This is a tip that I’m writing – just after moving a heavy  circular object made of glass – something I could barely budge on my lonesome back in the day, today, I just picked it up like it was nothing – with my fingertips alone “holding it” – no muscle seemingly even required.

I was thinking fingertip pushups, Bruce Lee – before that – how he literally put each inch of his fiber, his very being into those fingertip pushups he so religiously cranked out, any wonder he was the BEST by far?

Not just at those, but every type of pushup, and he learnt till the day he passed.

I’m no different.

And no surprise I cracked off 25 perfect fingertip pushups post this, except they were more than perfect.

They were letter perfect.

Look, I’ll give you two tips here instead of one which if you’re lucky enough to still be on the list you’ll get in your mailbox.

One, 360 degree pushups but the second is more important.

Neither mentioned in Pushup Central, or Pushup Central – the TIPS! So this is a freebie for those on the list, a most valuable one at that.

Second tip – when you’re doing fingertip pushups maintain proper form, focus and breathing yes, but it goes beyond that.

Dont be content to do ’em in just perfect form.

Really SPREAD the fingers, DIG them into the ground.

If you watch martial artists and wrestler’s “grab” folks by their fingertips, and literally in some cases impart so much energy into that grab they tear chunks of FLESH off – rip muscle apart – well, you’ll get what I mean.

TIGER CLAW!

Imagine you’re a tiger while doing these.

And really IMAGINE perfect form when doing ’em, imagine the back expanding and contracting, dig deeper with each rep, really SQUEEZE with the fingers, press into the ground, even if it’s hard cement like I do ’em on.

You’ll find this to be an immensely useful tip for most type of pushups, but it applies even more so to the fingertip press -up.

Back to 360 degrees, theres a wide variety of ways these can be done in .

One, you can move around while doing them – this is mentioned in “Profound 70% Human 30% Gorilla Handstands“.

Move in a circle, because life always comes full circle as I like to say, and its true – but you can do ’em in a star or any other position you so choose.

Keep moving around during a set, or do sets in different positions until you make up a circle.

I’ve found the best way to do these though is with your FINGERS or palms moving in a 360 direction as you do reps.

Realize this, and trust me later, a slight change in the way your fingers are positioned turns the exercise into a completely different and far more productive and tougher exercise.

You’ll see when you do ’em.

Be very careful when you do some of them, as I tell you in Pushup Central, and thats that, 95 pushups and 10 pull-ups in already, I am just … buzzing!

Back soon.

Best

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Look at Lee’s focus – you can FEEL it through that grainy pic!

Really imagine you’re TEARING someone’s abdomen apart as you do these – figuratively, of course. These build UNHEARD of strength, my friend – ask any martial artist!

“Always spend your daddy’s money more!” was the sage advice an idiot – one of these monkey branching females (used to be a laborer) gave my little girl when we were buying candy which I do all the time for her.

Now, this might be taken as “friendly” banter.

Except, the vibe wasnt.

This lady is dominating as heck, my friend, and not in a good way. And she’s latched on to a cuckolded old fool whose last wife, by his own admission in public left him “because he didnt give her enough to eat” or some rot.

Hehe.

Probably had no money at the time, she left for someone who did, and this lady, younger than him and “lower on the social scale” will too. Hehe.

I Dont much care for such women, monkey branching – and they’re usually grade A Nazi feminists too – my wife utters this same dialog all the time.

I’ve never understood why it couldn’t be “ask your dad to get you what you want, and he’ll bring the world home for his little girl – often without asking”.

That is precisely, unknown to the “mother” what daughter and Dad were discussing.

Smartly she didnt respond to the idiot woman.

But she talked to me on the way home “Dad, I dont agree. You buy everything for me anyway!”

And I do it without being told, I laughed. If someone TELLS me how to spend my money I wont spend a red cent – if not, well …

She giggled.

“Secret secret”.

