MATT FUREY UNCENSORED

In China they don't call them hurricanes. They're
'typhoons." And right now, here on Hainan Island,
we're in the midst of what should be a small one.

No problem, I am advised.

The rain is pouring hard right now. It's a nice
breather from the heat, believe me. So hopefully
the yin doesn't turn into yang, i.e. the soft turn into
mega powerful.

I'll have another email for you soon - with something
really good - so get ready. Brace yourself. This is
truly special.

Best,
Matt Furey

This morning my shirt was sopped in sweat. That's
the norm when I train here on Hainan Island. It's
even hotter than Florida, and much more humid -
so it doesn't take much to get the beads rolling.

An attractice young lady in a blue dress walked past
me while I was doing some hip rolls. She stopped and
looked around when she was about 30 feet away - then
retraced her steps a minute later.

I smiled and turned to my friend, fully aware of what was
happening: "What do you think she wanted?" I asked.

"She want to talk with you - but she cannot start the talk.
You must start otherwise the Chinese people will look at
her and say, 'Aaah, you like the foreign man, ha."

I laughed and started a set of Hindu Squats.

A few minutes later a couple other women who were
exercising at the same time began to try to imitate what
I was doing, without letting me know. They've seen me
do this exercise many days in a row now - and were
probably curious right away, but cannot show it. So they
wait until they've seen me doing the exercise for a few
weeks, then they can try.

"They like you to teach them," my friend said. "Sure, it's
true, they want you to help them learn. But they cannot
come to you and say, "Will you help me do something?"

A few minutes later a lady that I see everyday begins to
work on a bridge from the kneeling position. She always
trains so hard, but once again, although she is stuck and
only imitating what I do as best she can, she will not ask
for me to help her - and being I'm somewhat reserved
myself, that makes for nothing.

Finally, though, I decide to do something I don't normally
do. Instead of only focusing on my workout, I break the
ice with the lady and say, "Wo keyi bang mang ni hen
kuai." I can help help you with this very fast.

She smiles and listens. I tell her to "fang song" - to relax.
I tell her to inhale deeply at the beginning of the movement -
then to exhale and release the tension in her muscles. I tell
her that if she will inhale and exhale and relax, she can go
all the way to the ground within one or two minutes. At her
pace she'll never get there.

She doesn't believe me when I say I can help her stretch so
far in such a short period of time - so I puff up my chest and
let her know I have trained many, many people and I KNOW
what I'm talking about.

She agrees to try. A minute later she is all the way to the ground.
She cannot believe it. She is stunned.

I look at her and say, "If you have the confidence that you can
do something, that is most important. Anything you want to learn
you CAN learn if you are willing to try."

I go back to my workout.

Several other women gather around the lady to learn from her. They
would like me to help them, too, but they won't ask me directly as it is bad
form.

This is a good thing as I have much to do.

Now, you might wonder why I don't try to sell the ladies my program, my
Combat Conditioning or Combat Stretching programs.

Good question. I could do so - but when I'm in China, for the most part
I remain the mystery man. At my wife's urging, as well as close family
friends, it is rare for me to ever tell anyone anything about myself. This
is Chinese culture.

And so, "What is your name?" is met with - "I don't have a name."

"Where do you live?" is answered with, "I live outside. I'm a wild man."

"How old are you?" is followed by, "I have no age."

And "What do you do for a living?" gets a "I take a rest" response.

Funny, isn't it.

Good news for you is that you know who I am and you can read about my
track record. Tis a good one. And you can ask for help from me by
becoming a member of the Matt Furey Inner Circle - where we have a
private discussion forum where I and my elite group of Furey Faithful
are there to answer all your questions. Believe me, being in the clan
will help you make progress by leaps and bounds compared to struggling
all by your lonesome.

So take a serious look at becoming "one of us." You can find out more at
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Kick butt - take names,

Matt Furey

Last night I was with my friend, Master Zhang DiYi,
watching a performance at a Chinese restaurant here
on Hainan Island. I've seen the performance at least
40 times and I never tire of it.

Even though I am not a dancer (not even close), I study
every move the men and women make - and I'm learning
many valuable things from them that extend well beyond
what everyone else thinks they're doing on stage. As I
watch them I consider how I can integrate some of what
they are doing into how I speak and perform in public.

I explained to Master Zhang that I do my best to learn
from many, many people - regardless of who they are.

"In China we have a saying, 'If you take a walk with three
people, one of them is your teacher,'" he said.

"Maybe two," I replied.

"Right," he laughed. "Maybe two."

Truth is that the correct answer is three - as YOU need to
take responsibility for being your own teacher, too. You
observe and learn from others, then you teach yourself
what you've learned.

Looking outside yourself and seeing traits and talents that
are admirable - talents that you'd like to integrate into your
life - that's an essential element of using your creative imagination
properly.

You see what you like and you claim it as your own. You say
to yourself, "I want to do that, too."

Last May, at my MasterMind meeting in Tampa, Garin Bader, a
famous concert pianist and magician, showed everyone how he
does pushups on his index fingers ONLY - with his arms extended
ahead of his shoulders. Before he demonstrated he spoke about
how he uses his mind to do this feat of strength.

The crowd cheered when he finished. Everyone was in awe.

Later that night a 30-year old woman, Rebecca, came up to Garin
and said, "I've got that down as one of my goals. I'm going to be
able to do that."

Rebecca didn't do what most people will do. She didn't see something
great and say, "He has special gifts. I could never do that."

No, she looked at what Garin did and said, "That's for me. I'm going to
do that, too."

This is a fundamental difference in thinking between those who win in the
game of life and those who lose.

Look at someone you've admired for his success and decide that you are
going to do likewise. When you make this decision, it matters not whether
you are 1000 miles away from being able to do it. What if you are? Again,
it matters NOT.

Just get started. Picture what you want and get to work on making it a
reality. Sure, you'll make mistakes along the way. Sure, you'll have
days in which everything seems impossible.

But never forget what Dr. Maltz says: "Once Impossible - Now Easy."

Best,
Matt Furey
President, Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation, Inc.
http://www.psycho-cybernetics.com/zrlcourse.html

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One day I showed up in the practice room with a new
goal. It was not simply to win this tournament or beat my next
opponent. It was a combination of beating someone as well as
being willing to practice a specific move 10,000 times.

An odd goal - you might think - but not if you understand
that success is a journey - and the key to greatness is
combining your creative imagination with practice, practice
and ... more practice.

Even when you think you KNOW something extraordinarly well -
then it is time for MORE practice. It's no longer ONLY about
being good. It's a matter of learning to love the journey toward
greatness.

Practice is and always will be the name of the game - yet so few
understand this. They think that getting a surface understanding of
something is a complete understanding, but it's not.

I believe that once you commit your mind and spirit into what you are
practicing, then there can be no such thing as "boring" and that is when
the real learning takes place. Every time I exercise, even when doing the
same exercises like Hindu Squats, Hindu Pushups, bridging, the Farmer
Burns Stomach Flattener and so on ... I learn more about the exercise
and more about myself while doing the exercise. I learn how to better
regulate my mind, my breathing, my awareness, focus, attitude and
more.

When doing repetitions of any exercise, if you focus your awareness
on your breath and you get inside the muscle you are training - you'll
find an entirely different Universe to explore - and it is NEVER boring.

When training, never think only in terms of "be here now." Think
in terms of "be here now" AND "be there now." Do both simultaneously.

For example, if you're doing Hindu Squats you pay attention
to your form. You observe your breathing. You make sure
your back is straight and your body is in balance. And while
you pay attention to your body you think about what you want
this exercise to do for you.

Yesterday I was teaching my son, Frank, the power of mental pictures.
This was before having him work on the monkey bars.

"When you're up there," I said, "and you've got a hold of the bars,
picture going to the next bar. See a snapshot of yourself successfully
grabbing each rung before you do it. See yourself easily going from
one end of the bars to the other."

Frank did this and he looked like a primate moving from branch to branch.
He made it look easy when he was struggling earlier. This shows the
importance your mind plays in all you do.

Later on I challenged myself to do more of a handstand exercise
than I had ever previously done. I took a moment to picture the
number of reps I wanted to do. I saw myself doing them to
completion. Then, once focused, I jumped into position and cranked
out the new record number.

There is no such thing as doing the same exercise over and over - even
if you have a goal to do 10,000 or 1,000,000 of them. An exercise is
never the same if you choose to bring an increased awareness to each
repetition along with your desire for something more.

