Time To Take Control

“Give yourself time. Be patient, and then go for it on the third set.”

I was taking a minute during the filming for my new POWER Fit videos to help A.A.

She was doing something I see a lot with people just starting P.A.C.E. She did the warmup set fine. She knew she had to gear up the intensity for the second set, but A.A. kind of zoned out and went after it too hard. By the third set she would have had nothing left.

As a teacher of P.A.C.E., I tell my students to work on keeping their focus. I want you to know how intensely you’re doing it. I want you to pay attention because I want you to be in control.

I’m Not Done Yet

I’ve been saying that cholesterol is not the bad guy, that it doesn’t cause heart disease, for 15 years.

But I’m not done yet.

The reason I can’t let go of this is because the problem has actually gotten much worse, not better.

Seventy-five percent of the patients who come to me with heart disease are already on a statin drug when I see them.

My first job is to try and talk them out of taking them… they’re usually scared and think they’re going to die if they stop taking it.

The big drug makers love to run slick TV ads trying to convince you that lowering your LDL will protect you from heart disease. Doctors often further misinterpret the science and lead patients to believe that they have to lower their cholesterol with drugs or die of heart disease.

Smile More, Just Like JD

We were taking a break during filming for my new POWERFit program and JD started to tell me his story…

“I was on the Canadian National Water Ski team for five years. After that, I kept eating but not working out.

“I gained more than 30 pounds. I went from 155 pounds to 187. I would maybe try some workout for two weeks, then stop, then start again. Traditional stuff, weightlifting, cardio… nothing was working.

“I even tried CrossFit. It’s one of those insane workout programs. I couldn’t get through any of the exercises.

The PACE Party Drew A Full House

“How did you like your grand opening?”

“Fantastic!” My friend Avis was all smiles. “Dr. Sears, people are hugging me and thanking me…”

I knew we’d have a good turnout for the grand opening. But this blew me away. “It’s even better than I expected.”

As more people showed up, Avis would look at me and mouth, “O M G!”

We had 250 people in the new PACE Fitness by Avis studio, and the air conditioning almost couldn’t keep up.

Some of the people I met told me they drove over an hour – all the way up from Miami – to come to the opening.

“My Husband Says I’m Hot!”

“What’s going on out there?”

“It’s D.W. You know how she is since she’s been doing PACE… she brought her old pants in.”

I looked up from reading D.W.’s patient chart. “She brought her pants?”

“Well, she wore them. Her old belt, too.” My medical assistant M.T. was laughing now. “She’s so happy. She even told me, ‘My husband says I’m lookin’ hot now! He wants to do PACE so he can look good, too.’”

Her Whole Family Does P.A.C.E. Together

Have you heard about how fast P.A.C.E. gives you results?

It’s the easiest, quickest way to get lean and fit. P.A.C.E. works because it helps coach your body to do what it wants to do anyway. In almost no time, nature takes over and it becomes easy.

I’ll Be There …

The grand opening of P.A.C.E. Fitness by Avis is just a week away. And my staff and I are working together to make it a fun and memorable experience. That’s why I’m personally inviting you.

Terri Brightens Up The Whole Office

My patient Terri L. is bubbling with energy.

When she comes into the office now she has a big smile on her face, she greets my whole staff and has so much to say. She’s shed 80 pounds so far, and she was in the office just yesterday telling my staff happily, “… and everything that’s left is all muscle!”

Terri seems completely unrelated to the person I met when she first came to me as a patient. She was lethargic, walked slow and talked slow. She had her head down all the time, spoke in a monotone and had hardly any animation.

Now she’s very energetic, and everyone notices the difference.

Why?

The Calorie Burn Myth

One of the worst myths I hear is that if you want to drop weight, you have to first cut calories. If the first thing you do is restrict calories, your body will fight you every step of the way, and you’ll never see results.

Your body is an intelligent system. I think of changing my body as a coaching job. I don’t try to force it. I try to get it to cooperate.

This means that instead of depriving yourself, the first thing is your body needs to be in a safe and plentiful environment. Then, the natural metabolism we evolved with for thousands of years will begin rebuilding the naturally lean body you were designed to enjoy.

I’ve spent over 25 years researching this topic, studying the science and history behind metabolism and weight gain. I’ve been able to apply what I’ve learned at my clinic on both myself and thousands of my patients.

