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Charlotte's fitness and weight-loss solution!
Losing weight and getting into great shape really is possible
If you could change a few of your daily habits.... a few things about the way you eat, a few things about the way you think, a few things about the way you exercise (or avoid exercise)—just a few—and suddenly experience a lifting of stress, struggle, frustration, setback and uncertainty accompanied by a significant reduction in your weight and a real increase in your health, fitness and happiness... Wouldn't You Want to At Least Give Those Changes a Try?
A Message From Master Eric Sbarge, Director and Head Instructor: Dear Boot Camp Candidate:
Imagine how you'll feel if you wake up every morning excited about how you look, full of energy and optimism , constantly amazing your family, friends and co-workers with your newly-toned and trimmed body. I certainly don't blame you if you're initially skeptical about our Boot Camp: A ton of useless weight-loss programs and products are out there, and you may have wasted plenty of your time and money on them before. But there are a handful of programs that do work, and you're going to discover that our Zen Super Boot Camp is among the very best.
Before going any further I've got THREE important questions for you: • Are you willing to make a FEW adjustments to your eating habits if you can still eat lots of delicious foods? • Are you willing to make a FEW changes in the way you exercise - or avoid exercise - if the exercise actually turns out to be the most stimulating, fun and exciting part of your day? • Are you willing to change a FEW habits and thought processes if your new habits and thoughts actually make you feel happier while they help you lose your extra weight? If you answered YES TO ALL THREE QUESTIONS, I believe you are ready to lose weight and get in great shape, and OUR BOOT CAMP ABSOLUTELY WILL BE A GREAT WEIGHT-LOSS PROGRAM FOR YOU! Read On!
Click here for more quotes from members about the boot camp!(pdf) Here are the... 3 REASONS WHY THE PEACEFUL DRAGON'S BOOT CAMP IS VASTLY SUPERIOR to any other weight-loss program in the Charlotte area - in fact anywhere in the Carolinas - and why I am so confident our Boot Camp will work for you:
You may have noticed a key phrase above: COACH YOU. Just as the Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Bobcats and other professional sports teams require coaches to guide and motivate each player to achieve peak physical and mental condition and reach their fullest potential, I will be guiding and motivating YOU in our Boot Camp so that you achieve your fitness potential and realize your dreams of weight loss and well-being. You'll finally have someone in your corner pulling for you and guiding you towards lasting success! But let's be real, who wants to take part in just another exercise and workout program? At our Zen Super Boot Camp you'll ENJOY—that's right, ENJOY—the most energizing, enlightening, off-the-charts, innovative, mind-blowing and rewarding workouts you've ever seen! Keep on reading and in just a moment I'll tell you more about our Boot Camp curriculum. It's Not Your Fault If You've Tried to Lose Weight and Failed If you're overweight and you've never at least tried to lose the extra weight, well, maybe that is your fault. But if you've tried and failed, don't blame yourself. Your intentions and determination might have scored an A+, but if no one has taught you the RIGHT WAY to lose weight, and no one has MOTIVATED AND COACHED YOU on how to FOLLOW THE RIGHT WAY, and no one has even explained to you that THERE IS A RIGHT AND WRONG WAY—don't blame yourself. If you're like the other 60% or more overweight Americans, you've probably tried:
You've tried those things and they've failed. Maybe they worked for a few moments, or even a few months, but then your weight ended up right back where it started, or worse. Of course I hope you're going to enroll in our Boot Camp, but even if you don't, at least promise me (or more important yourself) that you won't fall victim to promoters who make exciting new ads but offer the same old products and methods that didn't work for people in the past, aren't working now, and surely aren't going to work in the future. Take a look at the following list of the most common weight loss products and programs, and how much money most people waste on them:
The reasons the above nearly always fail are simple: Some are hoaxes (the miracle diet pills); some become so routine and boring that virtually everyone quits before even coming close to achieving their fitness goals (the health clubs, home gyms, aerobics classes); and some are really only temporary measures to take weight off (the diet centers, liposuction). Now look at two choices that often really do work for successful and long-term weight loss:
Now, I've been involved in the fitness and self-improvement industries for over 30 years, and I've seen it all as far as what works for people and what fails when it comes to fitness and weight loss. The reason a Personal Trainer or a Live-in Weight Control Center works for many people is very simple: You are being personally COACHED (monitored, motivated, encouraged, and guided) by experts in nutrition, exercise, and (with the most effective trainers) behavior modification. You could hire me as a Private Instructor and Coach. But if you want to hire me or any other top Personal Trainer or Instructor privately, you're going to pay between $50 to $200 per hour or more, a minimum of $600 per month and usually $1,000 per month or more. I personally charge $200 per hour for private personal training, or about $2500 a month if you train three times a week (my schedule is currently overbooked and I am not accepting any new private clients). Is a top personal or private trainer worth it? Absolutely, if you're serious about your health and fitness and your quality of life—and if you've got the extra thousand dollars or more a month to invest in it. But here's the beauty of our Zen Super Boot Camp program: You'll get the same kind of coaching and instruction—and the same likelihood of success—for a tiny fraction of the cost of hiring me or anyone else as a personal trainer or private instructor. And since you'll be part of a group of motivated and highly-dedicated students, you'll actually have a whole lot more fun and an even better support team than you normally would with a personal trainer!