You could walk the same path each day for an entire year - but it is
never the same walk if you take the time to think and imagine; if you
take the time to experience what lies within you.

Today, when you do your Combat Conditioning exercises - put more of
yourself into what you're doing and you'll discover an entire world of the
"possible" that you didn't realize was sitting there, waiting for you.

Kick butt - take names,

Matt Furey

After I finished my early morning workout
yesterday - my wife asked me if I wanted to
go take a look at the new condo we bought
several months ago.

"It's finished," she said. "Wait til you see the
view of the ocean."

Now, just so you know, in China, when someone
says your new condo is finished - they really mean
that Part One is finished.

Part One means that you've been given access to
your new abode. You receive a set of keys - and off
you go. In our case, it's up we go - all the way to the
24th floor of an exquisite high-rise with a view, not only
of the ocean - but the sparklingl lights of downtown as well.

Once you unlock the door and set foot into what will soon be
a new dwelling place - you are hit with the reality that Part Two
now begins.

What do I mean?

Well, in China - when you purchase a new home - all you are
purchasing is the space, the view and whatever amenities go
along with being in the community. That's it.

To give even more clarity to the matter - this means that you
are opening a door and entering a place that is nothing but
cement flooring and walls. You'll need to furnish it with everything
you think a home needs - including the flooring. Will you get tile,
wood or carpet?

Oh, and you'll need sinks, toilets and showers, too. Not to mention
a heater, an air conditioning system, lights and more.

Essentially, you get nothing but a blank box - with a view.

Think about this for a moment. How very different this is from
buying a home in the U.S.

Yet, at the same time, this is the perfect way to look at your own
mind - and how you can use it to craft your future.

Upon birth you receive a brain. And as you grow others help fill
your brain with all sorts of ideas; some good, some utterly foolish.
At a very early age you begin to trust some of what you are told - even
if it's wrong; and you reject other things, even if they're right. You
are in charge even if you feel like you're not.

As an adult, if you've awakened from the trance of your youth, you
suddenly realize that YOU have a choice in virtually everything that
has to do with your life. You see that you can pick and choose whether
or not you want to believe what you were told as a youngster. You get
to look back and ask yourself, "In light of how my life is going, were
the things I was taught earlier in life really true?" Or, "If I keep living
the way I'm living now, am I going to be happy with the results I get
in the future?"

Regardless of what is currently in your mind - you can choose to step
into a new home - a new condo, if you will. You can choose the floor
you want to live on. And upon entering the condo - you can decide
WHAT is going where - and when.

You can choose the material goods you desire. And you can choose whom
you're going to allow into your home. You can also choose the attitudes,
beliefs and thoughts that you will allow in this home - and you can sweep
everything else out.

When looking out the window of this home - you can decide to look at
the view - or you can simultaneously look at the view and consider a
vision of your future. You can pay attention to where you are NOW -
as well as where you want to be next.

It's a wonderful thing - this mind we've been given. You can be in a
bad place and make a choice to get into a good place. Or you can be
in a good place and make a choice for an even better one. And so
on - into infinity.

Today, enter the "Condo of Your Mind" and start thinking of everything
you want to do, be or have.

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Best,

Matt Furey

This morning I woke up at five-thirty, looked over my
goals - then took out a book to read.

At six o'clock I looked out the window to witness a
familiar site. No, it wasn't the sun dawning on a new
day. It was the 40+ years young lady practicing tai chi
in the park 25 floors below me.

She's there every morning at six - and she trains without
ceasing until eight. When she begins - she is all by herself,
but she is not lonely - nor is she alone. She trains with an internal
guide - an observer who watches, critiques and analyzes her
every move - driving her to become MORE than she is right
now.

This woman's mind is activated toward the positive. And her
daily practice is an example of the power of cosmic habit
force - a term made popular years ago by Napoleon Hill.

Each and every one of us is a creature of cosmic habit force.
We're either using it in a positive way - or we're not. Getting
up early to exercise is doing something positive that can benefit
every area of our lives. On the other hand, getting out of bed and
reaching for a smoke and a bottle of booze - that's an example of
cosmic habit force taken to the negative extreme that we call
addiction.

Being compelled by a positive habit force is good. Being and addict
is not.

The key thing to remember is that both good and bad habits begin
with a single repetition. And in most cases, neither habit is truly
enjoyed at first.

The first day this lady got up early to practice tai chi - she probably
did so with moans and groans. But now she does so with joy and it
radiates from her with every movement she makes. She makes a
daily choice to continue on this path, and it serves her well. At this
point in her life, it would be difficult to not get up and practice. She
has the habit - and the force of the habit has her.

Whenever you see a successful person - take note of his or her
habits. He didn't begin with positive habits. They were learned.
They were repeated over and over until the habit took hold and
little if any thought about 'should I or shouldn't I?' takes place.

No matter what you want to accomplish in life, you can do so when
you know the thoughts behind others who have succeeded before
you - as well as the daily habits these people followed. And the
good news is that if you think the same way and do the same sort
of things, you'll reap similar rewards.

Dr. Maxwell Maltz noted that it takes 21 days for a new habit to begin
to take hold. The same goes for the creation of a more powerful
self-image. If you spend time each day rearranging the furniture
in your own mind - putting yourself on the winner's track - within a
few weeks you won't want to go back to your previous thinking and
behavior. You will become accustomed to the NEW YOU - the person
with more empowering thoughts, beliefs and habits.

Think of a new, positive habit you'd like to form. See yourself engaged
in that habit - then follow through with action. Do this every day without
fail for 21 days and you'll have changed your life.

It doesn't take much to change - but it does require a decision to be
more than you are right now.

What is it you'd like to do? Picture it - then do it. Today.

Best,

Matt Furey

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Awhile back I had a private, closed-door meeting
with several men and women that I coach.

On a Saturday morning I put them through a number of
deep breathing exercises combined with abdominal
flexing.

It didn't take long for these men, most of whom are very
experienced athletes/fitness fanatics, to be groaning in
delightful agony. They not only got the workout of their
lives in about 15 minutes - but all remarked how tight
and DIFFERENT their abs felt. And that was the same day -
not a day later.

Such is the power of the deep breathing and muscle flexing
exercises in Combat Abs - http://www.mattfurey.com/combat_abs.html -
yet, one of the exercises that 'nuked' them most were the variations
of the wall chair.

In the revised edition of Combat Conditioning, pages 42-43, you'll
find how to do the wall chair. Essentially, you form a chair position
with your back against the wall. Simple enough, but when you add
deep breathing, abdominal flexing and changes in foot position and
stance - oh my goodness ... the fat burning power of this exercise
is cranked up several degrees.

Remember this: When you exercise, don't just move your limbs.
You'll get very little benefit - even when using weights. Make
sure you incorporate deep breathing into the exercise and ...
you are, quite literally, doing a completely different exercise.

I don't care if you're walking, peddling a bicycle, holding a bridge,
or doing Hindu Squats and pushups ... integrate deep breathing with
all you do and your results will come so much faster you'll wonder
why no one else is giving you the straight scoop.

Kick Butt - Take Names,

Matt Furey

P.S. You can find the link for my Combat Conditioning
book and DVD's, as well as all my other products at
http://www.mattfurey.com/products.html

Now that summer is finally upon us, you've no doubt
had a look in the mirror - and chances are
excellent you don't like some of what you saw.

If what you saw makes you feel bad, sad, depressed
or downright p*ss'd off - then that is a good thing
provided you transform those negative emotions
into positive ones and get to work on what you really
want.

Waste no time fighting what you don't want. Just focus
on what you DO want. Period. Then move. Do something
each day to get the results you want.

Now, you may be prone to wonder - how do I
transform negative emotions about my body?

Good question. The quick answer is via deep breathing
exercises. The other part of the answer is forgiveness
of self and acceptance of self, as is, so that you can move
beyond where you are now.

Through deep breathing alone you can eliminate many
negative emotions. It's hard to hold them in when you
keep letting go of your breath. Did you know that we
keep our negative emotions locked within by engaging
in shallow breathing? Tis true.

A few weeks ago I heard that in the Greek, the
word exhale and forgive come from the same word. And
so when you exhale and let things go, you unlock trapped
negative emotions.

So open the flood gates (your lungs) and let the negative
energy out.

Inhale deeply. Imagine bringing in good, powerful and positive
enegy. Now hold onto it while you dump out the dirty water.

Yes, this metaphor works - and it works fast.

