Two days ago I told you about the dangers of High Fructose Corn Syrup. I told you that this sweetener is not only responsible for a massive rise in the number of diabetics – but NOW, mercury had been found in it.

Mercury – a toxic metal that dentists told us was no problem as they used it to fix our teeth.

Mercury – a toxic metal added to shots for children, as well as flu shots for adults.

Now, a good many people sent me emails questioning my claims. They asked for the study, the proof, etc.

Although you can easily find all the proof you want by Googling the words “mercury in high fructose corn syrup” – let me give you a link to speed the process up a bit. Go here and read on

Now, as for flu shots and mercury – I recently read a study that says those who got flu shots five years in a row are 10x more likely to get Alzheimers.

Last weekend I met an M.D. who has a book coming out very soon. Among other things it talks about the dangers of mercury in vaccines, flu shots, and so on – and how the powers-that-be are currently doing a quick switcheroo – using cadmium instead of mercury.

Why? Because most people don’t yet know that cadmium is ALSO a toxic metal that poisons the human body.

Yes, I understand you don’t want to get sick. You don’t want the flu. So what to do?

Load up with garlic, ginger, honey and other totally natural foods that nuke free radicals in your body instantly.

And stop putting things in your body that reduce your ability to ward off disease. Teach your children to read labels. Help them recognize the words ‘high fructose corn syrup.” Tell them what this sweetener does to the human body – and if your child has any type of common sense – he’ll agree with you to avoid those type of foods.

Additionally, get your children doing Combat Conditioning.

Last week I met a man who has nine children, and all but the five-week old are following my program – as a family.

I guess this means the family who trains together, prays together and reads labels together, stays together.

Matt Furey

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Want guaranteed health care? Or improved health?

Okay, you got it.

Here’s Tip #1 of my plan for how this can be accomplished:

Tip #1: Eliminate high fructose corn syrup from your diet completely.

Not only has this sweetener caused a rapid increase in the amount of people with diabetes in this country – but NOW you can read plenty of reports about how the “wise guys” in charge of our food supply place a toxic metal into the sweetener.

What is this toxic metal?

Mercury.

That’s right. Mercury.

One drop of mercury is supposed to be enough to contaminate an entire lake. But I guess it’s okay for the fillings in your teeth – as well as our food supply.

NOT.

It’s hard to imagine that you could make HFCS worse for the human body than it already is – but the powers that be have done just that.

READ the labels on everything you eat and drink. You’ll be amazed.

At my daughter’s school they give her breakfast bars for a treat. The number one ingredient is ‘filling.” Guess what’s number two? HFCS.

Grab a bottle of your favorite sports recovery drink.

Look at the ingredients. Whatever happened to these drinks being a source of electrolytes?

Again, HFCS is bad enough – but mercury in the HFCS is only going to help more people get Alzheimers and other forms of dementia.

Now, you may call me an alarmist or a negative person for telling you this – but then again, maybe what I’m telling you will lead to one of the most positive changes you ever make in your life.

Matt Furey

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Oh my … what a reaction I got to yesterday’s email on 5 Second Abs.

A number of you wrote to say ‘right on Matt – that Farmer Burns exercise does work like magic.’

Yet, one woman just didn’t get it. She wrote a long email, with photos of herself enclosed, wearing a very, very, very short black skirt, pulled way way up – showing off her abs – and a bit more. Her head was cropped off the photos for some reason – which was strange.

I won’t give her email address but let’s just say, when you see it you’ll think of only one word – and it starts with an ‘h’ and ends with an ‘ooker.’

I guess her point was this: Look Furey, I worked ‘hard’ for this body. I’m the type of person who does 30 minutes of abdominal exercise per day (as well as some extracurricular activities) … and ‘look at me. Don’t tell me that I wasted time each day looking this way.’

The truth is this: Your muscles respond to stimulus. And when it comes to your abdominals, they respond to stimulus that is vigorous. Doing a 30-minute ab workout can be tough – but the whole point of trainingthat long is to get to the point where your abs contract and tighten at the highest level possible.’

So what if, instead of a 30-minute ab workout, you simply did a deep breathing exercise, focused your mind and ‘without moving’ your whole body, consciously contracted the muscles you’re trying to work? And what if, when doing this, you FEEL the muscle working at a level you’ve never felt it before?

And what if you started the program today, took your waist measurement and wrote it down?

And what if 30 days later you lost several inches of flab off your waist from this method?

