As this lockdown madness continues globally, each country implementing their own version of the chaos, and of course in American each state, county etc doing so as they choose (and that’s how it should be!!) … I have to stop and shake my head.

Earlier on this morning I read some news about India – where micro-breweries are being forced to dump off their admittedly very tasty BEER … into the drain, because the government in India has for whatever reason banned ALL alcohol and tobacco sales during the lockdown .

And other than a few African nations, I cannot think of a single country that has taken things to such giddy limits when it is UNWARRANTED.

I cannot think of a single nation that has given a nation of a billion plus FOUR HOURS to shut down – willy nilly, abruptly – – a total shutdown that was obviously very poorly planned, and obviously is causing way more of a humanitarian crisis right now that the government is doing its best to gloss over.

I cannot think of, ah, but wait. India is hardly the only one. While China admittedly didn’t lock down the entire nation, they had restrictions and still do everywhere – in many ways even more intrusive and invasive … and they are the ones that caused the entire mess to start anyway when they concealed the initial spread (occurrence, I should say) of the virus.

Not only concealed it, but blatantly and wilfully went ahead with large public gatherings etc despite being warned by Chinese doctors and other (soon to be) whistleblowers that what they were doing was very dangerous.

And now as two of the world’s largest economies teeter, and the US economy gets on shaky footing itself with the recent oil fiasco, I have this to say – it truly does seem that a few folks aside, the world in general its doing its best to create more of a “poor class” and STAMP out the middle class.

In other words, stamp out the true engines of global economy – small busineses and middle classes.

If there EVER was a time I’m glad I am NOT offering physical products – – that time is NOW!

And in terms of stamping out the middle class and creating a vast poor class (those that survive, at any rate), you may call me a “conspiracy theorist” (and that’s fine if you so choose), but this sort of thinking has been around for ages in the minds of those that truly GET IT.

Dan Kennedy once wrote about never being complacent.

“Don’t think the government won’t take all your savings if they really had to!” That was one of the lines he said in a book years back … or perhaps a newsletter, I can’t recall – and ‘tis TRUE, my friend.

Can’t trust government – ANY government – further than we can throw ‘em, or even less, and that’s why I’m a huge, huge supporter of the Second Amendment as well, hehe.

Anyway, enough of that.

THIS time, more than any other should propel you to learn two things.

One survival skills – and some of those, including taking care of your most basic needs (think going to the bathroom – or capturing FOOD) depend upon your physical fitness, and sorry if I’m offending someone by saying what I’m going to, but gym pumping and toning aint gonna cut it

You’ll need to be lean, mean and a FIGHTING machine, a caveman as it were in order to SURVIVE and THRIVE in this new world which I believe will be forced upon us very shortly, my friend.

And two, you need to learn a skill that will help you in ANY sort of economy – that being how to sell – and sell based upon the ECONOMY – either online or offline.

And admittedly online is easier to do during times of lockdown – – something most people can do, if they just put their minds to it.

Yours truly has been in the trenches (truly, hehe) and can guide you on exactly how to get going. Contact him if you’re so inclined, and we’ll see what we can workout, or if.

And that’s that for now . Back again soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – In terms of being LEAN and MEAN – a true FIGHTING machine – THIS is the course that will get you there (pics included on the page) – https://0excusesfitness.com/eatmore-weighless/

So, today’s email will be another interesting trip down memory lane – – for me, and something you guys will mostly likely be able to relate to.

As I ate a great lunch this afternoon (which I’ll post pictures of shortly on Instagram), I was reminded of one thing – – that I ate EXACTLY the same thing on one of my trips to Khajjiar years ago – – that wonderful hill station I write about so often indeed!

I’ve written about my most recent trip there, but THIS trip was in 2011 I believe, or perhaps 2012. Can’t quite recall, but it was before I moved to the Middle East for a very brief period (more on that period and my workouts there later!).

That was BEFORE we had a bonny little girl tagging along with us, hehe, and ‘twas a most enjoyable trip – – every bit as enjoyable as the one that would come years later.

For those that don’t know, this spot is known as the Switzerland of India, and I have done up a travelogue on this as well – something I have NOT published as yet, but something that is written, and will be out shortly along with other travel stories as well.

And as soon as you arrive at this tiny little hamlet in the Himalayas you see a vast green meadow … rolling green and PICTURE PERFECT meadow as it were, replete with cows, sheep and rabbits (and of course, and somewhat unfortunately a lot of the associated manure as well).

