“The Only Exercise Program that Gives You More Energy and More Power as You Barely Move a Muscle”
“RECOVER, RENEW, RECALIBRATE AND RECHARGE YOUR BODY FAR FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE”
If you’ve busted your ass to get fit, training to failure, pushing yourself outside your comfort zone, and much of what you have to show for it are feelings of fatigue, as well as aches and injuries, then what I am going to reveal to you in this letter may be the best news you’ve ever read.
Wednesday, 7:26 PM
Tampa, Florida
Hello Friend,
A few months ago, I watched a documentary on one of my childhood heroes, Vasily Alekseyev, from the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. This mountain of a man was an Olympic weightlifter from the former Soviet Union who became the first person in history to clean-and-jerk 500 pounds (227 kilograms). In his quest for Olympic Gold, he easily destroyed his competition.
Imagine my surprise when I saw footage of this same man in his 50’s. He was no longer lifting 500 pounds over his head, or anything close. His body was racked with pain. In one particular scene, after he had been sitting on the grass talking with a reporter, he needed three people to help him get up from the ground.
Tragic, but true.
In the process of breaking one world record after another, this man appeared to turn into the very thing he was lifting: iron.
His body, instead of being supple, flexible and mobile, was now rigidified. Sadly, Alekseyev’s life ended far too early.
Was the pain Alekseyev suffered later in life for his heroic accomplishments worth it? The answer from him might have been, “YES!”
But what if there was a way to rejuvenate and regenerate his body that he wasn’t aware of? Could he have switched gears after his competitive days ended, and exercised in a way that would have restored him, helping him live pain free?
These are questions I have pondered and played with for many years. Why? Because I’ve been through the ringer in terms of injuries and joint pain, yet today, after changing from “hard style” and “pushing myself outside my comfort zone” to a softer and smarter approach, my body is more mobile and more agile than ever before.
Olympic Wrestlers Have Hips Replaced
If you think the story about Alekseyev is an anomaly, then consider that two USA Olympic wrestlers whom I have spoken with recently, both of whom were Olympic gold medalists in 1984, had both of their hips replaced. And they are not alone.
One of the two gold medalists told me that every member of the wrestling squad from the 1984 Olympics, had his hips replaced.
And this leads me to ask the following questions:
1. Is it a good idea, health-wise and longevity-wise, to follow the extreme approach of high-level athletes and martial artists, indefinitely?
2. Is there a better approach to follow once you’ve begun to realize that the price you once paid, is no longer a winning ticket?
3. Is it a better idea to practice the seemingly “long-lived warrior exercises,” that keep you strong, supple and hopefully, free from the orthopedic surgeon’s operating table for your entire life?
Exercising for Longevity
A number of years ago, I trained with a tai chi master in China. He is the best in the business with a halberd or broadsword. I was in awe of his prowess. Reports were that when he was younger, he could easily swing this 40-pound weapon, twirling it around as if it were a baton.
One afternoon I asked him if he still swings the 40-pound halberd.
“No,” he answered. “I focus on long-life exercises now.”
He then added that at my age, I should never train too heavy. I should learn the movements and the flow of the halberd, but keep the weight of the implement at a light to medium weight.
Exercise Smarter, Not Harder
My research over the past 20 years leads me to proclaim that you can train really, really hard when you’re younger, but at some point, if you’re smart, you make a switch to other methods that appear to be far lazier, but in the long run, will give you the strength, stamina, mobility and health you truly want as you age.
My name is Matt Furey, author of the best-seller, Combat Conditioning. I began competing in sports at eight years of age, first becoming a champion swimmer, and later on, a champion wrestler and martial artist.
After winning a national collegiate wrestling title, I moved to California and set up shop training high school wrestlers, as well as adults, who wanted to get fit. But within a couple years of working out with my clients, even though I was not even 25 years of age, I had aches and pains all over my body.
My right knee gave me fits. Two orthopedic surgeons told me I needed to have my bursa sac removed. I refused their advice and am glad I did, as everyone I knew who had that particular surgery lived in constant pain.
