Dear Friend,

As I get done with250 squats – all bodyweight, I can barely wipe off the sweat pouring off my brow.

I’m off to do more shortly, but as usual I want to write to you about some important points first.

In the 0 Excuses Fitness System, something I keep emphasizing, though not at the expense of form – is the time it takes you to complete not just your squats, but your workouts as well.

If you’re taking half an hour to pop off 100 squats, you’re not doing them right, period.

Or, your form might be spot on, but the cadence isn’t.

Or, something else, or your conditioning is way off.

If you’re taking more than 10-12 minutes to do a 100 pushups, again, you’ve got room to improve.

And yet, these days, I’m achieving results and the “Sweat pouring off “hours later”” effect that I got from those workouts – while not necessarily going full tilt in every workout – not necessarily at full speed – like many of YOU (when you first start etc).

Now, this don’t mean I dwadle or rest for excessive periods.

In fact, I stood on my feet for all the 250 reps I did (for squats), I finished them in like … I think it was 7.5 minutes? Not entirely sure, but for Hindus, I’ve done that number far quicker in the past.

Yet, these days I’m doing a special COMBO of squats – bodyweight, ass to grass – except with certain elements of the Hindu in it – and let me tell you – it blasts the entire body, especially the core like never before, if you do it right.

If you focus on the BACK of the body when squatting, not just the thighs.

If you understand that incorporating the “rowing” motion in Hindus into bodyweight squats (regular) works wonders.

If you understand that form is paramount, so is isometrics.

If you understand that you use your rest periods productively.

If you understand that the focus remains on your breathing, out on the way down, in on the way up – period – no matter what sort of squat you’re doing.

There’s many more – some of you might think “on toes” and not on toes, or a combo is part of it.

Sometimes it is, but thats not the main thing by far.

Neither are “jumping” squats – an advanced version of Hindu squats which many people do, I’ve never found them that essential – so I did not include them in 0 Excuses Fitness – but …

… when you incorporate these bodyweight squats with lunges (an EXCELLENT exercise, period – and one I will cover in the upcoming “Advanced Plyometrics” book) – then you’ve got some serious, serious BURN going – and HEART THUMPING going on!

… and when you incorporate ISOMETRICS into your squatting routine. Might sound “not doable”, but it is, my friend, if you know how and what muscles to clench while doing them – and it isn’t necessarily thighs either.

Anyway, squats are great, period.

As Brooks Kubik said in Dinosaur Bodyweight Training, a great book, you should do them daily, for your whole life – period.

It’s that simple.

Fighters (UFC, MMA, boxers, etc) – all use them. Look at someone like Ken Shamrock “the Lion’s Den” who’d pop off 500 of these before a wrestling bout!

Or, someone like Steve Austin.

“If all you’ve got time to do is one exercise, do squats”.

“I dont care what else you do, if you do squats, you’re going to grow, period!”

HE was right – spot on.

Squats – and stair climbing – which I’ve done SO Much off on my beloved hill out there – release growth hormone like nothing can, and boost T levels through the whole body like nothing else.

They promote growth through the entire body – they ensure better assimilation of the food you eat – you can eat more – your digestion improves – your lungs clear – I cannot say enough good things about squats. Should be the baseline of ANY good conditioning routine along with jumping rope!

For women, the best part is you dont get “bulky” by doing these – but you get the sort of strong, lean toned legs that dancers have -and they pack the kick of a mule, as many people know!

(and dancing, ballet etc is not just for women, for those thinking – ask Jean Claude van Damme for one, who credits ballet for his amazing leg strength and flexibility).

Anyway – again.

The REAL key to making bodyweight squats working for you at an advanced level is to combine them, non stop, willy nilly, with LEG movements found in Animal Kingdom Workouts – one of the best books I’ve ever written, even if I say so myself.

Let me tell you, when you do 250 squats straight, and your rest periods include the frog jump – or the duck waddle – you won’t need more conditioning after that most likely!