And as I grabbed a beer (Kingfisher STRONG!) to celebrate the trip one fine afternoon, I had a plate of snacks and ketchup in my hand as I drank.

Beer and snacks, you say.

Well, nothing so strange about that …

… and there wasn’t, except this was back when I was a bonafide 120 kg lardass, hehe. The picture I’m referring to is on my Facebook, so you’ll see it if you’re a friend of mine there, but regardless … I was BIG back then. Real BIG, and no, despite what it may look like (w.r.t the “you were thick” comments back then, for one!) – I was one thing first and foremost above all – FAT.

Yep, that’s it. FAT, big time.

OK, I still worked out, hence the muscle and thickness but I was carrying around way too much lard, and nowhere was this more visible than when I sat down, and the wife took a picture of me with the beer and food.

It received tons of “likes” when she posted it on her Facebook and a comment where a colleague of her couldn’t help but comment in jest.

“Was the food enough? Sure looks like it!”

And I couldn’t stop LAUGHING when I read that, and neither could the wife, hehe.

And sad part?

Well, what I looked like back then was viewed upon as NORMAL – – even back THEN.

Believe it now and trust me later, I’ve seen lardasses (especially back in the South in the U.S., but more recently here in good ole China as well) that would make me look positively REED like – and if you’ve seen the picture I am referring to, well, that’s SOMETHING.

Believe it or not, the “weights upon the planet” (I’m translating from Hindi, hehe, for those of you that KNOW) that I saw in Barnhill’s buffet back in 1999 would literally make me look skinny – – and those people weren’t even called “fat”.

They were called big, and while there WERE folks that were called fat – – back then, you literally had to be 400 plus pounds in order for that moniker to stick.

And today?

Well, probably like 500 if we were to take into consideration today’s politically correct, sissified world.

Anyway, we got some great walks in on that holiday, and then again when we returned – – and burnt a ton of fat too.

Only to put it RIGHT BACK on the first time – and keep it off the next – and that’s another tale – for another time!

All for now, my friend. I’ll be back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – Good news is, you do NOT need a hill or anything of that nature to start dropping the lard lumps quicker than FAT off a George Forearm grill. I have certain custom exercises and movements that will do the SAME thing – probably even quicker. Here is where you can grab the course on literally EATING MORE – and weighing LESS! – – https://0excusesfitness.com/eatmore-weighless/   

P.S #2 – Along with that, you’ll also want to grab a copy of the 0 Excuses Fitness System – right here – https://0excusesfitness.com/0excusesfitnessystem/

So as I sit here writing this to you, my mind isn’t FULLY on what I’m writing … or not 100% at any rate, but I’m still getting her done.

Most people that read my emails, and indeed my books (and believe me, I’ve done FAR MORE writing in another genre than I have my fitness stuff, although yes, I’ve written a lot on fitness too)  would never suspect this, of course.

I’ve often got accolades on my writing and thought processes, and while I’m not saying that to blow my own bugle, ‘tis a fact … as much as what I’m gonna tell you now.

That being the power of a focused mind.

As I sit here writing this, my daughter BE yelling during the lockdown.

She’s stand outside the door, asking Papa if he was “scared of foxes” – -despite knowing how much I HATE being interrupted, and yet she does it, on a regular basis.

I close the door, but she opens. I lock it, and she bangs. I yell “I’m busy”, and she yells back. And so forth.

And then of course, my beloved wife, and the pots and pans banging away at the kitchen, and numerous doorbells jangling, and the bally phone (boy if there was ONE benefit I ENJOYED about no Wifi, it was no PHONE, ugh!) ringing off the darn hook, it’s a mad house at the best of times, and during LOCKDOWNS, or close to it, well, you can well imagine how it is!

For some reason, the goddamned phone will ring, usually along with the damned doorbell (lockdown??) just as it I sit down ready to write.

For some reason, my little one will choose just that moment to pipe up ..

And so forth.

While all of this was NOT a problem when I was a single wolf, hehe, it is NOW … well, when I’m with family at any rate and not on one of my “extended breaks” as it were (more on that later).

And I’d be LYING to say I like it, or enjoy it. I don’t, but sometimes, it is what it is, my friend.

And as I sit here writing this, my ears ringing from what my daughter yelled back (you’d think she’s Mommy and I’m a kid, hehe) … the old Napoleon Hilll quote comes to mind.

