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• 1 Hour to Greatness…. The Power Hour by Discovery
• Taking Care of Yourself by Wild Card
• Bodybuilding by Matador
• The Seven Deadly Mistakes of Permanent Fat Loss by Steve Jacks

1 Hour to Greatness…. The Power Hour

I was inspired originally on this by Anthony Robbins and have expanded on it since then with my life coach and sports psychology hat on….

How you start your day and the first hour you wake and what you do in it, will set the scene for your whole day’s effectiveness – hence referred to as the power hour –

1. From the alarm going off, get into a routine of GETTING UP WITHIN 5 MINUTES of the alarm – and then 60 seconds when you have got used to this.

2. STRETCH IN BED (muscle stretching gentlemen! your muscles are relaxed now and great time to invigorate with a 3-5 min mini stretch routine – especially around spinal column (where most stress will stem from).

3. Large GLASS OF WATER (not ice cold as contracts digestive system) (the more water you drink smokers, the less the craving – you also need more to flush the toxins out of your body (+smells).

4. Embark on a 30 MIN CARDIO EXERCISE (even if to start is a walk) – I personally run 3 times per week and on the days in between, walk the dog and while it is running around a field I use it to think of words of wisdom to share on my blogs, facebook, twitter etc – share good energy – it comes back to you. You will release immediate endorphins making you feel great, less fatigued (mentally) and stress levels will be lower.

5. IMPORTANT (from the book the Secret) - APPRECIATION – the Secret (law of attraction from the Universe); every morning (ideally within the power hour, while you are invigorating your body, exercise etc) appreciate 3 things about your life and surroundings – don’t focus on belongings – but opportunities and beauty and good alignments – the more you appreciate the beauty and good energy around you in the universe, not only will it make you feel better about yourself, but…. the more you radiate, positivity, good energy in appreciation of what is good in your life, you will not be focusing on the bad AND the universe will align to present you more of the good.

6. READ even if only for 20 minutes, something positive – perhaps the book the Secret, or Anthony Robbins “Awaken the Giant Within”. Get your mind in a positive and positive giving space.

7. GIVE GOOD ENERGY – share your positive thoughts to lift and inspire others (as I am sharing with you right now) – again the more you give out the more you will ‘attract’.

8. REVIEW YOUR DAILY GOALS: Don’t just end up at work and ‘react to the day’ go back to your weekly goal sheet – set a minimal criteria list for the day and some ‘Success’ goals (even if just 2 and you accomplish one, you know you are growing and becoming more successful because of them) – go back to previous days goals – did you achieve all you need to? Don’t panic and DONT…..!!! add all of uncompleted goals onto today – they will mount up and you will resent goal setting – instead – spread them over the next few days, are they really that important, perhaps they can be done next week, perhaps delegate to someone else.

9. CONNECT with someone you have not in a while – there are opportunities awaiting you that the universe is ready to give you, you simply need to reach out and connect to find new and intuitive opportunities to help others and help yourself.

10. ENCOURAGE – I have never had the opportunity to share with you my version of the “Wisdom of Geese”, but one of the insights of geese flying in true formation with common shared goals and support of one another, is that they are always HONKING – make sure today you are honking words of encouragement to others and not something else. You will get it back.

Discovery
Venusian Arts

About Discovery

Discovery is the VA Program Director & Head of UK Training operating out of England. An inspiring International Speaker, he is a leading Personality Profiling Trainer and Sales Guru and has been awarded the prestigious ‘Insights Trainer of the Year’ award against 180+ nominees for 3 years running.

Taking Care of Yourself

Your body is the most important possession you have, and yet it is something that far too many men take for granted and simply cant be bothered to take care of. Your body is both your vessel and your weapon. Its one of your biggest tools of seduction and it’s the only one you’re going to get, so don’t get lazy and waste it. It may not be perfect, you may not like many parts of it, but there are no exchanges and no returns on these things, so you better learn to work with what you have. The way a man takes care of himself can indicative of how he takes care of a woman. If you’re a complete slob who cant even find the time to wash your hair, what is your target going to think about how much time you will be able to find for her? A fit, well-groomed, and well-dressed man also attracts the stereotype of being successful, since successful people typically understand the importance of taking care of their appearance.