Well, that’s what happens when you do the Farmer Burns abdominal exercise. It is powerful. It cuts right to the essence of the matter.

And it gets results.

But hey, I understand. After you’ve struggled and worked your butt off for years to look the way you do – it may be painful to hear someone say that you spent 90% more timethan necessary.

It’s sort of like the cardio fanatics. It’s painful for them to hear someone say, ‘Hey, wait a second. You’re doing an hour of hard-core cardio a day?

You can get better results doing wind sprints or uphill wind sprints 3 x a week – and they’ll only take you about 15 minutes.’

The bottom line is this: Your clothes don’t care how hard you worked to get fit. Your clothes will never say, ‘Yes, you’ve dropped six inches off your waist, but listen, you can’t wear me because you didn’t work hard enough.’

My friend – you have a choice. Save time and get the job done fast by getting to the core of the problem – or spend all day working out.

As for myself, I have a lot more going on in my life than ‘my workout.’ I would hope you can say the same.

Anyway, to find out more about the Farmer Burns stomach flattening method.

All for now.

Matt Furey

P.S. By the way, don’t misunderstand. I never said you can eliminate all the fat on your waist in 5 seconds. I simply said that you can get great results doing an exercise that takes two to five seconds. Try it for 30 days and you’ll know what I mean. Again, here is the link.

If you sit before a key board much of the day – or if you do any type of highly repetitive hand movements day after day, chances are you’ve experienced pain in your elbows, wrists and hands.

It happens to writers, musicians, carpenters, construction workers – you name it.

I’ve met people who sleep in braces at night to curb the pain. Others who thought they may have to give up music or writing because they could no longer handle the pain.

Yet, when these same people gave How to Eliminate Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Pain Within 30 Days a try – something amazing happened.

No more braces. No more pain.

I originally created the course because carpal tunnel syndrome is almost epidemic in this country.

But I quickly realized the program works for all sorts of hand, wrist and elbow pain. Not just carpal tunnel syndrome.

So, if you’re putting up with aggravating pain and symptoms and you think you have to live with it – think again.

Get my program – now being offered at half-price, and see and feel what a tremendous difference it makes FAST.

Go here and place your order. And to receive your 50% discount, just type ‘2009’ into the coupon code.

After you’ve used the program and have felt the positive results taking place, in some cases almost immediately, be sure to drop me a line and let me know about it.

Matt Furey

Tuesday morning I got up early, ironed my clothes and got mentally prepared for the 3.5 hour talk I was to give at an AWAI event in Austin, Texas.

Before leaving my room I did a 10-minute routine of internal exercise. This put me into a peak state and … off I went.

During my talk I demonstrated a kung fu form I practice each day, without fail. This demo was useful to the group to see because I explained how writing copy is the same, in terms of structure and principles, as practicing kung fu.

Not only that, but doing this routine for even a minute during a talk, ensures that I get some practice time in. There’s always a way to train – even when you don’t have time.

After my presentation I went for lunch at a Brazilian style restaurant, Foco de Chao. Twas awesome, per usual, for this type of joint.

Then it was back to my room for a brief power nap, followed by packing my bags and leaving for the airport.

Once on board the plane I practiced my routine over and over again. I felt my nerves and muscles twitch as my breathing went up and down – in and out.

Yet, where was I when I practiced? In the aisle? On my seat?

Where?

I was in my seat, sitting comfortably, eyes closed at times – eyes open at other times.

I was practicing my form in my imagination. Over and over again.

The beginning, the middle, the end – and all parts in between. Reviewed, viewed and previewed.

I corrected mistakes. I noted glaring errors. I found where I need to be more conscious. I saw and felt where I was moving correctly. I noticed what I could do to make my practice better.

A few hours later, when I disembarked, I was feeling the same, if not better, than I do when I practice by moving physically.

When I got on board the plane I didn’t know if I would have time to physically practice my form before midnight. That’s one of the main reasons I did the imagination exercises on the plane. If no time to physically train, then I would do so mentally.

My wife picked me up after 11 PM. After securing my bags and driving home, we pulled into our driveway at 11:55 PM.

Both of us got out of the car. She began to walk into the house. I took my coat off and laid it on the trunk.

“What are you doing?” Zhannie asked.

I said: “Practicing. I still have five minutes before midnight. I can get the form done at least once.”

The moon was out, the stars were shining, the wind was blowing – and although I had all the excuses in the world – there I was – turning and twisting, stomping and spinning, flowing from one move to the next.