“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the SEED of an EQUIVALENT, or GREATER benefit” …

Note though that as Hill says in “Outwitting the Devil”, he doesn’t necessarily mean the seed of full blown SUCCESS, but the seed from which that plant may be made to GERMINATE.

And it’s true, my friend.

In THIS situation, what it helps me develop even more so than my normal abilities, and on a daily basis, is a sharp and focused mind.

The ability to BLOCK out everything while creating products or writing to you.

Not ideal the noise, but hey, there’s always an upside, and this is ONE very important upside my friend.

The power of a FOCUSED mind cannot be overestimated, and this brings me to two points.

One, being this – developing a laser sharp focus and the ability to block out other people’s noise, BS etc is crucial to success in any endavor, fitness included.

You’ll have jokers at the gym do their best to interrupt you as you do Hindu squats, for instance.

“Those aren’t good for the knees!”

You’ll have nuts trying to tell you pushups arne’t the best damned exercise ever. You’ll have lunatics picking just that moment to “talk to you” – – as they often do right here in mainland China during my workouts – UGH!!

And so forth.

The ability to BLOCK all this out and keep going is crucial, my friend – so crucial that I Could write a tome on it, and probably will someday.

And two, this – that as Napoleon Hill said in Think and Grow Rich, the POWER of an ORGANIZED master mind cannot be overestimated.

By that he meant that while one mind working towards a goal is good, and admirable provided it does the right things, nothing can beat that mind in CONJUNCTION with other like minded minds, and this, more than anything else is the key to real success down the ages.

You’ll not have to look very far to see examples of this either!

And in terms of fitness, that’s why we have the 0 Excuses SHIP, where like minded folks can jump aboard, and TURBO charge their way to super fitness levels, and get in the best darn shape of their lives – in record times, along with other like minded folks!

And that’s that for now, as my daughter is creating a MESS in the backyard. Oh boy! Hehe.

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – Be sure to join the SHIP right here my friend. One of the benefits is that it gives you UNLIMITED AND UNRESTRICTED access to ALL my products as long as you’re a member, and that alone is worth the investment in SPADES. Jump ABOARD now!

P.S #2 – Sure hope the wife and daughter don’t see this post, hehe …

So after dashing off that last email on yoga shchmoga, yours truly felt like DOING something.

Not for me just arm chair theorizing. I DO what I teach you – practice what I preach – on a daily basis, and on that “poignant” (I can see ya’ll reaching for your ‘kerchiefs, LOL) note I dropped down and gave myself 100.

100 Hindu squats as it were, and I must admit I paused a wee bit in there … a second after 60 squats to turn around and do ‘em from the opposite direction.

Why?

Because as my buddy from Australia Glenn likes to say “Because I can!”

And so pumped was I after that brief 2.5 minute blast that I was breathing heavily – and PANTING – and sweating, and this with the ceiling fan ON at full blast.

Which of course should NOT come as a surprise to the 0 Excuses Fitness GANG, especially not those of you that have seen me pound out 250 pushups in an easy to follow along video right there in my living room with the AIR con on full blast, no less!

Anyway, I’m still sweating, and still breathing hard a good ten minutes after the workout, and by that I don’t mean panting.

I mean breathing HARD.

I mean my body is hard at work burning fat, while I’m “hard at work” writing this to you. It’s also hard at work releasing HGH … boy these brief workouts make me feel GREAT – and they will have the same effect on you too my friend, if you just do the thing and follow along!

Now, does lengthy yoga compare?

Can it even hold a candle to what I’m doing?

In less than 5 minutes I was done with a ball buster of a workout. Strength, conditioning in spades, and flexibility at the end too.

And of course, a great overall buzz something that does NOT come from sitting in Bikram Yoga in heated yoga centers or saunas for hours on end.

Don’t get me wrong. Something is still better than nothing.

But if you’re part of the crowd (and a growing one from what I can tell) that does yoga for hours, and doesn’t really see the effects … at least NOT in terms of fat loss, then you’d be well advised to give what I am saying a try, my friend.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg.

If you really want ADVANCED, and really want to be able to FEEL the fat melting off AS you workout, well, I’ve got the ticket for you … just the ticket – and it’s right HERE.

And if you choose to remain on the “lsd cardio” and yoga shmoga train?

