A message of positivity and constructive advice from the creator of the Tae Bo workout, this is one of the most important episodes of the Escape Your Limits podcast for helping people during this time.

Billy Blanks has the faith to overcome a global challenge. His experience has given him the power of motivating through fitness as a one-on-one session, group exercise class or home workout, as well as educating others on how to communicate through a camera.

Through perseverance, positivity and dedication to a higher power, he's been blessed with the ability to overcome obstacles, master martial arts, and even his first videos sold over 115 million copies.

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Billy Blanks has grew up with 15 brothers and sisters. He was a shy kid with dyslexia and unable to play sports. Billy was put into special education and ended up joining a gang as a young child in the days of fist fights, before guns and knives.

Against social pressures of his peers, 11-year-old Billy started karate and discovered a new passion for martial arts and movement. By 13 he had his black belt. Before his 18th birthday he'd made the United States karate team, travelling around the world where he won 36 international gold medals. He'd found his route to success and new that if he put his mind behind his body, he could help a lot of people.

He combined karate, boxing, and calisthenics into a workout for a revolutionary new movement that smashed gender stereotypes and taught people to control their body with their mind. The first Tae Bo workout sold four million copies in the first week, and went on to sell 115 million.

Tae Bo is one of the original full body workouts. For more than 20 years it has been helping people discover the power within themselves to achieve anything they set their mind to. If you've got the will, Tae Bo Fitness is the way! For more information visit www.taebo.com

Episode highlights -

• How not to let doubt come into your life, and why these negative emotions will only lead to further negative outcomes. If fear and doubt take up room in your thoughts and in your heart, there's less room for love.
• Why faith has fuelled Billy's success and driven him to continuously grow, both personally and professionally.
• How it's so much more important for operators and personal trainers to talk to their clients before and after a workout. From a business perspective, training is much more about the communication than the physical activity.
• Why "the enemy" comes in thoughts, ideas and perceptions of your mind. You have to change that. You must look and act like your positive mind and will, not your body or fear.
• How discipline and focus is a driver for true development, operating from the inside out instead of concentrating on physicality.
• How Billy went on to use his experiences in martial arts, boxing and ballet to show people how to take your mind and will to control your body.
• Ways of developing a programme with movement to music from scratch for cardio and mindset benefit, and how to scale it.
• The importance of being in the right place at the right time, and staying disciplined to take advantage of any opportunity.
• Why faith is suggestive and can't make you do anything, but your mindset is key to changing whatever you want to change in your life.
• How it's so important to be able to communicate through a camera, and show your passion to inspire motivation.
• Why the word "if" is the difference-maker that many people ignore. If you're disciplined, motivated and focussed, your life will change for the better. But only if you make the change.
• How to stay strong during the coronavirus and stay focussed to overcome any obstacle.

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