This is about building a shelter for a rainy day as John Wooden said in his seven point creed. I could fool you and make you believe that you are benefiting yourself by doing a bunch of crazy exercises but from what I’ve seen it won’t help you in 5 or 10 or 20 years. You have to build a base and work on the fundamentals of success in fitness. Once you have that, then the options are endless. If things go haywire you can always go back to the basics and get back on track.
Most trainers are too focused on looking cool or looking tough in the current moment and that can be very dangerous, because life - as you may know - is a long term journey. Focusing on the now with no intention on how it will affect your future is stupid. Everything you do now should be a part of a plan that you hold as to how you want your future to look. Crazy cool workouts don’t necessarily mean crazy cool results.
Trainers who focus only on that hour of training are missing the point. Workouts that use a bunch of wicked looking equipment and that ‘help the core more’ are just juvenile ways of fooling you into believing that you are actually doing something beneficial.
The real question that trainers need to ask themselves before they attempt to take peoples lives into their own hands is this:
Am I in the business of truly helping people live better lives or am I in the business of screwing people over?
All will say yes to the first part of that question but most will actually act as if they were saying yes to the second part.
When you join The Awesome you live by a 7-point creed that’s been around for decades. It’s a life approach, not a sole fitness and health approach.
This is about your life after all, isn’t it? This isn’t about being ‘cool’ and doing what everybody else is doing right now. It’s not about bragging how tough your workout was last night. It’s not about creating shallow relationships with fellow exercisers that create more wasted hang out time gossiping about useless shit.
This is about work...doing the right work. This is about it not being easy to show up every single day...but you still do. This is about will-power and discipline. This is about believing in yourself. This is about giving your very best to become your very best. This is about a passion for living...not just being alive. This is about consequences and your decisions today turning into answers in the days, months and years to come.
"When I first started training with Dan I wasn't sure what to expect. After one session I knew my goals were well within reach. Dan's commitment, knowledge, experience and reliability helped me find a new passion for fitness. He knows how to push people and the results speak for themselves." - Cam Bowers
Orison Sweet Marden wrote in his book An Iron Will (1901), "It is the iron grip that takes and holds. What chance is there in this crowding, pushing, selfish, greedy world, where everything is pusher or pushed, for a young man with no will, no grip on life? The man who would forge to the front in this competitive age must be a man of prompt and determined decision."
That was over 110 years ago.
I’ve realized that to make a BIG difference in this world you have to surround yourself with, help, and mentor the one’s who are willing to create and build the change you seek. The rest are just a waste of time.
That’s why I only want the serious to join…the one’s with an IRON WILL.
“There are three kinds of people in the world: the wills, the won'ts, and the cant's. The first accomplish everything; the second oppose everything; the third fail in everything.”
If you miss on purpose, because your alarm didn’t go off or because you’re feeling lazy then that’s a strike. And when you join The Awesome you are part of a true success system that will ingrain good habits today...not when you feel like it. The three strikes and you’re out is in affect. I want you to be successful and not waste anybody’s time. After doing this for almost a decade I have a firm understanding on what creates success in people and what doesn’t. Excuses of any kind as you can imagine do not create success. Time is the most valuable thing we are given so we must take advantage of it to our full capacity. That’s why we take time so seriously and if you’re wasting it then I'd simply rather not have you around. That might be a harsh and non-common way to approach the lives of people, but it’s the harsh truth that brings out a craving intensity for the real actions of people. It can crush you or it can create a 'growing you' that builds an amazing and truly awesome life.
And it’s all a choice...yours.
Crazy, right?
"Through my journey with Dan and his bootcamp, I have been able to see how strong and determined I can be. With the positive motivation and no non-sense approach to fitness that Dan brings to his bootcamp, I found myself determined to push further each and every session. It was an amazing experience!" - Karlee Wilson
You can email questions, of course, but to save time I will tell you know who we do not want in The Awesome:
Excuses makers
Lazy people
People looking for quick fixes to life long problems
People who will not take it fully seriously
Showing up hung over (even once)
Gossipers
Passionless people who just want to coast through life
People who accept average as an ‘okay’ thing
What we do want:
People who are willing to put a blood, sweat, and tears type of work ethic into creating an awesome life for themselves.