In addition to my knee ailments, around that same time, I started to have trouble with my back and shoulders. And it didn’t stop there. I was literally destroying my body in pursuit of greater “health and fitness.”
There’s Got to Be a Better Way
Initially, I used weight training as the primary method to rid my body of injuries, along with a lot of chiropractic care. These methods helped somewhat, but most of the time, it was only a temporary fix, followed by more excruciating pain.
A few years after arriving in California, I began training in martial arts and what I learned helped heal my body enough that I made a comeback in my 30’s, a comeback that ultimately led to me winning a world championship in shuaijiao kung fu, in Beijing, China (1997).
After winning the gold medal, I began studying other forms of grappling that contained a plethora of brutal joint locks designed to make you "cry uncle.”
I loved the training, but once again, it was beating the hell out of my body. Thankfully, the bodyweight conditioning I was doing helped me overcome much of the trauma I was putting my body through.
But not indefinitely.
Eventually, when I got into my 40’s, all the slams and joint locks began to take their toll, and this forced me to look for even better methods that would help me not only recover, but regenerate, heal and recuperate from all my training.
Over the course of many trips to China, where my wife is from, I began to learn other martial arts and along with them, a series of seemingly strange exercises, such as holding various energizing postures for long periods of time. I worked on these postures twice a day and was amazed at the difference it was making.
Much of the posture training was what the Chinese refer to as “qi gong,” and a good portion of it was brutal. I would stand as still as possible, even when uncomfortable, even when my body was shaking and trembling uncontrollably.
Even though I got results with this method of “eating bitter,” ultimately, I wondered if there was an even better way to make even more progress without having to suffer every single day.
Was there a gentler way to get the healing and restorative effect I wanted, a way where I looked for and found my “comfort zone,” instead of pushing myself mercilessly?
My Discovery
As I trained and searched for answers to my questions, they came to me, often in the form of spontaneous “downloads.” At other times I would have dreams where I was being guided and mentored to make changes in my routine. On top of that, I found other teachers who had a different perspective from what had been ingrained in me over the years.
What I discovered from all of these sources was an alternative way of training, one in which you DO NOT make yourself uncomfortable to get results. In fact, the secret I uncovered was not just “finding your comfort zone,” but after finding it, allowing this comfort zone to expand naturally, without force, and without “no pain-no gain” thinking.
How could this be?
All my life I had subscribed to the idea of “getting OUT of your comfort zone,” of pushing yourself harder to get results. Yet now, I was seeing how you could expand the realm of possibilities by finding your comfort zone and allowing it to expand without driving yourself for more, more, more.
As I gave this alternative idea of training a whirl, I was amazed. Instead of push, push, push and harder, harder, harder, I was going about my training with the idea of making sure I wasn’t shocking my brain and nervous system into fight, flight or freeze.
The results were astonishing.
When I didn’t push myself as hard as I used to, my brain and nervous system responded by allowing my body to do far more with far less effort. Moreover, when I trained this way, I didn’t get injured. That was a definite plus. Instead of breaking my body down to get results, I did what appeared to be “the minimum,” yet, odd as it may sound, it worked.
In the past I would sets goals to do as many repetitions as I could. Or to stand as long as I possibly could, in one posture, for an hour, no matter how painful. Yet now I was starting with simple goals, such as standing in a specific posture for a minute or less, then taking a rest, even if I felt I didn’t need one.
The Power of Rest and Relaxation
I’ll never forget the day when one of my teachers in China told me, “Most people will never figure this out, but the key to success with internal martial arts is not to train non-stop, constantly pushing yourself for more. It’s knowing that most of your training is resting. You train, then you rest and relax. The more you rest and relax, the faster your results.”
I had a tough time believing what this teacher told me, but I was willing to test it and see what happens. And guess what I discovered? I discovered that he was 100 percent spot on.
By using this method, within a short period of time, I was able to do things, flexibility and strength-wise, that I could never do before. My body was more connected and more functional than ever before.