Not only that, but once you begin to mix the deep breathing with
the muscle flexions and contractions as taught in Combat Abs -
http://www.mattfurey.com/combat_abs.html - you're going to
note what many top yoga instructors will tell you, and that is that
you can 'squeeze fat right off your waistline.'

If you simply exercise your abdominals, you do not twist and
squeeze the fat off. But when you mix your abdominal exercises
with the power of deep breathing - you affect the metabolism
in a deep way, and this leads to fat loss.

Tis nothing new in Asian culture to speak of this - but in Meiguo (that's
Chinese for America), we've got too many 'know it alls' who'd like to think
they get straight A's in research (they don't) - but where the rubber meets
the road, i.e. in DOING something - these same people get an F-minus.

Many Furey Faithful have blown off multiple inches using the Farmer
Burns Stomach Flattener as taught in Combat Abs - btw, you can get
the Farmer Burns 1914 course, too - http://www.mattfurey.com/farmerburns.html -
in fact, one student knocked 20 inches off his waist doing this exercise.

I think that tells you something - don't you?

So make sure you get the summer rolling with a daily dose of the Magnificent
Seven from Combat Abs. It'll make all the difference in the world to you.

Incidentally, you can get the Combat Abs book as a gift, along with six
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Being a member of the Furey Inner Circle is the schmart way to get the most
out of yourself. With my monthly newsletter and CD - as well as
our member's only discussion board - you'll be continually motivated to
kick butt and take names at a higher and higher level. I'm betting that
come December 31, 2006, when you look back upon this entire year -
you're going to need a telescope to see how far you've come.

Take the challenge. You'll be glad you did.

Best,

Matt Furey
Int'l best-selling author of Combat Conditioning and Combat Abs - as well
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When I was a kid growing up in Io-way, I remember
watching a program on the tube about how the Viet Cong
used to beat the bare feet of American P.O.W.'s.

At the time (I was 10 years old) it seemed like an odd
form of torture - I figured the worst it did was make
it incredibly painful for the victim to walk.

Little did I know that when the feet are attacked in a
vicious manner, the entire body is attacked.

Why? Because every system of the body has a cor-
responding place on the feet. The same can be noted
about your hands and ears. This is something the Chinese
figured out thousands of years ago - and we in the western
world still haven't caught on.

In my home I keep a chart on the wall that shows a diagragm
of the human feet and where all the various pressure points
are located on them. Keeps me focused on how vitally important
the entire body is - especially when it can be reflected on one
part of the body.

Now, when I tell people I'm going for a two-hour foot massage,
they otten think of it in terms of candlelight dinners, romancing
the stone, caviar, wine and song. Well, I'm here to inform you
that it ain't nuttin like that.

Anyone who has had his feet massaged by a real pro will tell
you it can be hell on earth - until the session is over - then you
feel like a billion bucks.

I, myself, used to get worked over during a typical session. At times
I would feel sharp pain and would often bark in loud tones,
some of which were in expletive form. But the pain I felt was nothing
compared to the others next to me who never work out. Man, they
were in agony.

The good news is that now a foot therapist can darn near take
a drill to my feet and there isn't a peep that comes out of me.
This shows a great improvement in overall health.

Okay, so what about you?

Well, the sorry news is that there just ain't much for good foot
massage in the western world. People who know how to do it
properly are few and far between. Yet, there are some things you
can do to bring greater stimulation to your feet - and thereby
improve your health.

Here are four suggestions:

1. Rope skipping - the jumping up and down puts pressure on
the kidney point in the middle of the foot. The kidney point is
a major deal in Chinese medicine, so believe me this is a good
exercise for more reasons than the cardiovascular and muscular
benefits it brings you.

2. Hindu Squats - when doing this exercise, especially when you
stay on your toes, you strengthen and revitalize the feet and thereby
the entire body. Many people feel the muscles in their feet getting fatigued
when doing Hindu Squats and wonder about it. Let me assure you, it's
a good thing. See Combat Conditioning for instructions on ths vitally
important exercise - http://www.mattfurey.com/conditioning_book.html

3. Massage the kidney point of your foot each day for a few minutes.
Take off your shoes and socks and turn the bottom of your left foot
up. Find the middle toe, then draw a straight line down the middle of
the foot. About three finger-widths below the middle toe you'll find
the kidney point. Massage it by pressing in with your thumb - then
releasing. Do this about 20 times and you'll feel your body getting
energized. Switch feet.

4. Hindu Pushups - again, these are a staple of the Combat
Conditioning program. To give this exercise an even greater
overall effect on the body - spread your toes while you do
the pushups. This opens up the meredians of the body and
increases energy and awareness.

Do all of the above on a daily basis and your health and fitness
will continually take turns for the better.

In the interim, make sure you stay active during this holiday

Kick Butt - Take Names,

Matt Furey
http://www.mattfurey.com/products.html

Last week I wrote to tell you about the birthday party
we had for my son at the XinJiang Ren restaraunt here
on Hainan Island in China.

Tis my favorite restaurant, not just because of the food,
but because the grand majority of people who wait on me
are intelligent, polite and helpful. They've been trained in
good manners - something severely lacking in many Chinese
restaurants.

I can't tell you how many times I nearly erupt when the waiter
or waitress comes to my table and without asking, moves my
tea cup, my plate, my glass, my plate - anything they can
move just to feel like they're doing something. Even worse is
when you're not completely finished with your food. You're only
99% done - and someone comes along, once again, without
asking and whisks your plate away.

The good news is that more and more restaurants are discovering
this is bad form - not just for Americans - but for their fellow Chinese.

I have a pretty good selection of places I go to for a good meal:
Everything from coffee bars to hole-in-the-wall joints to first-class
restaurants. Most of the time I'm treated pretty well - but quite often
you'll run into staff that are complete idiots. They have zero
manners, zero personality and zero brains.

You place your order and they do as they please. The waitress will
decide that she thinks you'll like a lot of salt on your food when you
say no salt. Or that you would really like sugar in your carrot juice
even when you say not to put in in.

One of the things I love most in China is that snapping your fingers
at a waitress is NOT considered bad form. It's one of those bad habits
I can get away with over here. I do just as my friends and family do - I
snap my fingers three times and yell for the waitress. This would no
doubt get me whacked back home - so I'm sure to get at least six to
nine snaps in per day over here so that it's out of my system before
I go back.

Yesterday, I took my wife, her sister and my brother-in-law to a
new Sichuan restaurant that is owned by the same company as
the XinJiang Ren. It is located directly behind the XinJiang Ren
and it is immaculate, with an entrance that should only exist
for movie stars.

The hosts greet me at the door, ask how many. I reply, "Si wei."
"Table for four people."

The host starts walking me to a table in an area of the restaurant
that I don't want to sit. Been there before and the waitresses were
awful. So I point to a platform with plush couches and chairs and
say, "Nali." There.

She frowns - then obliges. Not the way to get things rolling.

We take our seats. The waitress begins fiddling with my stuff,
I give her a look to leave my plates and such alone - she ignores
me. I place my hands on my stuff so she can't move it. "Bu bang
mang wo," I say. Don't help me.

She hands the menu to my wife and sister-in-law. They begin
ordering their favorite dishes. The waitress plays a song-and-
dance, telling them what they can eat and what they can't,
which is based upon whether or not she feels the cook should
have to make an extra effort. This has happened to me three
other times - but yesterday was not the day to use this tactic,
especially with my wife.

Por ejemplo, in most places I will order 3 eggs over easy. No
problem. But the waitresses at this place (all of whom are lousy)
will tell me the cook is busy and cannot make this for me - YET he
has time to make an egg flower soup - which takes 10-15
minutes. How long does it take to crack three eggs, flip 'em over
and put them on a plate? Charge me the same price. I don't care -
but don't tell me the cook is busy.

Every other place I go to, this request is a done deal - including the
owners OTHER place, XinJiang Ren.

But not in this new immaculate joint for some odd reason.

On the other occasions I chose to bend with the wind to avoid the hurricane.
Despite my displeasure, I would order something else.

But today, with my wife and family present, not a good idea to play
games.

My wife ordered her favorite dish and unwisely the waitress gave her
the standard, "The cook is very busy" line.

She looked around at a mostly empty restaurant and a shouting
match began. Not just with her, but my brother-in-law as well.
He's pounding the table and demanding to see the manager.

The manager arrives and my bro-in-law explains what rude little
snots he has for waitresses. I note the "nose in the air" position of the
waitress as he's talking and I chime in, "Ta hen zhuai." This means,
"She's cocky and pompous."

