Someone recently told (advised, I believe he would say) my wife the following.

“Try and avoid crowds, especially during the festive season. The COVID rates are really increasing!”

Now, the plague from China is what I’d call it. COVID sounds like way too polite and dignified a team for the biowarfare that the People’s Republic knowingly, willingly and gloatingly released upon the ROW – a reality a lot of folks are yet to come to terms with.

Not the actual plague itself, but the Chinese intentions.

I mean, but really.

These days in the news, it seems there is nothing but this blasted COVID related news going around, which is nothing but a “super flu’ basically, and 9 out of 10 people that do “get it” DO RECOVER!

Which is a fact oft ignored in all this PANIC.

Another thing oft ignored during this panic-demic is this.

That out of the 10 people that do get it, most, if not all have SOME underlying conditioning which weakens the immune system first.

I wouldn’t go so far as to say what Trump did, that being doctors falsely inflate COVID counts etc (though there might be some truth to what he said).

But I WILL say that people attach way too much importance to the numbers and the panic being spread by the media.

At the end of the day, that old Claude Bristol saying holds true my friend.

As we think, so we are.

This holds true for families. Individuals. Societies. Countries.

And if we buy into panic on the whole, then PANIC is what reigns.

If we try and stay optimistic as a whole, then THAT is what registers with the subconscious.

IF we buy into Hilter like thinking (and while China is one country in the world that comes to mind, there are many others doing the same damn thing, India being another prime culprit though it’s not often talked about, of course!) then guess what happens.

What happens is, well, what happened during the World War. II.

And so on and so forth.

Personally, yours truly avoids crowds like the PLAGUE even when the China plague was nowhere to be seen (Except perhaps a lab in China).

You on this list are well aware of my distaste for crowds, especially when working out.

Other hand, they have their uses. Hehe. Lunar New Year 2018 being a prime example, when the pathbreaking Advanced Hill Training was written and filmed, all in two days FLAT.

On the spur of the moment.

Back to crowds though.

I mean, really my friend.

The Trumpinator for one holds massive rallies daily … people packed in shoulder to shoulder despite the COVID.

Is everyone that doesnt buy into the panic stupid?

OR is it the reverse?

And was it specifically sent out for the latter category, sheeple and more.

Point to ponder, eh. One that the POTUS already has, and one that I already have for that matter, one that is common sense.

Yours truly doesnt even have a face mask.

Dont plan on getting one, and never plan on wearing one unless I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO (and I don’t).

I socially distance.

Wash my hands.

Do things I would normally.

I exercise as much as I do normally, sometimes more, sometimes less.

And I try and tell people that the plague is the “overlying symptom” but the real issue is something else, and of course, no-one believes me.

But really my friend.

Precautions, not panic.

As I said the other day to a guy in the park …

“China done spread this and bailed. Now we as the ROW need to deal with it. What are you going to do about it?”

(He was asking me about lockdowns etc)

“Are you going to just stay at home and be “scared” the rest of your life because this ain’t going away anytime soon bro. It was engineered that way!”

(and believe you me, the China figures on the COVID are anything but real. In face right now, Qingdao is under lockdown (certain parts of it) from what I hear, and there are more, and … well, yours truly should know!)

The answer is obvious my friend.

Feed the RIGHT emotions, not the wrong ones.

Ok, enough on that.

But really, remember one thing.

It’s the super flu, and ain’t nothing other than that.

And a good solid exercise regimen is the best damn protection against it, bar none (and most of those who rail against not wearing masks etc, well, goodie – I’m not asking you to, or not to – but fact remains exercise is but a dream for most of these people. I should know. I’ve seen plenty!).

And so it goes.

Back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – For the best damned course on pushups out there, and indeed what many call “their favorite course ever from yours truly); go HERE : Pushup Central.

Wel, well well.

If the title of this here email doesnt cause more than a few unsubscribes yours truly will be a Monkeys stunned Uncle and eat his non existent hat.

No, I don’t even have a MAGA hat.

Hehe.

I don’t know why, but I’ve never been able to stand hats. Sunglasses, of course are an entirely different matter, especially them aviators I love so much.

Now, what am I yapping about now you ask.

Well, it is this.

I literally shook things out during today’s workout without meaning to, and as I felt the unmentionables “shake and flop up and down”, I was tyring to stop it, but couldn’t.

Innuendos aside (and no, this ain’t because youre “also on the other list” – most of y’all “aint) here is the point of me saying it.

Multiple, actually!

One being it seems yous truly is losing weight by the day. Truly what I say in Advanced Hill Training, and whil eI haven’t embarked on the X/workout standards for a long time, I am NOW.

Funny part, and even better.

I ain’t got no hill right now in terms of the workouts.

(Reminds me of when I got in the best shape of my life with nothing but 0 Excuses Fitness … Ah, and Cindy as well. she helpedout in a way most people wouldn’t dream of! 

Thank you, Cindy. I truly DO MEAN IT.  )

In fact, I don’t even head out to my beloved park bro.

All at home.

And by doing less rather than more, I’m LOSING weight daily, and this “clothes hanging off me” is likely what caused the effect I’m mentioning.

