5-pillars: Why it's different

Firstly, The wake up warrior 5-pillar system is all about health and longevity.

It's NOT a 'transformation' it's a lifestyle, that's the longevity bit, for ongoing and optimum wellbeing that allows me to look, move, and feel great all year round whilst still actually having and enjoying life!

Many people only talk and think about exercise and calories/nutrition but if you want amazing results that last (unlike those transformations) there is a whole foundation you need to get right..

The balanced 5-pillar system includes tools, hacks, and habits that when applied not only allows you to take back your control and progress towards your goals but also keep sustain them with relative ease for life for your ongoing health, longevity and overall wellbeing!

Therefore, it's a simple proven system for staying aware and in shape physically, mentally, and emotionally all year, not just for the beach, those transformations (that don't tell the whole picture) or photoshoots etc

So, we look, move, and feel GREAT...

All WITHOUT hours of endless exercise and boring unsustainable diets. Ideal, for busy professionals who don't have time for (or even particularity enjoy) endless exercise/gyms, no matter your current level.

And currently, the success rate is currently 100% with everyone following this system, for:

1- Safe, fast and effective fat/weight loss

2- Building real usable strength - toning up

3- BOTH the above = Get healthy and sustain it

4, Healthy balanced enjoyable (therefore) sustainable eating
yep you can have a few beers & burgers etc and make this work just as I do

5, Pain free movement
Iron out those imbalances and improve agility/flexibility

6, Feel strong, empowered, and full of energy

All WITHOUT hours of endless exercise (gyms optional) and boring unsustainable diets

(diet's don't work we both know that)

Using the 'balance' of each of the 5-pillars, that I devised from over 20 years experience, study, research, and failure (not to mention all the confusing BS out there) for optimum ongoing wellbeing...

This ONLY involves a few 'main' workouts (withdrawals) each week alongside daily recovery (deposits)

This balance, of daily movement (what we're built to do) allows me to maintain a strong agile pain free physique ALL year unlike, short-term unsustainable transformations that are not about health.

They are unsustainable as even the coaches that promote them can ONLY maintain the 'look' during that period of 'transformation' because they can't sustain such intensive routines and restrictive diets, and you don't have too!

(Kinda of what's wrong with the MULTI MILLION £ INDUSTRY)

Oh and more importantly, its also about encouraging our health line to MATCH our lifelines!

Above, its me: Anton Hedges - Health, Longevity, Lifestyle Expert - Making a deposit, with recovery movement.

Exercise is for improving the health and development of the body so that physical tasks can be performed with greater ease and efficiency. However, many people only exercise for the weight room/gym...

There is now an understanding that movement has a higher value than muscles in isolation.

Traditional isolated contraction-based movements (working one group of muscles at a time, single-joint movements), are unlikely to serve you as well as your progress into your 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond..

It also usually involves machines that just dictate your natural human movement patterns.

Just because you have strong individual muscles, doesn’t necessarily mean your whole body is strong. Often disproportionately strong muscles end up working against you, you might be strong at doing a bicep curl with a dumbbell, but what happens when you need to climb over an object or wrestle an opponent?

Agility is ALSO more USABLE than brute strength (alone - so we incorporate a bit but in balance not bias) which is also why this movement (moving the way your body is built to do) will have a bigger cross over to chosen activities. Our hunter-gatherer ancestors did no exercise programs. There was lots of movement, searching for food, bending, running, throwing, climbing, squatting (sorry no plumbing yet!) and other primal MOVEMENTS. This is what we incorporate within the 5-pillar balance, and why it's DIFFERENT..

The emphasis of this system is all about health and longevity, having our health line match our lifeline! These day's people are living longer but unfortunately many people don't take responsibility for their wellbeing (many woke up during lockdowns due to the fact the virus isn't the issue, it's actually the host) unless there is some kind of 'scare' hence why they then suffer with their health/life lines as they age.

Common sense would be to take action on prevention before waiting for issues..

I bet you are AWARE and take responsibility for your finances and bank account right?

If you were to think of your body as a back account - 'The Bank Of Body'.

