How to Host Your Own Fitness Challange

October 9th, 2008 by Tom Terwilliger

ceo-challange.jpgIf you have ever thought about holding a special fitness event or challenge to bring awareness to your services or club or maybe even to give back to your community you will not want to miss next week’s -Tuesday October 14th -Access to Fitness Experts with guest, Jim Sayih.

Holding Fitness events and challenges can be one of the best and most rewarding public relations things you can do for yourself, your business, your clients, and your community but finding sponsors to make it profitable can be a real pain in the…

Our guest next Tuesday, October 14th is not only one of the most respected and recognized fitness experts in the country but also a true master at creating, hosting, and promoting large scale fitness events and challenges.

Jim Sayih is best known as the “Toughest Cop Alive” at the International Law Enforcement Games, but is also a Red Cross CPR Instructor, and the recipient of the Silver Life Saving Medal and 2 Community Service salutes.

image003.jpgHe is also the founder of the 911 Fitness Challenge and the CEO Fitness Challenge two of the most successful fitness challenges in the country benefiting Shriner’s Children’s Hospitals. His fitness programs are implemented in Police & Fire Stations in the US and Canada.

On Tuesday, October 14th Jim is going to share with you his secrets for (more…)

Giving Back Can Be Fun…

October 6th, 2008 by Tom Terwilliger

sdeattle-start.jpgLast weekend I was in Kirkland, Washington, a small very affluent waterfront town just north of Seattle hosting its 2nd Annual TTTS Race for Hope (Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome). The event was a massive success and although in the shadow of the passing off my dear friend, Steve Stone that same weekend… I had a blast.

It seems that giving back was exactly what I needed. The experience made me acutely aware of the fact that focusing on our own pain, loss, or self pity can be a major obstacle to our success, fulfillment, and happiness. Last weekend was an exercise in shifting focus from self to others. By giving something back in the form of my time and expertise to those people who needed it I received a tremendous gift in return.

little-ones-ttts.jpgWhenever we focus to deeply on ourselves especially during times of challenge our own wow’s, insecurities, and self imposed short comings are magnified. If on the other hand we were to put those things into perspective and shift our focus outward we would soon see as I did this weekend that we’re in pretty darn good shape.

The gift I received was twofold:

First, I was surrounded by survivors, children who if not by the grace of god and the miracle of modern medicine would not even be alive today. Little boys and girls who’s identical twin brothers and sisters may have sacrificed their lives for them. As well as the fortunate little ones who get to embrace their brother or sister every day. Just being around their energy was like a jolt of electricity into my system. 

Secondly, I was reminded of the importance of both contribution and gratitude. In fact I was tremendously grateful for the opportunity to contribute and thrilled to have something worth contributing.

tt-finish.jpgSo when you start retreating back into yourself and begin thinking about how tough it is to get started, or keep going, and make it to the finish line… instead start making it about someone else and not you.

Start giving back and contributing to others and I believe you will find life to be a whole heck of a lot easier and a lot more fun. You’ll also discover that it’s not really about the starting line or the finish line but rather what is in between.

PS.  Yeah, that’s me lying there at the finish line… I gave it my all.

RIP… My Dear Friend

September 27th, 2008 by Tom Terwilliger

steve-stone.jpg I’m in mourning today.

As I sit here in a small hotel room in Seattle preparing to emcee an event that celebrates life I mourn the passing of two great men. One you have come to know just as I have through the big screen, our television sets, and perhaps over a bowl of his own popcorn.

Paul Newman who once said, “If you’re playing a poker game and you look around the table and can’t tell who the sucker is, it’s you.”

The other once said, “If they need me, I’ll be there.” And he always was.  Steve Stone was my very dear friend.

Steve and I worked together for over 12 years as host and co-host of the then popular Fox Sports TV show, Muscle Sport USA. We traveled all over North America together capturing (more…)

“Interpretation”: A Hot Commodity

September 22nd, 2008 by Tom Terwilliger

It is not the event but how we INTERPRET the event that dictates the emotional state. It is not the experience itself but the MEANING we give it that will determine whether it becomes empowering or disempowering, whether it strengthens our inner game or weakens it.

Access to Fitness Experts - Jonny Bowden

September 17th, 2008 by Tom Terwilliger

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Jonny Bowden is a board-certified nutrition specialist and a nationally known expert on weight loss and nutrition and is a best-selling author.