She’s smart as heck is my little girl, THAT is the sort of woman a girl should grow into.

Look, daughter’s are, or should be the apples of their Dad’s eyes, I dont know in India where “sons are preferred” till this day (lets be honest folks) but for me, she always has been, now if we could only get rid of the Nazi feminists.

anyway.

Not all women are that way.

I work with more women than most women do themselves, and I have nothing but good things to say about ’em all, I fall over, bend over, kneel over backwards to praise ’em because their work and attitude warrants it.

Take for instance, Janet Clare.

Can’t do pushups?

N/P – the lady’s on them, will be able to do em soon. Doesnt make excuses about being fat, big or thin – she just does it.

She narrated 10 Commandments of Successful Sales, already a huge hit in the Audible “verse”.

And she’s redoing it, in her own words “I thought it was good when I did it, but I hear it now, its nowhere near as good as it could be, and I want to make it better!”

This without any prodding – no pun – from my end.

No-one asked her to do it. No-one, in fact she got reviews saying “superb narration” because – it was that!

But she’s doing it anyway.

I thought her work was pretty good – that was her first narration, again, I tutored and taught her, we had to do a few retakes, but I knew that was a diamond in the rough as all the folks I work with long term are.

And so I hung in there, and she got better with each narration, and now this.

It’s not gender specific.

Its not a coincidence she narrated the book on Nazi feminism. 

Hell, she FEELS the principles in those books so deeply you can HEAR the passion in her voice!

I dont believe in those anyway …

Wants more work all the time “I go crazy without working”.

My type of gal for sure! And I’m the right guy to “give it to her” – no pun. (work). I’m the same damned way myself, hence my what people call “prolific writer”, or “holy batman shit prodigous output” ( no pun)

DEDICATION, I’ll say that! I respect that, Madam! (ditto for a lot of my other great narrators, David Quiros – another one that comes to mind, and will be mentioned in my next book …)

And thats that!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Just got the heart thumping with 70 quick pushups and a sprint – highly suggest you do the same too. Like I said, rightly say, a 100 pushups a day done in proper cadence keeps the DOCTOR WELL AWAY, so it should with their money padding, hehe. (and fatsos Docs advising their patients on how to lose weight or live an otherwise healthy lifestyle –  ugh. Dr Paul, yes, you’re one, so is Dr Puri! (well, at least the latter admits it)).

There is this popular misconception that fingertip pushups strengthen only the fingers and wrist, which truth be told, with all the finger and hand pain around, and weak limp handshakes around wouldn’t be a bad thing at all even if that were the case ie “just” strengthen those parts.

But its only partly true.

The real area fingertip pushups strengthen my friend is not just the fingers – but the GRIP as I’ve repeatedly said, and in a manner no other exercise can replicate other than the first couple I’ve mentioned in Gorilla Grip (ADVANCED!).

Now, what do I mean.

Well this afternoon two guys showed up to deliver vegetables instead of the one that normally comes.

Sure, the bags were bulging – they packed it all into one bag, and I felt guy 1’s bicep as he was carrying it – he was literally struggling.

I lifted it off effortlessly of the ground with two fingers.

The other guys noticed and nodded, that “tacit” nod of approval guys give when they see STRENGTH around. And REAL fitness. You know what I mean!

Now this guy was a skinny slim dude – and later on on the way to the bus stop in scorching heat, I saw him sporting a pair of sunglaases suspiciously like mine, but not the original by far. Hehe.

Now, this isn’t to Tom tom about the fact that I inspire people – both customers and non – to ditch the weights and get on pushups daily, and neither is it about my too cool green eyes, hehe – which are as inspirational in a manner few people can imitate, although I wouldn’t be lying if I did tom tom it.

No, its not about copyartists and admirers this email, and I’ve got tons of both.

It’s about this – sure, the fingers get strengthened big time during this exercise – if just by supporting the bulk of your body weight , not all, but most by your fingers.