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Succeeding in weight-loss is actually simple once you understand a few key scientific facts about your body, your mind, and the 80/20 principle. First, let me tell you a simple fact about YOUR BODY: 
There's nothing wrong with it! Nature may have given you a thin body or a thick one, a tall one or a short one—it doesn't matter. All body types are beautiful. But all types of bodies can start carrying too much weight and get out of shape, and then you don't feel beautiful or handsome, you don't like the way you look, and you sure don't feel as healthy and energetic as you'd like to. Well here's some good news: Just as any type of body can gain weight and get out of shape, any type of body can shed that weight and become fit again! Before going any further, I urge you not to make excuses for yourself about slow metabolism, or unbalanced hormones, or the wrong genetics - these are merely small bumps in the road, not road blocks. It's true that some people's bodies gain weight more easily than others. But when you blame body characteristics for your weight gain, YOU GIVE UP CONTROL OF YOUR BODY. When you accept and TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR BODY, then you're ready to coast right over the bumps in the road and lose the extra weight easily regardless of your body characteristics. So that there is no confusion, you can successfully get fit and lose your excess weight regardless of your genetics, hormones, metabolism or body type. Sure, there may be one in 10,000 who do have a medical condition that precludes easy weight loss, but accept the fact that you're with the other 9,999 unless a licensed medical doctor has proven to you otherwise. Now let me tell you a simple fact about YOUR MIND: It can be your own worst enemy if you don't understand it and learn how to monitor and use it correctly. Chinese Zen masters refer to our minds as Wild Monkey Minds. Like a wild monkey running all over the place, our minds run all over the place with random thoughts, many of which are self-defeating and negative; we try this and then just as suddenly we quit and try something else; we give in to this impulse and then we give in to that impulse.
For centuries, Zen monks and serious martial arts and yoga masters have dedicated their lives to observing and controlling their minds and taming the Wild Monkey. As a certified Master Instructor by the American Center for Chinese Studies (A.C.C.S.) Headquarters in New York, I take my practice of Zen Meditation, Tai Chi, Qigong, Shaolin Yoga and Kung Fu very seriously. I've been extremely fortunate to have learned from top world-renowned teachers a great number of essential strategies for being more MINDFUL and more IN CONTROL OF my thoughts, emotions and impulses. And I've studied the cutting-edge modern scientific methods taught by psychologists, behavioral therapists and coaches -- including Psycho-Cybernetics, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), NAC (Neuro-Associative Conditioning) and others. And for the past 20 years, I've dedicated my life to teaching these mind cultivation skills to others—with thousands of successful students benefiting from it. Why is this relevant to you? Because your body is at the mercy of your mind, and if you're going to get control of your body and lose weight, you have to learn how to better observe and control your mind. Any weight loss program that doesn't offer genuine training in mindfulness and awareness, followed by positive behavior modification, is almost sure to fail. It's astonishing how much your mental habits can undercut you, especially the negative patterns of thinking that you often aren't even aware of. When you're craving a calorie-laden piece of chocolate cake late at night, for example, you often eat it simply because you are used to the pattern of feeding your cravings - even though afterwards your body feels worse and your mind feels guilty and discouraged. You've got to learn how to recognize the negative patterns and learn how to replace them with behavior patterns that positively lead you to your goal of fitness and weight loss. I know you can't wait ten years to train your mind like a Zen master before losing weight, so I've taken all the methods for mind awareness that I've learned and tested over the years, and I've condensed them down to seven of the very "best of the best."