Sweat poured off me as my breath quickened and energy moved up and down my spine. It was the most powerful execution of the form I had ever experienced.

I patted myself on the back for hitting my goal once again. Then I grabbed my grip and went inside the house.

Now, how many times did I really practice on Tuesday?

Did the time on the plane, practicing in my imagination count?

Of course.

In fact, it may have counted just as much, if not more, than when I did the form physically.

Why? Because when you imagine that you are doing something, your nerves, your cells, your muscles, your brain and everything that is part of YOU – gets the message and responds accordingly.

Even if you’re lying in bed with the flu – or something worse – you can still train in your imagination. And doing so will have a healing effect beyond what you can currently fathom.

Throughout history you will find many stories of strongmen who rose from their death beds, from weak, sickly states of ill health and became powerful.

They didn’t just survive the tough times – they thrived.

The key is understanding that success is a combination of physical practice and mental practice. He who does both rises to the greatest heights of achievement. In fact, in any endeavor on the face of the earth, if you were to ask the question, “How much of success is mental” “to those at the top – the most common reply would be, “Most of it. Ninety percent or more.”

If this is the case, then why don’t more people learn how to harness the awesome power of their creative imagination? It makes sense to do so, right?

And that’s why I stand behind the world famous Zero Resistance Living course. It’s a course that teaches the average and ordinary, or the lowly, how to take control of your mental pictures and change yourself into the person you’ve always wanted to be.

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Matt Furey

So A-Rod is in the schnews again, this time over his use of A-roids – when they weren’t illegal in Major League Baseball.

Yawn.

I mean, let’s face facts. A-Rod didn’t play any better when he took the juice. He didn’t whack 60, 70 or 80 home runs during those years. All he got were bigger muscles.

Yawn.

Understand, I am NOT in favor of steroid use in baseball, football or… foos ball. If I had my druthers I’d prefer hearing that A-Rod never took them. I think it sends a terrible message to young athletes.

But a far worse message, in my opinion, is how A-Rod has been singled out.

How about a little bit of fairness in reporting?

Why not reveal the other 102 names on the list – the other players who tested positive during the same era?

Want to know why they won’t?

Because none of them made as much money as A-Rod, that’s why. If A-Rod wasn’t making the big chunk of change – they’d find someone else on the list to humiliate.

This morning while leafing through one of those Hollyweird gossip rags, I took note of all the highlighted flaws being exposed for all to see – as if WE should care.

Everything from a little extra fat around the navel – to oily skin, to pimples, to sweat marks beneath your teets after a workout, to dimples on your dairy-air (yes, I know it’s misspelled); to bald spots, spider veins and so on.

Then I came across a picture of gap-in-front-teeth 50 year old Madonna, whaling away on stage. Her right arm is up and guess what you could see without a microscope?

Veins.

Yes, veins.

Vein on the top of her hand, on her forearm, on her biceps, her triceps – EVEN on her shoulders (front deltoid to be specific).

Now, for a show of hands, how many think these veins are from:

a. Yoga

b. Drinking Kabbalah water

c. Having two children

d. Getting divorced

e. Eating vegan, vegetarian, fruitarian or something else

f. Steroids

g. None of the above

h. ALL of the above

Make a note: The veins I saw in Madonna’s shoulders were almost an exact replica of veins I saw a few years back on Sly Stallone.

Now, did Sly ever take ‘roids?

And what about all those pro rasslers, all those movie stars, the models gone nasty, the rock stars and yes, even some politicians.

They are just as guilty, if not more so, than A-Rod.

Why not some REAL reporting, for a change?

Why not report on the martial artists who can do things way beyond knocking a ball out of a park – and do so without ‘roids?

Why not report on the people who are doing well?

Truth: Americans are addicted to something far bigger and far more harmful than any steroid ever created.

Americans are addicted to the news.

They turn on the tube each and every day and inject themselves with mega doses of distracting information that has nothing to do with the price of rice in China.

And once they’ve taken their first injection, they sit listlessly on the couch, watching more and more.

Depressed, saddened, frightened, worried and despondent from the drug they refuse to unplug.

So don’t tell me about A-Rod using A-Roids six years ago. I don’t care.

Tell me how YOU unplugged yourself from the idiot box, got off the couch and began getting your body into incredible shape.

Tell me how you eliminated the depression, the chronic fatigue, the grief, the sadness, the fear and the anger.

Tell me how you were able to “unwind your mind” for the first time in many years by following my Dao Zou program.