Finger pullups are another great way to strengthen the fingers, but I have not really spoken a lot about ’em because of the risk of injury to tendons not yet ready – much like fingertip handstand pushups – remember my own injury that cold night? OUCH!

(yet, it healed so well) …

But the point is this, my friend, when it comes to MUSCLE – a lot of people think “they build muscle in your fingers”.

No.

There isn’t any muscle anyway to build in your fingers, not that I know.

What there is, and its arguably more important than muscle?

Tendons and ligaments, and most importantly connective tissues, and even more important, the fingers, entire hand, palm – they have pressure points connecting you to all parts of the brain.

Train the grip – stimulate the BRAIN – including the small one. Hehe.

I mean that, my friend. Do extreme grip work with Indian clubs for one, see how you feel “in the sack” – and report back! (ok, the core work with those has a lot to do with it, but still).

Fingertip pushups, my friend – and this is a tip REPEATEDLY spoken about in Pushup Central – the Tips IF DONE right – I repeat, IF DONE RIGHT – most dont – strengthen your FOREARMS big time! 

That is where the muscle comes from – or in.

And youll have to read the book for more on that – but back to skinny guys?

There was once, and I’ve written about this too, an amazingly strong skinny Chinese dude who lugged up an A/C compressor in searing China heat – southern China – in the heat of the afternoon – by hand.

Big huge split unit, guy’s heart was thumping out of his chest, then the Chinese girls who lug bottles of water up the same way.

not that I couldn’t do it -I’ve lugged suitcases up flights of stairs in each hand just as heavy, but doing it in extreme heat with all the other work related stress these guys and girls no doubt deal with, man, it builds, as a customer Charles Mitchell once said, “indestructible humans”!

Truly does, friend, truly DOES!

So it ain’t about size.

Its about what you can DO, again.

And its about the fact that Pushup Central is now available in COMPILATION format, and this deserves to be on the bookshelves of every serious, or halfway serious even fitness trainee – period, no if’s buts or maybes.

I recommend you get this in this format EVEN if you have the books seperately, because having it all in “one” format is different.

You’ll see what I mean when you pick up the book and dive in.

All for now, I’m back for some R & R now.

Back soon, oh – tips on pull-ups coming out soon too. You’ll want to keep your beady little eyes peeled for this, my friend, hehe – this is info worth its weight in gold like never before – stay tuned!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

Before I start this email, let me tell you by saying – NO, this isn’t an excuse to be fat, lazy and a complete slob (I’m saying that as a disclaimer of sorts because Fatsos globally will munch more Cheetos while gleefully reading this saying “see! I KNEWWWWWWWWWWW it was ok to be “big but not fat” (yeah right)”.

No.

It ain’t either.

But it’s interesting, last night I was talking to Janet Clare, whose done so many superb narrations for me that along with another lady Amanda on the other business – I could listen to their voices literally all day.

One’s openly strident, informative, crisp, factual, precise, the other – iron hand in a velvet glove, extremely smooth, soft, sweet, melodious – and I love BOTH.

I’ll let you figure out which is which! And why I love both, but here is what Janet said (she is going to be narrating my latest book) …

“Oh yeah epic embarassment of the week for me I do something everyday to promote or work on my audiobooks but the other day when I finish one of your books I decided I would try push UPS guess what I cannot do push UPS how embarassing!” 

Hehe.

I “Consoled” her saying she has to start someplace, start on her knees and so forth (please, no puns, idiots reading this) – and that a lot of MEN with potbellies and fat men in general claiming “they’re big but not fat” cannot do a single pushup in proper form, so she sure ain’t alone.

Its what I keep saying – women can do these too!

Melani Brown, who narrated Shoulders like BOULDERS! so superbly and left a great review about the proof being in the pudding in terms of my own “ripped” self (that was never a goal for me, by the way) does them in sets of 15.