My brother-in-law gives the manager a chance to make things up,
but he won't ask the waitress to apologize, nor will he make the
dishes we want - so we told him we're leaving and going somewhere
else to eat.

The manager begs us to stay. Then there is intense discussion about
"face" - where bro-in-law is telling the manager he will save him face
by leaving and not making an ever bigger scene.

The manager keeps saying, "Xia yi zi guo lai," - Next time come back.

I jump in, "Today is the last time we come here."

We got in the car and drove to a restaurant called Gui Zhou Fandian.
It's a little dirty. The waitresses don't have gorgeous uniforms like the
place we left. The air conditiioning is so-so - but they make whatever
we ask for and they do it with a smile.

All this begs the question - what makes the difference between a good
waitress and a bad one?

Well - it's the same difference between those who exercise the right
way and those who don't. It's all a matter of the proper TRAINING -
and who gave you the training.

If you do the right things you'll get better results than if you do the
wrong things. If you're polite, courteous and helpful - you were
trained to be that way.

And if you've got flexible, limber, strong and enduring muscles
that are free of aches and pains - it's because you're following
the right kind of exercise program.

Most waitresses and service personnel, worldwide, were never
properly trained. Hence, they're lousy, at best.

The same is true in sports and in the world of fitness. Most people
never really learned how to train in a way that maximized results.
Most people don't know what to do or how to do it - they just look
around and imitate what some idiot who wasn't trained properly himself,
is doing.

Sure, you can get some results training like a do-do - but I think
you'd like outrageous results, the kind you get when the program
you're on delivers what you want.

Combat Conditioning is like the well-trained waitresses in Chinese
restaurants. You sit down and enjoy your meal in fine fashion -
without being bothered.

When you finish a plate of the exercises I teach, you feel good.
You feel satisfied, nourished and taken care of.

That's how you should feel after you train. And if you're not feeling
that way - you've got to make a change for the better - and there's
no better time to do so than NOW.

Take charge of your life, my friend. Get on the right program that
gives you the results you want.

Kick Butt - Take Names,

Matt Furey
Int'l best-selling author of Combat Conditioning, Combat Abs and a
plethora of powerhouse programs - http://www.mattfurey.com/products.html

Think about the idea I am proposing for a moment.
Most of us go through an entire lifetime without ever
consciously doing an exercise to improve our eyesight
or our hearing.

As for myself, I know that I never considered such a
concept - until I began spending more and more time
here in China. Over here I've learned more about the
human body than anywhere else - and I continue to be
amazed.

Now, the benefits of exercising your eyes and ears go
way beyond improving your eyesight or hearing. The
benefits reach right into your brain, improving mental
clarity and acuity. The benfits also extend to reducing
stress, anxiety, feelings of overwhelm, and so on.

Think of it. Almost everyday many people enter a world
of stress beyond what their mind and body can effectively
handle. Sure, they can handle it - but not without negative
consequences.

I'm talking about tension throughout the body. Necks and
shoulders frozen with stress. Lower back pain. Weight gain,
diabetes, migraines and more.

Sure, by popping a few pills you may feel you've got the
situation managed - but you don't. You only have the
situation under control when you have taken the problem
by the horns, wrestled it to the ground and beaten the
tar out of it.

Seriously, you've got to envision what you want for yourself -
and you've got to decide upon BEING just that.

Get up in the morning, do some deep breathing exercises. Do
the Chinese Long-Life exercises - you can read all about them
at http://www.chineseculturesecrets.com/long_life.html

Crank out some Hndu squats and pushups. Stretch your back
and neck with some bridging. Breathe deeply and take charge
of your life. Tell yourself that nobody on this planet is going to
rattle your cage today. No matter what happens, you've got
something inside you that triggers feelings of happiness, peace
of mind, and well-being.

While you exercise, see the world as a place where you are
making things happen; a place where you envision what you
want and begin creating it.

Open your eyes and ears, not just through exercise - but to
a grand vision of how life can be for you if you drop all the
baggage and concentrate specifically on WHAT YOU WANT.

Kick butt - take names,

Matt Furey
Int'l best-selling author of Combat Conditioning, Combat Abs
and a plethora of other powerhouse programs that turn lilly-
livered wimps into bonafide studs; couch potatoes into super
human fitness machines; fraidy cats into Fure-cats - go to
http://www.mattfurey.com/products.html and get something
for yourself.

It's raining horses, sheep and pigs here on Hainan Island -
but wouldn't you know, I just had an email forwarded to me
from an old friend from my hometown of Carroll, Iowa - and
it has taken me way back. It has taken my mind off the weather
and put it back to my formative years.

The old friend's name is Mike - and boy was he ever a mighty
fighter. He's not anyone you'd want to duke it out with - and
both of us fondly recall having to smack a greaser or two now
and then.

Mike was six years ahead of me - and I learned much his
experience in fitness, particularly in regard to weights. I used
them to become a champion wrestler; Mike trained with them
for boxing, strength, health, etc.

I clearly recall strapping on the weight belt to do heavy bench
presses, heavy squats, deadlifts - and everything else. I also
recall choking down some pretty awful protein powders - boy
those were worse than sawdust.

I learned much from Mike - not just about training, but about the
imporance of goals, commitment, a good work ethic, a "never-give-up"
attitude, and so on.

In 1980 Mike joined the Air Force and that was the last communication
we had, until today.

Why the renewed contact? Well, it's partly because Mike just ordered my
Combat Conditioning program - and not because we're buds, either.

Here's a quick paragraph from his email that should serve as fair
warning for anyone who thinks I'm B.S.ng when it comes to the
dangers of weights:

Matt,
I enjoyed your web site. Your article about lower back and shoulder
problems fits me to a T. It makes perfect sense to me to leave those
damn weights alone - especially at my age, and I wish I would have left
them alone years ago. I have several herniated disks (L-3,4,5, S1, and S2)
to show for it.

Your old friend from Carroll,
Mike

Think of it, my friend. Several herniated disks from using the weights. Not
a pretty picture, is it. And this doesn't even get to the destroyed shoulders,
knees and so on from using heavy weights.

Let's be smart and train in a way that you're not crippling your body for
life. Forget the weights. Forget the LSD cardio. Follow the program that
turns couch potatoes into super-human fitness machines.

Matt Furey

Int'l best-selling author who stirs up controversy each and every
day with a simple stroke of his pen. You'll love his books. They'll
make you laugh; they'll make you angry; they'll make you FIT.
Go to http://www.mattfurey.com/products.html and start your
fitness spree right now.

Yesterday my son, Frank, celebrated his sixth birthday.
We took him to his (and my) favorite restaurant here on
Hainan Island. It's called Xin Jiang Ren - and it's famous for
serving truckloads of lamb on metal skewers - as well as
having a show each night where Xin Jiang men and women
sing, dance and perform in the traditional manner for their
province (more on the role I played last night in a minute).

Like his mother, Frank can now eat hot peppers like a champ -
even here in China where they make American "hot" lame by
comparison. Hot peppers are good for the blood, the heart,
the digestion - and so on - provided you don't overdo them.

One of the refreshments cherished on this hot, humid tropical
paradise is yezi shui (coconut milk). It was great watching Frank
bite off a piece of hot lamb, begin chomping, then reach for his
glass of coconut milk. He must have had three glasses in record
time because last night the "la jiao" - was super hot.

At the end of the performance the women wander the crowd looking
for partners to dance with, which leads to a ceremony where a man
is selected, offers a rose to the beautiful maiden, who rejects him. This
is followed by the man duck walking after her and begging for her love
- which is usually followed by her acceptance.

Nice for the movies or for a play, but not generally how it works in
real life - but wouldn't you know, just like last year, they wanted ME
to be one of the guys who danced with the girls. Last year I refused.
I refused this year as well. But this time I was weakened because I
had drunk a couple glasses of Great Wall dry red wine - so when I
said I had knee pain, and back pain, and a headache, and whatever
other excuse I could muster, they didn't care. I was to take the stage
with the beauts - it was fate.

So I consented. And despite my somewhat elevated state of consciousness,
I woke up the crowd when I duck waddled along with the Xin Jiang men,
then hopped around from foot to foot and basically imitated all their loose
and flexible body movements.

My goodness, that son of a running dog can move, I heard someone say -
in my imagination.

