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If you haven't gained the wealth you crave, you need to do
something differently.
Why? Because all change, all progress begins with a single
decision, a single action.
Are you ready to seize the final piece of the puzzle? The missing
ingredient to coast you all the way to financial freedom? You
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In just 30 days from today your life could be in an entirely
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- Charlie Byrne
This
Bull Has Never Looked Younger
It's
four years into the great bull commodity market, and gold,
silver, platinum, and copper were all hitting new peaks before
dropping back a bit last week. They still make good investments
... but it would've been much nicer to have invested in these
commodities at the beginning of their climbs, right?
Well,
you can't go back in time, but you can do the next best thing:
Invest in a commodity that is getting a late start. Aluminum
has been sitting on the sidelines watching other metals soar,
but not anymore. It is now in high demand to build aircraft.
Many
of the other metals have already doubled in price in recent
years. So, while the bull in aluminum is still young, take
a look at the Metal
Mining Industry section of Reuters to find strong
aluminum companies moving up in price.
(Ed.
Note: Andrew Gordon, ETR's financial expert, is the editor
of our new investment service, The
Wealth Advantage. Join now and you'll get
a free special report on companies that have the very real
potential of giving you up to 1,000 percent on your investment.)
"Exercise
to stimulate, not to annihilate."
- Lee
Haney
The
Best Exercise Routine Ever, Part 2
By
Michael Masterson
On Monday,
I told you why you should eliminate (or at least drastically
reduce) jogging and weightlifting from your exercise routine.
I explained that for years I was a die-hard runner and weightlifter,
but I found it put an unnatural strain on my joints and tendons.
By the time I was 40, I had all the symptoms of this kind
of bodily abuse: chronic back pain, sore knees, "trick" shoulders,
etc. I pushed through my pain, hoping that doing more of
what had been bad for me might heal me. It didn't.
By
the time I turned 52, three years ago, my shoulders were
so bad that I couldn't do a single push-up or hang from a
bar, and my hips were so locked up that I couldn't walk more
than five minutes without having to sit down to reduce my
lower-back pain.
That
was the old me. The new me has no back pain, no knee pain,
no shoulder pain ... no pain of any sort. I wrestle with
guys 30 years younger than me every day. And I can do 14
pull-ups and 60 push-ups, strict.
Today,
I want to tell you how I fixed myself and got myself into
the best shape of my life. The program I adhere to now is
the result of stuff I learned from Al Sears, John Mahoney,
and Matt Furey. It's a program that should work for you too
- especially if you are over 30.
I
believe that the secret to maximum fitness, flexibility,
and practical strength is to follow a program of intense,
short-duration sprinting, stretching, and calisthenics. One
that I recommend strongly is Dr. Al Sears' PACE
program.
Or,
if you want to, you can try to keep up with me. My workout
program (which I developed with my personal trainer, John
Mahoney) takes 45 minutes, including stretching.
Perhaps
the most important characteristic of a good exercise program
is that it should feel like fun. If it feels like work (or,
worse, torture), you are not going to look forward to it.
And if you don't look forward to your exercise routine, you
will eventually stop doing it.
Everybody is different in terms of what makes exercise fun.
For me, it has to do with time and intensity.
Because of how busy I am, I don't like to spend more than 45
minutes exercising. That 45 minutes includes about 10 to 15
minutes of stretching, which means the exercise portion of
my workout has to be completed in 30 minutes. Thirty minutes
a day is plenty of time to develop strength, speed, and muscular
endurance. (You can probably do it in even less time. Dr. Sears
tells me he thinks it's possible to reduce that part of your
program to 10 or 15 minutes a day.)
To make my routine even easier and more fun, I break the 30
minutes into three 10-minute segments. To me, 10 minutes seems
like a short span. Even if the exercise I'm doing is very intense,
I don't feel overwhelmed because I know it will soon be over.
To be clear: My exercise routine consists of three 10-minute
sets of somewhat intense exercise with two-minute rest periods
in between, followed by a 10- to 15-minute stretch.