It may not make or break your game, but a man who obviously takes care of himself has a significant advantage over another who does not. Would you not find a woman with styled hair, a fit body, and a classy dress more attractive than a woman with messy hair, loose jeans, and a hoody? Of course you would! As men, we generally do not appreciate the amount of effort that women put into looking good. Why cant we do the same? Even if you don’t care so much about making women more attracted to you in this sense, why not take care of yourself and your body as a means of improving your health, energy, and self-confidence? When you take care of yourself you will start to respect yourself more, and when you respect yourself your self confidence will increase tremendously. When that happens (and it will) people will respect you more.

When you want to take care of yourself (and you should) there are a number of different elements you should be looking at, each one as important as the next:

Good physical fitness is key: get your self a nice tone body. Unless you are drastically overweight, there’s no need to be popping pills or hitting the gym every day. If you want to get buff and muscular (and that is a DHV) you may have to, but it doesn’t take too much of a drastic change to lose a little excess fat and tone up a bit. I’m no fitness expert (that would be Steve Jacks), but there’s a tremendous amount of information on fitness out there on the internet. Basically though, just make sure you eat right and make yourself a quick nightly and morning workout routine for when you wake up and go to bed, perhaps a few sit ups, push ups, and a couple of simple weight lifting exercises. A gym membership can still a good idea, but you don’t NEED to maintain a religious work-out schedule if your focus is just to stay healthy and look good. If you want more tips on getting a tone body I would highly recommend looking at matador’s article on body building he has recently posted.

Your choice of food is important as well. Everyone eats. It’s what our body runs off of; it’s where it gets its fuel from. You are what you eat and that’s a fact. Greasy foods may taste good, but they make you feel gross afterward because of all the unhealthy crap you are stuffing down your throat. Even if you’re eating out a lot, pretty much every place has a healthy menu that you can get something from. Although it is a little more pricey to eat healthier you can take pride in knowing that you’re doing your body some good. Just because you can’t win friends with salad does not mean that it doesn’t taste good, is good for you and will make you a healthier person all around. Your body will thank you for it too, as healthy eating habits typically result in more energy and a better feeling throughout the day. .

Then there’s grooming. Just because you’re healthy doesn’t mean you look good. Grooming should be next on your list. Your hair is most likely the most distinguishable feature that you have on your body so you’re grooming skills should be up to par; head and face. Do some research, ask a hair stylist. Find out what’s going to look best on you, play around a little bit with a few different styles if you want to and see what kinds of different reactions you can get. Find something that suites you nicely. You can go something very extreme with shapes such as an Astro boy look, a crazy anime character or even devil horns to use as something to peacock with. Or you can go to something nice, short and spiked up a little bit with some styling gel. Just keep your hair looking nice, don’t let it get messy, don’t let it get long with split ends and for the love of god don’t let it get thick and greasy. Same goes for your facial hair. If you have facial hair, keep it trimmed and neat, otherwise keep that face shaved and smooth. If you’re going for the stubbly look, that’s cool, but make sure you keep it under control.

This brings us to our next point: showering. Showering makes us clean, makes us smell nice and it makes us feel good about ourselves and can actually help relieve stress. Shower in the morning, shower after a work out, shower after work, and shower before going out to sarge. If you can, a nice bath before you go to bed can make you feel more relaxed and help you get a much better night of sleep.

When it comes to proper hygiene and grooming take some common sense into consideration. Brush your teeth regularly, clean and trim your fingernails, trim any unnecessary body hair that’s not too needed. Wash your face. Avoid looking greasy, dirty, or pimply at all costs. Use skin-care products if you want smooth, touchable skin (women notice these things on guys!). Make sure everything is clean and in tip top shape, this means everything from head to toe. Do your feet stink? Get insoles, foot scrubs, or powders. Do you have acne? Get treatment. Do you look sickly and pale? Get a tan. Whatever may be wrong with your body these days, there is almost always a solution. Get that shit handled ASAP!

