Joey Bull has poured a lifetime of lessons and learning into her new book Tidy The Temple.
The four times UK Fitness Champion, former Adventure Athlete, mountaineer and instructor, classically trained dancer and internationally regarded fitness professional has produced a high quality publication that is different to the normal instructional guide.
The Tidy The Temple system is derived and developed from Joey’s experiences both with her own training and what she has observed and achieved with hundreds of clients over two decades in the fitness industry. She has drawn on a remarkable life of achievements, obstacles, wonderful triumphs and crushing tragedies, as well as an encyclopedic knowledge of health and fitness to deliver a remarkably inspiring and informative book. Joey weaves candid and entirely honest autobiographical elements into a fascinating, accessible and proven 28 day plan.
“I have spent years working with all manner of people from the exercise novice and totally deconditioned to elite athletes, children to older exercisers and of course myself. And I have been through one or two events that have provided stark learning curves. Nothing really beats empirical evidence when it comes to knowing what works and what doesn’t, how to respond to setbacks and how not to”.
Joey was educated at Elmhurst Ballet School, Surrey and was shaping up for a career in dance when a skiing accident led to knee reconstruction and the end of dance career aspirations. Having grown up enjoying outdoor pursuits with her parents she was not going to stay inactive for long and embarked on a major rehabilitation programme. “It went really well,” recalls Joey, “And I enjoyed it so much I just kept on rehabbing and got into the best shape of my life”. This led to fitness competition, four UK national titles and a world top 10 ranking. Next she combined her heightened state of fitness with a passion for outdoor pursuits and became an Adventure Athlete; scaling the world’s greatest mountains, crossing deserts and racing through remote jungles.
“All of which teaches you a lot about physical preparation and conditioning, whether it’s the pampered world of stage posing or trying to stay alive in an extreme environment and pushing yourself to your mental and physical limits”.
But the biggest and most shattering body blow was yet to come. Joey’s second child died during what should have been a routine delivery after a full term pregnancy. Body, heart and mind were devastated. Enforced immobility followed and the mental anguish far exceeded the physical battering. And yet less than 12 months later she was in good enough shape to film two workout DVDs and was back to coaching, motivating and inspiring others.
Tidy The Temple draws on all of this to provide a thorough, honest and informed exercise, diet and motivation programme that cleans out the body, fights fat, adds life, zest, energy and delivers new levels of fitness.
But much like Joey’s own life, it has not all been plain sailing and problems followed hard on the heels of great success. Achieving the holy grail of a full publishing contract by a top London company should have been the deserved culmination of three years hard work, however it was just the beginning of new problems.
“As time went by the original draft of the book kept being downgraded further and further. All colour pictures became black and white, hardback became softback, paper quality was reduced and the cover price kept creeping up until it had increased by early 50% whilst, in my opinion, the quality of the product had been totally compromised.
“In all good conscience I couldn’t expect people to buy a substandard version at a crazy price and came to a stalemate with my publishers. Luckily they took longer over the whole process than their own contract stipulated so there was a way out, although it took a further six months of wrangling to get my book back off them and retain all rights to produce or offer elsewhere”.
It might have been a bumpy road but Tidy The Temple is now available and is in the form that Joey always envisaged. The book provides readers and followers with a thorough day by day, step by step, month long guide, offering accessible explanations that they can carry with them for a lifetime of better exercise and eating decisions.
Series of exercises of varying intensities will shape, sharpen and tone the body, whilst not requiring significant time input or any specialist equipment. Clear written explanations are accompanied by numerous pictures and Joey’s personal touch is never far away from the instruction and guiding process.
She has also identified a wide variety of foods to provide the most wholesome and complete eating plan for the 28 day programme and beyond. And Emiko Ray has superbly turned these ingredients into more than 80 fabulous meals, each one described in detail and pictured in full colour. In fact this section of the book is of such quality it could stand alone as recipe and cookbook in its own right.
Colour coding different elements of the programme allows for an easy navigation through Tidy The Temple and daily motivational quotes help to keep the reader on track.
There is also a Tidy The Temple website where members can follow the programme and benefit from on-going instructions, advice and downloads.
Tidy The Temple is a lot more than an exercise and nutrition manual. It is a life and a passion.
More information at www.joeybull.com and www.tidythetemple.com. Tidy The Temple can also be ordered from www.amazon.co.uk.
Released by Guy Holland