Well, you ain’t gonna hear a peep from me, hehe. My job is to PRESENT the FACTS to you.

After that, its’ truly up to you my friend. I’m not here to hold hands or run after you if you’re not serious – but for the minority reading this that IS serious – well – I’m here for ya!

And that’s that for now. Back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – FORM is paramount on Hindu squats unless you want to risk injury or worse – and also to get MAX BENEFIT out of this great, great movement. You will NOT benefit unless you do these right, and NO, you cannot learn these on the Internet either (I would NOT be lying to tell you that the form most of the so called “pundits” teach on this is way, way off – and is INJURIOUS to your health as opposed to BENEFICIAL).

HERE is where you can learn ‘em – from one that’s been there, done that, and does so daily – – – https://0excusesfitness.com/0excusesfitnessystem/

Woke up this morning to a comment from a person on my WeChat list (in response to a photo I shared yesterday about my book “Dish Delicious”).

This person seems Indian (or of Indian origin), which is likely why she asked, but it is one of those ANNOYING one line questions that make you want to puke (if you’re part of those in the know, hehe) because you KNOW what is coming next.

She could care less about the book, or anything I’m posting.

She’s interested in wasting time with meaningless questions. The last time she contacted me she went off on a tangent about “why are you so upset” (huh?? I wasn’t upset in the least!) and she then proceeded to badger me about civet cat coffee which she wanted a while ago, but I didn’t have.

Civet cat coffee, for those that don’t know is the world’s most expensive coffee – – made from … civet cat DROPPINGS.

And people pay big bucks for that, and don’t balk at the prices. Yikes!

Anyway, she knows fully well that the lockdown is in full force in many parts of the world, and this coffee ain’t exactly something that can be shipped out a minute’s notice. She’s been told that. And yet …

Anyway, more on timewasters later.

Back to yoga shmoga, and don’t get me wrong. While the average person reading this may like yoga, let me give you a few reasons as to why yoga will NOT work for the average person in terms of achieving weight loss goals (and building muscle?? Forget about it, pally!).

First, like anything else, yoga has to be done right. Much like swimming, another great exercise, the strokes need to be done correctly and so it with yoga – and most people do NOT do yoga correctly – period.

This holds DOUBLY true for those from mainland China, or in mainland China. Yoga is all the craze there now, and anyone with tanned skin and their mama has become a yoga teacher there, but all the yoga I’ve seen done there is a BASTARDIZED version of the real thing – which itself is too hard for most people to do, so guess what they do – they do the exact opposite of what gets results – they dilute it and make it easy.

Not to mention of course that mainland China has an annoying habit of quietly copying things (or brands) and then claiming “they invented it”.

There’s chicken shops with ole Saunder’s picture outside it everywhere in the mainland, for one, and many of these chains are a blatant knock off of KFC. In fact, so blatant that they didn’t even bother to change the pointy beard before calling it “their own!”

Same with yoga etc. And for those wondering, NO, Tai Chi did NOT come from China. It originated in Southern India – – more on that later though.

Second, yoga is basically a stretching based workout IF DONE right.

And most people don’t do it right. The stretches are often extreme, and the average lardass would probably tear a hamstring or both trying to get into some of the elementary stretches and that’s me being FRANK.

How do I know? Well, I tried it during my lardass days, and so have some of my students during their own “weigh more eat more, hehe” days.

Third, there is no palpable cardio involved. No, sitting in a sauna doing yoga doesn’t mean you’re burning calories just because you’re sweating my friend (sorry Bikram, but ‘tis true). You may shed a bit of water weight, but NOTHING permanent.

Fourth, and not least, yoga has no strength building component in it. Less muscle automatically means less fat burnt, my friend  – – which is a SCIENTIFIC fact, and if you don’t believe me, go look it up on Google or something.

And there are many more, but all of those should be enough to convince the Doubting Thomases, hehe – or maybe not. I don’t know, and I don’t care. My job is to present it like it is – and if someone chooses not to believe in it, all for the better.

Anyway, the lady I referred to above commented on either the pictures of Dish Delicious – – or Corrugated Core.

I asked her which one, and she didn’t respond. Typical eh.

If it’s the latter though, you yoga fans will have a hey day – because what I teach in there is YOGA PLUS.

Some of the movements may look like yoga movements, but they’re anything but, and they actually WORK. In fact, you can get a solid, heart thumping workout doing nothing but the ELEMENTARY exercises mentioned therein, and do fine for the rest of your life – and we haven’t even gotten to the intermediate and advanced stages yet.