A well maintained and well taken care of body can take you very far. It can make you feel good about yourself and only further improve your game (both inner and outer). Most changes involve very little effort to improve yourself very dramatically. Small-chunk these things if you have to: get one thing handled and then work on the next. Make little changes and stick to taking care of yourself and in time you’re guaranteed to notice some major differences.

Remember to always keep that smile well equipped,

- Wild Card

P.S. I found a cute little video on washing yourself, and figured that since it was strangely relevant to this article, I’d post it here.

About Wild Card

Wild Card is a seduction writer operating out of Toronto. Aside from his work for Venusian Arts, Wild Card is a card dealer and drummer in a classic rock/new rock band. In his spare time, he takes every opportunity he can to have crazy adventures with his wingmen, Showcase and Prophet.

Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding

When I was around 21, I got into bodybuilding. I played football, basketball, martial arts, track, & pole-vaulting in high-school. I grew up in Texas and being big and muscular increased your social value immensely (as most high schools I assume).

When I turned 21, I started to lift for aesthetic purposes, not just for athletic performance. At my peak I managed to get to 245 and 3.8% body fat benching 450lbs for 4-5 reps.

In short, I looked like a real amateur bodybuilder. Anybody who knows me from a couple of years ago can attest to that.

Here is my experience of various dynamics during my journey.

ATTENTION FROM WOMEN

This result was two-fold. I am around 6’2”. When I hit around 205 at 5% body fat, I noticed a night and day difference with women throwing IOIs at me. When I started to increase to 220lbs at 6% I noticed it started to go down. When I hit 245lbs @ 6-7% body fat I noticed it go down a lot. Some girls would still throw IOIs, but most were scared of me. In addition, some simply gave me deliberate IODs.

To put 205@5% into perspective: It would look like Brad Pitt in Fight Club or Troy.

At 220lbs@6%, it would look The Rock in Scorpion King.

At 245lbs@6-7% body fat, it would look freakish and like the guys on the cover of Muscle and Fitness and maybe FLEX (the guys on the cover of FLEX are pros and still are at another level above).

This was back before I knew anything about the community. In my mind:

More Muscle = More Social Value = More Women.

My conclusion: The Brad Pitt Fight Club look works the best for pua goals.

RESPECT FROM MEN

QUICK NOTE: Bodybuilding and fighting are two different art forms. Weight training-not bodybuilding-helps the latter. Do not think that just because you are big you can fuck with anyone. There are some scary cats out there. Avoid fights if possible is my best advice. It is not conducive to our survival goals.

Pros and Cons here: On one hand, you almost get instant respect from men. Men simply do not want to fuck with you. From bouncers, businessmen, athletes, musicians…etc. They all start throwing submission IOIs to let you know you’ve got them in this area. Some want to align with you, some want to distance themselves from you, and some outright resent you and talk shit behind your back.

Another pattern I observed. Rich guys will want to be seen with you (when you’re really big). They will want you to roll in their entourage. They will buy you drinks, throw women on you, and introduce you as their friend.

Cool guys, who you want to be like, will give you a level of respect instantly into their social circle, provided you are not a socially unintelligent person. In other words, they will give you access to their world, provided you don’t do anything stupid.

People in general will give you compliance easier. It’s the small things you notice in everyday situations from waiters, people standing in line…etc.

One funny story, I ran a red light at about 60mph, simply because I thought I could make in the yellow on pacific coast highway. I was in a national park and I noticed the park ranger slow down as I sped up. I was going to try to make the light and he was going wait for the next one. I ran it and he turned his sirens on and pulled me over. Why would I do such a thing you may ask? Well, I didn’t think these guys handled traffic violations. I thought they monitored park activity such as fires, vandalism…etc., things like that. In short, it was stupid, but that’s what my rationalization was at the time. As he is pulling me over, he asks me if I have been drinking which I said no and then asked me to step out of the car. After I did, he took one look at me and asked me, “Why shouldn’t I give you a ticket.” I told him, “that was a completely stupid thing I did and it won’t happen again.” He let me go! Some may say that was completely random. However, I disagree. Nothing is completely random, nothing is an accident. Even if people themselves are not aware of what they are doing, they’re emotions are reacting nevertheless. In this instance, his emotions & logic decided to give me a pass, if I simply gave him this one little compliance test. He didn’t want a cute logical answer, but wanted an emotional one. Notice how I never answered the question that he asked? Why would he do this in the first place? I believe, by the intimidation factor of this huge guy being presented to him on a one-on-one basis on the side of the road.