As destiny would have it, I was chosen to be the man for the vixen and
to show my adoration I had to pick up a rose with my teeth then duck
walk the stage begging for her. I followed along - much to my wife's
delight (at this point). True to form I was rejected - but encouraged to
keep trying.

After straddling the stage a second time the men began to advise me
on what romantic things I could say. The MC asked, "Your wife is Chinese,
right?"

I replied "yes."

He then asked, "Who is more beautiful, your wife or this fair lady?'

"Wo bu shuo," I replied - "I won't say."

This brought huge laughter from the crowd. The MC asked me to say
something romantic a second time. At that point I called Frank to the
stage and told him to do it for me, that I couldn't say such a thing to
this lady before my wife - even as part of a play.

Frank grabbed the rose from me - and instead of getting down on his
hands and knees, he tossed the rose on the ground and stomped on
it. At this point the MC realized he better get us off the stage as fast
as possible.

The lady took the rose and sat on my knee, then we gave a big smile for
the camera - which by that time - wouldn't you know it - was out of pictures.

My brother-in-law had already taken 800 during the evening. A bit much -
but he's fascinated with his new toy, which I bought for him so he can take
a ton of photos of me for new products and such.

When I got back to the table, Zhannie, told me how happy she was that I
wouldn't say anything - and she was equally proud of Frank for throwing the
rose on the ground and stomping on it ... because the MC was asking both of us
to say something neither of us should say in public.

The whole event, to my wife, was about "face."

Yes, it's okay to have a great time, but remember where to draw the line -
and KNOW that there is a line - especially in public.

In the future I may show you some photos from the grand birthday party.
In the meantime, remember that being able to squat and waddle like a
duck is part of my Combat Conditioning program. This exercise will
strengthen your legs, lower back and knees in a major way.

But you'd be well advised to begin with Hindu Squats first. Once these
are no problem - you can add the duck walks into the mix.

More to come ...

In the meantime, don't forget to ...

Kick ass - take names,

Matt Furey

'As for Hindu Pushups, Hindu Squats and bridging, you can
do them daily OR you can do them 3x per week. Vary
the intensity level of each workout. It's not smart to strive
for a world record each day.'
- Matt Furey e-newsletter - May 2004

Now, I realize some of you want me to give you the ABSOLUTES
on everything.

I realize that when I say, 'take your pick, you can train 3x per week
with Combat Conditioning
or you can do it everyday' - some people will get pissed and think I'm not answering their question.

But I am. Understand, first and foremost, YOU are making the decision,
not me. You are the one who decides what you will do with your life,
not me. You are the one who either accepts or rejects what I have to
say.

Second, I can tell you to train everyday, and you may say, 'Nah, I'd
rather do it three times a week.' And if I said train three times per
week, some might say, 'But I heard two times a week is better. That's
what Bubba says.'

And if I say train one day a week, you'll say, 'But I know a program
where they recommend only training once a month.'

Laugh all you want. But it's true.

And so, my solution to it all is to give you options. Train everyday or
Train 3x a week. Take your pick.

I do not advise going below three times per week.

I mean, if you had a dog would you recommend that he only
'move' 2x a week? Or less?

I don't think so.

But with some people, ya never know. Maybe someone right now,
who previously figured out that your dog needs breath mints
and a day at the spa - will come up with some machine that will
exercise your dog so he won't have to. Maybe there already is
such a machine.

Actually, there is. I just found it here in China. But that's another
matter entirely.

As an aside, last December, when I was over here for a few weeks, I
took delight in how many of the dogs had on winter clothing. I wanted
to laugh - but then I checked the temperature. Twas a cold evening
and if I were a dog (or as the Chinese would say during Mao's time -
a 'running dog'), I'd probably want a jacket, too.
**

And now, for the ultimate 'monkey wrench.' If you want, you can
train 2x per DAY.

In fact, you could even get off your 'arse' 3x a day and - DO SOME-
THING. Especially when you throw in a quick workout with Combat Abs -

Did you know that during my high school and collegiate career,
I trained 3x a day, everyday? That was nine straight years of 3x per
day training (first year in college was a red-shirt year).

In the olden days, fitness pioneers such as Paul Bragg, Charles Atlas,
Earle Liederman, etc. - recommended you do something twice a day.
Get up in the morning, do some deep breathing exercises. Or some
isometrics. Or some calisthenics. Or swimming, running, walking up
hills. Something.

Then at night, before retiring, DO something again.

The workouts need not be long. 15 minutes is really all you need.
But guess what those 15 minutes give you? They give you TWO
hours of increased productivity. TWO HOURS.

Don't know about you, but with the slate I have each day, I will
do 15 minutes worth of exercise to get back 2 hours. It's a no-
brainer - even for a 'jock' like me.

Now, just think if it were 'money' we were talking about.

Would you spend 15 dollars if you knew you'd get 120 dollars
in return? I know I would.

****** And now, for the final monkey wrench *******

When people are just starting out, quite often 15 minutes is too
much time to spend training. So I recommend 1 minute workouts

Half minute of Hindu Squats.
Half minute of pushups.
Or one minute of walking in place.
Not to mention, the Farmer Burns Stomach Flattener - the squeezing
portion of each rep is only 2 to 5 seconds.

The key thing is BEGINNING. If you get started with one minute workouts,
you'll build a success pattern and before you know it - you'll WANT to be
training for 15 minutes a day.

Well, friend, that's it for now.

Kick butt - take names,

Matt Furey

P.S. Why not take a ride on over to Furey Central today. It's quite
nice inside and there are always plenty of great adventures there
that will light a major spark in your imagination - http://www.mattfurey.com/products.html

One out of six women and one out of eight men will suffer
from depression sometime during their voyage here on
earth.

Some people will tell you it can be controlled without
medication. Others will tell you it cannot.

All I know is that exercise can and does help - and many
students have written to tell me that the exercises
in Combat Conditioning were the only form of exercise
to do the trick.

Let's take a look at what one reader of this daily newsletter
had to say:

Dear Matt,
I just wanted to write and tell you that your program is really
making a difference. Just to let you know I went though the
last two years of hell in a divorce and suffering from extreme
depression.

I went from 198lbs to 282 lbs.To give you an ideaI have
gotten your Combat Conditioning and Furey Fat Loss program
during the last year. And I am really progressing.

I am down from 282 to 238. I am building muscle, but the most
important thing I wanted to share with you is that your program
is also a kick-butt solution for a man diagnosed with depression.

My physician explained that the reason a lot of men suffer from
depression - lack of motivation - focus, etc is that their dopamine
and serotonin levels are out of whack. Well I decided that I was sick
and tired of being sick, tired ... and depressed.

I found out that exercises like the Hindu Squats, jumping rope, sprints,
and many other of the exercises in your program are great for battling
depression. YOU ARE SO RIGHT ON THE MARK.

The first thing I am doing in the morning isgetting my body warmed up
using the breathing exercises in Combat Abs.

At first I could only muster the motivation for 5 minutes.

Well now I am up to twenty minutes in the morning before I do my Hindu
squats. What is great is that it sets me up for the entire day.

For the first time in my life, I understand how to fight and overturn the
effects of depression. In the beginning it was very difficult, but like you
said 'Even if you can just do one minute, it will make all the difference.'

Yeah, I still have another 35 lbs to work off, but at least I am regaining my
focus and energy. I am involved in a groupof people who are fighting
back from depression.They are all noticing the changes not only physically,
but mentally as well.

I can't thank you enough for the work you do. I am sharing your techniques
and what I have learned about fighting back from depression with as many
people I know. Thank you for helping me get my life back 'one minute at a time.'

Signed-- Half-way there with only half way to go.

Robert Kay
West Jordan, Utah

M.F. Robert, this is tremendous. You are on a great and noble path and your
results are and will be an inspiration to many. I am thrilled to hear of your
success and the successes of those around you. Please tell them that
'Matt Furey says hello.'

Also, just so you know, although all the exercises in Combat Conditioning and
Combat Abs can help, the exact exercises that I am told help the most with
elimination of depression are as follows: Bridging - front and back, headstands,
handstands and the tablemaker. Not only that, any exercise you do instead of
spending time worrying or feeling fearful is a step toward conquering those
negative emotions as well.

Well, my friend, that's all for now.

Kick butt - take names,

Matt Furey

P.S. Nothing in this email message is intended as medical advice for anyone
suffering from depression. Although many people have successfully battled
depression with my exercise programs, results can and do vary. There is no
guarantee that exercise will work for you - but there is an increased probability.
Always consult a physician before making any lifestyle changes, including but
not limited to the beginning of an exercise program

Since arriving at our vacation home on China's Hainan Island
a week ago - I've been undergoing a few changes that may be
for the better.