Pick it up right now if that’s your cup of tea my friend.

And on another note, some guy messaged me on LinkedIn with the following.

“I like you. I hope you can write about me!”

… My response?

“Buy a product. USE it. Send me a testimonial – and I’ll write about it – and make you world famous!”

Hehe. And on that note, I’m out. I’ll be back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – If you’re looking for gob smacking, lip licking DELICIOUS recipes that (yes, you can make ‘em during lockdown as well!) you have NOT seen elsewhere, then click on over HERE, my friend.

P.S #2 – And along with that, be warned. You must pick up a copy of Eat More – Weigh Less too – unless you choose to become “as  big as a house” after partaking of the recipes and the results, hehe.

So, as I was browsing through my Wechat the other day, I saw a post from “Jiji”, a person that used to own a learning center in mainland China, and perhaps still does.

Now, this isn’t anything out of the ordinary of course. I see posts from her all the time, but as of late, it’s been a different kind.

Like I said, this lady runs (or used to, or perhaps still does) a learning center (right, that dreaded elephant in the room ESL, UGH!) … and she was doing fairly well too apparently, until last year.

And nowadays, all I see is posts of her (almost akin to SPAM) selling clothes and other products.

It’s a new product daily, and the marketing is nigh terrible – and non existent. All she does is post pictures of her products and then expect people to click through and BUY.

And believe it or not, she ain’t selling essentials.

How she expects folks to actually buy is beyond me, but that isn’t the point of this email, of course.

“Hi Jiji!” I casually remarked a couple of days ago.

“From learning center owner to clothes seller … quite a change!”

Now, I must admit there was more than a touch of saracasm in my post.

This lady is the sort that (in a friendly manner) pays expats WAY less than what she SHOULD be in terms of wages …and while yours truly does NOT teach English unless he gets paid damned well, and even then usually not, I still had to point out that fact when I first met her last year.

Of course, she claimed she “couldn’t afford it”.

Yeah. Right. Couldn’t afford it my ass. She can afford fancy makeup, a nice SUV, a huge learning center but can’t afford to pay teachers what they’re worth. Misplaced priorities anyone, and is it any surprise that the ESL industry has been dead for years, populated as it is with such mentalities?

Anyway, she didn’t address the fact, which was of course that the Chinese economy is literally on it’s last legs, and people are SCRAMBLING to make a buck – any which way, hehe, and ole Jiji is NOT an exception to this rule.

And of course, she wouldn’t admit it honestly. They never do, do they? Hehe …

“From teacher to tea seller (coffee, I think she said) to yoga teacher”, she responded in a friendly yet sarcastic manner.

“Wow, Jiji. You sure did avoid the question”, I tittered back.

And then I started on in my own vein, hehe.

“Teacher? English teacher?? You know very well I don’t do that unless I get paid **** RMB/hour, Jiji. We mentioned that in our first conversation … and I have screenshots, in case you forget, hehe”.

Crickets.

“As for yoga … I don’t even know yoga. How would I teach it? Not only that, even if I did know it (I do to an extent, actually, hehe) – – I would NEVER teach yoga despite the GOOD money on offer, because I believe it to be essentially useless in terms of what most people are looking to do which is to build muscle and lose FAT”.

Crickets, and then an embarrassed “smile” from her, and then again … crickets.

And so this brings me to two points.

First off, be honest, my friend. Your FAKENESS stands out a mile or two, and for wolves like us that have the keenest noses around, we can smell BS from MILES away, and we track it down too, hehe.

And we ain’t scared to say it like it IS either!

And two, I do NOT teach yoga.

More to the point, and this is really what I wanna say … 0 Excuses Fitness is NOT yoga.

Eat More – Weigh Less is NOT yoga.

Shoulders like Boulders is not airy fairy, Jane Fonda like rubbish.

And so forth.

I teach REAL exercises – – that get REAL results and if you want the same – – well, start right HERE my friend – –

And that’s that for today’s blast. Back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – More on this subject later, stay tuned – but if your kids are going nigh crazy during times of lockdown that now don’t look to be ending since September (and there was this report, hopefully NOT true about the COVID really resurging late Nov this year) … then go HERE to calm ‘em down. . .

