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"If you get out of condition, and I
get out of condition, then America is sick.
Let's make it well." --Jack
LaLanne, Circa 1950s
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Corporate Wellness. Consulting. Health
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Some commentary on fighting
spirit, being change makers, and fear of
movement.
If you have even a shred of fighting spirit
left for America, I have a New Year's
assignment for y'all. Go immediately
to Jack LaLanne's website, scroll down to
the lower left corner where the TV icon is
located then watch his vintage promo video
on patriotism and fitness...circa 1950s!
Why didn't
we listen? We did
not; now we have a legacy of shit i.e.
American illness, disease, and a broken
sickcare system. NO ONE has had more
influence over my health and fitness career
than LaLanne. He is the ultimate
mentor--no one is better. His
video clip made the hairs stand up on my
neck. I am determined to make The
Lean Berets the next frontal assault to
right was is wrong in health and fitness.
We'll continue the good fight Jack--I'll bet
my life on it! To view
LaLanne's video above, go to www.jacklalanne.com.
What are you afraid of?
Being well? Helping others be well?
Making the country and our world a better
place? I can't count the
number of times I've met someone, reached
out, offered help for FREE, etc. and the
person or organization as totally went into
the Dead Zone--are they paralyzed by fear of
engagement? One very important
strategy I learned from Jack LaLanne was to
encourage the public to be Ambassadors for
Health. LaLanne and I are big on
getting people to talk up health.
Break away from the herd, the followers, the
people making this country sick. Other
options? Follow the herd into death,
destruction, and disease. NOT for me
baby! Some examples!
- At my corporate apartment in SoCal, I
noticed a problem in the trash bin area.
There are four bins. Three
"green" and one
"white." The white bin is
actually the "green" bin i.e.
the recycle bin. The trash bins are
painted green. There is no signage.
While many can figure out the one painted
different must be the recycle bin, you'd
be surprised! There is a ton of
cardboard and good recyclable material in
the "garbage" bins! I
wrote the garbage company a nice
letter suggesting a few things.
Simple signage indicating "Recycle
Only" on the white bins. I also
wanted to tour a trash facility to learn
more about where recycle garbage goes and
how it is processed so I could write a
nice article in support of recycling.
They didn't even have the courtesy to
respond to my inquiry through their
feedback contact process! What are
they afraid of? I offered to HELP
them for FREE!
- Someone approached me last year
complaining about my Dynamic Warm-Up
hurting his foot. When I got to the
bottom of it, his foot was hurting because
he had Plantar Fasciitis--which
did not have a damn thing to do with my
DWU! I think I've got the best Plantar
Fasciitis "Fix Your Own
Foot" protocol you'll find *(see full
article below). I quickly offered to
help. I can fix about 95% of the
feet that come to me with this painful
condition--with SIMPLE tools you can use
yourself for under $75 bucks! He
never bothered to contact me. I met
another guy with Plantar Fasciitis at my
high school reunion. I told him the
same thing. He never called.
They both walked away from FREE help that
quite possibly would have fixed their feet
in minutes for a few dollars. Fools.
Enjoy the pain dudes! It's your
fault.
- Numerous people at airports whining
about their sore backs and bodies that I
try to help on the fly, give them my card,
tell them to contact me for free tips,
then never hear from them. Why?
We have been conditioned to STAY IN THE
HERD, conform to Western medicine which
treats disease instead of preventing it,
and be afraid to speak up and do the right
thing. Want to keep doing things the
same old way in 2009? Enjoy the
pain! Epidemics of obesity,
diabetes, and disease clearly point the
way to radical changes. Enter The
Lean Berets. No more BS. NO
more following the herd heading to disease
and dysfunction.
- Throwing down with
Engagement! Read the
Matt Rodock story below. In two
years, Matt went from a broken down 25
year old student to a competitive weight
lifter free of joint pain using my
protocols via some on-line help.
I've got hundreds of testimonials from
people that kicked their own ass and
stopped relying on doctors for reactionary
"sick" care. Take
personal responsibility for YOUR OWN
health! Engage.