Click here for more quotes from members about the boot camp! (pdf) At our Boot Camp, I'll teach you and COACH YOU in: THE 7 MOST IMPORTANT SECRETS To Mindfulness and Positive Pattern Changes. These Secrets Will Put YOU In Control of Your Mind And Your Body - And Help You Lose Weight Forever! You can try just exercising and dieting all you want, but if you don't learn the secrets to mindfulness, awareness and habit modification so that you Tame Your Wild Monkey and overcome the thoughts and impulses that make you gain weight, you'll likely end up going around and around in circles and you - and your weight - will end up right back where you started. You'll only be more dizzy and tired. Now Let Me Quickly Tell You About The 80/20 Principle Simply put, the 80/20 Principle, known as Pareto's Principle, states that 20% of the things you do account for 80% of the results, and 80% of the things you do account for just 20% of the results. This is one of the most important principles you can learn for many things in life, but especially for weight loss. You can take 80% or more of the steps you THINK will help you lose weight, but end up with 20% or less of the results you hoped for. But if you do the RIGHT 20% of things, you can easily achieve not just 80% but 100% of your desired weight loss! I'll teach you the 20%, the key weight loss concepts and strategies, that will make all the difference for you, and save you a lot of guess work and heartache. Here Are Just 11 of the Key Weight Loss Concepts and Strategies You'll Learn at the Zen Super Boot Camp:
Here's why you won't find anything else that even comes close to the Zen Super Boot Camp anywhere in the Carolinas When you join our boot camp you'll become one of hundreds of highly-motivated Peaceful Dragon students who support and assist each other in reaching their goals. If you are accepted into our Boot Camp you'll be training alongside a highly-motivated and dedicated group of men and women who are at a point in their lives where they WILL NOT ACCEPT FAILURE in their quest to lose weight and attain great health. As your instructor and coach, I'll be teaching you the most important secrets to natural and safe weight loss and fitness—but you and your training partners will be making it happen on a daily basis. How do I know you'll be with other motivated and dedicated weight-loss students, and not just a bunch of wannabes? Very simple: we don't accept students who aren't serious. We make our living teaching health arts and martial arts, and we could surely make a whole lot more money if we accepted just anybody in off the street who claims they want to get in shape. But we don't take just anyone. We can't offer the great personalized service to you that you'll need for success if we accept too many candidates, and we'd rather focus on just the select group that is most intent on making weight-loss a reality. We weed out the really non-serious candidates right away. For example, you wouldn't have taken the time to come to this web site, and you wouldn't still be reading this letter, if you weren't a good potential candidate for our Boot Camp. And few people will take the time to completely and thoughtfully fill out the Application Form for this Boot Camp if they are just dreamers or wannabes. Just who attends the many great programs at The Peaceful Dragon? Motivated men and women of all ages and health conditions who are committed and dedicated to improving their lives. Our students come from near and far: Though we're located in the Steele Creek area of South Charlotte, we have students from Pineville, Matthews, Lake Norman, Uptown Charlotte, the University area and all over Mecklenburg and Gaston counties in North Carolina, as well as students from Ft. Mill, Clover, Lake Wylie, York, Rock Hill and other towns in South Carolina. We're not too far for anyone who's serious about making positive life changes, and odds are you'll find someone you know here! I'm not going to ask you to do ... no, let me re-phrase that ... I'm not going to allow you to do a traditional exercise program with me I've taught and continue to teach tai chi, several martial arts, yoga, meditation, qigong—a whole lot of traditional ways to keep your mind, body and spirit in top shape. But when I created this Boot Camp, I recognized that all of those traditional arts weren't adequate for people needing to lose weight and get fit. It's not that they're not good arts: For many people, under the right circumstances, they're great. And I've certainly kept key elements of these arts in our Zen Super Boot Camp. But what I've observed in my many years of teaching and coaching is that those traditional programs just don't work for many overweight and out-of-shape people. The reason is simple: Most overweight and out-of-shape people who try those traditional programs quit before they achieve their goals. Let's take you, for example. You're most likely not all that interested in earning a Black Belt, or putting your leg behind your head like a pretzel in a yoga class. Right now you want one thing and one thing only: To lose weight and get in great shape. If I put you in a demanding traditional exercise program at best you may feel bored and unmotivated—and at worst you'll feel frustrated, out-of-place, self-conscious, discouraged, in over your head, and downright miserable. With those kinds of feelings, of course you'd want to quit right away. You won't want to quit with our exciting and empowering new blend of ever-changing and always-entertaining Boot Camp routines... ...and once again I promise you that at our Boot Camp you'll ENJOY—that's right, ENJOY—the most innovative, mind-expanding, mind-enhancing and rewarding workouts you've ever seen! Unlike going to a gym or aerobics class where you do the same boring routines over and over again, at The Peaceful Dragon's Zen Super Boot Camp you'll be learning and training in a variety of authentic and traditional art forms such as tai chi, yoga and meditation, plus modern and innovative training methods such as resistance stretch cables, plyometrics, cardio kickboxing, station training and other methods that offer new challenges, insights and levels of expertise for years, decades, even a lifetime of interest and enjoyment. In our boot camp you'll focus heavily on the art of Tai Chi, a centuries-old low-impact "moving meditation" art from China that develops the mind, body and spirit in a unified and progressive method. Tai Chi is based on cultivating what the Chinese call chi, or life force. You'll learn how to build and balance your chi for greater strength, energy, vitality and mental wellbeing. You'll also do stretching and yoga, punch some heavy bags, work with weights and resistance bands, do obstacle courses, walk and run our outside trails, do some challenging and often hilarious relay races, and I promise it will be more fun and rewarding than any exercise you've done since you were a kid—maybe more fun and rewarding than any exercise you've ever done, period. And most important, in addition to burning lots of calories and getting thinner and in better shape with every workout, you'll be learning the authentic Zen methods for changing and improving your concentration, focus and awareness so you can fully live in and enjoy every moment of your life!