And thats just off the top of my head (what I did today).

I’ve included other stretches along with my squats, and believe me, they hit the entire body at a level you’ve never felt before.

That, then, is the missive for now.

Get Animal Kingdom Workouts if you have not already, you owe it to yourself to do so NOW, my friend.

Back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

This afternoon, at the park, I was shooting the bull with a fellow trainee – a guy that is fairly lean, and who (because the gym is closed) – has taken to running in the park daily (or damn near daily, I believe).

We were talking training, and part of his training today was “500 pushups” – which he hadnt done as yet, given half the day is over, or was over at the time, he’s got some catching up to do. Hehe.

But the important part of this conversation was this – I asked him if he did HIndus, what style of pushups he did, if he did them slow and in proper form, etc etc.

He replied yes to the last question, but Hindus?

“Indian pushups are too tough!” he told me.

“I do regular pushups”, he said – holding his arms a little wider than shoulder width, the style in which most people do them.

I laughed.

They’re not that tough, buddy – and I told him for most people, once they get past the flexbility issues -lower back, tricep, and hamstrings for most – they’re ready to get into a good rhythm for these – provided you have the breathing down pat.

Breathing is KEY, I cannot repeat this enough times.

And then, I advised him do to them “Boxer” style like I talk about in Pushup Central. 

Those are anything but easy, I laughed.

From his expression, I could see he doesnt train those at all – or if he does, not at all.

But I could see him thinking, then he agreed.

Anyway – this isn’t a criticism of how he trains, or anyone trains.

It is to clear up a misconception that many people have, that “if you do HIndu pushups” you don’t need other styles of pushups.

For a long time, I labored under this misconception too.

I got up to a 100 HIndus straight, neglected other pushups (except reverse pushups and table pushups).

The first time I tried regular pushups after a while – I was shocked – 20 felt like a chore!

How can this be I thought, but then I got it.

Nothing beats training the movement, you must do it, and regular, or even better, boxer pushups train the triceps a lot more than Hindus do in many regards. It’s a different movement – and end of the day, you look at what champ boxers and wrestlers do everywhere, sure, Hindus are part of the routine, but nothing replaces the “elbows in pushup”, nothing at all.

Especially for continued ab/core work. Hindus do too, but differently!

It was like that time I trained pull-ups exclusively, then when I got back to pushups – again, the regular kind – 15 felt “so tough” to do. And I was sore too, the day after, this after I became a hill climbing stud who did 100 plus pull-ups before I cranked out my hill climbs!

Its a misconception many people have – and the reverse is true too.

Don’t assume just because you might be good at regular pushups that you’ll be good at HIndus too, or that “you’ll catch up very quickly”.

You won’t, they both train the entire body, but stress different muscle groups, tendons etc – the “system is worked differently in both exercises”.

There is a reason I put out 55 different movements in Pushup Central, if they weren’t all required, hey, I wouldn’t be wasting “paper” putting them out!

And thats that from me.

If you have not yet invested in Pushup Central, do so NOW.

I’ll be back!

Best

Rahul Mookerjee

I dont know why, but Jean Claude Van Damme, one of the hottest action stars of the late 80’s – never really catapulted to true stardom like many at the time thought he would.

It happens – to the most talentd of people – without discpline.

When you think cricket in India, for one, it’s hard to imagine India without it’s favorite “son” Sachin, the “God of cricket”.

Yet, his school mate Vinod Kambli, who was arguably even more talented, and was a sizzler in the few matches he displayed his skills in, went nowhere.

Discipline, work ethic, these things matter.

Van Damme, despite being a fine, fine martial artist, and still a physical specimen nearing 60 from what I can tell – his work ethic was terrible when it came to things other than fitness.

Being a prima donna x 10 (admittedly he wasn’t the only one) – showing up for work late, or not at all – unable to take a joke aimed at him, even in the right spirit, his $10,000 /a day coke habit that would make even Bozo Schofield in the UK proud …

Self destructive behavior, in my opinion, and asking for more than what he was worth at the time (and he was worth a hell of a lot, trust me!) – led to his ultimate downfall.