His books include Living the Low-Carb Life: Choosing the Diet that’s Right for You from Atkins to Zone, The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The surprising unbiased truth about what you should eat and why, The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The surprising unbiased truth about what treatments work and why and his latest, The Healthiest Meals on Earth.

Click here to add these books to your library.

During the one-hour interview on Access to Fitness Experts, Jonny discusses the hormonal response of food, the good and bad of cortisol and insulin, the top-3-must-do’s for longevity, and much more.

Go For The Leap!

September 12th, 2008 by Tom Terwilliger

3 reasons why jumping off a giant cliff is good for your health:
Watch the video with my partner, Aaron Huey of Fire Hawk Facilitation


1. You are perfectly present in the NOW…the past and future have no power over you.
2. With your heart pounding in your throat, you feel totally alive.
3. You feel in your bones that you are a giant step closer to fearless living.

What Aaron is talking about is that moment when you release your fears you move away from all that holds you back and take that giant step forward into the life you desire even when you don’t know the outcome.

The #1 Reason Most People Are Not Wealthy, Fit, and Successful

September 7th, 2008 by Tom Terwilliger

Do you know the #1 reason why most people never get what they want in life?  It’s NOT because they don’t have enough time, money, or ambition to pursue it.  Although they may think those things themselves are what they want.  And it’s NOT because they’re not working their butts off. 

In fact most people work far harder than they need to.  All that work and effort in most cases is fueled by an unconscious desire not so much to “get what I want” but rather to “hold on to what I already have.” 

It might appear to some that the age in which we live has facilitated a change in motivation for many from a burning desire to achieve what we want to a fear driven battle to hold on to what we have.  Even with the wide spread achievement awareness created by The Secret and the Law of Attraction, “I just want to be comfortable” seems to be the battle cry of the fearful would-be survivors.  It is the psychology of how not to fail vs how to be victorious… and is very easy (more…)

Professional Training From IDEA and Tom Terwilliger

August 27th, 2008 by Tom Terwilliger

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It’s been said that “if you want to become someone new you need to learn something new.”   That’s a rule I have lived by all my life.

If you weren’t able to attend this year’s IDEA World Convention in Vegas then you missed an opportunity to learn some really great new stuff. 

But it’s far from too late!  Dawn and I attended the event this year for the very first time and man did we walk away with a suitcase full of new learnings and experiences… no hotel towels and ashtrays. 

One of those experiences had to do with presenting.  I was invited to teach my new 7 Rules of Achievement program for hundreds of like-minded fitness professionals just like you and me.  Of course I did so with my own unique style of teaching that really caught everyone off guard, but engrained the learning on a much deeper level.

IDEA liked the presentation so much that they very generously asked me if I wouldn’t mind it being filmed, packaged, and sold in their IDEA recourse library.  The program was presented as Keys To an Achievable Outcome and is now available on DVD for the very first time through IDEA.  Also, you can get it at a discount by ordering before September 18th.

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Check This Out:  The complete 7 Rules of Achievement training program will be featured in the September issue of Muscle & Fitness and FLEX Magazine and will also be available online in September.

If you would like to pick up the IDEA DVD presentation at the discounted rate I will deduct that price from the cost of the complete 7 Rules training program should you decide you would like the complete program as well.  I know you will find it to be one of the most powerful goal achievement and coach training programs in the world and is specifically designed for fitness pros.

Read on… (more…)

Can Seniors Really Build Strength and Muscle?

August 24th, 2008 by Tom Terwilliger

Former Mr. America, Tom Terwilliger coaching a 70 plus year old athlete doing a 280 pound bench press at the 2008 Rocky Mountain Senior Olympic Games.

Access to Fitness Experts - Todd Durkin

August 14th, 2008 by Tom Terwilliger

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Todd Durkin is a strength, speed, & conditioning coach, personal trainer, bodyworker and motivational speaker/coach. He is a 2 time Personal Trainer of the Year and founder of Fitness Quest 10 & Todd Durkin Enterprises in San Diego, CA. 

His expert staff of 30 trainers, coaches, and massage therapist/bodyworkers perform over 400 weekly sessions and help educate, motivate, and inspire the world to greater levels of health & fitness. Todd is also a former professional football quarterback, and works with dozens of elite NFL, MLB, and professional athletes.

During the one-hour interview on Access to Fitness Experts, Todd explores the type of leadership required to manage this type of busy lifestyle.

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