Throw down--NOW!
The New Year has landed!
If you want to change--do it.
New Year's is a great time to start again,
launch an attack, and change some behaviors.
Beware if you use New Year's as just another
lame excuse because Lean Beret Kevin Rail
will take a bite out of your ass in his Gut
Check! this month.
This month for the first time,
the feminine voice is heard in my Health
e-News! WELLcome female
Comrades. Fellow Lean Berets Rosanna
Taylor and Marcia Mason have joined the
elite fitness fighting forces of heavy-metal
healthcare. Fight on--let's be heard!
An important perspective this
month is my historical look into what should
be reality--but now is fading history.
For those criticizing me on being too harsh,
unrealistic, or inaccurate...think again!
Be sure to check out my absolutely MIND
BLOWING (or should it be "Body
Exploding") link to "Body
Check 101: The Pre-Obesity Era of
America."
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The
Lean Berets-Avengers of Health!
 We
are gaining steam with our new 30X30
Challenge Comrades! Join the FIT
Revolution then let's rip this message across
the country like a wildfire! WARNING:
Donuts and couch potatoes will get burned!
Give us Freedom through FITNESS, or give
us death! See y'all on the front!
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30X30
NO EXCUSES New
Year's Challenge!
Nearly 80% of Americans are overweight, out of
shape, or both. This is a time for
strength and immediate action-the future of
America depends upon it!
We have a serious New Year's 2009 challenge and
simple solution to America's decreasing
health-30 days in a row of exercising for at
least 30 minutes a day. It can change your
life for the better-mentally, physically, and
even spiritually. Prerequisite?
Dedicate then execute after you declare NO
EXCUSES for yourself.
1) 30 Minutes Per Day Minimum
2) 30 Consecutive Days in a Row
3) NO EXCUSES!
4) NO Minimum Pace Required-Just Move!
5) Must Be "Dedicated Time"
for Exercise
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"Sugar
on the Brain, Diet Coke Plus a 'Health
Drink?!', Fat Kids--We Aren't Calling
It, Gastric Bypass 'Solution' for
Teens"
My Today's
News: I do my best to
find health news that might not be on the
major radar screens of everyone--but is
worthy of our attention and reflection.
Usually there is something different
here...if not mind-blowing. When
possible, I also highlight positive
health news; however, positive increases in
health and wellness today are not
exactly the norm. It is what it is.
I didn't make the health problems, but I'm
here to help fix them!
Blood Sugar
& Brain Function:
Emerging research suggests that radically
fluctuating blood sugar levels are
basically trashing neurological function
and brain chemistry quite possibly
leading to Alzheimer's Disease. What
did you expect? Eating a total crap
diet without exercise would actually help
brain function and healthy brain aging?
NOT! Any moron should be able to
figure this out, and after seeing this
research, it sounds like we are creating a
lot of neuro morons these days. "Possible"
solutions offered by the researchers?
Exercise. Imagine
that! Enjoy the sugar high
unbelievers. For those that can
still think clearly, Read
full story.
Diet Coke Plus: The
FDA has issued a strong warning to Coca-Cola
for misbranding their Diet Coke Plus with
false health claims. The Diet Coke
Plus has vitamins added. Outrageous!
Drink toxic fluid then stick vitamins in it
thinking everything will be okay--NOT!
Read
the FDA Warning Letter.
Child Obesity Under Reported:
Disturbing revelations about how most fat
kids are not being told they are overweight
by medical professionals. People have
a skewed idea today of what is truly
"normal." When I was a kid
in the 1960s and 1970s, there was only about
one fat kid in each elementary classroom.
Now there can be 85% of them overweight if
not completely obese! Here's the
quote: "Despite having set
pediatric BMI guidelines, this is a bit of a
wake-up call to pediatricians that as many
as 90% of
overweight children are not being properly
diagnosed," said
David C. Kaelber, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H."