I feel fortunate that my books and videos have helped thousands of people in the real world. Yet I’ve been able to have a kind of success working individually with clients that I haven’t always been able to get through books and DVDs.

I’m Proud Of My High Cholesterol

Cholesterol does not cause heart disease. Cholesterol is what heart disease acts upon.

Cholesterol is a good thing. The more you have, the longer you’ll live.

In fact, the prestigious medical journal The Lancet did a study that looked at 724 people and followed them for 10 years. Researchers found that higher cholesterol meant a lower chance of dying from any cause.1

Cholesterol is a part of your body, and it’s a bad idea to declare war on a part of your body.

Unfortunately, many people who rely on mainstream medicine for health information haven’t gotten the message.

The way modern medicine treats cholesterol is the same as saying, “You have Alzheimer’s disease, let’s cut off your head.” It’s like if you come to me to have your bone mineral density measured, and I say, “We’ve found a problem with your bones. We have to take them out.”

Tiny Body Clocks

Inside your body are tiny “countdown clocks” that determine how long you’ll live.

By slowing the countdown, you may be able to extend your lifespan, and you’ll feel younger longer.

Today, I’m going to show you how to tap the remarkable power of these tiny timekeepers so you can keep doing everything you want for longer than you ever thought possible.

This will be a major focus when we open my new Anti-Aging Center. It’s part of my resolution to you that in the next five years, we’re going to make 100 the new 50.

And it starts with increasing your Body Intelligence.

Improving your Body Intelligence is about:

• enhancing your speed and power
• keeping the stamina to go all day long
• boosting your natural defenses against infections and aging.

A higher body IQ means you can have the same freedom and choices when you’re 100 years old that you have when you’re 50.

But it’s not just for people over 50…

Are They Joking?

I’m having a hard time believing it isn’t some kind of late April Fool’s joke.

I just read an article in The Journal of Family Practice, a conventional doctor magazine.

The author seems amazed, telling readers that, hey, we’ve got something very unusual here. There’s a guy who came in who had numbness and pain, and we didn’t know why. He didn’t have diabetes or any other condition known to cause it. It took 13 years to figure it out and it turned out to be this rare side effect of – can you believe it – a statin drug!

Are they kidding?

Afterburn – Transform Your Body While You Rest

Today I want to talk to you about one of the most important benefits of my PACE program.

I’m talking about “afterburn.”

Afterburn is a way to describe all the energy your body uses to recover from your workout. It’s how you prepare to meet the challenge of what you’re asking your body to do.

And it’s the key to transforming your body with PACE.

PACE is designed to help you exceed your aerobic energy limit and tap the power of what I call supra-aerobics.

Total Freedom to 100

Plans for my new Anti-Aging Center are moving fast, and everything is getting finalized this week.

In the next five years, we’re going to make 100 years old the new 50.

We’re going to use a new measurement of how young your body is called Body Intelligence.

Body Intelligence is the total measurement of:

More Lung Power, More Life

Lung power is the number-one predictor of how long you’ll live. How well you breathe determines how long you’ll stay active and healthy.

The medical journal Chest did a 29-year follow up to the Buffalo Health Study, which followed over 1,100 people up to age 89. They found that the better your lungs work, the less likely you are to die of any cause. The correlation was even stronger for heart disease.1

This makes me wonder about all those workout “gurus.” They keep telling you to do “cardio” which only wears down your heart and lungs. The studies prove that lungpower – not wearing down your heart with hours of aerobics – will keep you going.

Most doctors aren’t aware of this, either. They don’t bother to measure your lungpower during a doctor visit. Yet it’s easy to do, and I measure it at my clinic.

The best way to tell how powerful your lungs are is a measurement called VO2 max.

The Body You Were Meant To Have

I’m amazed when I watch pro athletes at the top of their games. They have incredible speed and power. And if you’re a reader you know I’m a tennis fan. I play tennis every morning. So I loved watching the Australian Open tennis tournament that just ended.

It’s pretty impressive to watch how strong and fast these men and women are. They hit the ball so hard, and can twist their bodies and do incredible things with a tennis racquet in their hands.

Their bodies seem to be built for it, don’t they?

But what if I told you that you can have that same kind of lean, muscular body?

In fact, you were designed for it.

Let me explain…