Ponder for a Moment What Will Happen If You Don't Join Our Boot Camp You may conjure up a hundred different reasons to put off joining our Boot Camp, but be aware of the likely results of your failure to join:
So, How Can You Get Started in our Super Zen Boot Camp? Read this section, then enter your name and email address in the Information Form down below. Once your application form (below) is approved, you'll be invited to attend our free Boot Camp Introductory Enrollment Class and Tour on Saturday mornings at 9:00 am sharp. At that visit I will meet with you and others like you to show you our top-notch facilities, tell you all about our boot camp program, let you try a short introductory class, answer any questions you may have, and make sure you feel confident that this is the right program for you. At the same time I want to feel confident that you are the right kind of student for our Boot Camp. To reserve your spot for a free Saturday Morning Boot Camp Introductory Enrollment Class and Tour, here's exactly what to do: 1. Enter your name and email address below to automatically send it to us by e-mail. The Boot Camp Application Form will instantly open for you to fill out. The application form will clarify for me AND FOR YOURSELF why you are indeed a dedicated and motivated weight-loss candidate who is highly likely to succeed in our Boot Camp. 2. Once you have completely filled out the Application Form, click Submit to send us an electronic version. ADDITIONALLY, YOU MUST PRINT OUT A COPY TO BRING WITH YOU TO THE SATURDAY MORNING SESSION. Sorry, we cannot admit you without your printed copy. Upon receiving your application by e-mail, our staff will pre-screen it. If your application is approved, we will e-mail you back to invite you to the next available Saturday morning introductory session. Please do not come without a CONFIRMED reservation and printed application form. You will not be admitted! I ask you not call me or e-mail me or our staff regarding our Boot Camp -- our staff and I are busy all day long teaching and training people how to be fit and healthy. We will answer all the questions you may have at your free Saturday Boot Camp Introductory Enrollment Tour. Details about location, driving directions, etc. will be provided via e-mail when we confirm your reservation. Would you like a valuable discount on the Boot Camp tuition? Simply bring a copy of the source where you learned about our Boot Camp (letter, flier, ad, etc.) to your Saturday session and I will give you a valuable money-saving discount on the tuition if you are accepted into our Boot Camp. If you learned about us on-line or by some other method, you can get the same discount by telling us exactly how you learned of the Boot Camp. Would you also like a great gift when you refer a friend or family member? Training with a sincere and dedicated friend or family member can be supportive and extra-motivating for many people. If you have a friend or family member who is overweight or out of shape but who you think might be as committed as you are to getting into shape, have them also get online and fill out the information form to receive the application form. Ask them to fill in your name in the "referred by" section of their application, and if you're both accepted you'll both receive a fantastic gift when you enroll! Well, I hope you've enjoyed reading all about The Peaceful Dragon's Zen Super Boot Camp, and I look forward to meeting you shortly at an upcoming Saturday Introductory Class and Enrollment Tour! Sincerely, P.S. Our Boot Camp combines scientific nutritional counseling, lessons in mindfulness to achieve positive habit changes, and the most effective and innovative classes you've ever seen. If you are overweight, I am confident you will lose your desired amount of weight in our Boot Camp. Even if you are not overweight but simply want to feel more energetic, more fit, and more healthy, you will be glad you joined our Boot Camp. P.P.S. Overweight or not, most human beings are procrastinators. As an incentive to keep you from procrastinating and being your own worst enemy, I'm going to give you a simple gift of an extra $25 off your registration if you request your application right now, fill it in completely, and send it back before midnight tonight. My relationship with all of my clients and students is based on honor and integrity. When I meet you at your free Saturday Boot Camp Enrollment Class and Tour all you have to do is tell me that you sent in the application on the very same day you read this website and I will give you this $25 discount. Look at it as your reward for not wasting time and coming right in to learn firsthand more about our Boot Camp. P.P.P.S. I know that you very likely have been burned and disappointed by fitness or weight-loss products or services in the past. Don't forget that I am so confident that my Boot Camp will actually surpass your expectations, that I'm eliminating any doubts or risks you might feel by offering you a No-Risk 100% Money-Back Guarantee if you are not completely satisfied with the results you achieve in the Zen Super Boot Camp. |
If I could help you safely and effectively take off all your extra
pounds and get really healthy and fit—even if you haven't been
healthy and fit for years—wouldn't you want to at least investigate
what our Boot Camp is all about?
Master Sbarge coaches a student on getting the most from the stretch bands.