Read
Full Story on "Can't Chalk It Up To
Baby Fat."
Gastric Bypass & Teens:
This continues to escalate. I'm
warning you--buying into this as a
"solution" is complete and
absolute BS! We still don't know what
the long-term effects will be of removing
90% of your stomach and some of the other
extreme methods being used. We are
delivering possible DEATH--not healing root
cause of obesity. Will it
"save" some teens from diabetes?
Yes. These conditions are fading with
many bypass patients; however, the root
cause is still there...which is our culture
of crap! I've known MANY adults that
gain ALL the weight back after bypass.
Guess what? They not only remain obese
but now have even worse health because their
digestive system has been hacked!
Don't believe the hype Lean Berets! Give
your kids the best gift of all- HEALTH &
WELLNESS--not gastric bypass!
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Gut
Check! "Chocolate Covered
Cigarettes"
 This
month's Gut Check! by Kevin
Rail rips into people living
(dying) it up before a self-sabotaged attempt at
yet another New Year's resolution. WARNING: This
Gut Check is not for the weak of heart--or
mouths and cigarettes covered in cookie
chocolate!
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Fit-4-Life
Kids:
"Why Don't Children Walk to
School?
"
 Lean
Beret Rosanna Taylor has
contributed this awareness article on why our
kids don't walk or bike to school. With
soaring obesity, traffic gridlock, sagging
economy (and butts for that matter), it's a
great time to get our
kids ACTIVE! Rosanna did her
Master's Thesis at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on
the benefits and barriers of walking or
biking to school--this woman knows walking and
biking! WELLcome Rosanna.
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Fat
Attack!
"Glaceau Vitamin Water
Endurance"
One of the worst things you can do if you're
worried about gaining fat weight is to drink
your calories--or make your kids drink
excessive calories. Endurance
formulations are for serious athletes in
extreme conditions...most people never even
approach that level of output or intensity so
don't need these high calorie drinks.
Glaceau Vitamin Water Endurance
(20 oz.)
125 Calories
0 grams fat
33 grams
sugar!!! This is nearly as much sugar
as a can of Coke!!!
(Source: Eat This, Not That! For Kids!) |
Mental
Skills Training:
"Challenge THROW DOWN!"
 Mentally,
people like a challenge--something they can
reach for. In goal setting research, it
has been proven that "soft" goals do
not work as well as "challenging"
goals. Challenging goals are not
impossible--just hard. Hard is good.
Get over it. Then kick your own ass!
The Lean
Berets 30X30 NO EXCUSES New Year's
Challenge is about the above.
How many people will exercise 30 days in a
row throughout January? Very few.
Be one of them. It can and will
change your life.
Reach. Believe.
Strip your own BS Excuses. GET
IT ON!
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Amazing
Body Fact! "Smiling"
 It
takes 43 muscles to frown yet only 17 to
smile. While you'll burn
more calories frowning, I suggest you hit the
gym and rip a good interval workout then
leaving smiling! You'll be better off
metabolically--and a whole lot better off
mentally. Enjoy!
(Source: Bodies...The
Exhibition)
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Wellness
@ Work: "Matt Rodock-Movement
Heals...in Five Minutes!"
While not a
"work" story, it is similar. I
have what I call a 95% rule. I attempt
to heal 95% of my people with "Fast Five Fixes"
in five minute workouts or less. My
BEST protocols hit this mark. A
"Fast Five" Fitness Fix healing
backs, shoulders, and Plantar Fasciitis foot
pain. I've done it--MANY times.
Here's one of them...
Matt Rodock is a student at University of
Wisconsin. Two years he wrote me.
He "was" jacked up. At age 25
in chronic pain. Fed up with physical
therapy, he reached to me for root cause
solutions. Read his comments. You
decide. Want health? Get it.
Want pain and disease? Follow the herd.