And a common thread I’m noticing here is that these books are inspiring folks that haven’t done pushups for YEARS (and have otherwise worked out and kept themselves fit and strong) to start on pushups!

Like Adam Kurylo, whose narrating Pushup Central – the TIPS! – he’s doing them too now!

And John Eaton, the narrator for Fitness Central – Volume Two! – he got on table pushups while reading the book, and cannot stop raving about ’em

THAT is what it’s all about, now back to Janet?

“Yea I am looking all over because all i was worried about was chicken wings and untoned tummy but its pathetic not to even do one after years of yoga I knew I was six months out of practice but wow”

And then I told her about yoga being great isometrically – but it doesnt hold a candle to some of the isometrics I teach – and how it builds strength in static positions, but nothing like – and nothing prepares you for doing DYNAMIC bodyweight exercises like pushups, pull-ups etc.

“I just haven’t gained any weight, still wearing the same size as my 13 year old daughter”.

So there’s that, folks.

I keep saying you can be skinny and unfit.

I keep saying you can be BIG (not FAT) and superbly fit and strong (and well-conditioned).

I keep saying a six pack is not of the essence, that said, on my training programs you’ll get one – guaranteed – if you stick at it, because the exercises are nigh impossible to do right unless you have very little fat around the midsection.

Or the booty, hehe.

It’s not about how you look, BMI’s etc – all of that doesnt mean you should be fat and a slob, but its about what you can DO with your body. And how long you can do it for.

A one time lift vs strength that you use repetitively like in real life …

Take your pick

No prizes for guessing which sort of strength the 0 Excuses Fitness System will build, friend.

And thats that- back soon.

Best

Rahul Mookerjee

Powell, he was – or is, depending upon (his email nick seems to change frequently) from … I dont know where, really, the only feedback this dimwit sent in on Grizzly Power, which he recently purchased?

“This author repeats material in his books”.

Ive never understood, my friend, despite trying this grouse- one of many these nitwits and nimrods have  – just why I shouldn’t “repeat material” in what is clearly marketed as a compilation of books and IS one – more importntly, how I’d make a compilation without repeating anything?

I’ve never quite understood the logic behind buying it and then complaining (it’s one thing if its marketed as something else and you fall for it) – if you knew it was a compilation then buy it if you want a compilation, or if you dont have the books in the series.

Nursery grade logic, maybe second no more no Powell?

Really, some of the idiots that show up around here …

Second and as stated before I’ve never had this fascination that most people do with reinventing the wheel “everything must be new and unique”.

I’ve been a trailblazer on paths rarely thought about, much less blazed with PASSION AND FEROCITY like none other “tiger like”. I’ve been very successful at it, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Yet, part of my success comes from knowing when and how to reinvent, and when not.

And the majority of times I dont reinvent the wheel.

I simply turn that wheel 10 x times better than ANYONE out there – por ejempelo, on pushups, and Pushup Central – and Pushups Central – the TIPS! 

And all my books around here, really.

End of the day, business is about the money rolling into your account, no-one’s giving you brownie points for being an idiot my friend (ie reinventing when it’s not required).

I didn’t invent any of the exercises I teach you in my books and courses, yet, fact is this, and it’s simple as that, clear as daylight- NO-ONE teaches you these exercises better than I do, no-one.

I realize that might sound like a tall claim.

A confident one.

And it is both, and it’s TRUE, hence I’m called the Bodyweight Exercise Guru, my friend, because it’s true.

And thats that – please, if you want to be an idiot, stop haunting this here place (I know you won’t, hehe).

Best

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – That compilation is one of the best ever – get it now if you so choose.

PS #2 – David Quiros writes in with a question about Fitness Pioneer – Vol #1 (so apt I’m bringing it up here in terms of trailblazing!)

Long email, but this is the relevant portion –

I also have to ask – Tip #47 or #48 talked about a superfood to prevent bloating, but didn’t tell the reader what the food was – any secrets you can share

Hehe.