For example, on most evenings I am in bed by 7 or 8 PM. Now that is
very odd for this Fure-cat. Even stranger, I find myself being
awakened at 3 a.m. When I arise I look at the clock, tell myself
it is too early to be up, then grab my notepad, a book, my laptop,
and various other working tools - and I start my day.

Let me be clear - this is NEW. Typically I am late to bed and I'll arise
when I damn well please. It may be early, it may be late - se depende.
But now, for whatever reason, I almost feel like I am being pulled into
a new state of being, involuntarily - which is also not me because I believe everything we do is by choice. And YES, I am choosing to do what I do - but
it doesn't feel like I'm choosing it. Odd indeed.

What I can tell you thus far is this change appears to be making me more
focused and more productive. I will keep you posted.

A confession: Despite the fact that many people view me as mega productive,
as a real get-things-done type of guy - I live with a tremendous and often
times overwhelming desire to accomplish more - and there is no turning it
off. The only thing I can do is somehow try to live up to the potential I
believe I have - and honestly, thus far I don't believe I've done too doggone
good a job.

Yes, I'm proud of my accomplishments. I'm proud to know that hundreds of
thousands of people from all over the world follow my fitness programs and
hang on my every word. I'm also proud to have played a positive role in
the lives of so many who are now creating splendiferous lives for themselves.

Yet, at the same time, I feel I am called to do MORE - and I must never
rest on previous laurels, become complacent, think I have everything
down - and so on.

Coming to China a couple times each year is - in and of itself, somewhat
of a transformational experience. I am surrounded by a completely
different culture, with completely different thoughts, ideas and ways
of expressing oneself. At times I am utterly frustrated - yet most of
the time I am having a wonderful time.

Today, when I was working out in the park amidst a gathering of
many other men and women who were also exercising, I fell into
a gymnastic bridge from the standing position. I then proceeded to
knock off several reverse pushups - then I stood back up without a
hitch. To see a young female gymnast do this would be one thing,
but to see this big, bulky bald-headed monster looking white boy do
this - well, that is something else.

Upon arising several people cheered, gave me the thumbs up - then
an older lady asked, 'Ni duoshao sui?' - How old are you.

'Wo mei you sui.' - I don't have an age.

'Ni duo da?' someone else repeated, asking the same question a
different way.

'Wo meiyou duo da,' I repeated. I have no age.

Everyone was laughing. Some thought I didn't understand the question.
Others could tell I did and were surprised at the clever answer.

Then a lady came to me to translate, to speak slower and more clearly.
I gave her the same answer, letting her know I understood their meaning
very well.

Not to be deterred another old lady asked my age. To her I said, 'I don't
have an age. I don't even exist. I'm not even here right now.'

This line won the day and virtually everyone in the park was smiling and
laughing at the gui lou - foreign devil.

20 minutes later I was asked once again and I said the following which I
think most people worldwide can learn from:

'If you think too much about your age - you limit yourself in what you
can do, be or have. Never think age. Simply think, 'Do I want it?' If you
think in terms of your wants and forget about your age, you can make
your life far better than it is.'

Tis true. Many "kids" in their 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60' and so on are running
around today saying they're too old. No - they're not - but their thinking is.

Delete that crappy thinking from your mind, my friend.

Live life straight up, with gusto. Exceed yourself. Never rest on your
laurels. Most importantly, never retire from life. Get up early and DO
something with yourself. Make yourself proud. Then forget about being
satisfied and get involved to do more - and more - and more.

That's what makes life grand. That's what'll make YOU great.

Kick butt - take names,

Matt Furey
author of the Int'l best-sellers Combat Conditioning, Combat Abs
and a number of other life-transforming programs that you can
discover by going to http://www.mattfurey.com/products.html

When someone is resistant to a new idea, one of the things
he will do to stall, procrastinate and delay is ask the question
'why'

I know this tactic very well .. and so does my wife.

We went through the 'why' stage when we were
learning each other's language.

When I was learning Chinese, instead of simply
absorbing the material like a child would, I wanted
to know 'why.'

Why does the person's name have to come first, followed
by the time, followed by the verb, and so on.

'Wo mingtian chi fan tai duo.' Translated literally, I yesterday
eat too much.

I'd much rather say it my way, 'Wo chi fan tai duo mingtian.'
I ate too much yesterday.

Zhannie went through the same, only in reverse. 'Why do I
have to put an 's' on the end of some nouns but not on others?
Why not just put the number before the noun so we know how
many of something? Isn't saying five car the same as saying
five car(s)?'

When you think about it, we don't need the doggone 's' at the end
to understand. But we insist on it in English. Why? Who the hell
cares. Just the way it BE (yes, twas an intentional Furey mistake).
We accept it and move on.

Whenever something is NEW, many people literally demand to know
'why, why, why.' Yet, deep down, they really don't want to change.

Here are some examples sent to me by email: Why are bodyweight
exercises better than weights? Why does excess fat on your waistline
disappear with Combat Abs? Why does back pain go away with bridging?
Why does your metabolism crank up the heat so much more when
you train this way instead of with weights or aerobics?

Why are pushups safer shoulders than the bench press? Aren't they
really the same thing?

And so on.

Often, trying to explain 'why' is futile because the person asking
'why' doesn't really want to know the answer. He simply wants to
argue and hold onto a current belief.

And so, the only real way for someone to be convinced of the validity of
Combat Conditioning - http://www.mattfurey.com/conditioning_book.html -
or Combat Abs - http://www.mattfurey.com/combat_abs.html - is to get
the programs, use them and discover the truth for yourself.

Even though that is the real truth, I'd like to give you a few reasons why
the exercises work so well and so fast anyway - so here goes:

5 Reasons Why Bodyweight Exercises Work Like Magic

1. When you do Hindu Squats and Hindu Pushups, or variations of them,
you are working major muscle groups. Most people who train with weights
do isolation exercises. The person who works major muscle groups beats the
isolation exercise dodo 16 ways from Sunday.

2. Because bodyweight exercises are 'natural' movements that require deeper
self-concentration, neurological connections are stronger than they are when
your focus is on something other than yourself, i.e. 'weights.'

3. Bodyweight exercises allow you to train your body from virtually any angle
or position. The same cannot be said of weights, especially all those ridiculous
machines.

4. Bodyweight exercises simultaneously increase strength, endurance and
flexibility. Hindu Pushups and bridging are a textbook perfect example of this.

5. Bodyweight exercises attack the muscle at a deeper level than weights, thereby
giving you greater 'functional strength.' The person who does a set of pullups, for
example, works the muscles of the back and arms far more than the person doing
a lat pulldown on a machine.

There are more reasons 'why' - but again, none of these reasons mean a doggone
thing if a person is resistant to the idea.

It is not my job to pound through the mental and emotional debris that stops someone from making the decision to go ahead. All I can do is present my
point of view and move on.

On second thought, tis probably a good idea to end today's message with a
hearty 'thank you' to all the Furey Faithful, who now occupy some 139
countries - we just added 'Ghana' to the list - and have been kicking butt and taking names with my superior programs.

You are the BEST!!

Matt Furey

Author of Int'l best-sellers Combat Conditioning, Combat Abs and a slew of
other kick-butt products - go to http://www.mattfurey.com/products.html
to see more

Yesterday I received a question from a Lieutenant
Colonel in the Army. This one is so good it got moved
to the top of the heap. Here goes:

Matt,
I have your Combat Conditioning DVDs, Gama fitness, Combat
Abs, and now your Farmer Burns course and Combat Cardio - http://www.mattfurey.com/products.html -

Let me just say as a member of the ArmedForces I believe your
teachings are fantastic. I've contacted the Army Fitness School
and told them to go to your website.

Anyways, here's my issue and question. I was in a fairly serious
motorcycle accident over here in Korea about a year ago. I took
some damage to my left leg, and although the bones have healed
and the stitches are long gone I still have some pain in my calve.

It is by no means debilitating, but it does hurt quite a bit when I run.
As a consequence I've cut back on my running and now walk every
night while only running 2-3 times a week (I also plan on using your
rope skipping, rowing, cycling programs from the tele-seminar).

In Combat Cardio - http://www.mattfurey.com/cardio_seminar.html -
you mentioned incorporating the Qi Gong breathing into your own walking
and the website had a picture of you doing it.