In the 10 Commandments of Successful Sales, I mentioned the real life story of the company I worked at at the time, and gave you 10 (or was it 20, hehe) sales tips that you can pretty much apply to any situation in life (when you’re trying to or need to SELL).

Could be I.T. projects or diamonds or info products, or just yourself during a job interview.

Could be either offline – or online – or a combo of both.

Could be via email or other means. The list goes on and on and on, with the main focus being one thing – selling – and doing so SUCCESSFULLY.

For whatever reason though, selling has got a BAD RAP … and continues to get flak – entirely undeservedly for the most part, if I might say so.

I still remember the reaction my immediate family had when I told them I was entering sales.

“Pah! Sales! The real work is done by operations!” (and prior to that I was in support/operations, getting bored out of my skull doing NOTHING productive pretty much for the most part that really added to the company’s bottom line).

This was my father that said this, and when I mentioned this to my colleague at the company, he was shocked.

“Sales is how the ENGINE of any company runs. Look at what the CEO’s do – do they focus on operations, or sales??”

He wasn’t telling me anything I didn’t know. Of course, when the “winds turned South” a few months later, this same person came back to me and told me “you’re just a sales person! We can hire plenty more!”

And later on down the line …

And quietly to their new hires …

“I don’t know if you know it, but we had a guy like Rahul who could bang out emails like no-one’s business better than anyone we’ve seen before!”

Facts. Pseudo hypocrisy (and in that case, I don’t mind it; dude was doing what he had to jobwise, hehe). Ass kissing when the situation demands it. And so forth.

And where was I again? Ah yes, SALES …

Sales, my friend is truly how ANY business runs. Despite the hoo haa and naysayers about “operations being the one that does the work” (and in many cases they do NOT – reference the book I mentioned) … SALES and MARKETING are the lifeblood of any organization, and if you want to get better at business, then SALES and MARKETING are the first coupla things you need to get good at – very good!

Don’t get me wrong. A good product, and of course after sales service etc are important, but the key is this – until you have REVENUE coming in – you don’t put food on the table and pay dem pesky bills.

‘Tis just that simple, my friend.

The other day I read a blog about “why is everyone selling all the time”.

Some chick wrote the blog, and I’ll try and find the URL if y’all BE interested, but she was basically ranting about the fact that a lot of info marketers do their best to sell –  – in EVERY interaction.

And that she herself was more interested in “helping people out of the kindness of her heart. Yes, she wanted money, don’t get her wrong, but that wasn’t her passion! It was to help people!”

Before I get started on how ridiculous and asinine and illogical (amongst others) this blanket statement is – let me state something.

Helping people IS what it’s all about. And NO, NOT all info marketers do their best to sell in every conversation!

Often times, customers will email about exercises, asking me how to do ‘em, and I’ll take the time to reply to them in a very through manner, even if I say so myself, and in some cases BEFORE they bought the product.

Case in point being Gautam from India, for instance. Or Charles, another regular I’ve often mentioned in these emails. And so forth.

Second, you SELL because you HELP people.

And to give helping people a bad rap is silly, no?

I mean, if someone needs to know how to lose weight – if that would HELP the person overall – – then am I, or someone else doing the world a disservice by promoting a product that WILL help them? I don’t think so, my friend.

The same people that piss and moan about people selling stuff online etc are the same people that go to Walmart, and happily shell out money for clothes, TV’s, cable subscriptions, NetFlix ,the latest dumbphone (iphones!) and so forth.

Are those “worth” it? Required? No, but if they are for THOSE people, what about the people selling them and the constant sales pitches you get from Apple, so to speak? Or any other big company?

Last, but NOT least … this person is clearly NOT being 100% honest.

She says it’s not about the money, but if I were to give her a million dollars tomorrow and ask her to SELL in every post, what are the chances that she would ACCEPT it?

Hehe .. you be the judge, my friend!

There ain’t nutting wrong with selling is the point of today’s post – and on that note – I’m out. Back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – HERE is where you can learn about the fitness routines that CHAMPIONS use, and will work for YOU too (yes, an unabashed sell, hehe) – – https://0excusesfitness.com/0excusesfitnessystem/

Sounds insane, doesn’t it? The concept of a ONE minute workout … coming from the guy who hiked hills for hours at one point in his life?

Sounds crazy, don’t it? All the “8 minute workout” emails I sent out in the past …

And yet, my friend, there is a method to the madness here.