Of course I can, my friend! I didnt put in there purposely to see how many doers actually get back to me (for instance, Panourgias got back to me about the DEEP BREATHING section on the 0 Excuses Fitness System VIDEOS which is NOT there (the same way) in the book- which shows he’s paying attention – doer!) and thats the sort of customer I want, not someone who idly reads the book, never uses the info in it. If you’re that sort, I dont want your money regardles of how much you have. (and are willing to cough up).

Yours truly –

I will have a look – but I believe APPLES are the superfood I was referring to my friend. There is good wisdom behind the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” – and having an apple 15 minutes before a meal REALLY helps with digestion (as does not gulping down a ton of water before or during food – which most people do – the correct time to drink water is an hour before eating, and two hours or at least an hour after – not set in stone, but approximate – you get my drift). Other than this, let me look at the tip now, lol – youve got me curious as well …  (and yes, ask all the questions you like my friend, I love ’em!)

… Presto, would you believe it? It’s not an apple obviously since I wrote not a fruit, I bet it’s something the wife once used, of course she’s forgotten it “bad mood” (enough said? LOL) – and stupendous though it might sound, so have I my friend – but no worries, I’ve instructed the subconscious mind to find it – and find it I will, and I’ll get back to you as soon as you do! I know it’s something somewhat – AH! I got it – it is BUTTER MILK!

Buttermilk I believe is what it was – known as “lassi” in India – have that with meals, and you say goodbye to a lot of the digestive issues people suffer from! Hehe – the power of the subconscious eh. I’m writing in the flow again as you can likely tell! Curd is another great alternative …

And thats that! ???? There you have it, as it were… Enjoy, three freebies for YOU!

MAN, as I write this, my hips, thighs and lower back are vibrating with ENERGY, PULSATING WITH SHEER ENERGY Like I ain’t never felt before!!!!

Not “smashed” or hammered sort of energy.

But ALIVE sort of energy, loose, flexible, animal like!

What do I mean?

Well, the kind you get with isometrics, done after some heavy duty workouts – in this case squats.

Hence the title of this, which I’m about to write now, hehe “the PERFECT combo of Squats and Isometrics I just did!”

This focus on areas MOST people require loosened up – and stretched, and strengthened, MAN – I’m VIBRATING LITERALLY!

I know that sounds strange, but it won’t ,your lower back and core and physically (including your “P spot” as a man – more on that later – sacral chakras and such) connect you to the very CORE OF THE UNIVERSE, and spirit, energy, all of it, and putting your feet FLAT on the floor is part of it, as your ASS too.

Stretching out the HAMSTRINGS is another huge thing here, most people neglect this area in favor of the thighs. Man, my thighs had that sore, yet not so sore in between feeling to them, now?

They’re feeling, solid, loose, flexible, and VIBRANT!

Literally – I know I refer to them as human in my language, but thats how I feel, thats how you will feel too when you get on these routines.

What I did – normally I use isometric workouts as a sort of warm up cum workout before my strenous workouts, but today?

I did 150 squats.

Note I took slightly longer than usual, I was going at maybe 87% of my capacity, so it took me around 4 minutes to do em when it should be less.

Regular squats, not Hindus.

I really warmed up the upper body while doing so!

And thats another lesson, breathe deeply, dont always go full bore – but always DO the thing – daily. I’ve said this before, I’ll say this yesterday, for me it was full rest yesterday, but that involved splits – and hanging on the chinning bar – remember, I did SOMETHING.

Today, after this, I sat in the splits for 15 minutes – MAN!

Key to getting the splits and most of the stretches I teach isn’t physical – its nigh mental.

IMAGINE yourself in the position first before doing it – you’ll see this works wonders.

FOCUS.

And then – this is most important, focus on the BREATHING.

If you don’t breathe right, youll never advance into any sort of isometric to the level you could, and your potential as a human being for these is LIMITLESS, BOUNDLESS – nigh boundless!

