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NEW year. A brand-new you. That’s what American Tom Fazio wants to achieve in 2015 with his new mind-body program, Weightlessness. The 35-year-old fitness guru believes that through his 100 days of Weightlessness training, people can perform in work and life at a higher level — both physically and mentally.
Having lived in China for six years, Tom, who is a martial arts expert and personal trainer, and who holds a degree in philosophy, wants to bring Weightlessness next year to both expats and Chinese people in Shanghai.
“The philosophy of Weightlessness is very simple. Getting by in life is not enough. To flourish in one’s life we must maximize our potential, free our minds of fear and stress, and strengthen and relax our bodies,” says Fazio.
“The training program accomplishes this by helping trainees remove mental and physical burdens that are holding them back.”
According to Fazio, Weightlessness training contains strength and flexibility training, as well as meditation and nutrition components.
Advanced Weightlessness is more specialized and contains training with high performance methods found in traditional kung fu, says Fazio.
There are also sub-programs designed for people with specific needs, and such sub-programs may last for one or two months.
“Weightlessness is a mind-body program like martial arts or yoga,” he says. “However, Weightlessness training is more efficient. People may spend decades trying to achieve mind-body balance or elite performance in martial arts or yoga, but the principles and techniques of Weightlessness training can be internalized within 100 days of dedicated practice,” says Fazio.
The theory of Weightlessness came from Fazio’s personal experiences. He started his martial arts training 25 years ago and meditation 18 years ago. He says the reason for studying martial arts was for practical reasons as he was bullied in school.
“I was initially looking for self-defense, and it later became my life’s passion,” he says.
He has had many renowned teachers and trained in several different disciplines, such as taekwondo, hapkido, Thai boxing and kung fu.
And it’s from his wealth of training knowledge and life experiences that Fazio says he finally came up with his theory of Weightlessness over 10 years ago while on Koh Phangan, an island in Thailand.
After 13 years of martial arts study Tom came to China to learn kung fu, and later moved on to related disciplines such as qigong.
He decided to travel throughout China to experience more Chinese martial arts and philosophy to strengthen his theory. Fazio has since trained clients in the United States, Hong Kong, and Shanghai full-time for the last eight years.
Fazio readily admits that the training can be challenging at times for certain people.
“But the results speak for themselves and people keep coming back,” he says.
This year, Fazio published “Weightlessness,” his book detailing the concepts and story of his philosophy, in which one of his clients, Michael Pomerleau, shared his experience.
“Having trained with Tom for several years I have come to know his personal training studio as a place of pain and tremendous gain,” he said. “However, I have never seen faster fitness results and certainly have never been challenged as much.”
Learn more about Tom Fazio’s Weightlessness at www.tomfaziotraining.com
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