This is about work. This is about learning. This is about creating. This is about LIFE.
"Before training with Dan I came from a boxing and martial arts background with a very small emphasis on weight training. Dan gave me an appreciation for the technique and determination you need to lift weights and with his help I packed on a lot of muscle which was a huge asset in the boxing ring. Thanks for changing my life, Dan!" - Param Bhardwaj
The information that you probably want to know (but probably shouldn't matter too much if you're incredibly serious about this):
What you get in a nutshell:
- A trainer who has a story as to how this came to be. An unperfect human being who strives for perfection and a life of fun and passion
- Results - if you're willing to put in the work
- The beauty of outer silence and inner battle (listening to your breathing while you struggle, the sweat of hard work, your heart pumping with intensity) - what I call intensive meditation
- The raw feeling of workouts in the morning
What you won't get...ever:
- Yelling for no reason
- Pointless motivation
- Unqualified pre-madonna's as your trainer
- A 'tough' guy whose going to make sure you know how smart he is by putting you through some totally crazy pointless workout...but you'll be sore and feel like puking so that must mean it was a great workout, right?
- A trainer who cares more about their looks then the results of their clients
What will joining The Awesome cost?
If you're chosen to join The Awesome then you will invest in the following choices:
The Awesome Life EPIC Package:
- a 20-30 minute phone call once a week
- 2 bootcamp workouts a week (Tuesday and Thursdays at 6:15am)
- full access to me through email to support you anytime
- free copy of The Awesome's book of the month
- free workouts sent to you during the 'off-season' (May 10-September 1, 2012)
Investment: $399/month
Investment during off-season: $0 (calls once a week still happen)
The Awesome Life SWEETNESS Package:
- 2 bootcamp wokouts a week (Tuesday and Thursdays at 6:15am)
- full access to me through email to support you anytime
- free copy of The Awesome's book of the month
- free workouts sent to you during the 'off-season' (May 10-September 1, 2012)
Investment: $249/month
Investment during off-season: $0
The Awesome Life AMAZING Package:
- 2 bootcamp wokouts a week (Tuesday and Thursdays at 6:15am)
- full access to me through email to support you anytime
- workouts sent to you during the 'off-season' (May 10-September 1, 2012)
Investment: $149/month
Investment in off-season: $50/month (optional)
(Okay, now you know pretty much everything. The prices are the prices and will not go on sale or any of that crap. If you don't want to take the chance then don't. If you're ready to change you're life and live an awesome life then I guarantee you will not be disappointed. There is NO try before you buy stuff either. This experience will help you live The Awesome Life...that's all marketing crap, anyways, to get you in, get you paying, and then forgetting about you...that doesn't happen here)
If you're wondering why there is an off-season then I'll tell you. I'm pursuing my dreams, I'm taking risks, and I'm shooting for the stars myself. I'm aggressively learning and advancing in the game of baseball as a college coach. That's my ultimate dream. From mid-May to the end of August I'll be in Weyburn, SK gaining experience.
So I'm pursuing my dreams and I want to help you pursue yours...that in deep down simplicity is what this is all about.