An Enjoyable, Intense, and Pain-Free Routine
This
program is based on three proven principles and several very
effective techniques. The principles are the following:
1. Short-duration, high-intensity exercise is generally more
effective than long-duration, low-intensity exercise.
2. Natural strength exercises (using your body weight) are
generally better than unnatural exercises (using weights, pulley
systems, etc.).
3. Interval training is better than static training.
Here's a crash course in my weekly workout program ...
Every
Morning: Warm Up
- Ten
minutes of stretching or yoga. Be sure to stretch in
every direction - forward, back, and to both sides.
Monday
and Thursday: Upper-Body and Sprinting
- Ten
minutes alternating between chin-ups, push-ups (I alternate
between conventional and Hindu push-ups), pull-ups, dips,
and sit-ups. Start with 2 chin-ups, 4 push-ups, 2 pull-ups,
4 dips, and 4 sit-ups. Immediately go to 4 chin-ups,
8 push-ups, 4 pull-ups, 8 dips, and 8 sit-ups. Immediately
go to 6 chin-ups, 12 push-ups, 6 pull-ups, 12 dips, and
12 sit-ups. Then go to 8 chin-ups, 16 push-ups, 8 pull-ups,
16 dips, and 16 sit-ups.
- Take
a two-minute break (just 120 seconds) and then reverse
the pyramid, starting with a set of 8s and 16s and working
back down to 2s. This entire upper-body workout will
take about 20 minutes and will leave you totally pumped.
- Take
another two-minute break and then do 10 minutes of interval
running. Alternate between sprinting and jogging for
10 sets.
- When
your running is done, do 10 minutes of intense stretching.
Once again, make sure you stretch in every direction.
Tuesday
and Friday: Lower Body and Climbing
My
trainer calls my lower-body routine the "12 days of
Christmas." This is a sequential program, done without
weights.
Here,
you do a series of leg exercises (squat thrusts, Hindu squats,
lunges, calf raises, etc.), starting with a single-set repetition
and going up to 12. What I mean by that is you do one repetition
of your first exercise, then do two of your next exercise,
then three of the next, until you've reached 12 repetitions
of your final exercise.
As
in the Christmas song, with each new set you also do all
the other sets. For example, after the twelfth set of, say,
squat thrusts, you would do 11 of something else (maybe lunges),
then 10 of something else (Hindu squats), then nine of something
else (maybe star jumpers), etc. - all the way down to the
single rep of your first exercise.
Doing
the 12 days of Christmas means a total of 78 exercises. The
trick is to do them all in 22 minutes. Again, I work intensely
for two minutes take a two-minute break, and go at it again
for another 10 minutes.
You
won't be able to do this at first, but you'll make great
improvements fast.
Wednesday
and Saturday: Medium-Intensity Workout
These
are the only days when I exercise for longer than 45 minutes.
On Wednesday and Saturday, I do one or two medium-intensity
workouts. I vary them to keep my interest level up. Some
days, I do Pilates ... some days, yoga ... and others, aerobic
dancing.
Then,
there's Sunday ...
For
my Sunday "workout," I walk to Luna Rosa and eat
breakfast with Peter, walk back to my house and smoke a cigar
while doing the Times crossword, then walk across
the street to the beach and wade in the ocean. And I try
not to eat too much ...
If
you try a routine like mine, it will blow you away. In four
to six weeks, you will be much stronger than you are now,
you'll have much better wind, you will be leaner and more
muscular and - if you stretch intensely - you'll be more
limber too.
Today's
Action Plan
What's
your exercise routine? How is working for you? Join the discussion
on our Speak
Out Forum.
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Thursday's tele-seminar
on Condo Conversions was unexpectedly popular! Dave
Lindahl, the "Apartment King" shared how he' getting
higher selling prices in less time by converting his complexes
into condos. It's an important emerging trend in real
estate that can add thousands (or millions) to your bank
account - if you avoid three common mistakes and focus
on the right type of locations.
We'll
be re-broadcasting the call this Tuesday, May 30th
at 7:00pm EST and Wednesday May 31st at 7:00pm EST.
Make
sure you take a moment to Join
His Call so you can apply the same techniques
to your real estate investing for increased returns in less
time.