Women will want to show you off. Hold your arm like they are so proud to be there. Even though it all breaks down to value, there is nothing like seeing the love and adulation in a young girl’s face as she is looking at you and you know it is real.

CONFIDENCE

At gladiator dimensions, you’re CONFIDENCE is SUPER-HUMAN. I am not saying it is entirely real…just describing how you FEEL. You feel entitled to any girl in the venue. You FEEL entitled to TAKE what you WANT. You feel like you can slam dunk a basketball (which I could barely do)…you FEEL like you can accomplish anything after enduring the discipline and pain it takes to get there. YOU FEEL FUCKING AWESOME. Almost anything you wear looks good, you feel like a Ferrari on a road filled with Cadillacs. You feel peaceful. You feel clean. You feel energetic. You feel younger. You feel like you’re not aging. You feel DANGEROUS. Your feel POWERFUL…physically & mentally. Remember, don’t go into the gym get up to 225lb on bench with a gut and say you don’t feel these things. This is how I felt when my body was at a level where someone would pay me to photograph it.

HOW TO GET GOOD

A rough but effective game plan to get your body to where you want it to be is a follows:

First, outsource the knowledge. A lot of you guys are busy on your wealth and relationship nodes of your life. You don’t need to immerse yourself in the world of bodybuilding. Here is the solution and eventually you will acquire the knowledge yourself.

Find a trainer that LOOKS like a bodybuilder from a reputable GYM. You may not want to look like him, but he will have the knowledge and drive to take you to where you want to go because he has done it himself. They may be exceptions to the rule; however, I don’t want to waste any time finding out. Also, you have to believe in your trainer as a teacher/role model and he needs to earn that respect as he is yelling at you to grunt out another rep on the leg press as you have a white-hot burn going through your legs.

Second, you must hit your training, diet, supplementation, and rest in unison. If anyone of those areas is left undone, you will not get the “Perfect Look”. There are some major mistakes I see a lot of guys do. The will either:

1) Over train
2) Not know how to train, but think they do after reading a few pages of muscle and fitness.
3) Train and then go eat a pizza afterwards and wonder why their ab wall doesn’t show after the million crunches leg raises that they’ve done.
4) Not rest enough…I knew one guy do did fifteen sets of 8 on bench press as his first chest exercise! WTF!
5) I saw this same guy repping with the same weight for about 2 years!

The list could go on an on. In short, seek out those you have the knowledge and motivation that you need TODAY and who have proven successful at the task you are about to perform.

Here is a rough summary:

1) Seek out a QUALIFIED TRAINER based on my text above (this is an important step).
2) Follow his instructions exactly…believe in him even if you don’t see results at first. (That’s why step #1 is important, he needs to inspire, motivate, and earn your respect).
3) Believe that this body (the archetype I found the best for our PUA goals) is something worthy and worth fighting for. You have to want it. I illustrated my experience, so you’d know it is a huge DHV prop to your avatar.

CONCLUSION

For RELATIONSHIP purposes…I think it is an excellent sport that does provide the ROI you are looking for.

For HEALTH purposes…I think it is an excellent sport that does provide the ROI you are looking for.

For WEALTH purposes…I think it is an excellent sport that does provide the ROI you are looking for.

In this regard, remember I mentioned that High-Value guys will want to align with you. I can’t tell you how many different wealth-building alignments are spawned from guys wanting to be your friend and throwing value your way.

All-in-all the BODYBUILDING activity permeates through multiple areas of your life that are consistent with PUA goals. I high recommend it for the reasons in this post.

-Matador

The Seven Deadly Mistakes of Permanent Fat Loss

1. Only focusing on exercise

This is the most critical error most people trying to lose fat make, nutrition accounts for 70% of your fat loss plan. Yes you read that right 70%, the exercise only accounts for 30%, and so all those of you who are sweating it out at the gym only to go back to burger and fries and dinner are simply wasting your time. You need to really focus on eating the right macronutrient ratio so your body can start metabolizing fat rather than storing it. For most people the right ration of macronutrients are 40% carbohydrate, 30% protein and 30% fat, however each person needs different volumes of food each serving according to their body shape and goals.

