Divulging backstory, take-aways, and #fitnessT in the industry.
This book reveals untold tips, secrets, and lessons learned for fitness professionals all over planet Earth. Perhaps revealing necessary information FOR Earth, these fictional stories are definitely not FROM Earth.

Now to planet Mir we go, exploring one cisgender girl’s entrance and career growth in a profession where she’s about to learn --not only new lingo with English “b” words like “burpees,” “bulking,” and “bmi”--but also take on the Latin language with anatomical muscular names, and then a business language experience. Our protagonist Shiva will experience, process, and grow from industry secrets, stellar successes, and surprising hard knocks, including lessons learned with valuable “dirty little secrets” and “#fitnessT” (industry socking stories). As the fitness companies on planet Mir teach the physical components of the discipline without addressing much ever about the business of fitness itself, Shiva’s lessons come mostly all first-hand, including what “playing the game” and “paying her dues” mean.

Shiva will learn lessons in one of the most competitive, personality-driven, and stress-inducing of service industries on her planet, ironically—and paradoxically—all while working within the framework of a career whose outer pretext is fitness and wellness, contributing to her planet’s overall good.

As we follow her journey from innocence to experience, we shall see the drama of her fitness industry unfold. Perhaps some of Shiva’s stories will both spare and enlighten current and future fitness professionals across all galaxies operating in such fascinating environments as Mir.

There’s a huge difference between knowing the truth and telling the truth, and this book explores both. When you learn how to get out of your own way, Shiva learns all of the magic that can happen learning the business of fitness.

Anyone working in fitness and wellness in any way will glean tips and techniques for making the most of the business aspects of a career, including: negotiating, subbing, interviewing, presenting, writing, book keeping, auditioning, record-keeping, dimentionalizing, and more.

“I love storybooks, and this tale of a non-traditional girl’s finding herself in the world of business-- normally held for men-- both warms my heart and opens my eyes to the fitness industry. As a fitness consumer, I now see the fitness industry with a deeper appreciation for every single fitness professional who’s taken the time to choose this career and manage it successfully and ethically.”
Constant Towers Gavin
Actor, Singer, Philanthropist
Hollywood, California

“I’m so glad this is all fictional cuz I’d hate to think that these stories really came from the fitness market from planet Earth. Would we earthlings really be capable of such things in business?"
Suzie Newhall
CEO Bodies of Fitness Influencers
Singapore



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Lawrence's first fiction book offering 12 short stories written during a year sabbatical of 12 months in 12 countries. From universal themes of adulthood, loneliness, betrayal, hidden love affairs, childhood bullying, the human search for happiness, and an English murder mystery, this compilation offers inspiring words and music for all sentient beings. All proceeds from this book support the outreach programs of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, feeding the homeless and hungry on the east coast of the US. $5 shipping and handling.

Narrated by Stephen Bel Davies in a professional plethora of character-based voices.

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Lawrence's first fiction book offering 12 short stories written during a year sabbatical of 12 months in 12 countries. From universal themes of adulthood, loneliness, betrayal, hidden love affairs, childhood bullying, the human search for happiness, and an English murder mystery, this compilation offers inspiring words and music for all sentient beings. All proceeds from this book support the outreach programs of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, feeding the homeless and hungry on the east coast of the US.

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How you teach makes the difference in what you’re teaching. This program showcases the effective teaching and educating techniques used by Lawrence Biscontini, by explaining both the “What” and “How” of his teachings in group related programs. 7 CEUs.

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A wonderfully easy-to read book that answers every person's general fitness and wellness questions via every letter of the English alphabet, from A to Z. "B" stands for "breathing," "D" for "diets," "F" for "flexibility," and "W" for "water." Simplify wellness into 26 simple concepts for every-body to understand and use!

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