How
to Do ALL the Market Research You Will Ever Need ... Online
By
Bob Bly
Once,
I had to help a computer leasing company figure out what
to emphasize in its marketing. Their marketing was targeted
at resellers. The goal was to get the resellers to recommend
the leasing company as a financing source.
I
didn't know anything about computer resellers, and the only
one I knew personally is the one across the street from my
office who sold me my system.
I
told the client, "I'll get back to you." Then,
within 48 hours, I reported the results of conversations
I had with over two dozen resellers.
Did
I conduct a phone survey? Mail a questionnaire? Spend the
client's money on a focus group?
None
of the above. I simply went to an online discussion group
of computer resellers, and started talking to them about
what they look for in a leasing company - and what they thought
of my client in particular. (I didn't mention that I was
doing research for a client. I let the people in the group
assume I was another reseller. No one asked.)
Thanks
to online chat rooms, forums, and discussion groups, you
can now gain a quick understanding of the mindset of virtually
any market or group of prospects that uses or congregates
on the Internet.
The
two best websites for finding online discussion groups are:
www.topica.com
www.groups.yahoo.com
Click
on either link and select a group that interests you. If
you sell model rocket kits, for instance, click on the Hobbies
and Crafts category on Yahoo. You can rapidly and easily
find out what rocket hobbyists want, what they like, and
what they are willing to pay. And it won't cost you a dime
- just some time spent sitting in front of a PC.
True
guerilla marketing!
(Ed.
Note: Bob Bly is the editor of ETR's
Direct Marketing University: The Masters Edition,
a program to help you start your own successful direct-mail
business. Sign up for his e-zine, The
Direct Response Letter.)
Reader
Feedback: "I never had the mindset to see the amazing
potential of building wealth starting in my younger years!"
Dear
Michael Masterson,
I want to tell you how much I enjoy reading through your
e-zine Early to Rise every day.
I am 47 years old, and unfortunately never had the mindset
or the proper mentor to help me see the amazing potential
of building wealth starting in my younger years! Thanks for
your practical and timely advice. I plan to implement many
of the financial strategies you and your colleagues write
about daily, and teach my four kids that there is a way to
be financially well off with some discipline, foresight,
and setting reasonable goals along the way.
I
want to thank you and your staff again for all the great
financial advice and business ideas.
Sincerely,
Eric Jacobson
St. James, MO
(Ed.
Note: For Michael's specific advice on how to start building
wealth when you're young, get a copy of his newest book, Automatic
Wealth for Grads ... and Anyone Else Just Starting Out. )
ETR
Insider Report: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels!
By
Charlie Byrne
It's
official. The date for our move into ETR's rebuilt headquarters
is set for this Wednesday, May 31. It'll be good to have
the whole gang back together in one place!
But
I've got to tell you ... there's some intrigue going on behind
the scenes.
I
caught a glimpse of the floor plan yesterday, and all of
the cubicles - even the best ones near the windows in the
northwest corner - are still labeled "UNASSIGNED."
Yeah,
right.
I
know what's going to happen ...
They'll
be snapped up at the last minute by our two publishers, Will
and Mary Ellen. You know those big newsletter publishers.
They need a nice office where they can sit back and smoke
cigars and do ... whatever it is they do. I've seen them
wandering around up there the past few days. Don't think
I don't know exactly what they're up to.
And
if they don't grab them, I'll bet Patrick and Eva and the
marketing team will. They think they're so important, just
because they bring all the money into the business. A big
office to match their big egos! How fitting.
Meanwhile,
I'm sure they're going to try to stick me and Jon and Andy
in some corner in the back by the bathroom. I know what they're
thinking: "Those writers are a bunch of weirdo's anyway
... probably hung over half the time and the other half out
on vacation or away on some questionable 'research trip.'"
Hmm
...
Maybe
they should give those nice cubes to our Product and Customer
Service staff ... Jessica and Alberto and Cristiana and
some of the other folks you never hear about.
All
they do is take care of you.
Who
do you think should get the best office? Publishers, marketers,
writers, or the Customer Service staff? Let us know on Speak
Out.
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"Argot" (AR-go),
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Example
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