You inhale INTO the stretch, you exhale out of it, you do so with control paying attention to each deep breath, you do so in all positions, from all angles, and slowly, surely, the entire body loosens up – especially the CORE.

And hamstrings.

I then did the Hindu pushups downward dog isometric.

For about a minute. I could go longer, but then I did the Rahul Mookerjee patented Asian squat.

Then I did some touch my toes and calf stretches, which I do in a way most people don’t – stretch, strengthen, REJUVENATE – I actually did a bit of these after the squats, but I really got into them here.

Then, I Was thinking doing the pushup – plank – but then I thought clubs.

I did neither.

I went over to the chinning bar, executed a dead hang for 1 minute straight – no thick grips, no pull-ups.

goal here is to – was to – STRETCH.

The lower back and sides started shaking uncontrollably after a while. The upper back really felt “opened up”.

And here I am, writing to you, ready to go down some H20 and then some more tea. Hehe.

Life’s good!

And so it will be for you health wise and “all wise” – when you get on my world famous – literally – courses Isometric and Flexibility Training – Advanced Isometric and Flexibility Training. 

Remember, folks, the AUDIBLE versions of these are selling like MONSTERS< , even hot cakes!

Or both.

There is a reason.

GREAT narration by Rich and Janet Clare are part of it.

Content is part of it.

And the way you FEEL once you get on these workouts is MOST of it.

Well, that and listening to Madam’s stridence while working out, hehe.

Confidence – and done RIGHT!

Rich- same thing!

You’ll want to pick up the digital and paperback versions of the book NOW – and then the Audible versions – in that order.

and that, friend, is that, I’ll be back soon.

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

Most people CHEAT on pushups, then call ’em easy.

You’ll see idiots not go all the way because their fat tummies touh the ground first, or their chins.

You’ll see nuts pumping them out jerkily – horrible!

You’ll see nutjobs doing them with arched backs (note for Hindus and variants, these are great – not so for regular pushups – the body stays in ONE LINE, period!).

And so forth.

Ugh.

Anyway, this afternoon while doing pushups the wife sent me an email.

“Dad check your email”, trilled the daughter.

I said I’d do it later, of course, I had to do it NOW. Hehe.

“It rhymes with female”, I grinned back at her.

Then I checked, but before that I asked her to wait for at least 5 more pushups.

I gotta complete tiger bend pushups, I told her. I keep getting interrupted today (as I wrote about before).

Whats a man to do.

Maids, roaches, a gaggle of beauties all around me – and well, you get the drift.

And ORDERS to buy something “now”.

Which I did.

After checking the email, before that the daughter –

“I’ll count”.

To make sure I didnt cheat, ie do MORE than what I said I would which I’ve been known to do. Hehe.

So at 3 pushups she got bored and looked away.

At 5 she said “2 more left”!

I said no. 3 more!

She wouldn’t have known the difference.

Hehe.

I got up, and didnt cheat.

But thats the level of dedication and FOCUS that martial artists have, that YOU my friend would be well placed to INCULCATE so you can accomplish any and all goals in your life, bar NONE.

And Pushup Central shows you the way.

Get it, YES, NOW – DROP what you’re doing, and get it NOW. It’s that important.

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – A spankin new, yet extremely popular course is flying under the radar – check it OUT – HERE – Pushup Central – TIPS!

I was closing the door for the wife with my usual pre-prepared responses ready for anythign that might come (never know when a missile might be lobbed my way, hehe, and it ain’t from Russia either. ;)).

I love Russia – hehe.

Point is this – with WOMEN – you never know, my friend.

And so I always have pre-prepared responses ready in my mind to even the most outrageous and illogical things she does – dont ask – all starting with “oh, I know” or “oh, I dont know, but thats fine”.

Equally illogical, but brick walls only hammer back – hehe.

