If you are stressed by the clock and seeking the extra energy to do more every day, this is the most important article you will read this month.

Millions of Americans feel drained and exhausted by the endless demands of work, family and life. Way down on the list or in the back of your mind might be a goal to live healthy and get fit. Like many people, you might begin your day with good intentions to eat right and feel great. But then, minutes later, you’re rushing out the door on coffee alone, telling yourself you will make up for it later.

When lunchtime arrives, your hunger has become primitive. Faced with a giant menu of nutritional hand grenades, there’s no holding back. You promptly slam down 1,100 calories.

Back at the office, work piled high and stress higher, you begin the post-lunch battle to stay alert, focused and productive. Fighting to keep your head up, you reach for a cup of joe as your body diverts every ounce of energy to the task of converting your lunch for three into enough fat to keep you alive in the wilderness for a week!

The No. 1 reason busy people don’t take better care of their bodies is time. Living on the fast track can spiral your health downward if you let it. Not only are you running low on energy, but your health is being compromised as layers of stress and demands keep piling up.

How do you reverse this trend and get back to full strength? Start a diet? Get to the gym every day? You’re probably thinking, “You’ve got to be kidding, right? How can I take on more? What’s going to give?”

Time for You to Change
It’s been my experience that the most driven people see fitness success and career success as competing goals; it’s either one or the other, but not both.

This faulty thinking is flat-out wrong. The idea that you can swap your health and energy for success and achievement is a false belief, a misunderstanding of the physics of success.

Look 20 or more years ahead in your life, and you’ll know there’s no success without health. You don’t want to win the race only to die on the finish line. That’s not success; that’s sacrifice.

You can’t sacrifice your health and fitness for your success. Without health, what do you have? Your health and success are not two goals, but one—they are interdependent.

Life from a Position of Strength
For more than two decades, I’ve helped hundreds of thousands of people, including top athletes, A-list celebrities, leaders and high achievers, from all walks of life transform their life, enjoying vibrant energy and renewed clarity, focus and confidence. And I can help you engage your life from a position of strength. The change begins with a fundamental shift in the way you see the world. We will reintegrate your divided worlds of health, fitness, achievement and success.

It is my greatest wish that you will join with me and thousands of fellow achievers in SUCCESS magazine’s 90-Day FIT for SUCCESS Challenge. Enjoy the life-transforming experience of embracing your full strength, energy, vitality and the elevated performance and success that follow.

In just 90 days—should you dare to join with us on this empowering journey—you will enjoy greater energy, renewed health, a clearer mind, more time and more freedom in every area of life. You’ll get more done in less time than ever. You will probably take a few inches off here and there, add a few new contours to that body and feel more in control of your life than you’ve felt in years!

Simply register online at SUCCESS.com/challenge. You’ll receive access to training, nutrition and mindset articles. PDF downloads and a Tracker Booklet to document your progress also will be provided. I will blog at least once a week and provide videos from my program, Strength for Life. There is no cost to participate. In fact, it could cost you your health if you don’t.

The program will run from June 1 to Aug. 28. Sign-up will begin during the month of May. The program will be interactive, and participants can share their stories, challenges and triumphs. You’ll get the support and camaraderie of being involved in a team challenge and supporting others as they support you.

At the end of the program, SUCCESS will select the most successful participants and feature their stories in the magazine and online at SUCCESS.com, allowing you to gain the respect and admiration of your peers. What better accolades can there be?

Focus on Your Most Precious Resource
Strengthening your body and energizing your mind is not a sacrifice, but an investment in your most precious resource: you. When you are strong, healthy and alive with energy, you are more effective, more confident and more in control, and your results in all areas of your life will improve as you do.

Taking just three hours a week to renew, recharge and reboot your body and mind is hands down the best investment you will ever make in your success. But don’t take my word for it; experience it yourself. It’s only 90 short days. Other than a few unwanted pounds of fat, what have you got to lose?

What are the gains, you ask? That’s another story. The sky’s the limit for you, my friend. I look forward to helping you set and achieve some inspiring goals in these next few months. Here’s just a sampling of what you will learn:

• Learn how to stop settling for less—less energy, less joy, less life than you deserve.
• Find out how swapping five pounds of body fat for one pound of lean muscle can shape your body smaller.
• Learn how to reach an even higher level of fitness or strength.
• Gain clarity on the mechanics of motivation.
• Discover what you need to know before you even take a “before” photo.
• Realize how one subtle change in focus frees you from ever having to diet again.
• Learn how to eat what’s best for you because it’s what you desire most.
• Avoid the single most common mistake people make that kills their training. Hint: It has nothing to do with sets, reps or even exercises.
• Discover the secrets of athletes to stay strong all year long.

Physical work is rejuvenating and empowering, and it brings you to life. With a strong, energized body and mind, you will have the clarity and confidence you were meant to have.

Not only will you be renewed, but there’s a monetary element as well. With your new lease on life and energy high, I fully expect you to experience monetary and business gains that are in-sync with your physical and mental achievements.

Whenever you attempt to trade your health and energy for success, you’re sacrificing yourself, which costs everyone—you, your family, your community, your world. Make the decision to change today. Are you in? Register Now!

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Shawn Phillips is a fitness expert, author and CEO of Phillips Performance Nutrition and co-founder of Performance Lifestyle Solutions. His books include ABSolution and Strength of Life: The Fitness Plan for the Best of Your Life.