Every time you do a intensive workout you are making a withdrawal from the bank of body BUT every time you do some recovery or joint mobility health you are making a deposit

Hence the balance of pillars that incorporate the withdrawals and deposits because if you are just ruining yourself with withdrawals every time it's going to have a detrimental impact on your bank account right?

It also doesn't help the mind either > the body obeys the mind < As we know our energy is vital for OVERALL wellness..

Low energy = Low mood = low confidence, low tolerance, poor choices, sedating with junk/booze etc

*Why Mindset is one of the five pillars - If there wasn't an element of this involved, You would have achieved it already?* However, you'll never hear me say generic things like, you need to believe to achieve..

You'll also NEVER hear any mention of 'think positive', 'manifestation' or my favourite, 'ask the universe'

(how's that worked out so far?!?!?) Just a load of old guff that continues to hold you back!

I've never known ANYONE who has thought their way out of a negative situation?

What's required is positive ACTION! You just have to do, I know a LOT of believers but not many DOERS!

Above, one the local wake up warriors Sat, who couldn't get out of bed every morning without that annoying and all common back pain before using the 5-pillar system. Here he is now demonstrating overhead squats. Working a unilateral movement pattern incorporating strength, stability, and mobility. Also there is no escape in the kinetic chain, with unilateral movements, ironing out the imbalances (of weaker/stronger sides) that can cause aches/pains instead of just adding to them like traditional gym based routines.

Below, Look back (2013) at some synchronised (Turkish) get ups a challenging functional total body real usable strength, conditioning, stability and mobility MOVEMENT, moving the way the body is designed.

The irony of all those one dimensional 'exercise gym machines' in the background, that dictate your movement/training patterns (behaviour/beliefs again) is never lost on me, whilst these ladies are getting functional (human movement) building real usable strength and conditioning (burning fat) at the same time with just a kettlebell (or dumbbell) and the gym floor..

Also, this traditional so called mainstream way of exercise also takes a LOT of time, you know exercising each body part daily, as well boring cardio work.

Which means you need to hit the gym 4-6 times each week. All of my 5-pillar warriors (especially the online warriors) DON'T want to give up all their valuable family/fun time and... They DON'T HAVE TOO

Believing (beliefs again) this is the ONLY way to go and that we need to unleash all that beast mode BS. Lets be clear need you don't need to ruin yourself.

A highly experienced coach will know when and how often to push for that extra gear. However, for long term, sustainable health and wellness, consistent exercise of varying intensities over time is the way

Of, course if you are or entering a bodybuilding event then you will need to train this way, but that comes back to CLARITY (of goals or what you want and why) but we know this is about the look.

Many people train solely for the look. While it's correct to aspire to look and feel your best, training primarily for the look isn't the way to health any more than possessing the look is indicative of genuine health, it's fool's gold when it comes to health and longevity.

Below, its me again, just demonstrating the power of the 5-pillars.

Pic on the left is over 10 years ago (in my mid 30's) following the traditional 'bodybuilding' gym based system that involved 5-6 days in the gym (and cycling to and from) each week. This picture doesn't tell of the niggle and imbalances!!! The pic on the right is OVER 10 years later (Dec 21) where I'm 10 years OLDER from using the ongoing 5-pillar system (not for a transformation) that I can achieve and sustain all year round from just 2-3 main warrior wellness workouts, recovery (those vital deposits) and walking.

I move/exercise regularly due to my leverage of how I feel (the look is a natural by-product of this system) and not forgetting the health line - life line balance. I may then add a few occasional 'challenges' in around this ongoing system just to mix things up, challenge myself as I age, whilst keeping it interesting and fun!

Same deal with boring restrictive diets - Diets DON'T work we BOTH know that - Sustainability and longevity is about a lifestyle, which is why you can have a few beers and make this system work. I do have dry days but I will have a beer or red wine most days, what I don't do in binge. What we do is take responsibility, I will have a beer most days but I don't binge. Even if I go out, I'm not 19 anymore :p

We WILL still set, declare, and progress towards goals over a monthly deadline (our minimum commitment) as having a physical goal to chase has a connection to your overall wellbeing, as all these guys are discovering. This also helps keep a level of interest and focus for your ongoing health and longevity, plus the fact that it's scientifically proven that the human brain is at it's happiest when making progress!

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The 5-Pillars: Why It's Different