Anyway, it ain’t all women like that – certainly not, –  the vast majority of folks I work with and am exceedingly happy with are – get this – women – including women my wife previously hired (the maid whose apparently my girlfriend now -???) (;)) – and is now dissatisfied with – the rational male will know why. LOL.

Anyway ……….

“I’ll be back in 5-7 mins”

So she said.

Within a min there was a knock on the door, less than a minute – no doorbell.

WTF.

I didnt know who it was, got up from pushups to check , it was her, she claimed to know “why I locked her out”.

Hmmm…

I was so into pushups I looked at her happily and grinned anyway.

“But I just did 20 pushups, you said 5-7 minutes, it ain’t even been one” I quipped.

We’ll christian you 20 pushups from 500, she trilled.

OK …

Yesterday it was “the 100 squats guy” as they (wife and daughter) “made” me knock ’em out in front of the kitchen where I made a joke about what if farts potentially escape – 1) explosion, hehe 2) there’s a Goddess – one of many my wife supposedly worships – right behind me.

Oh my, went the wife.

She’ll kick my ass, I grinned.

Do you know where’ll you land, she hollered back

Likely at another Goddess’s feet with the plethora all around, I grinned back.

I can’t help it. Hehe.

500 pushups – 100 squats – 20 pushups (made so tough even I was out of breath doing ’em and felt super good!).

All in a day’s work, my friend.

All in a day’s WORK!

And Pushup Central shows you how.

Get it NOW.

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – No, I am  NOT going to let you back on the list unless you give me a damn good reason to do so (those reading this know who this is targeted at). I hardly ever let people back in once I make the decision to let ’em go, sometimes I do, but only if they prove themselves WORTHY. Prove being key. Actions speak louder than words, friend.

Ps # 2- And then I got interrupted during 80 pushups to …

?

Kill a roach.

UhhhhhhhUGH!

My mom can’t seem to stop attracting houses teeming with them, the wife, well, I was supposed to be the one “dead scared” “petrified” of them, curiously enough I Do the killing … LOL!

Ah, my bachelor pad which I’m going to return to soon which I got sprayed before moving in or putting down a cent in deposit – for some reason, these women (and apparently the man paying for some of it – one of them, or two –  at least) dont believe in it. UGH!

Ive always had long levers – monkey arms if I may, and it makes it all the more difficult to do pull-ups – yet, I’m a pull-up champ. hehee. That alone should explain it all – in case it doesnt, well, its a running joke that other ‘Pull up Champ Papa‘ and Mr Handstand pushup, I often call myself a monkey when I talk to my daughter.

Hey.

It’s a compliment especially when I monkey around the monkey bars (some of the toughest workouts you can bar none – and monkeys, nature literally follows along- yes I aint kidding ya!).

Indeed a trip, so I told my daughter “thats why the monkeys dont jump at me, they see another monkey there!’.

If all you did was be a monkey that way the rest of your life you’d not only be in great shape, you’d ENJOY life and be playful and achieve more in one day than the pissers, moaners, groaners do in years.

What does this have to do with training, you ask.

Well, plenty my friend. PLENTY!

I’ve spoken often about the importance of strengthening each weak link in your chain – youre only as strong as your weakest link – for me that has always been chest and GRIP – and other parts, but upper body wise – and lower body, hamstrings.

Suffice it to say those are some of the strongest parts of my body now.

It matters NOT how much you can bench.

With a weak grip, I can pull you to the ground and keep you there.

Ask the mountain of muscle that is my buddy from the Marines, he’ll tell ya

“once you get him to the ground, he’s yours!”

OK, with a bit of ji jitsu he truly is. Hehe.

But I dont have that – as yet.

Anyway – I’ve often wondered during club workouts why clockwise swings are tougher for me than counter.

Only when my RIGHT hand is dominant – when the left is, both are easy peasy.

I’ve often wondered in the past why the pull-up bar at home slopes slightly down.

Answer – my left hand is somewhat longer.