Not lack of acting ability as many claim, not (as many claim) that his movies had nothing but martial arts, so appealed only to a certain niche.

The same thing could be said about the Terminator and Rambo franchises.

You’re just waiting for the bad guys to get pounded to smithreens, or blown away, or what not.

You’re not so much waiting for “acting skills”.

Although Stallone has admittedly evolved very well in that regard, a lot of others haven’t.

And Van Damme was certainly better looking than Bruce Willis for one! Hehe.

More muscle too …

Anyway –

One, the man’s low – fat content – without it being unhealthy like Stallone and some others were in the day.

Naturally developed body, but no-one would deny the man’s strength and conditioning – and more importantly, how he’s kept himself in shape even NOW, almost at 60.

According to him it’s good genetics.

That may play a role.

But to me, it’s more about his stellar work ethic (fitness wise), what he did growing up, etc.

And his speed, athleticism etc – till this day.

He can still apparently do those kicks he did in Bloodsport, and I’ve seen vidoes of him do it …

Two, he’s a prime example of two things – lifting weights the RIGHT way does not need to make you bulky – or fat.

And it can make you lean and strong as heck if you do it right.

I’ve no idea if Van Damme lifted odd objects as I mention in Lumberjack Lodestone Fitness, but odds are he DID.

Odds are he followed the same exercises too, that I teach in Pushup Central, 0 Excuses Fitness, and some of my other courses. Those form the base of any serious martial artist’s training – period.

Just ask Bruce Lee for one, a great proponent of the way the Great Gama trained.

And he’s also a prime example of why you need a Corrugated Core to perform at your best !

Strong as heck, bulging muscles – except they’re “tight and packed”, not bodybuilder like …

And three, most importantly, and I’m sur ethe man will admit this himself – why and how he keeps himself so young “at heart” – and physically?

His FLEXIBILITY.

Lots of Bozos, when I came out with the great book Isometric and Flexiblity Training asked “why flexibility too”.

No-one else does books on both at the same time, they went.

Well, I did – and do – because they go TOGETHER, my friend.

Van Damme’s signature move is splits – done on chairs – or while leaping several feet in the air.

In the movie Bloodsport, his friend (another fighter) jokes about “you shouldn’t be doing those things, you might want to have kids someday!”

But any serious athlete or martial artist knows the value of flexibility.

Even if you are not training to be a fighter, kick people in the chops all day or what not, having flexiblity in the areas most people LACK it in (groin, lower back etc – and core in general) will help you immeasurably not just in daily life, but sports, any other activies you do in life – including booby building for those of y’all so inclined.

And HAMSTRING flexibility, something I keep yapping about, and rightly so.

Stretch and loosen the hamstrings (I recently put out a Youtube on this) – and you feel like a billion bucks, and things just happen, period. I cannot explain it any better!

Same for calves, thighs etc, but especially the hamstrings …

(and truth be told although I’ve put out 51 great exercises in that regard you can work your whole life, I could tell you 51 more right off the top of my head. Maybe in the next book on it!)

Anyway, Bloodsport remains one of my favorite movies with ultra slick choreography for one.

I’m not a huge fan of Van Damme’s movies otherwise, but the man has it spot on when it comes to physical training, and there is a lot to learn from him in that regard.

I’ll write more on that later.

For now, I know a lot of you are itching to buy some of the products mentioned above but are, for some reason procrastinating.

The #1 enemy of achievement in any sphere, along with many others.

i.e, do it NOW.

If I can interrupt my 100 pushup 100 squat “medley”workout to write to you about this, and then go again, so can you – pull out that credit card, my friend, and get the above books NOW.

Takes but a minute, you can always get back to “dumbphone gazing” post this, or workouts if you’re so inclined. I am. Hehe.

Back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – I’ve updated my last email on “Bong legs” – hehe. Check it out HERE if you’re so included.