2. Following Generic Diets

Following a generic one size fits all diet can only get you so far. Your specific body shape and size is unique, therefore your diet should be too. Your diet and nutrition plan should be customized to your body, your lifestyle and your goals. Most of the popular diets you read about aren?t customized to you specifically and this is where they fail. If you really like eating carbs and decide to go on a zero carb diet to lose weight, you will eventually break and go off the diet. If you are allergic to certain foods, or are a vegetarian, or just don?t like certain foods you shouldn?t be forced to eat any of them on your diet. Most generic diets fail when it comes to this kind of personalization and as a
result are useless to most people.

3. Not Doing Resistance Training

Strength training (or weight training) is one of the most important things you can do for weight loss. It builds muscle and helps burn fat all at the same time. During a strength training workout you will burn fat and calories during the workout, but you will also have a lasting calorie burning effect because your body will be busy building some new muscle. This is the true key to effective weight loss, each pound of muscle you put on your body burns an extra 50 calories at rest, this can mean an unbelievable 19 pounds across a year simply by putting on 3 pounds of muscle!

4. Doing the Wrong Type of ?Cardio?

While nutrition and resistance training is a huge component of fat loss. Cardio training helps burn a few more calories and conditions your heart and cardiovascular system. However training in your fat burning zone is NOT the most effective way to shift those unwanted pounds. Traditional long slow cardio workouts will burn some calories and build your conditioning, but they?re not the most efficient way to train. Interval training can achieve greater fat loss in less time than training in the fat burning zone. The most efficient way of blow torching unwanted fat is to complete high intensity interval training, this means using the work rest formula which will get your metabolism racing long after you finish your work out.

5. Not Eating the Right Kinds Of Food

Even though eating less total calories is the only real way to lose weight, eating the right kinds of foods can really help make this easier and satisfying. Let?s say your body burns 1700 calories per day, and you only eat 1000 calories for the next 10 days. You will no doubt lose weight. You will lose weight even if all 1000 calories were from chocolate cake or cheeseburgers. With that said, it wouldn?t be very satisfying to eat that way every day, those types of foods will typically leave you wanting more because of their high sugar load, and they also don?t take up much space in your stomach because they are so dense. You will end up becoming hungry faster and feeling less satisfied than if you ate nutrient dense foods like vegetables and fruits. The total amount of calories you eat is always the factor that will determine if you gain or lose weight, but the kinds of food you eat will determine if you will feel satisfied and happy while you?re losing the weight. This is why the kinds of food you eat matter.

6. Failing to set an outcome goal

If you don?t set a destination goal how will you know if you get there.? One of the most crucial aspects of losing weight is to set a clear SMART goal. It needs to be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timed. On average it is possible to lose a couple of pound a week, with this in mind if you want to lose a stone of body fat, it would take around 7 weeks to lose. Now that you have a clear goal you can start getting feedback on your progress, if for example it is week four and you have only lost a pound you know something isn?t working, you need to review what you are doing and try something else. Without that regular feedback you never know you are on track, so set a clear outcome with a time of when you want to achieve your desired body weight.

7. Not training hard enough

If your doing your cardio reading a magazine simply forget fat loss, if you are not sore from your workout you didn?t train hard enough, it?s as simple as that. You only need to train for around 50 minutes maximum, it should be hard and intense and leave you fatigued. To build the muscle needed for effective weight loss you need to create muscle damage, this means over loading the muscle, if your workout is not making you sore in the next 24-48 hours you need to change your workout routine. Each program should only last for four weeks before your body will get used to it, so rotate your training program.

Steve Jacks

About Steve Jacks

Steve Jacks is considered an international expert in health and fitness, he has worked with hundreds of people all around the world helping them to totally transform their body shape, shed excess pounds and pack on muscle. He is co-founder of London?s most exclusive Personal Training Facility The 25 Club, where he helps everyday people, celebrities and athletes achieve the ultimate physique.

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