Avoid being part of the statistics.

You've heard of the term "Use your Enemies"?

Here's a simple way to do that.

Start by "Thinking Back" or "Thinking Now" of people around you who are not supportive of your goals.

It could be a family member, co-worker, someone who bullied you in school, ex-boyfriend, or ex-wife.

Someone.

Make a mental picture of that person.

Whenever you find yourself deviating from your goals this year, that person should pop up in your head.

They say "Success is Revenge". Use that negative energy into a positive one to stay motivated.
If you catch yourself reaching for that bowl of ice cream or skipping out on one of your workouts, think of what that enemy would say: "See I told you so!", "I always knew you were a friggin' loser", "You're no good for nothing".

You know, things like that.

If you're like me, you'll never allow that enemy to get the best of you.

If I'm doing 500 Squats I'll do 520, just to show that enemy that I'm unbreakable. I'll add more weight, I'll add a minute, I'll do my "fasting" one day longer. This is a surefire way to stick with your goals.

We all want a sense of Pride and we won't let the enemy have his way with us.

For strategies like these and many others to stay on top of your game, Pick up the FSD Training Guide today and show that enemy what you're made of.

As I'm writing this, mine have just appeared in my mind, gotta go punch the bag now and show those bastards who's the boss around here.

Master Yourself,

Sibok Martin

2 mistakes stealing motivation

Everyone starts off the year excited and on fire.

For most, that fire starts to "dwindle" after the first weekend. Why?

You've decided you want to get in shape and lose some stubborn fat.

You start off all "Gung-Oh" and do too much too soon. Before you know it you're sore all over, frustrated you pack it in and decide training just isn't for you. In no time you're back reaching for the bag of potato chips.

You might reach Feb. 1st, some might even stick with their program until April. It's only a matter of time before you lose motivation. Here are just 2 reasons for losing that drive.

The "Quick Fix" and "I'm fixed".

Let me explain.

As you probably know we live in a world of instant gratification. If you don't have the results you were looking for NOW you assume what you're doing isn't working. And so, you bounce from one training routine to another.

The other problem with us Humans is when our training program actually starts giving us results, for example: we start feeling better, leaner, stronger and more flexible we stop doing the very thing that brought us all those good feelings in the first place. Before long you're back to where you started and that vicious cycle starts over again.

Yes it's weird but some of you do that.

In a way you're going in circles. It doesn't have to be that way.

Realize there are no "Quick Fixes" and taking care of your "Million Dollar Machine" (maybe more?) is a commitment you should stick to for the rest of your life.

Simplicity, levels of difficulty to expand as you do, variety and fun are qualities you'll find when working with our Station Training Program. This is the very program I've stuck with for over 30 years and it's definitely what I'll do for the next 30.

Model the right people, get started today.

You can get it here.

Master Yourself,

Sibok Martin

Beat Procrastination in 2008

How many things did you start in 2007 and did not finish?

I remember 22 years ago when my parents brought us for the first time to Disney's Epcot Center. There was one exhibit that really got me excited.

The Future

It showed how things would be in the year 2000.

Flying cars, super advanced cities, robots helping with chores and taking care of the kids while parents went off on a galactic trip somewhere.

That exhibit is no longer there today.

Or the Car Industry that's been promising those super cool cars. Every year they show them in magazines and reveal them at car shows but they're never made available to the general public.

What I'm trying to say is: "Don't do like they did".

Do what you say you're gonna do.

There are countless other examples of Politicians, Bosses, Employees, and Parents saying they'll do this or that, and never following through on it.

In a way, since this is happening all around us, it has made it acceptable to not Finish what you start.

Do you finish what you start?

When you're writing your goals (you are writing your goals right?), ask yourself:

"For who am I writing this goal?

To impress my family or a co-worker?

Or is it really something that I need to commit to this year.

What if you had a tool you could use to help you organize and map out exactly, step by step, the realization of every goal you have for 2008?

Well my friend, there is such a tool. And it comes free when you get your own copy of Fang Shen Do Training Guide.

It's our gift to you to help you get on your way to knocking off those goals one by one this year.

Aim higher,

Sibok Martin