This also means on certain exercises like pushups, the RIGHT works harder.

And is therefore stronger by a degree.

Now, this isn’t rocket science, but to truly get to elite level at anything, you must strengthen all weak links and make them your strength as I have all my life – or someone will notice and POUNCE upon them weak links.

This might mean doing staggered grip pushups. *not covered in Pushup Central – will be there in Vol #2).

This might mean doing staggered grip pull-ups, or doing MORE one arm club swings with the weak hand (curiously enough on tricep work, my right arm is stronger – as I told you above!).

Tho my left is way more vascular…

And so forth.

I interrupted my 200 swing workout to write to you about this, so i’m back at it now.

But before I leave, remember to place the pre-order for the much delayed, ONCE IN a lifetime course Lumberjack LODESTONE Fitness now – I truly bring you forgotten info on clubs, kettlebells and a hell of a lot more that all old timers will appreciate.

If Grimek and Hepburn were looking at this, which I believe they are – they would approve!

And thats that.

Best

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Clubs are one of the best full body exercises you do bar none. Kettlebells have their place in the sun, sure –  but nothing beat true Indian clubs/maces.

Clubbells have their place too in terms of high rep workouts, and Ill write more later, but the same can be achieved with low weight clubs – hence what I keep sayng about “dont just say it’s too easy and jump on to the weight train”, these have a way of humbling even the strongest man out there, they will bring YOU to your knees if done right.

Trust me, you’ll feell it all the way down to your calves and feet if done right (barefoot!).

It boggles the mind, literally how fat, unfit, lazy and “in denial” people are these days – despite more and more fitness options being available, literally speaking, the reverse is happenin results wise – except those on the 0 Excuses “back to basics” train of course.

Part of that means fitness is a lifestyle.

You do a chin up or pull-ups or dead hang every time you leave the house – and enter. I do. This time I did a pull-up to the pelmet above the doorway, which is my version (at home) of a sternum pull-ups I’ve shown you in the past.

It means doing the splits when you feel like doing nothing, or holding the plank or doing “just 10 pushups” and see where it goes from ther.e

People are lazy and fat, and they’d rather slop down on the couch though (and a lot of women fall into this category too – UGH!).

Anyway —

I remember back in the day Carol and I were climbing the hill – this was towards the start of that most definitely steamiest relationship I’ve ever had (and thats saying something – MY!!!!!!!!!) – and two cars were parked around the entrance to the park.

Little space between them.

She passed through, I remember stopping for a minute “I wonder if I can pass through them”.

Giggle, and then giggles galore of course.

That became a standing joke, today, I noticed a fat woman – two, actually, watch me squeeze in behind a SUV in space you’d think even a mouse couldn’t, except I went in easily.

Get this tho, pally, and the real point of me writing this, most people yours truly calls out for being fat and lazy – well, at the time I was SLIM compared them literally, despite a bulging BELLY and fat hanging off me. Quite literally slim! (which shows you how pathetic most people have gotten this i.e. their physical condition and lack of care to it).

My troubles these days are more with doorways. Just why the heck dont they make ’em broader?

My friend, lots of you reading this will whine about being “big” but not fat – but you’re wrong, if your tummy bulgeth, and if it does  and you can’t see it you need mental help – then you’re FAT, not big.

And if you claim “you don’t want the X taper to your body, the corrugated core”, the movie star look, the TV personality look, I could go n and on and on – and I just did, hehe- then you’re flat out lying my friend. (I switched links up there in case you noticed. Hehe)

Trust me, when you get on the exercises in Corrugated Core, and a few months later you see how far you’ve come, you’ll start to think differently.

And I know, and why?

Been there, done that, and I still proudly display the T shirt!

And thats that, folks.

FACE Reality.

And get on the best damn fitness system out there NOW.

Best

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – List has been culled yet again to remove some particularly pernicious non doers, who just weren’t leaving. Ugh. I feel MUCH better now.