Let me give you an example: In the evenings, when I typically do my qi gong training, I would push a big, heavy red sandalwood chair out of the way, giving me more space to practice.
One night, when I was finished going through several postures, none of which I held to the point of fatigue or failure, I had so much energy that I was bubbling with excitement.
And then something amazing happened.
After I ended the session, I approached the heavy red sandalwood chair that I had slowly pushed out of the way. Now it was time to push it back to where it belonged. But something told me I didn’t need to push it back into its original space.
Why? Because I felt so much strength flowing through me that I believed I could just pick the chair up and carry it.
Huh?
I squatted low enough to get my weight under the arms of the chair. Then I grabbed onto it and easily hoisted it into the air, lifting it all the way to my chest. I walked across the floor slowly, and gently placed it back on the ground.
When I pushed the chair out of the way a half-hour earlier, it made noise as it slid across the floor. But when I hoisted it in the air, carried it, then put it down, I didn’t hear the slightest of sounds.
After lifting the chair this way, I was so pumped that I called my friend, Mark, a long-time martial artist, and told him what had happened.
“That’s qi power,” he said. “You’ve got it. If you trained the way you normally do, you would have been too tired to lift the chair and carry it. The method you’re following obviously works.”
Indeed, it does.
Instead of fighting myself, pushing myself outside my comfort zone, I started slowly and allowed my comfort zone to naturally expand.
More Masters Confirm this Unconventional Secret
I tested and tracked this same type of scenario many, many times. I kept copious notes on what works for me and what doesn’t. I came to realize that I was gaining ground faster with an approach that appeared to be slower. And as a result, I was increasing my mobility, flexibility and athleticism more than ever before.
Today, I am nearly 60 years of age, and I move better now than ever before. How can this be? How could a practice of holding various postures allow me to move better?
The answer is that the postures I learned from a man named Master Liu, one of many teachers I studied with in China, were remarkably effective and incredibly energizing, provided I didn’t push myself to the point of fatigue.
I regenerated and rejuvenated my body with these postures, due to the increased flow of vital energy through the sinews, bones and tendons.
But… and this is very important, this regeneration process was greatly accelerated when I studied with three more teachers who advised that I add subtle internal movements into the mix.
Two of these teachers were Tai Chi masters I trained with in China, and the other is an American, whose identity will be revealed to you in the course,. At 71 years of age, this phenom moves in ways that almost defy human imagination.
Tiger Tendons
These subtle movements I added into my training activate the tendons, not the muscles.
Yes, the muscles are still used to an extent, but they are minimized in favor of the tendons, which begin doing the lion’s share of the work.
As I have said for many years, the tendons are where most people are weak. And weak tendons lead to pain and injury in the joints.
If you look at the majority of injuries that take place in sports, martial arts and everyday life, most of them are tendon/ligament injuries. Yet, in the western world, the “solution” to reducing injuries is to make your muscles bigger, stronger and tighter with weight training.
Yes, you can get bigger and stronger with weights, but over time, if you don’t also practice restorative and regenerative exercises, your body becomes rigidified and metalized. Your body becomes the very thing you are pushing and pressing.
Let me tell you, these subtle movements that I incorporated into my training, some of which resemble the movements of tree branches and their leaves, accelerated my skills dramatically.
"Thanks to Power Postures, No Aches, No Pains."
These movements turned my body into more of a whip, giving me a coiling, spring-like whole-body-moves-as-one-unit type of energy, something I had never known before, at least not at this level.
Not even close.
Instead of having a rigid, metalized body with various aches, pains and injuries, I now have a body that moves like “liquid steel.”
Don’t know about you, but the idea of being pain-free, quick, nimble and flexible in my 60’s, 70’s and beyond, is what I want. And this is a skill set that I want to pass on to you as well.
Zero Pain
Unlike so many wrestlers and martial artists who have undergone hip and knee replacement surgery, something I don’t wish on anyone, the teachers I admire the most and that I have learned the most from, are those who have ZERO joint pain, and no artificial joints.
