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Own Your Body
Get the body you want by learning how to take ownership of YOU today!
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Copyright 2015 David Anthony
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Own Your Body. I have written this book for both men and women. My main objective is to show you how to take ownership of your body through proper diet, and exercise, while at the same time tapping into your spiritual strength to achieve true health and fitness from the inside out.
Own Your Body is for the everyday person that wants to make a change and is seeking real advice. That person is you. By picking up this book named Own Your Own Body you have shown that you are seeking ownership of yourself, you are ready to take your body back and are ready to own up to achieving your goal of having and enjoying a healthier lifestyle.
In todays world of mass media and the social networking age, it is easy to get lost in so much information and opinions that are out there. Just what is real and what is not? What is simply an advertisement blog or commercial and what is a real person that has gotten real results? How do you know? There are so many viewpoints, it seems that for every good thing you read about, you can also find a negative thing on it as well. You dont know if the negative was just written by a paid blogger or if the good thing was written by the product manufacturer. With so much information especially about diet, fitness and natural health, so many websites trying to sell you something, it is understandable how a person can become overwhelmed and confused with what to do or who to listen to. We begin to overthink things many times, just plain giving up before we have even started. This may have happened with you as well. This is one reason my staff does not get commission and we accept no incentives to suggest certain products. We talk about what has been proven and what we know to be successful for the majority of our clients.
That is why I have chosen to write this book. I have spent the last several years in my nutrition center weeding out the good from the bad, what is real and what is just hype. And the most important part is who is really getting results from the products taken that I see first hand. It is not hype or hearsay, it is real results by real everyday people. I have opportunities every day to bring new products into our inventory and the salespeople come in daily offering deals, promotions to sell me products that are, many times, just repeats of what is already on the market with a new label and ad campaign. Just be observant. We simply will not bring a product onto our shelves until we make sure it is the right one, that it is true to its label claims, its real and it works. I sort through all the thousands of products in the marketplace so you dont have to and we try to bring in the best possible.
You see, in todays market, with so many get rich schemes, some companies will just hire a spokes model or athlete to be pictured with the product, even though they have never even taken it long enough to present any true results. They just want you to buy it. Or the companies will post ads in the magazines and put fitness routines and diets that the average person with a job and any type of real schedule would never be able to follow. They know very well that you will buy the product and then blame yourself for not following through on taking it. This leads to the endless trials and false starts along with adding a shelf of products never finished that so many of you have. That is what leads to the term roller coaster dieting.
The same is true with the fitness club industry as well; it will be packed in January and February for all the New Years resolutions. Everyone is trying those new diets and workout programs that are not suited for them or their lifestyle and then by the true year after year tradition, fitness clubs will be half empty again by the end of March with as many as 70-80% of those people not sticking to working out and diets, simply giving up all because they started on the wrong path and were set up to fail by being given the wrong information. So then in another month they will go back and buy another product, and then another later, leading to the constant repeat of the endless dieters and the endless fitness routines. These make product manufacturer companies rich and at the same time leave you unhealthy and out of shape with frustration, depression, insecurity and less motivation than when you started. Dont get me wrong, many people make it; but they must step out of the typical consumer mold and find the store and products they can trust, a good trainer they can trust, the right information and proper mentor. Many times that proper mentor is standing right with you, encouraging faith in God which leads to faith in yourself. Believe, own it, and you will achieve it!
So who am I and how do I know? I started working in the fitness industry in 1985, close to thirty years ago, and this is where I got my first experience in the fitness club environment. I since have become a nutritional entrepreneur and have opened and owned five different nutrition center locations and am the owner and co-founder of the Natures Market & Fitness Nutrition Center in Orlando, Florida. I launched this with my business partner twenty years ago. We have grown to be one of the oldest, highest volume, privately owned nutrition centers in Orlando, with 3rd and 4th family generations shopping us as we are known for quality products. We are also known for the knowledge, trustworthiness and help we give our customers. We have helped and literally counceled thousands of customers with their health related issues over the period of twenty years that we have been open, and there is very little that we have not seen or had experience in dealing with over the years.
Now at fifty years of age, I am a competitive bodybuilder and masters champion. I also hold triple certifications in personal training and nutrition. I am a Medical Exer-Therapist, specializing in training of persons with health related medical issues. I also have been involved in the formulation, production and distribution of nutritional supplements. We have several of our own exclusive, highly rated products for both men and women, from prostate health and testosterone boosting, to menopause, fat loss, arthritis, brain memory and cardiovascular health produced on our Natures Market and Olympia Health lines. So when I talk to you about products, I know the industry, from the raw materials, to the manufacturing and distribution, to the consultation and the final results. Our products go through lab testing as most products in our store do, to assure you get the best quality at the best price. We truly are a results driven company. Never have we been a money driven company. It has always been about loving what we do and doing it well. The rest just comes with it and that is my advice to everyone when it comes to employment or owning a business, just do what you love.