After sending you that last email on stretching, and getting rid of the crick in my neck, I felt pumped.

So pumped that I stopped yet again, walked around my room a coupla minutes, and then took a deep breath, and jumped into a set of Hindu squats.

I did 50.

Took me about a minute or so, and I wasn’t quite wiped out by it, and neither was I panting heavily.

But I did feel it! I haven’t been doing the squats for ages, and I decided I’d do some – and after I did ‘em, I realize my entire body HAD been worked – if just for one minute.

And I’m pumped again, and even broke a light sweat, hehe.

And I feel good. The neck crick has all but GONE, and while I don’t recommend treating SERIOUS sprains or injuries this way, bear in mind that a LOT of injuries, even seemingly painful ones such as the “handstand while my thumb popped out and BACK in during the winter” experience (easily the most painful I’ve ever had till date) CAN be treated if you just get the blood flowing in an indirect manner.

Which is what I did today. And that’s what I did with the thumb too, despite being told to splint it, or otherwise let it recover.

Today, it’s like I never had the injury at all – in contrast to what people told me about “you’ll always feel this during the winter!”

And here is my point … I don’t just advocate 1 minute workouts for the purpose I mentioned above, although yes, they DO work for this purpose too – and well.

I advocate these for people who claim they’re “too busy” to workout (an asinine claim considering the lockdowns globally – if anything, EVERYONE has more than 15 minutes or so to spend on a workout these days!) … or for those that “don’t like working out at all, period”, or for those that “don’t want to do it”.

And so forth.

Lots of the procrastination, negative feelings etc about exercise can be removed if you … JUST DO IT!

In terms of what I teach, and it works, it’s simple.

Get the product.

Follow along with me, either via the videos or the BOOKS. And just do it.

It doesn’t need to take forever when you first start. In fact it likely won’t.

And even if you get to an advanced stage, quick and dirty is sometimes what does it. While I banged out 250 odd pushups in record quick time in the 0 Excuses workout video, what some may not notice that all I did was 50 squats at the start of it.

That’s it.

And that’s all you need … sometimes.

Am I advocating never do MORE?

Heck no!

You can, and should shoot for more, but the one minute workout idea has MERIT, my friend.

Drop down, and give me  50 NOW – regardless of what you’re doing. Or 20. Whatever you can DO.

And then, tell me how you FEEL.

Nothing else. Just how you FEEL.

Repeat after a few hours. Report back.

And that, I bet, my friend, will answer your questions more effectively than yours truly ever could!

Hehe. I’m out for now. Back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – Here is where you can grab the 0 Excuses Fitness System – https://0excusesfitness.com/0excusesfitnessystem/

Over the past couple of days I’ve had a particularly NASTY crick in the neck … on my left side, which is supposed to be my “stronger side” (though I’m right handed).

I don’t know why, but the pain got INTENSE last night … and I could barely get to sleep until about 4 AM or so, and even then, I tossed and turned fitfully.

And this morning, when I woke up, I made mention of this to my wife.

“There’s nothing you can do”, she replied. “Other than some sun, of course…”

Now, the suggestion may have merit – – hot compresses anyone? Plus I’ve been spending way too much time cranking out emails and new product as of late, but lest you think I ain’t been working out – think – AGAIN.

In fact I recently had “tennis elbow” (a mild case – which suddenly made itself felt in the shower of all places!) … and I’ve been doing my jump rope workouts religiously, my friend.

But cricks in the neck and other aches and pains are often caused by underlying imbalances, my friend – – and in my case, while the wrong sleeping posture and a less than ideal pillow, I believe caused it … the UNDERLYING cause was there for a while.

That being, imbalances.

What do I mean? If I’ve been working out, then …

I know, I know.

But what I mean is this – I have been neglecting my HAMSTRINGS – and forward stretches – something I talk about a LOT – but something for whatever reason I need a KICK UP MY ASS every so often to actually do, hehe.

I’ve made mention of the fact before that I’m not genetically gifted in a physical term and my extreme inactivity during my childhood (I suspect) caused me to have an almost permanent “tight hamstring” problem – something I suspect that affects a lot of folks.

Lots of folks are under the mis-impression, for instance, that bending forward cannot be done with a huge tummy, and you may be right, but you could have the flattest stomach ever and tight hammies, and you’d struggle to do it regardless while the person with the pot belly may be able to do it just fine.

