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(If Bozo Schofield is reading this, not that P and not that steel you ain’t got, hehe).

But really, what picture does that conjure up in your mind?

Many years ago, I was under the same impression as the idiots and morons at most modern day gyms yanking away on the machines are.

That “pumped and buff” and puffed like a bloated balloon is the way to go.

That muscles should be “tight” in order to achieve the look – all day long.

How asinine and idiotitc my thinking in that regard was back then I Couldn’t tell ya, but yet, that is the brainwashing gyms, machiens, and of course idiots in general have subjected ALL of us to.

When I used to go to the Chinese massages I talk so highly off, and when I still do.

Back then Id BEG them to go easy, and they would giggle – and back off – and then wouldn’t.

OUCH!

It literally felt like their hands, the soft hands THEY – those girls had – were like PLIERS.

Not even steel and whalebone which their bodies were, but GRACEFUL STRENGTH like wild cats – tigers – panthers – cougars – jaguars – and so forth (ok, I know, but it’s true).

NOW, I tell them to go harder (no, Glyn Schofield on public assistance in the U of K, it isn’t “back there” or “up there”)

And they do!

They gladly oblige, hehe.

But really point is this.

Traps like all muscles should be like steel – but pliable.

That can bend with the wind, yet exert ferocious strength when there is a need, and traps are one body part you CANNOT hide, much like the legs.

(and, if in a Tshirt, the forearms. Many years ago, I remember telling my friend Dheeraj just that in a different manner about a beefy dude in school.

“Forearms like Shabad” (that was his name – I have NO idea if or where he is NOW)).

Handstand pushups and pull-ups are how you get there. Period.

And why did I have that “massage moment” I wrote to you about yesterday – well – because of my TRAP workout the day before.

It was super tough, and left my traps singing and ZINGING with pleasure and pain.

(Glyn, no, please. LOL).

But that pain was resolved by isometric stretching – something I highly recommend for you.

And the pleasure, well, here is ONE way to get it if you’re not good at HSPU’s – or a stud or getting there at pull-ups as yet.

Simply “shrug” a bit in the handstand position, and really focus on the traps, and insert that into the workouts instead of the actual pushup.

I believe this is a tip not mentioned in Shoulders like Boulders, or maybe it is, I dont know . . .

But do this and watch your performance in all other exercises SKYROCKET.

Speaking of which I’m off for some pull-ups myself.

Back soon with more whining from Bozos, hehe (the Bozo just sent me another email, but I couldn’t be arsed to do the needful and respond for now!).

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

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