PS #2 – More on CORE, in the movie Bloodsport, Van Damme’s character literally urges a much bigger, bulkier guy (his friend) to focus on the opponent’s CORE … his weak spot.

Youre only as strong as your weakest spot, friend.

For the character of Bolo Yeung, that was the CORE (not the bodybuilder like bloated chest!). (which was arguably, from a lifting standpoint, “stronger” than Van Damme, although I couldn’t say for sure).

And thats how he ultimately (Damme) gets the guy (Yeung).

Van Damme’s strength is his legs, you wouldn’t think that looking at that upper body though – another prime example of “train the legs, you train the entire body”.

For a period I did NOTHING but climb hills, still had a far better built chest than those that just did bench presses, and ignored the legs.

When you train the legs hard, nothing compares to the deep breathing and T boost you get from that sort of training …

He also did ballet – dancers, my friend, have amazingly strong legs – from doing BODYWEIGHT squat, not “weighted” ones.

Anyway, all the truisms I mention in 0 Excuses Fitness, my friend.

Get this book now, its GOLD.

India, with all it’s diverse cultures, diets, and everything that seems to change with every 15 minutes you walk from hither to thither, almost … has an interesting tale to tell you about Bengalis.

“Bongs”, as they’re called – or “we’re called”, I should say.

Part of my “heritage” is Bengali.

Now, although I was born in Bengal, remember two things – Ive never actually lived there. I used to visit there briefly in summer holidays till the age of 13 or so until my Grandfather passed away, but I didnt quite like it to be honest.

I Dont know why – well, I do now – but right now, I’d probably like it if I visited (no plans on that though anytime soon).

But in India, those from the North are known for being “fighters”, “Warriors” and such – I grew up (well, the time I was there in India) in the north mostly.

If you’d look at me, you’d probably be forgiven for saying (those of you that wouldn’t call me a cowboy from Texas outright, or Spanish, or Arabic, hehe) – that “I’m a Delhi boy” .

That I am (in many regards!) (though I don’t particularly like Delhi either).

Hey, what do I know, the Chinese pick at my skin, refuse to believe I’m Indian or even that I have Indian “blood”, and claim I’m “yellow”. lol.

(Although, there was that one guy in Hong Kong that once just LOOKED at me and started speaking Bengali to me, I wonder how he knew! Hehe. Much like the old Cantonese lady there who once started speaking Cantonese to me, which I hardly understand for the most part.

Chameleon?? Hehe).

Anyway, those from the North East in India are sometimes not thought to be part of the country, in the same way that the Chinese think all Indians are “dark and dirty”, a lot in India seem to think those from the North East are not part of India at all if you get my drift.

I cannot imagine why. I love that part of India, the people, their culture, all of it!

People from the South in India on that note don’t seem to get along well with the North at all, again almost like a different country, right down to the language, culture, etc. (ditto for the North, which seems to know very little bout the South).

“Bongs” claim those from the North are culture -less, rude, and “those business people, ugh!”

Those from the North claim pretty much the same about the Bongs, except in reverse. Hehe.

Anyway, back to conceptions – or misconceptions.

Those from the EAST, ie Bengal are thought of as studious, achievers in school, brainacs, Mama’s boys that sit in offices and earn a ton of moolah to turn over to their dominating Bengali wives or mom’s …

(I still remember a certain Ravi asking me why I didnt just listen to Mommy and get an arranged marriage or what not.

Shudder!)

(nothing against Bengali women though! – I’m sure there’s good ones and bad ones out there,just like every other “subsect”)

… certainly not warriors, fighters, anything like that.

As poets. Writers. The great Tagore, I’m sure you’ve heard of him, came from Bengal.

Cindy once told me the following.

“You’re a writer and a fighter!”

I’ve always been the latter all my life, the former, I’ve always wanted to be all my life, and I finally got around to doing it post 35 (before that too, actually, but as a business..)

Now – this was going to be about something else.