Can you offer some tips on incorporating the breathing into your walking.
I know it seems obvious; breathe deep (down to your feet) and exhale,
but do you breathe in for a specific count or number of steps and exhale
the same.

Do you shorten your walking stride to accomodate the breathing (I have
in my 'experimental' walks). Any tips would be useful and me being the
pragmatist I am. I'm thinking this would be useful for soldiers conducting
road marches. Just a thought. Please provide any info you can and keep
up the great work.

LTC Van R. Sikorsky
ROK

M.F. Lieutenant Colonel, first thanks so much for the kind words - but more
importantly, thanks for your service to our country. Glad to hear you are
mending well after the accident. To strengthen you calves, you might consider
the wall chair position, albeit with heels elevated. This will make your calves
quiver and quake like the San Andreas fault. You can also reverse it and lift
your toes so the front of your lower leg gets worked hard.

In regard to Qi Gong walking (also Chi Kung walking) - there are many varieties.
Today I will give you one of many favorites.

I normally don't divulge something this good in my emails - it's the sort of thing
I reserve for students in the Matt Furey Inner Circle - http://www.mattfureyinnercircle.com -
but today I'll make an exception for YOU!

While walking with normal strides, inhale from your feet up to your head.
Pull the energy up your body to energize. After doing this hold your breath
and pull your abs back toward your spine. Hold for a 2 count ... or whatever
you're comfortabledoing. Continue on with your normal stride while walking
this way. Exhale when you cannot hold any longer. Catch your breath and
repeat.

Believe me now and listen to me later, it won't take long for you to be swimming
in energy. This technique is very powerful indeed.

I cover much more in my Inner Circle n/l and CD, sent each month to Furey
Faithful. The workout covered this month is a mind-blower as well.

Best to you.

Matt Furey

P.S. I realize a lot of different Furey products were mentioned in today's email.
The easiest way to research any or all is by taking a trip on the wild side - riding
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A couple years back I watched an interview with Jerry Lewis -
conducted by Bill O'Reilly.

Absolutely fascinating.

The way I see it, in many ways he epitomizes the virtue of
being 'immune to criticism.' You cannot perform the way he
did if you're continually worried about what everyone else
thinks of you. You've got to be the one who decides how
your act is going to be played.

Think for a moment. Imagine putting yourself into the role of
playing Jerry Lewis, even for an hour. Not an easy thing to do -
but Jerry can morph into and out of character so fast he makes
it look easy. That's the sign of a real pro. When you make it look
hard - you're an amateur.

During one segment of the interview, O'Reilly seemed to be looking
to Lewis for some counsel, which was strikingly odd. He talked
about how his show is always under attack because of the stance
he takes.

In reply Lewis said, 'That's because you're good.' Then he added some
words of wisdom that you should never forget - even if you personally
don't care for O'Reilly.

'When you climb up a flag pole, people are going to see your ass. And
they'll want to knock you down, not because THEY want to be up there themselves - but because they don't want YOU to be there.'

Isn't that the truth? Jerry hit the rear right on the skin.

And so, as you begin to make progress in your life, understand in
advance (or right now) that there are going to be some people who
don't want you to succeed. They're going to be jealous and try to pull
you down. This is as it should be. It is GOOD. When it happens you know
you're on your way.

The trick, once again, is being absolutely immune to all the negativity
'the others' try to shovel your way. And while you're effortlessly blocking
them - guess what happens? You attract a whole new set of people into
your life who support the NEW you.

That's the way the universe works, my friend. So look forward to meeting
those who are supportive of the new you springing forth - and never worry
about those who are fearful of your rise. Simply pass them by - making sure
they see nothing but your dust - the dust that comes from being on the trail
of success.

Best,

Matt Furey
President, Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation, Inc.
htttp://www.psycho-cybernetics.com/zrlcourse.html

P.S. Be sure to send this email to a few friends so they can receive
these insights as well. Just send them to http://www.psycho-cybernetics.com
and we'll take care of the rest.

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I recently rummaged through a large stack of emails, letters, etc.
- and here's one that caught me eye. It is a powerful testimony to the effectiveness of the routines I teach - and I believe you'll find it to be
incredibly inspiring. Here goes:

Matt,
I've been meaning to write you for some time, and please feel free to
use this as another testimonial on your website.

I started Combat Conditioning in May 2005 (today is January 12, 2006).
My first recorded max was 20 Hindu Pushups, 50 Hindu Squats, and I was
barely able to do the bridge (needing both hands on the ground) for 20
seconds or so. And doing that all took a few weeks of training and still
about killed me.

Well, 8 months later, I've come a long way. Last night a 3 minute bridge
with no hands (something I've been able to do for months now), followed
by 200 Hindu Pushups (in 15 minutes 10 seconds) and 701 Hindu Squats
(in 20 minutes 32 seconds).

By way of background, I've been athletic for the last 12 years or so, running
two marathons when I was 22 years old (I'm almost 34 now) and never did
much of any weight training as I never enjoyed it and never got any benefit
from it. I've always been very thin. When I started CC I was 6' 1' and 145lbs.
I'm now 166lbs and it's not any fat that I've added.

When I visited family back in Thanksgiving, they were shocked to see how good
I looked.

One thing I love about Combat Conditioning is that I'm getting both a 'body-building' workout and 'cardio' workout at the same time. If you'd told me 6 months ago that I'd ever be able to do 200 Hindu Pushups, I wouldn't have
thought it possible.

I can now also fall into a bridge (backbend), something I'd never been able
to do my entire life.

Bridging alone has virtually eliminated almost all back and neck pain that
I've had for years.

Trips to my chiropractor have gone from about once a week to around
once a month.

I do the Mag 7 from Combat Abs - http://www.mattfurey.com/combat_abs.html -
every morning when I wake up. This has greatly helped me as well.

The Farmer Burns Stomach Flattener and Vacuum exercises have really
helped with my digestion.

I followed your advice and bought a Chest-Expander from Lifeline USA,
Portable Power Jumper, and Power Pushup 2, all of which have greatly
assisted my training.

Combat Conditioning - http://www.mattfurey.com/conditioning_book.html -
has really changed my life for the better. I am a fairly high-strung guy
and this helped relax me to some degree.

As an attorney (JAG) and officer in the U.S. Army, I have a very demanding
job and CC has helped me to stay focused and better relaxed at work-
something my colleagues and superiors probably appreciate as well.

I've followed your advice and quit drinking coffee cold turkey six months
and that alone has yielded great results. I've also benefited from my
membership in the Matt Furey Inner Circle -http://mattfurey.com/furey_inner_circle.html -
especially by listening to your monthly CDs, reading the newsletters, and
getting advice and support on the forum.

I can say without a doubt that everything you teach: 1) makes intuitive
sense to me and 2) bears true through the personal results that I am
achieving.

While your products are not particularly cheap, I am getting much more
value than what I've paid for and I only wish I had found out about you
years ago and started these exercises then. Thanks for everything!

Mason S. Weiss
Captain, U.S. Army
Appellate Government Counsel
USALSA-GAD

M.F. Oh Captain, My Captain. Thanks so much for sending this to me.
It is the perfect pick-me-up, not only for me, but the those who will
read this. You will continue to improve a lot more - and I look forward
to tracking more of your progress.

Well, my friend, that's all for now.

Do as Captain Weiss had done ....

Kick butt - take names,

Matt Furey
Author of Int'l best-sellers Combat Conditioning, Combat Abs and
a slew of other products too numeorous to mention here - go to
http://www.mattfurey.com/products.html for more information.

Children are naturally flexible. And they have boundless
energy. In fact, when PROFESSIONAL athletes have tried
to keep up with a child, they get exhausted within an hour.
Literally and truly.

Before my daughter hit the crawl stage, she had to do
baby pushups - not to mention a lot of back hyper-
extensions. In order to achieve the sit-up-in-bed stage,
she had to do a lot of leg lifts and knee pullins. One of her
favorite exercises was the army crawl. That one whoops
most adults within a few seconds.

After army crawls come bear crawls. Oh yes, one of my
favorites for torturing people into great shape fast.

Bear crawls are one of the most overlooked bodyweight
exercises - and if you take a minute a day - well, maybe
more like 30 seconds to crawl like a bear - believe you me,
results are a coming down the pike.

After bear crawls flip over for a bit of crab walking, and
you've virtually hit every muscle in the body, except the neck.