Not to mention a week or so ago I took (or was it two weeks) an extended break due to being hit by the plague from China (or a varaint thereof, I truly do believe).

And I covered that before, of course.

But anyway, thats one reason.

How does it apply to you?

Well, self explanatory even for those of you that need to be mollycoddled and handheld, and there seem to be too many of them bees buzzing around, hehe.

Th ebees and then you have the birds that FLY …

HIGH …

OK, sorry. Couldn’t keep of the innenundos, hehe (or the typos for that matter).

This editor I’m using right now doesn’t auto corret like MS WORD does.

And thats a good thing, hehe. For me at least.

And now, point #2, and as I told my little girl about handstand pushups a while ago.

“All problems in life can be solved by doing handstand pushups!”

“Really, Dad?”

“Really”, I laughed. But I meant it.

The increased blood flow to the head which you get from doing handstand pushups or even handstands is BEYOND BELIEF, and CANNOT BE REPLICATED.

No, not even while doing pull-ups.

(and on that note, it behooves me to say I’m NOT doing pull-ups as of late, despite having focused on them for a while now, and the reason – well – thos eof you following my emails thus far will know why, hehe. Or you should, anyway).

If not, get on the train!

But yeah.

You feel better, and you think better.

Not to mention the overall physical benefits and heart thumping.

And shoulders like boulders, of course, and THINKING is really how you move ahead in life my friend, provided you back that thought up with ACTION at the right time.

(But really. There is no right time for the most part. Kinda like having kids. No “right time”!)

And here’s the thing.

Spacing ’em out.

I told my little one to at least 50 during the day.

She will probably do 5. Hehe.

But even that at the age of 7 is great!

And if YOU Want to get to the levels that I once told my friend from the Marines who said “100 pull-ups per workout is hard for anyone!”

… here it is.

The infamous quote from yours truly, as brutally honest as ever (this actually came a day or so after I hurt my chin doing handstand pushups)

(and thats why I say be carefful. Remember that nasty ass THUMB injury on that cold wet night for one!!!?)

“100 pull-ups are easy if you work up to it bro”, I said. “But now 100 HANDSTAND PUSHUPS per workout! Now thats something! And daily!”

His response was this …

“Youre goddamned right” (said via one of those oh-so-popular WeShat stickers…)

And so was he, hehe.

But really.

There are many keys to getting to that level.

Most obvious being getting Battletank Shoulders, for one, and doing what it tell syou to do without useless questions and no “I wonder if it will work”BS.

But the other part is this – do ’em throughout the day.

This applie sto whatever you wanna get good at.

Writing is hard, you say?

Well, write more, and write all throughout the day at regular intervals.

Pretty soon you’ll be up to 20,000 words a day ….

Handstand pushup BE Hard, you say ?

They are.

No doubt.

But to make them easier, do ’em in sets throughout the day like I am currently to work back up to levels which I …well, never touched (I used to do 50 -70 per workout as opposed to 100 which I’m shooting for now).

What I do is do ’em in sets of 10 throughout the day.

Easy Peasy my friend.

And one fine day, I’ll do them in 100 per workout cadence …

For you, the reader, this coul be getting up into a handstand and holding for time multiple times a day.

I dont know … Depends on your situation.

All an individual situation.

But really, you get the “point”, hehe.

And on that pointy (no pun intended!) I’m out.

Back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – And no, you cannot jump to “Battletank Shoulders” first without doing “Shoulders like Boulders” first, so please do NOT ask. A fair compromise might be to get both courses though and implement #1 before, or just get #1, and work on that FIRST. Whichever way, the point STANDS! (pun INTENDED, hehe).

Some of you on this list might not like what I am about to say, but it’s gotta be said.

And in typical “don’t careish” fashion (interesting how the words “band” together, and words and memories come FLOODING back) … I’m gonna say it. And now!

I’ve made no secret of the fact that pushups and pull-ups for one are all you need to do for your upper body – your entire life.

And variations therein, etc.

I’ve given you reasons, including one CARDINAL reason that EVERYONE ignores and avoids even though it’s nigh on obvious and it’s spelt out very clearly in all my books on it. (them)

That being, that pushups work the very muscles that pull-ups do as well, except you don’t “think they do” because the bozos at the gym tell you “it’s a bicep workout”.

If there was ever anything pull-ups are NOT, it’s “bicep workout unto itself”.

True dat bro.

And if it is for you, you ain’t doing ’em right at all.

Anyway …

Getting better at handstand pushups is something most people don’t do their entire lives. For some reason the more glamourous PULL-ups take precedence.

And hey, I get it.

Nothing like pulling yourself up effortlessly with all those back muscles standing out in stark regard is there, or having that “V shape” to your back …

Or looking like you go to the gym when you never ever have, do, or will …

… And so forth …

And pull-ups will get you there.

But point being this. Not all of you can do pull-ups.

And not all of you want to listen to how to do ’em, let alone get better at ’em, but a lot of you read what I’ve got to say it on anyway (even if it’s secretly).

Even if it’s you nuts I’ve “blocked” on social media. You still come over to my website and READ, just to see what ole “Rahul” has been up to as of late.

