This is going to be a different post for me today. A little off track from my usual fitness, nutrition, budo, and motivational fare, but definitely a necessary, maybe even vital topic. First of all, I just want to say thank you to all my Warrior Fitness blog readers and subscribers. Whether you are one of the many readers who have purchased my Warrior Fitness book or Striking Power e-book or not (yet! :)), you guys make this blog a sustainable enterprise; without you all, I’d just be talking to myself! I’m grateful that what I write and how I write it resonates with you and also may benefit you in some small way.
I Was Embarassed!
This brings me to the reason for this post. A few weeks ago at the Underground Strength Coach Certification, see my review HERE, I was talking with Zach Even-Esh about some new product ideas I had for Warrior Fitness. I had been thinking for a while about tons of new product ideas I’d like to develop for Warrior Fitness and wanted to bounce some of them off him. Well, what he said to me blew my mind! Zach said, “Do you know what your readers want?” I kind of stammered and looked at him a little confused and said, “Um… well, no. What do you mean?” He continued on and told me that while I might know what type of products I wanted to create, wouldn’t it make much more sense to know exactly what my Warrior Fitness readers want and need in a fitness or martial arts product and create something great that specifically meets their needs? I was stunned. Flabbergasted actually. It made so much sense and was such a common sensical approach; I’m embarrassed to admit that I’d never even stopped to think about it. Sorry guys! So, in an effort to correct my oversight, what I’d like to do is get your opinion on this…
What Would YOU Like to See?
What type of new Warrior Fitness product would you, my readers, like to see? What areas in your strength, endurance, conditioning, flexibility, mobility, breath control, agility, do you feel need the most attention? What part of your martial arts training do you feel can be enhanced by fitness training? Ukemi – rolling, leaping, falling, changing directions rapidly, taihenjutsu? How about structural strength for kamae? Creating and sustaining Flow?
Some areas for consideration (but by no means limited to these!) are:
- Bodyweight training
- Kettlebell training
- Sandbags
- Old school strength training
- Odd objects – tires, sleds, stones, logs
- Ninja fitness training
- Conditioning
- Fat Loss
- Any combination or other!!
Also, think about what format you’d like to receive the product in – book, e-book form, DVD, downloadable video?
So in effect what I’m asking is – please help me to help you! Let’s get a dialogue going and keep it going. If I don’t know you, I’d like to. Any ideas are welcome! You can respond in the Comments section below, through my Facebook page (hey, do me a favor and “Like” it while you’re there!), email me, or heck if you want to discuss something shoot me an email and I’ll give you my phone number – whatever it takes to really make you a viable part of Warrior Fitness.
Thanks!
Jon