Tell me how you eliminated carpal tunnel syndrome pain with my Carpal Tunnel Fix program.

Or tell me, as a father of nine did two days ago, that he and his family do  Combat Conditioning together. Tell me how the family who trains together gets stronger together and stays together.

Stop whining about A-Rod and start taking care of number one – YOU.

Get Tough,

Matt Furey

We’ve been told a lie about what it takes to succeed. We’ve been told we must break out of our comfort zones and make ourselves do what is ‘uncomfortable.’

I don’t agree and that’s why I call this idea The Comfort Zone Myth.

Let me explain. This morning I plopped my rumpus on the couch with a couple books by my side. Books I really want to finish.

I picked one of them up and began to read. While doing so I realized I hadn’t done my internal exercise routine yet.

“That’s okay,” I thought. “Just stay here on the sofa and relax. Do it some other time.”

As I heard this alluring voice I checked how I was feeling. Twas strange. I felt uncomfortable – instinctively realizing that I needed to move my body. Yet, concurrently my self-talk was saying that I should just plop my butt and read.

Recognizing that this self-talk was deceptive, I got up, walked into my garage dojo and began to practice my kung fu form.

I began with a head-and-face massage that brings greater blood flow to the brain and begins to open the meridians. I checked my breathing, my posture and my root. I sensed where my muscles were tense and gave them the command to relax.

Then I began to move. As I moved I went deep inside – paying attention to my center. I began slowly, as if doing tai chi – then all of a sudden, from out of nowhere, WHAM, I let out explosive force.

After doing so I began to move slowly again – then another BAM, another WHAP, another KA-POOM.

My breathing deepened. Energy began to circulate and move. A spirit of calm came over me as I finished the form.

Then I began again. Went through the form another time, looking to correct any mistake I could find.

And then I began again.

By the time I finished I was sweating profusely and feeling fantastic. I was in the zone. The comfort zone.

Before training I was in the discomfort zone, masqueraded by a couch that made it look like I was ‘comfortable.’ Far from it. My body needed to move so that I could move through the rest of the day, getting more done in less time, in a spirit of comfort and ease.

Success in anything is not so much about breaking out of ‘comfort zones.’ It’s more a matter of breaking out of your DIScomfort zones; the zones where you feel uncomfortable because you haven’t taken care of the most important things n life first. Things like deep breathing, focus and movement.

Mark my words. When you don’t exercise, you do not feel comfortable. You might think you do, but you’re kidding yourself. You’re deceiving yourself.

When you first begin to exercise, you may initially feel uncomfortable – but that’s only because your mind and body are totally misaligned. It’s only because you’re too weak, too flabby, too inflexible or too tired – none of which are comfortable states of being.

Yes, in traditional martial arts training there is an ‘eat bitter’ aspect. But the only reason you eat bitter is so you can feel more comfortable doing everything you’re training yourself to do.

I train everyday, not because I need to break out of my comfort zone – but because I want to enter it.

If I don’t train, I’m not comfortable. The same goes if I don’t breathe deeply, use my power of concentration, maintain good posture, eat healthy foods and so on.

Do the most important things in life first thing in the morning, and you’ll feel the power.

Matt Furey

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Great question came in yesterday about ‘feeling stuck’ or being stuck in terms of results with your fitness routine. My response to follow:

Respected Master,

Thanx for all of your supportive and motivational emails. They are really very helpful. It has been almost a month i started Royal Court. I started with 20-25 hindu pushups, 50 hindu squats and a bridge for 10-12 seconds. After one month of practice, I am still on the same figures and cannot advance. Am i going in the right direction? Please give advice and guide. I am a smoker too. Does it have to do anything with my progress?

Regards,

A.S.

MJF: A.S. thanks for your email. Your question is a common one and has many answers, depending on how long you’ve been training and what your condition is. Yet, I’ll answer in a way that will provide valuable advice for ALL – regardless of level. First, there will always be plateaus when it comes to improving. There will always be sticking points. At least 50% of the time you don’t worry about them. You simply enjoy your training and focus.

Second, if you have a specific result in mind BEFORE you train, you can dramatically increase the speed in which you break through a plateau that is mostly mental. And being that you are a beginner, I believe your sticking point is mostly in your imagination. To break through it you determine a number of reps you want to do, or a time you want to hit.