Great.

And here it is – getting better at handstand pushups or even doing ’em is not just the secret I mention in BattleTank Shoulders for one (advanced shoulder building course, that one).

It’s part of getting REALLY good at pull-ups.

Stuck at 5 perfect pull-ups per set, but can’t advance no matter what?

Stuck at 15 pull-ups per set all day, but can’t do a muscle up?

Can’t get that chin over the bar on ANY rep?

And so forth …

Can’t hold for time?

And so forth …

Well – do HANDSTANDS and HANDSTAND PUSHUPS my friend!

Why do these work so well you ask (in terms of getting better at pull-ups)?

I dont’ normally reveal my secrets in free emails, but I’ll let on to two here.

First, weight issues, especially around the midsection.

Pull-ups are nigh on impossible to do for FAT (not BIG – I said FAT) people i.e. Those that carry a ton of lard around the ole midsection.

I don’t care if you can bench a house and deadlift a cow.

If you’re fat, and carry more weight around your midsection than you should be, you’re not going to be a champ at pull-ups until you rectify the above. Very simple.

And handstand pushups are the same.

Except, by their very NATURE, they FORCE you to lose weight in exactly that area I’m talking about – WHILE you’re attempting to do the workout!

‘Tis true, my friend. Do ’em, and you’ll see how your core feels!

Mashed some would say, hehe.

And second, handstand pushups are heavy on TRAPS, and lats.

Pull-ups?

Most people work the arms way too much while doing pull-ups, while neglecting lats, and of course grip …

Handstand pushups done right won’t LET YOU ignore these two key parts my friend.

And the traps is really what get that chin over the bar, for one (that and LESS WEIGHT around the MIDSECTION)

So there it is my friend.

Two very valuable secrets out there for FREE, and plenty more in my courses.

Have at!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Be sure and pick up Shoulders like Boulders if you can’t do a single handstand or related pushup. You’ll be ROCKING them out in no time with the advice therein! (not to mention a special “faq” section I put together for you – that is FREE with your purchase – choc-abloc full of tips like this one. Hurry NOW, my friend. Do it NOW!).

So it was a long, long flight of stairs I saw in my dream …

And there was a young schoolboy in shorts (old style) and (while he wasnt fat at all), he wouldn’t ascend them stairs, instead opting to take the equally long (obviously) escalator to the side.

I still remember the way he looked at me when he said the above.

And I still remember the steel of the escalator handle …

It was that vivid, but while this dream was one of those “disjointed” ones which pops in and out, with random occurences all over the place, the point begets – and stands.

Lots of people are scared of working out hard because they’ll get the “veiny roid monster” look for one.

Maybe that is the case if you do what the booby builders at the gym do, pumping, toning and so forth until the “cows come home” as it were.

Cow is an apt metaphor here, because (and the C grade flick “English Dogs in Bangkok” actually had this part spot on) when those roids disappear – so do the muscles.

The man boobs and saggy veins do not, though …

Anyway, can be avoided if you train the right way.

I trained harder daily than most people do in a lifetime on occasion, and while I didnt go all out like that for long periods of times, i’d do it for months at a stretch.

I’d back off al ittle after that, but backing off a little for me is still a heck of a workout for most …

And I never ONCE had those nasty veins show up where I didnt want ’em – except on my forearms, where I DID want them.

But really, it’s funny.

And though I didnt write this down as I normally do in a dream diary, I still remember it right now. And I’ll say it.

When you see those long flights of stairs at the subway station (or when you used to, at any rate, pre – China plague) what was your first thought?

“Where are the escalators” most would think.

And there’s plenty of these at the border between Hong Kong and China for one. Stairs, escalators, both

And it’s only me, without exception that is seen climbing that MOUNTAIN every time I cross the border (either way) – usually with luggage in tow.

It’s called seeing – and getting workouts in when no-one else even “sees” the possibility first.

I mean, lets face it.

I usually get my workout in FIRST.

Climbing hills. Pushups. Pull-upsk. Whatever.

So you’d think I’d be DONE.

But no – every time I see a flight of stairs – or a hill – I just have to conquer it!

Reminded me of myself in the Middle East where there were no hills but plenty of those rocky “outcrops” everywhere.

I was getting my driving license (don’t ask – it was a farce – a man that had driving licenses virtually all over the world – yours truly – was forced to take “classes” from a nimrod that could barely shift a gear, let alone teach anyone how to drive …) and I asked the instructor “can I climb those”.

He looked at me as if I was crazy.

“Sure, but … “

Same thing when I did the “hair flying, laptop in tow” subway sprints wayyyyyyyyy back in the day in 2007 in India, for one. Or was that 2008. The year of the collapse of you know what, and damn near everything else.

Yea. 2008 I believe. But the memory sticks!

Yours truly sees workouts where no-one else does, and gets here done – daily – and nightly too, in his dreams.

So should YOU, my friend. Truly no other way to LIVE!

Beast (Best),

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – The “beast” came out naturally, hehe.

PS #2 – Here is where you can pick up a course that will strip off that nasty lard off your body as quickly as you can put it back on, and then some – Advanced Hill Training.