"Well it has been nearly 2 years since
I initially contacted you and just wanted to
say that I am much more mobile in my hips,
much more stable in my core, and took up a
new hobby, weightlifting. In 5
months of lifting, I am up to a 370 pound
squat, 225 bench, and 430 pound deadlift,
all lifts are unequipped, and I'll be
competing in the 165 pound division.
And my back is better than ever. Just
wanted to say thank you so very much for all
of your help and wish you all the best.
Indeed, movement in the truest sense of the
word heals. NOT just static
stretching. I got a LOT of static
stretching when I worked with physical
therapists. I don't think it is a bad
thing, but it is very incomplete in regards
to mobility training."
Starting Point in 2006 for Matt
Rodock:
Age 25, 5'9", 145 pounds.
Other than joint pain, I'm healthy, don't
smoke, don't drink, etc. My left hip
hurts at about a level 3 (1-10 scale) almost
always. I have had chronic
back pain that has reached at least a level
5, 95% of the time in the last 4 years.
I have an extremely difficult time sitting,
after 30 min. my pain level will usually
increase by 2 levels, if I sit for a long
period of time it can become close to
unbearable.
I enjoy your site immensely, and whenever
someone wants great fitness information I
send them over. I have noticed you
plan on doing a special conditions section
and I was curious if you have any timeline
on the back pain, hip pain and
stabilization, and postural deviation and
imbalance sections. As a
25 year old with chronic back, hip, and
ankle pain who has had extremely limited
results with physical therapy over the last
4 years, I eagerly await your information on
these topics. Thanks for
any information you can provide.
Thanks again for a fabulous site!
What did
Matt use of mine to get these results?
My five-minute Dynamic Warm-Up daily and my
core training protocol. While
researched based, you won't see these in a
journal or text book. Those people are
still busy blowing me off saying it won't
work. HA! While they are not
believing, I'll be healing in five minutes
or less!
Here's a summary of my corporate core
training protocol that I'll be putting into
a larger workbook that goes with my hands-on
workshop teaching these methods. Believe?
Then get it on. Heal yourself
from within! The protocol summary
below is not a visible public link on my
website. It's something in development
that I'll share with my e-News readers for
free. Enjoy--LESS pain!
Back
Injury Prevention Protocol Summary
Ron
Jones Dynamic Warm-Up
"Think Root Cause.
Act Prevention." --Ron Jones
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Kettlebell
Korner
I continue to shatter my personal power records
by the week! I'm amazed and so are my
friends and family. I'm not much
"bigger" but a hell of a lot stronger
and way more explosive. Mentally, I have
honed back much of my fighting edge again.
Here's some current marks for those that
understand KBs. Please bear in mind
these are HARD STYLE personal records...big
difference between RKC HARD STYLE and stupid KB
pet tricks on YouTube by people that are
dangerous.
- SSST PR: 130 reps with
24kg in 8:00
- V02 Max Protocol (15:15):
35 minutes, 7 reps per set with 16kg
- 2-Arm Continuous Swings:
3:00 with 24kg
For more solid info on getting into the world
of kettlebell training, check out my Kettlebell
section below. Pavel's Enter the
Kettlebell is a great place to start with DVDs.
Other references are listed to help too. Enjoy
Comrades! Learn
more about kettlebell safety and training.
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Fitness
& Safety: "Attitude, Women, &
Martial Arts"
Lean Beret and 4th Degree Black Belt Marcia
Mason has contributed this eye opener of
awareness on the "attitude" women need
to avoid danger. And if danger arises in
the moment of truth, Marcia and her GurlFytrz
WILL throw down. I wouldn't want to be on
the receiving end of their "attitude"
Comrades!
Marcia Mason
Attitude!
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Eco-Health:
"Neti Pots"
I first learned about these simple yet effective
sinus cleansers from yogi and endurance
guru Steve Ilg of WholisticFitness.Com.
As Guru Ilg stated, these things are amazing!
They basically allow you to back wash your own
sinuses. I prefer the plastic one
pictured--also the cheapest--because the end of
the spout is larger which helps to seal off the
nostrils plus they are unbreakable, so you can
easily travel with them.