JUST ANNOUNCED: BOOTCAMPS WILL BE STARTING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012 AT BARNEY MORIEZ PARK. STARTING TIME IS 6:15AM (FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE EMAILED OUT TO PARTICIPANTS)
CLASSES WILL BEGIN AT 6:15AM AND BE DONE FINISHED BY 6:55AM (AND I MEAN EVERYTHING WILL BE FINISHED, WARMUP, WORKOUT...EVERYTHING). THIS BOOTCAMP EXPERIENCE WILL CHANGE YOUR VIEWS ON FITNESS FOREVER WITH OUR REVOLUTIONARY 20 MINUTE WORKOUTS)
"I just joined last week, and I just wanted to say how much I am enjoying your boot camps. They have inspired me to really give this my all. I have been dieting on/off my whole life and battled with my weight for as long as I can remember, and after two pregnancies, it got to it's worst. I lost 55 pounds in between the kids, and vowed not to end up in the same spot...guess what, it got worse. My friend Lindsay told be about your boot camps, and I went to the web site, and decided to go for it. I can't tell you how much it has inspired me to exercise and feel good, to stop feeling the way I have been feeling. To think that I can achieve what I never really thought I could, to be fit, healthy, and athletic. I never saw myself that way, but the picture might just become clear." - Maria Walker
Personal Counselling is available but VERY limited. I will only be taking on 2-3 people and at specific times. If interested in knowing more please fill out a question form and in the Subject box fill in Personal Counselling.
For in-person counselling (includes an Awesomenicity Workout)*: $149/session (session run 50-75 min)
For phone counselling*: $75/session (calls run 20-45min)
*must commit to a minimum of 6 sessions to get started
THE STUDENT SECTION OF AWESOMENICITY
Hello there student! Everything above applies to you still...except the price. Sweet, right? Listen, I understand what it's like to be a student and actually want a legitimate answer for your health and life and I know that real solid answers (not one's from the trainer's who cost $20 at VIU and are student's themselves) can be very expensive.
So, what I'm offering you is this. If you are serious about living an awesome life and are dedicated enough to arrive before 6:15am twice a week then you qualify for 50% discount on any package. All you have to do is tell me you are a student in the subject line of the application and show me proof that you are (most likely it would be a student card you bring to the first morning bootcamp).
And just to make it a bit easier for you here's what students will pay:
EPIC Package: $200
SWEETNESS Package: $125
AMAZING Package: $75
Oh, and just in case you're wondering you can get the Personal Consultation prices for 25% off, but like I said above I'm only taking on a couple people and only at very specific times.
Well, I think that's all for now. If you have any questions please feel free to fill out a question fom HERE
I look forward to meeting you and being apart of your Awesome Life,
Dan Grant, NSCA-CPT, YFS
PS - To learn a little bit more about myself and the mission click here.
PPS - Remember, only join if you are serious about changing your life...I cannot say that enough.
"I personally have been involved in the fitness industry as a group fitness manager for a multi-club chain for 10 years and have been instructing group fitness classes for 25 years. I consider myself to be very fit, healthy and strong. I met Dan about four years ago when he moved to Edmonton. It did not take long for me to realize he set himself above all the trainers I’ve ever known with his knowledge and skills. He is more than just a personal trainer – he truly cares about his clients and the needs of each individual. He went above and beyond with my training and working on ways to get my shoulder back to having mobility and strength. Over the past years of knowing Dan, I have learned so much to help me with my profession in fitness.
I would highly recommend Dan in any regard to fitness whether it be personal training, boot camps, seminars, coaching, or motivational speaking ... he was inducted into his university’s hall of fame for a reason – he is simply AMAZING. Any person having the opportunity to work with Dan should grasp it immediately. He defines what a fitness professional should be and the qualities they should exert. He is without question and by far the best personal trainer I have ever had. He will never let you give up and he will encourage you to go beyond what you think possible. He kept me in check and trained me to work towards my goals. Thank you Dan! You are one of a kind". - Michelle Nesbitt
My name is Dan Grant and I've been training people for nearly a decade...and this is what I have to offer you if you feel that you're ready to actually make significant life changes (and I'm not talking about being obsessive about your weight, your waist size, or the size of your arms...those things only really matter so much).
(And yes...I build this website, did the video, and did all of this writing myself so you're getting me and nothing else...lack of website skills and all)
*STUDENT DISCOUNTS ARE AVAILABLE - CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS*
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