Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About
Burn The Fat Inner Circle Membership

From : Tom Venuto, Founder, Burn The Fat Inner Circle

So far, more than 28,000 men and women from 152 countries have joined The Inner Circle since the virtual doors opened in 2006. Since then, the Inner Circle website has literally exploded into a thriving online community, which also hosts one of the most popular body transformations on the internet.

But one thing we recently realized was that there were thousands more people who were curious or interested in membership, who had signed up for our announcement list and email tips newsletter, who still hadn't joined yet.

After reading countless subscriber emails, it became clear to us that the reason they hadn't joined yet was because they had a lot of questions that we hadn't answered yet about membership plans, pricing, what's included or whether this membership will really help them get the social support they needed and the body they wanted.

Since the Inner Circle opened, Kyle Battis (our site manager) and myself have answered thousands of emails. So Kyle and I went through our mail and pulled out all the most frequently asked questions and we've posted them right here on this page.

If you have a question that's not on this FAQ page, we'll be happy to answer you privately. Just email us at http://www.burnthefatinnercircle.com/public/department6.cfm

Q: I bought the Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle ebook, so why can't I log into the inner circle?

A: The Burn The Fat Inner Circle and the Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle (BFFM) ebook are sold separately on different websites (Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle - "The ebook that started it all" - can be purchased from www.BurnTheFat.com).

The Inner Circle is a private subscription-based members-only support community, so purchasing the ebook doesn't include access to the Inner Circle).

Q: Do I have to own and read your Burn The Fat book to be an Inner Circle member or to get any benefit from being a member?

A: We completely support the BFFM program and we discuss it a lot in the Inner Circle, but our membership is open to anyone on any other healthy eating or exercise program. We don't support or recommend quick fixes or fad diets, but if you're following plans like The Body Fat Solution , Body For Life, Precision Nutrition, a bodybuilding diet, or any other sensible eating plan, you are welcome to join us.

Here's what one of our members, Stuart Darling (who lost 126 pounds), had to say about it:

Of course my first recommendation would be to purchase The BFFM book, but since the book knowledge is sometimes not enough, the Inner circle is a great resource of tools, interactive support and knowledge that can't be found in the BFFM book and is unobtainable almost anywhere else through any means."

If you're using workout programs like Turbulence Training, Afterburn, Power 90, Turbo Jam, Body Pump, Kickboxing, Cross Fit, bodybuilding routines or virtually any other, you are also welcome to join. The nutrition information and the motivation and social support are the most emphasized parts of the Inner Circle so whatever type of workout you prefer, it will only work better when your eating plan is on point and when you're totally motivated.

Q: I was thinking about buying your ebook first, why doesn't the membership come along with your ebook?

A: The Inner Circle membership value is worth much, much more than the e-book, because it's a dynamic, continuously updated, service-driven community, very different than just a book, so it's a separate purchase.

Q: I can get information and articles for free from other websites. Why should I join a member's site to pay for it?

A: Yes, many other sites offer free articles, but searching through google results to find quality info is like searching for a needle in a haystack. And there's no way to tell whether random advice on free internet websites is accurate. Everything in the Inner Circle is evidence-based and scientifically-referenced.

Also, almost all the information that you find on the free websites is influenced by advertising or sponsorships, which makes it hard to know whether you can trust the information.

Supplement companies sprinkle their ads throughout their articles and discussion forums and even disguise their ads as editorial designed to sell supplements. Burn The Fat might be the only healthy eating program in the entire world that doesn't have a line of supplements to sell you.

Rather than clutter the site up with advertising, we chose to offer a low monthly membership fee instead, with ZERO advertising and 100% pure content inside the members area. We don't have any affiliation with supplement companies and never will.

Our members are happy about it, too. They tell us over and over again how refreshing it is to finally find an advertisement-free oasis like our inner circle:

"Thank you to the whole Burn The Fat Inner Circle team for providing SO much amazing content - free of advertisers/sponsors!! Truly a feat." - Kellie, Inner Circle Member

"If you want to know the truth about rapid fat loss while saving potentially thousands in supplement expenses, then Tom Venuto is your man. Tom pulls no punches in regards to nutrition and supplementation (as he is not owned by any supplement company) and he lays out exactly what it really takes to get in and stay in shape." - Adam Waters, Inner Circle Member

Also keep in mind this big difference between member's only and free sites: You have a whole different environment and different class of people inside a members-only site. It's a really positive and supportive energy in our discussion forums because of the members-only aspect. On the public forums there's always people arguing and "flaming" each other, not to mention all the spam posts.

Q: Tom, are you going to be answering all the fitness questions you are asked on your forum? If so, that would great - that would definitely worth joining for that alone.

A: Yes I'll be answering questions! But, I can't promise that I will answer all of them as part of membership. I will be on the discussion forums almost every day and I am going to do my best to answer as many as I possibly can, but if I promise unlimited access to ask me questions as something that comes with membership, then in the future when we have tens of thousands of members, I won't be able to keep up with answering them all, so I'd rather under-promise now and over-deliver than the reverse. Maybe in the future we could do a special "gold" membership that gives unlimited access to me - we will think about it for sure!

Q: Some of us are on a very tight budget. I really like what I've seen and heard and I'd probably join your site if it were about $49 a year in one installment. Would you consider offering something like this?