 This is Mike with the 21 report behind the scenes in Orlando, Florida at the 21 convention ten-year anniversary event sitting alongside Jim Flanagan Jim you just gave your first-ever speech at the 21 convention first of all welcome Thank you. I appreciate it great to have you here. Glad to be with you. Thank you, Mike So for those who haven't seen your talk yet. Could you give a brief overview of what you talked about? Well, I had I had The I was going to talk about overall general conditioning and exercise will weights and more I thought about it with the audience here I've been a young I thought well, let me let me give them a little bit of a journey of life Where I went where I started and how I got there and I did that and the field of exercise and fitness and Then I did give them a little bit of information about Working out some things to avoid some things to look at and and learn study and learn and Keep records of what you're doing and so forth. So it's about an hour and I had a lot of great great questions at the end Awesome, so how did you originally get involved with exercise? became a physical educator. I realized my calling was the coach and It wasn't a straight from point A to point B. I got circumvented because I had to pay my way through college Didn't produce the first year didn't do the grades. My priorities weren't aligned so at age 18 so it was a long haul but got through it and Did not get to coach of sport because I got out of school in December And I had to get a job and the only thing available was elementary physical education at that time Did that for a year and a half at a summer recreation program. I ran in a very nice high-end Part of Orlando for two summers and got paid that but I took the negative turn to a positive That was one of the key points of teaching young people No matter how good or how bad you think it may be if you have a negative situation turn it to a positive So I went to graduate school at night. I didn't get to coach of sport, but I taught phys ed worked on my masters and then I was fortunate to meet a guy named Arthur Jones who was the inventor of the nautilus exercise machines back in 1970 I met him in the first quarter of 71 after playing basketball at the local University here And I was working at a Milo's gym and that's where I cut my teeth three years before that 1968 and I thought I really knew what I was doing because I produced some great results and in 12 months I put on 50 pounds of mass from 190 to 240 And I thought I knew what I was doing until I met Arthur Jones and my world changed overnight and That was my journey with him and two companies back to back with a 36 year relationship So you mentioned Arthur Jones and you talk a lot about Arthur in your speeches share some of the stories I wanted to ask what was your biggest takeaway your biggest lesson you learned from Arthur? Well, there were a lot of them Opportunity only comes by a few times and if you don't grab it is going to go it won't come back Something else may show up so timing is the key and He always said that the time was right when he introduced the nautilus machines because he was the first guy in America to Take the barbell and figure out the limitations and try to build machines around the functions of human muscles and Everybody else prior to that Took the approach of copying the barbell which made it more inefficient than what it was and Along the way he found some information about a guy who had started the same thing He did back in the 1850s and 60s in Sweden a man named Gustav and Xander and He made the attempt to build tools around human muscles for rehabilitation But it didn't take off because the quantum leap prior You know compared to what was already out there. It was too too much to people couldn't comprehend it And so he later failed but Arthur Jones did make the attempt and he succeeded it and Lost that company in 1970 and sold in 1986 Awesome. So in terms of exercise well, what's the biggest mistake you say most people making in the gym? Overtraining and misusing the tools that are put forth in front of them are two of the biggest problems They're over overtraining training way too long Spending too much time with the gym is more of a social thing and They're not getting the results. I remember some of the lectures Arthur Jones gave which was hundreds of them over the time He always said that today's membership in the gym you buy a health club membership you buy your attire to look cool You take your supplements and protein powders and You spend three or four days a week in a gym and the results you're producing plus the injuries you're incurring you better off quitting So that's kind of exaggeration So if someone was going to walk into your gym and you're going to put them for a workout What would that workout look like? Well, you you would take them through a workout with the machines that we have or based on muscle functions You would you it takes a while you got to teach them how to work out. So usually and what I've learned is it takes about By appointment ten workouts to teach them how to properly exercise because most people have bad habits and That's a learning curve for about ten workouts and we average about two a week We used to train three days a week back in the days, but we realized that was probably too much because it's if the intensity is high Your exercise must be brief if the intensity is high it must be infrequent you got to have recovery And that's what most people don't understand it exercise There's nothing more or less that provide a potential stimulus to trigger a positive change in your your body and Most people don't even know about that and don't really understand it So Jim this was your first time speaking at the 21 convention. How have you enjoyed the experience so far? Well, I've enjoyed it. I mean, it's a very professional run program. It's on time I was very impressed with that and and I think people are seeking information I could pick up on that just a few questions I answered after the talk and I saw a couple people during the lunch And I got here a little early. So I got one of my news. I said with him. We had nice talk So I think it's a nice nice conference nice program Brilliant. So if people at home watching want to learn more about you more about your work Where's the best place they can go? probably the Go to facebook.com the hit experience calm I've got a friend named Luke Carlson who I've got in the business about 17 years ago He's very successful with his business model his training protocols And he is really on a proactive growth mission and I I actually teach a course with him once a quarter And I'll give you my email address if you like it I can be contacted the initials JJ Flanagan is FLA in a GN JJ Flanagan at Sentry link CENTU or why L.I.N.K. L.I.N.K. connected dot net That's the best way to reach me. We'll keep that link down below. So Jim. Thanks so much for being here Thank you for having me so nice to meet you and good luck to you in the future Thank you very much. So with that said guys, you can now watch Jim's talk First exclusively on 21 university calm. You can also get there by clicking on the link below This is Mike signing off with Jim Flanagan for the 21 report. Thank you