Now let's look at the three crawls already mentioned - and other
assorted exercises in my books and weave a fat-burning workout
around them:

1. Baby pushups - hips and legs on floor - push off palms, lower
and repeat
2. Army crawls - 10-20 seconds
3. Leg lifts - 10-20 to start
4. Leg pull-ins - 10-20
5. Bear crawls - 30 seconds
6. Crab walks - 10-20 seconds
7. Get-ups - lie on back and come to standing - 10x -
this fine exercise is one that I specifically emphasized for the
80 and 90-year old men and women I trained at my gym in
California. - Very important.

So you see, even the most basic things we do as a child can
be turned into a kick-butt workout, using nothing more than
your own bodyweight.

And the sky is NOT the limit. It can go on and on and on - so
that you are always challenged.

By the way, babies also know how to breathe properly. They
do it naturally, right out of the gate. Because babies breathe
deeply, they have more energy, laugh all the time and have
a great time while exploring and learning from their new world.

So never think you know too much when it comes to fitness.
Going back to the ultra-basics may be the workout of your
life - especially now, when you're 20x the size you were as
a youngin.

Kick butt - take names,

Matt Furey
Author of Int'l best-sellers Combat Conditioning and Combat Abs -
http://www.mattfurey.com/products.html

If you've never left the country, much less the
state you were born in, it's easy to think your way
of doing things is the only way - or even worse,
the "right" way.

Last time I heard the report, there are over 250
different ways to wash dishes. And probably even
more yet undiscovered.

Yesterday I was sitting in a coffee bar on China's
Hainan Island. Now, by coffee bar you may think
of Starbucks and nothing more - yet this coffee
bar serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and more.

By more I mean ice cream. As well as an array of
freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices. I ordered
two glasses of celery juice to help cool me off - the tropical
weather here can be brutal.

Sitting across the table from me in the coffee bar is my
brother-in-law. He gets a coffee and a plate of eggs, sunny
side up - as well as some bacon and toast.

Now - get ready my friend as the punch line is about to strike.
When the plate of sunny side up eggs arrrived, my brother-in-law
grabbed the straw that came with his plate. He then inserted the
straw into the egg yolk and vaccuumed the yolk into his mouth.

I tried my best to ignore this. Didn't work. The slurping sound was
incredibly irritating. So I opted to insert index fingers into the holes
in my ears and block the sound.

I did this, mind you, instead of getting mad - or telling my in-law
that he was doing something wrong. He's not wrong - just weird.
And so am I to him. My only hope for true acceptance of this way
of eating eggs is to try it myself - which I may do someday. He, on
the other hand, will probably not order an orange juice with a raw
egg or two blended in, as I often do.

All this goes to show that we are all strange to somebody somewhere -
and it behooves you to not be too concerned about it. Yes, sometimes
you need to take a definite stand on things - but that is usually based
upon principle.

"In matters of style, flow with the current, in matters of principle,
stand like a rock," said Thomas Jefferson.

This afternoon I had to apply the above. I ordered the same glass
of celery juice. First the waitress brought me pear juice. I told her
I didn't order pear juice, to bring me what I ordered. She then brought
me a greenish liquid, which upon tasting, didn't seem right. Why? Because
they had added sugar to it. I sent it back again.

Finally, I got what I ordered.

The key thing to remember is that everyone else in the place can order
their juice with added sugar - and I have no quibble whatsoever. It's
none of my business. The same goes for my brother-in-law slurping his
egg yolks through a straw. I may not like it - but it's none of my business.

Knowing the difference - knowing what IS your business and what ISN'T
your business can help delete a significant chunk of your worries and
concerns immediately.

Keep this in mind as you go through your day.

Matt Furey

P.S. One of the keys to a flexible mind is not only traveling abroad,
but traveling the vast inner space of your own mind. When you can
accept others strangeness - as well as your own - you're on the winning
track. To learn how easy this is to do - and how much it will help you to live the good life - go to http://www.psycho-cybernetics.com/zrlcourse.html

P.P.S. Don't forget about my October seminar, The Science of Super-
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In this email I'm going to cover a couple details about the
diet I follow in China, where I am right now - but first ...

About a year ago I was having dinner with my
brother-in-law (one of the American ones).

He's a vegan - so he was eating nothing but broccoli
and some other greens.

Now, just so you know up front, I am NOT criticizing his
diet in the least. If it works for him, I'm all for it - and
apparently it does, as it cleared him of some health
problems he was having a couple years ago.

Anyway, during the course of the meal he brought up
China and the way he'd read they supposedly eat, which, he
assumed, was pretty much the same as the diet he
was following.

He was definitely more than a bit suprised when I told
him that the Chinese are BIG meat eaters. He figured
otherwise, afterall, he'd read diet books, written by
Americans, that said the Chinese don't eat much meat.

And he'd also read that the reason why the Chinese
enjoy superior health, especially when compared to
Americans, is because Americans eat too much meat
and the Chinese rarely eat it - if they eat it at all.

Now, I'm not sure what Chinese were being studied for
these books on diet and disease, but if they're vegans
or vegetarians, I've only met two so far - and that's
saying a lot.

Not only is my wife Chinese, but so are her parents
and family. Her mother and father live with us. And
we travel to our vacation home on China's Hainan Island
at least twice a year. I spend a few months each year
in China - and have been traveling here since 1993.

My wife, her sister, brother and everyone else in her
family have enjoyed superb health. Her father is 70
and in great shape. Master Zhang, whom I've introduced
to you in a couple of my courses, namely, Chuang Shang
de Gong Fu and the Chinese Long-Life System, is 55 and
looks 35.

And every single one of the people I have just named, as
well as almost everyone else I have ever met of Chinese decent,
is a meat eater.

Chinese consume large amounts of pork and based on what I
have witnessed, pork is the most consumed meat in China. This
alone is a mind-bender because a good many of the world's
population thinks that pork is the WORST meat you can eat.

After pork you have chicken, lamb, fish, beef and a host of other
critters that we don't think of as food for consumption.

Yes, the Chinese do consume a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables.
They also consume a lot of starch in the form of rice, noodles,
bread, and so on.

They are NOT big consumers of water. They do drink green and
white teas quite a bit - but gulping water the way we do in the U.S.
is not something you see going on very much.

I am reporting this in today's email to let you know that there are
many reasons for the Chinese enjoying superior health. But to
date, not a single one of them is because of this so-called truth
that they don't eat meat - or that they only have a smidgeon of
meat once a week.

Not so.

As for myself, you're probably wondering what I eat whilst staying
here. This can change based on the time of year - but right now,
being it is summer and I'm in a tropical climate, I'm drinking a
couple glasses of celery juice each day. Due to the extreme heat
and the sweating I do because of it, I just don't feel right unless I
have this drink. It quickly gets my sodium levels back up - and
it helps to lean you out in a big way.

On a daily basis I consume some sort of lamb dish - often with
celery, broccoli or cucumbers. The lamb in China is exquisite, and
after three weeks of eating it my skin will feel like silk. It will have
a pliability I don't otherwise have. My joints and muscles will be
more flexilbe, too.

I prefer to eat my lamb in a 'hot pot' - or grilled after being very
thinly sliced - or on a skewer 'cao yang rou.'

I like to add plenty of spice to the lamb - hot that is - yet not too
much as 'mild' spicy in China will blow your sweat glands right
through the sky.

For the most part I avoid starchy foods: rice, noodles and so on -
but sometimes I do partake as they are often cooked to
perfection.

A quick note: In most cases, if you eat fried rice or
a bowl of rice soup for breakfast, you are eating one day
old rice. Fresh rice is served plain. That which is not used
is still used. This comes as a surprise to some - but it is,
as they say over here, 'Chinese culture.'

That's short for, 'I don't have to explain anything
to you. Nor can I.'

In the future I plan to release a special report about the superior
health of the Chinese who live here on Hainan Island.

Also, I'll be covering my current visit to China in a forthcoming
issue of my monthly newsletter and CD, which is enjoyed by
an ever-growing following of Furey Faithful. To find out how you
can subscribe, as well as receive a ton of gratis gifts from yours
truly, go to http://www.mattfurey.com/furey_inner_circle.html

Kick butt - take names,

Matt Furey
Int'l best-selling author of Combat Conditioning, Combat Abs
and a bunch of other extraordinary programs that are changing
lives all over the planet - http://www.mattfurey.com/products.html

P.S. Be sure to check out the extraordinary fitness
regime followed by millions of people in China, by going to
http://www.chineseculturesecrets.com/long_life.html