Over the course of 15 years, I have repeatedly outlined and worked on a course that I rarely taught to anyone. Previously, the only way to learn it from me was if you were a private client.
But now, for the first-time ever, I am putting out the first volume of Power Postures – Tiger Tendons™, along with an online monthly coaching group, for those who want me to guide them personally in this process.
"I am absolutely blown away by my results..."
Before Power Postures™
After Power Postures™
Beyond Combat Conditioning
The other day a man texted me to tell me that he was having knee pain. Moreover, he lamented that everywhere he turns he sees people who were going in for knee replacement or hip replacement surgery.
Partly out of a healthy fear of being a candidate for one of these surgeries, he began doing a squatting exercise I taught him in the past, that he had abandoned. After beginning to do it again, within a short period of time he was out of pain.
The man recounted how the results of this exercise are astonishing, and they are. But what he doesn’t know is that what I taught him is just one of my Power Postures – Tiger Tendon™ rejuvenating exercises.
The man also told me that so long as he practices the exercise I taught him, his knees are doing great. But if he “lets himself go,” he starts feeling pain again.
This, my friend, is how much this man has benefited from ONE of the Power Postures – Tiger Tendon™ exercises I teach in my online course, and in the subsequent online coaching group.
And as the saying goes, “There’s a lot more where that came from.”
What’s in this Power Postures – Tiger Tendons™ online course?
Here are the main components that make this course extraordinarily beneficial:
Part One – Joint Loosening Mobility Exercises that Help Your Body Rid Itself of Pain
Before you begin utilizing the Power Postures™ , you will want to put fuel in your tank. This is done easily by learning the most important joints to mobilize.
As I learned long ago, you can’t drive your car if there’s no gas in the tank. These loosening exercises are surprising because they appear to be “too easy,” yet, within approximately one or two minutes, you can feel them working to re-energize you.
In fact, on the days that you don’t have time to do the full program, you can literally hit the ground running by taking a few minutes to do these exercises.
Part Two – Power Posture Exercises and Breathing Method
After loosening up you are ready to take charge with the five key postures. These postures are guaranteed to get the vital energy flowing inside your body. Many of my beginner students over the years have felt the vital energy from these postures within 60 seconds during the very first session. This alone makes these postures unique, as a beginning student never feels energy that quickly. Well, they do with my method - and you’ll soon discover this for yourself.
Part Three – Tiger Tendon Exercises
Once you have the basic idea of the postures, you are ready to learn how to make the exercises even more restorative and regenerative with subtle internal and external movements. None of these movements will be difficult. In fact, they are so easy you may underestimate their power – but ONLY if you SIT there and watch. Get off your chair, do the exercises and you will get the power.
Here’s a breakdown of some of the benefits you will tap into when you’re following along with me in the Power Postures – Tiger Tendons™ course:
• You will learn how to Grow Older as Slowly as Humanly Possible.
• You will learn how to improve the mobility of your joints without traumatizing them in the least.
• You will learn how to “Find Your Comfort Zone” and how to expand it naturally instead of training to fatigue and failure.
• You will learn how to easily get more spring in your step, allowing you to move with greater ease and speed.
• You will learn how to regain and maintain your mobility – no matter what your age.
• You will learn how to become stronger, have greater stamina and increased flexibility without suffering through exercises that hurt.
• You will learn how to coax your body to make improvements instead of forcing it to improve.
• You will learn why it’s a good idea to train smarter, not harder, as you get older.
• You will learn one of the biggest missing secrets that almost all qi gong practitioners have not been told and do not embody – and you’ll be able to instantly detect it when you look at a photograph of a practitioner.
• You will learn how to increase the feeling of electricity and magnetism inside your body.
• You will learn how to make your joints feel bulletproof.
• You will learn how the body heals itself when you feed it the “long-lived warrior exercises.”
• You will gain a greater sense of clarity and focus in your everyday life, allowing you to accomplish more without angst or unnecessary stress or tension.