And as I thought about it, I got up from the computer, and did some stretches, the likes of which I have not done over the past few days.

OUCH!

The muscle complained, but there was another problem.

Those hamstrings have become tight again – and I had to literally COAX the muscles “out of temporary retirement” as it were – and good news is this, I used one of the tricks I teach you in 0 Excuses Fitness – – and within a minute or two, I was at it like old times.

And guess what, the pain in my left trap has gone away by more than a half – – from about TWO minutes of stretching. If even that.

Sometimes, all you need to do is get the blood flowing, my friend, even if its just for a few minutes and hence my recommendations for a) short and sweet workouts … stuff you can do in between work, if you so choose and b) BALANCED training.

Train the back as hard as the chest. Train the hammies religiously – just like you would your thighs … and so forth, and you’ll likely avoid cricks in the neck, and more … well, for the most part anyway.

And that’s today’s missive. I’m ready to go again … and I’ll see you soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – Another secret I mention in both 0 Excuses Fitness and Eat More – Weigh Less is how to recover from your workouts in record quick time WITHOUT huffing and puffing up a storm. Get the products – and you’ll learn HOW!

In the movie Rocky III (admittedly a POT boiler, hehe) you see Mr. T training in his basement gym doing all the right things while Stallone (Rocky) does the exact opposite, and goes crazy with spandex, chrome, fern and mirrors replete.

Brooks Kubik often spoke of the chrome and fern warriors back in the day when he used to be sending daily emails out (not sure if he is still doing it).

And he’s right. The chrome and fern MENACE that has plagued our gyms these days is the worst ever thing that could happen to gyms, which BACK in the days were REAL gyms.

People did bodyweight exercises. People hoisted IRON – heavy iron the right way – and did NOT stop to “pose” in front of a mirror in between sets.

They certainly didn’t have personal trainers rubbing their shoulders between sets of lifting 10 pound pink dumbbells while comfortably seated!

And as I saw a picture of a dude today on my Twitter account posting a “puff and buff” picture of himself in front of the mirror (bathroom I believe it was) – – with a shiny gym floor in the background and Swiss balls, sit up benches etc … I was reminded of just how people MISUSE the mirror instead of using it productively.

To me, the mirror is not there so you can preen and pose like a lady applying makeup, for instance (and ladies, the mirror techniques applies equally to YOU TOO!) – and certainly not to “show off your beachball biceps” (admittedly my six year old loves this, hehe).

First off, do I recommend a mirror at all while training?

My answer would be … YES if used correctly, and NO if used wrongly.

In Rocky III, you see a shot of Mr. T furiously doing shadow boxing in front of …you guessed it, a mirror.

The old timers highly recommended this, and why?

Well, first the obvious. NOT to preen and pose, but to improve form, and in a sport as technical as boxing form is paramount on everything.

Which holds true for 0 Excuses Fitness and all the exercises I teach as well, of course. Pull-ups being one prime example. FORM is paramount, and often times you don’t have people around to spot you or train you correctly, so you have to do the best you can, and a mirror can aid in this.

But that is NOT the real power of the mirror.

The real power is, you LOOK at yourself while DOING the thing, and if you’re shadow boxing, for instance, you look into very eyes – more so than you would “normally” if you’re not working out!

You literally FEEL THE HEAT.

You FEEL The passion.

Deep down inside something clicks, and externally, you “see” the flab flying off at record speeds to be replaced by solid, functional MUSCLE.

And as you get more and more enthused, you KEEP going. Until you collapse, with a new found sense of CONFIDENCE that you never thought you possessed, and again, those that have done this will know what I BE talking about, my friend.

You rinse. Repeat. Ad infinitum. Day in, day out. You DO the thing until you GET the power – and the RESULTS!

And lo, after a few weeks, something strange happens – those same results materialize.

One fine day, you find you can do 5 pull-ups in a set – easy peasy – and you think back and wonder WHY exactly it took you so long to get there, and what the struggle was all about. Its so easy, isn’t it??

And it is, my friend. So is weight loss, and everything else, if you just know how to get your subconscious activated … and that, my friend, is the topic for today’s post – which you’ve guessed by now, hehe.

And that’s that for now. Back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – I felt much the same way in terms of “feeling” and literally “seeing” the flab come off by doing the workouts mentioned in Eat More – Weigh Less, and so will YOU my friend. Grab this little ditty today – you wont regret it!