Start with something simple rather than gargantuan. For example, set a target for 27 Hindu pushups, 55 Hindu squats and a 20 second back bridge. Think about this target during the day BEFORE you train. Imagine yourself already there. And when you begin training, add some desire and a ‘get tough’ spirit into the mix and you’ll shatter your old marks in record time.

I’ve seen this advice become reality so often, in my own life as well as those I coach, that you’d think I’d get bored with telling you this. But I’m not.

As a martial artist, when I went to practice with a target for the day, I did FAR better than when I just went to practice.

As a businessman, same thing.

As a writer, same thing. In fact, for years I’ve told my students to write four pages per day – or 2,000 words. Last year I decided to do 8,000 in one day – just for the hell of it. And I did so. A couple weeks later, I set a target to do 12,000 words in a day – and I did that.

So, universally, across the board, what I’m telling you hear may be the most important thing you ever hear about success. It begins and ends in your imagination.

Yet, most people never really learn how to tap into the power of their imagination. Even if they set goals they end up frustrated because they can’t imagine themselves accomplishing them.

My recommendation for breaking through the barrier is practical, sound and powerful. Yet, if I were YOU, I would enhance to the fullest by getting the world famous Zero Resistance Living Program. It will not only help you achieve your ‘want to’ targets – but it will also help you blast through your ‘don’t want to’ bad habits, i.e. smoking.

It’s easier to stop than you think. I imagine you brought the subject up for more reasons than you may have thought. It’ll be cool seeing how quickly you can kick that habit in the bud.

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Get Tough,

Matt Furey

Had a few questions about my Carpal Tunnel Fix program – which is, in reality, a lower arm health and strength program that strengthens your hands, wrists and forearms while helping rid you of pain. Here’s what a few readers sent in:

Matt,

I started your course last week, and by golly by gum, I’m already feeling relief. I have frequent elbow problems that flare up after hitting the heavy bag incorrectly, or especially doing pull-ups.

I have a question for you – in addition to your carpal tunnel routine, I still do wrist roll-ups with a wooden bar, rope and weight, plus use hand grippers.

Are those exercises a good adjunct to your routine?

Thanks,

Rick

MJF: Rick, YES, the other exercises are a good adjunct, but there are a couple precautions. First, if your elbows flare after pull-ups, check your form. Chances are you’re not going all the way down, which strains the

tendons of the elbow. Second, hand grippers that are “heavy duty” have a tendency to do more harm than good to many people because the tension is so high you’re pulling your hand apart trying to close it. The wrist roller is great and has no negative side effects, other than a massive pump.

Matt,

I have pain in my hands – but it’s not carpal tunnel, Will your program help me?

Jenny

MJF: Jenny, I believe it will help you a lot. I used the exercises to eliminate pain in my hand and wrist long before I labeled it as a carpal tunnel fix program. It helps eliminate all sorts of hand, wrist and elbow pain – so it’s really and lower arm health and strength program as well as a pain eliminator.

Matt,

I’m a writer and have had to stop after an hour because the pain is too intense. Will this program give me my career back – or do I need to go to voice activated writing?

Roberta

MJF: Roberta, this is not an uncommon occurrence. Make sure you check out the testimonials as I think you’ll see your situation isn’t new. The program worked in the past and it will work again. Give it a whirl.

Matt Furey

P.S. Remember, this program is now being offered at half-off. Simply type ‘2009’ into the coupon code when you place your order and you’ll be guided to a happy, healthy and strong set of hands, wrists and elbows.

If you sit before a key board much of the day – or if you do any type of highly repetitive hand movements day after day, chances are you’ve experienced pain in your elbows, wrists and hands.

It happens to writers, musicians, carpenters, construction workers – you name it.

I’ve met people who sleep in braces at night to curb the pain. Others who thought they may have to give up music or writing because they could no longer handle the pain.

Yet, when these same people gave How to Eliminate Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Pain Within 30 Days a try – something amazing happened.

No more braces. No more pain.

I originally created the course because carpal tunnel syndrome is almost epidemic in this country.

But I quickly realized the program works for all sorts of hand, wrist and elbow pain. Not just carpal tunnel syndrome.

So, if you’re putting up with aggravating pain and symptoms and you think you have to live with it – think again.

Get my program – now being offered at half-price, and see and feel what a tremendous difference it makes FAST.

Go to here and place your order. And to receive your 50% discount, just type ‘2009’ into the coupon code.

After you’ve used the program and have felt the positive results taking place, in some cases almost immediately, be sure to drop me a line and let me know about it.

Matt Furey