My Mom had horrible sinus issues the doctor said
could not be resolved without surgery. She
now uses the Neti Pot daily and has cleaned up
her own sinus issues at home for under $15.00!
My wife also swears by the Neti. I use it
at the beginning of my shower with luke warm
water. The website has sea salt for sale
to use with the Neti, but this is too much
hassle for me. I use it straight up--no
salt. This seems to work just fine.
The plastic one we use is on sale for
just $8.37. What are you waiting for?
Eight bucks vs. stuffed up sinuses!!!
Enjoy unrestricted BREATH!
Curious? Check
out the video below. It looks weird as
hell, but they work--so who cares what it
looks like?!!!
Check out my recommended Neti Pot and
start cleansing your sinuses NOW!
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Body
Check 101:
"The Pre-Obesity Era of America"
The public is clueless and has been duped about
healthy weight. Think you are normal?
Here's a reality check. If you are a man
with over a 40" waistline, YOU ARE FAT and
at high risk! Women with over a 35"
ARE FAT with high risk! Get over
it--it is YOUR FAULT! Think I'm
full of crap? Yeah...about as much as
Jack LaLanne.
I've dug into some archive photos of what
Americans used to look like in the 1920s through
the 1970s. Check them out--then call me a
liar and zealot while you stuff donuts on the
couch if you dare. One is my own photo
from a Halloween party I had in 5th grade.
Find the fat kid. There isn't one!
"Back in the day" the so-called
"heavy" kids would look
"normal" today! HINT:
Today's normal is NOT--it's actually unhealthy
fat and obesity!
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Handout
of the Month:
"Plantar Fasciitis--Fast Fix Your
Own Foot!"
After two years of personal struggles with Plantar
Fasciitis and helping dozens of corporate
clients and web visitors with this painful
condition, I have finally settled on a new Coach
RJ Protocol for fixing your own foot. I
think it's the best around...many of my foot
friends would agree!
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History
of Fitness:
Catherine Beecher (1800-1878)
I have spent decades studying the history of
fitness so I could learn from those before me
like Jack LaLanne, Bernar McFadden, the Greeks,
and beyond.
Catherine Beecher was essentially
the creator of modern aerobics with music!
Jane Fonda didn't have anything on Catherine
Beecher! She introduced innovative
calisthenic exercises into school curriculum
for young women. Read a quote from one
of her letters below:
"When physical education takes the proper
place in our schools, young girls will be
trained in the class-rooms to move head, hands
and arms gracefully; to sit, to stand, and to
walk properly, and to pursue calisthenic
exercises for physical development as a
regular school duty as much as their studies.
(Catherine Beecher, Educational reminiscences
and suggestions, pp.85-86.)"
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On
the Road with Coach RJ...
I'll be throwing down hard and fast in January
and February out in SoCal. I helped my
kettlebell instructor friend and martial arts
expert John Spezzano to organize a self
defense workshop for 50 of my corporate
clients. Things are getting crazy.
It is my goal to prepare my people so they can
be survivors--NOT victims. Stay
tuned...we are working to pull this awesome
four-workshop into Atlanta and other LA
locations. Lean Beret Kevin Rail is
organizing a weekend warrior workshop for The
Lean Berets in Clarks Summit, PA...we are
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Next
Issue...March.09
 During
January and February, I'll be channeling some
extra energy into launching The Lean
Berets podcast and videos...hang in there,
stay strong, and I'll catch y'all in early
March.
Health--it's ALL good. Keep MOVING
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pass along my Coach RJ Health e-News
to people interested in High-Performance
Health.
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In Life-Long
Health--ALWAYS!
Ron
Jones, MS-LLC
Corporate Wellcoach
Atlanta-Los
Angeles
Get
Fit. Be
Strong.
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Fast
Fitness!
MountainClimbers
These
are simple body-weight exercises for the core that
are pretty cool. Just find a box or
secure chair and get it on! All the details
are below on my weblink. Enjoy!
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