• You will become cool, calm and collected even when others are freaking out around you.
• Unsurprisingly, with this approach you will learn to become a better athlete or martial artist, regardless of your age.
• And you will gain a feeling of well-being that you will wish you had learned about when you were much younger.
• Lifetime access to all Power Postures™ volume I videos.
How to Get Started
If you’ve been reading along this far, then I have some exceptionally good news for you.
When I consider the 15+ years of study that have gone into creating this course for you, which includes numerous international flights to study with various masters, I would feel 1,000% justified in setting the price for this course at $1,000.00.
In fact, those whom I have privately coached on this material have ponied up far more than that, and they were thrilled with their results. In short, it was far more valuable than they expected.
The good news is that you will gain access to the Power Postures – Tiger Tendons™ online course for far less than $1,000.00.
Going further, I’m not even going to ask for $500.00, much less $250.00, even though either amount is also incredibly fair.
Here’s how light I’m going to make this for you: If you make the choice to get this program NOW, I’ll give it to you for the insanely low amount of $149. This, my friend, is an absolute steal when you consider the time (over 15 years), energy and money I’ve put into learning this information, so I can pass it on to you.
3 Free Video Reports When You Enroll NOW
Before I sign off, let me sweeten the pot a bit more for you.
Here goes: When you enroll NOW, you will also have access to three bonus videos that you’ll find incredibly helpful.
Bonus Video #1 – Top Secret Way to Build Tendon Power with Whips - Value $29.
In this video I’m going to show you several of the whips I train with as part of my martial arts practice. And there is one whip which you have got to see because it causes your whole body to begin moving as though it is a whip itself. It develops the tendons and sinews in such a natural way, you’ll be blown away. Anyone who plays a sport or is in a martial art that has whip-like, coiling, spiraling action, needs to see how this puppy works and how it can transform your game. Moreover, this particular whip is also being used by many people to safely and easily eliminate pain from their shoulders, elbows, wrists and hands. Find out why this type of whip is superior to training with Indian clubs, maces and other heavy objects.
Bonus Video #2 – Farmer Burns Self-Resistance Exercises that Maximize Strength in Your Weak Links - Value $39.
Keep in mind that the building of tendon strength is not just an Asian martial arts idea. Back at the turn of the 20th century, a wrestler by the name of Martin “Farmer” Burns, put out a course (available at mattfurey.com), wherein he taught self-resistance exercises that are more valuable today than they were when first published (1914). Due to so many peoples’ inactive or over-active hard-core training lifestyle, the body begins to wear out. In this bonus video I give you a deeper explanation of exactly how the body can heal itself when you give it the self-resistance exercises it needs while also eliminating the activities that are causing the trauma.
Bonus Video #3 – How to Increase Growth Hormone Naturally with a Hammer in Your Hand - $29.
As you read the title shown above, you might think, “He must be joking.” Indeed, I am not. And I’ll explain why in this video, where you will learn how to use a hammer to increase hand-eye-coordination, improve tendon strength, and make your brain function more efficiently so that it will gladly increase IGF1, the growth hormone our body produces naturally, when it is given the type of exercise it craves.
Nothing to Lose but Pain
Earlier today someone on social media asked me if I still practice the Royal Court from Combat Conditioning every day.
I replied, “I do a much wider variety of exercises each day; much more advanced.”
What I didn’t say is what I’m going to tell you now. Advanced exercises, especially exercises that allow the body to heal itself, are not necessarily ones that are incredibly hard or difficult to do. In fact, oftentimes the most advanced exercises are the ones that appear to be the easiest.
Will you be challenged with the Power Postures – Tiger Tendons™ online course?
Yes, you will. But you will go at YOUR pace, not mine. This will allow you to move forward without rattling your nervous system. And as a result, you’ll enjoy the training and make more progress than ever before.
Come along with me and you’ll see.
Sincerely,
P.S. Remember, once you have registered for this course, you will have lifetime access to the streaming videos as well as the bonuses.
