MATT FUREY UNCENSORED

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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P.P.S. And make no mistake about it, doing Psycho-Cyb exercises each day is part of everything I do, including the Dao Zou program. Make sure you spend time each day in the Theatre of Your Mind - clearing the cobwebs and focusing like never before on how you want your life and this world to be. Snag your copy of the Zero Resistance Living Program - also available NOW at half-price -

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.

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.

By the way, you can latch onto Zero Resistance Living right NOW for half-off the normal amount. Just go here and when you order, type '2009' into the coupon code to receive your discount.

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

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

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

When I was a young boy I did many forms of cardiovascular exercise. I walked, ran, skipped rope, swam, wrestled and cycled.

Years later I did many other things for cardio health, including rowing, stair-stepping, stationary cycling, treadmill running and so on.

Now, notice the difference in what was listed in the two paragraphs.

The first set of cardio is natural. The second set is manufactured.

When I was a kid you didn't run or cycle while watching tee-vee; nor did you wear headphones.

You may have cranked the radio while you trained - but that was about it.

Today, when you see people doing cardio, look how many are plugged into much more than a machine. They've got an ipod in their ears or a tee-vee before them as they run on an electrical machine.

And when the choice is between laziness and activity, if the gadgets are the only way to get you moving - I'm all for them.

Yet, I do find it interesting that, at one time I used to like music and tee-vee while I trained. I also enjoyed using aerobic machinery.

But today, when given the choice, I almost always gravitate toward the same exercises I did when I was a kid who was just having fun.

I walk, swim, skip rope and practice martial arts.

I also train in reverse.

And i follow a program I set in motion in 1999, called Combat Conditioning. Ten years ago I introduced this type of training to the world - and I've been more surprised than anyone that it became an international best-seller.

Recently I converted my garage into a gym or dojo. I have two 12x12 mats - and each night I have my son and daughter, ages 8 and 4, respectively, doing exercises right out of the Combat Conditioning book and DVDs.

And I join in the fun with them.

Last night we did a set of Whirling Dervishes, followed by bear crawls, crab walks and tablemakers and Hindu pushups and bridging.

For most adults the routine could be over in a few minutes. Most people who have never trained this way are wiped out pretty fast - including body builders.

But kids - they can do a half-hour or more - and they love it. There's no doubt that this program is giving them strength, flexibility, agility, endurance, strength - and CARDIO.

I think the cardio you get from a set of 500 Hindu squats - or 50 for that matter - is some of the best you can get. Many people say it IS the best. I'm happy they think so.

In terms of cardio done after Combat Conditioning, I prefer long walks and swimming - as well as my kung fu practice.

And the main reason I like these forms of cardio is because they aren't cardio to me. They are times for me to focus, clear the cobwebs from my mind, center and connect to the Universe at a deeper level.

Likewise, I have no interest in treadmills and other electronic cardio machines for the same type of reason. When you plug into a gadget, the chances of you clearing the cobwebs and connecting to the Universe are slim, indeed.

Long distance running and other forms of LSD cardio - they're not for me either as I believe they pound your body out of socket and fry your internal organs long before they're ready to be cooked.

If you feel you must run - then hill sprints are best. Six or eight steep hills that go for 70-100 meters, done thrice per week - and voila - you've got a winner. Hills sprints will get your lungs and heart into far better shape than running six or eight miles per day.

The hill sprints will also burn a lot more fat than LSD cardio and bring out muscles you never knew you had.

And no, I do not believe hill sprints on a treadmill or some other gadget are "the same."

Nothing beats the fresh air of the great outdoors - unless you're living in Detroit.

Anyway, I've said enough. Time to put my rumpus into gear with another form of cardio that I'll tell you about in the future.

Get Tough.

Matt Furey

P.S. You can get my Combat Conditioning book for nothing by agreeing to a test drive of the Furey Faithful membership program.

I just posted Workout 108 - a combination of two back-pain eliminating exercises that also strengthen
your legs, buttocks, abs and core on the FureyFaithful.com membership site.

People have written me personally to rave about it - so I'm going to film the workout and have it put up next week.

Also, we recently put eight new clips in the membership site that give advice on eliminating seasonal allergies, increasing mind power and so on.

And a whole lot more is forthcoming.

Go check it out at FureyFaithful.com along with all the stuff you get sent to you as part of our test-drive package.

Matt Furey

Yesterday's email, 500 Million Americans to Lose Spare Tires, rattled a few cages while making a great many others laugh out loud. In the process I discovered a "new measuring stick" that some readers use for determining a writer's emotional state while writing.

It goes like this: If I agree with what you write or say, then you're positive. If I don't agree with you, then you're negative.

And so, while most people understood my "tongue in cheek" humor - others got very, very upset - began name calling, hurling invective and sarcasm, while telling me that I am a "sore loser" - that I am angry, hurt, negative - and so on.

Man, I wish these same people could have seen the Cheshire grin I had on my face when I wrote the piece. In fact, I'm still chuckling. I'm even laughing out loud.

The day we can't poke fun of our politicians - and I took no sides yesterday, naming everyone from Bush to Pelosi and Quayle (or is it Quail), I did so with great delight.

Which of these people do I rally behind.

The answer: None.

What do I believe in, then?

I believe that in order to achieve the results you want in life, you must focus forward and backward, as well as to each side.

Six directions, actually. Above your head, beneath your feet, to the right, to the left - in front and in back.

This is known as awareness training. And when you increase your awareness, you increase your chances for success - not to mention survival.

Did you know, for example, that the vast majority of Americans believe your chances of surviving a plane crash are practically nil? We look at the Miracle on the Hudson as an aberration from the norm.

Yet, it's not. Most people survive plane crashes. The statistics show that 95.7% of those in a crash survive.

But what if the passengers felt the pilot and flight attendants were being negative when they let everyone know they were going down? What if they slept through the crash - or drank themselves drunk to avoid thinking about it?

Would this increase or decrease the odds of survival?

Being aware of the negative increases your chances of survival. Coloring everything as positive increases the chances you won't.

Believe me, I am a man who focuses on the positive. But I wouldn't be successful as an athlete, martial artist and writer if I ONLY looked at the positive. The so-called negative is there for a reason - and if you use your mind intelligently, you can transmute it into something of value, if you're willing to ACT.

You may think I'm being negative when I say this - but I don't care. We're living in very strange times right now, economically, politically and so on.

And there's no better time than right NOW to get yourself into great physical and mental condition.

Keep your mind focused on what you want - but don't be so positive that you ignore the negatives. Success is a process of correcting mistakes and continually realigning yourself toward what you want.

Success begins inside your mind and body. That's why it's so important to take good care of yourself. And it's why I create programs that strengthen the connection between them.

Follow what I teach and you won't just feel positive - you'll start moving toward what you want while keeping the things you don't want at bay.

Right now the program I'm recommending to you is my Dao Zou system.

This program will increase your psychic awareness and tune you into what is going on like nothing else. You'll be following the classic kung fu saying, "Look forward - listen backward" when you train this way.

Do this right now as you're sitting in your chair - and see how it immediately changes your perspective and awareness of everything.

By the way, you can get the Dao Zou program for half-off by typing the number '2009' into the coupon code when you place your order.

In fact, you can do the same for any other informational product I have on this website.

Matt Furey

P.S. A book that I heartily recommend is "The Survivors Club" by Ben Sherwood. It's a riveting read that lays out the psychology and physicality of those who survive the worst of times as well as the worst events known to man.