I was going to write to you about something the Great Gama DRANK daily – tons of it (no, not milk for those already guessing) that helped him build his prodigious strength – and FLEXIBILITY – but more importantly, aided him immeasurably in RECOVERING from his grueling workouts.

You would never guess these two things unless you’re well versed with Indian culture.

I ain’t – but I’m well versed with the physical culture part of it!

Before that though … In the 19th century, the Brits were very contemptuous of Bengalis. Macaulay called us effeminate, sedentary and languid. Journalist G W Stevens spent a lot of time examining our legs. “By his leg you shall know a Bengali,” he said. “The leg of a Bengali is either skin and bones… or else it is very fat and globular, also turning at the knee, with round thighs like a woman. The Bengali’s leg is the leg of a slave.”

Can you handle the diet of the gods? – The Hindu

Hilarious! LOL .

Honestly, I dont mind bringing these up – we can all have a laugh at it.

And my legs, I dont know.

Carol once called me a giraffe, though not because I had pelican legs, far from it.

Check out the pictures on this page here – 16 Inspirational Fitness Recollections.

She was just giggling about “long legs and a slim, slim waist” – which she liked, of course.

But my legs have never been that skinny, but they’ve been phat as phock yes.

Slave?

I dont know, I’ll leave that to Glyn Bozo from the UK who apparently enjoys that, hehe.

Anyway, what is not known is that Bengal produced some mighty fine wrasslers too in addition to poets and writers.

The Great Gama gets all the acclaim when we talk about ancient Indian wrasslers, and rightly so, he’s a legend. Period.

But there’s others too, not so well heard of, but equal contributors to ancient Indian physical culture.

(much like you hear Gandhi when you think “freedom struggle in India”, but several other arguably FAR MORE important luminaries are forgotten).

It happens …

Bengalis were mortally insulted, and took to wrestling with a vengeance, inspired by Swami Vivekananda, amongst others. The end result of this was Gobar Guha, who was 6 foot 1, had a 48-inch chest and became the first Asian to win a world title. He was known for his appetite, and his diet was full of goodies. But he also did 2,500 push-ups a day, and wore a collar around his neck that weighed 70 kilos.

(they actually used to punish slaves back in the day in the South by making them collars like that for days!)

But the Gama used to tie huge heavy stones around his neck while doing squats for one, so as a training method, it’s been around for ages.

It hurts, but its damned effective.

It burns calories like nothing else and builds lumps of muscle like nothing else will as well on the entire body.

Check out Gobar Guha, there are a lot of things I want to write about him, but for this email …

Let’s focus on what the Gama – and Guha probably too – not just ate – but DRANK – to maintain flexibility – ensure his JOINTS stayed lubricated to the best extent possible after all that wrestling and practice – and more important, to RECOVER from those workouts.

The Indian wrestlers all believed in massages – mud baths as well.

They also, contrary to what many people think, ate a diet RICH in meat.

They drank prodigious amounts of milk.

What is not so widely known is the two secret ingredients in their diet that also helped them from keeping the FAT piling on – with all that eating, you’d think theyd become fat and slow (although … if you look at Sumos, fat doesn’t necessarily mean “slob” – Sumos are pretty fast when they need to be!).

And why do I tell you this – because YOU TOO can benefit from this (if you can find what I’m talking about).

One, the Gama drank a ton of mutton – BROTH.

Thats right, the soup made from the bones of the animal. (along with the meat he ate, which in his case was huge amounts of chicken, like 8 pounds per sitting or something!).

(along with all else he ate).

Second, perhaps the most important – he drank a ton of clarified BUTTER!

Different from regular butter.

Clarified butter is a staple in traditional Indian diets, and though it’s RICH in fat, you might be surprised to know it aids in LOSING fat and you’d gain far more weight on a diet of “regular” butter – which admittedly “tastes a lot better” than on a diet of clarified butter (which I don’t personally like that much, but the health benefits – innumerable).

For this email, lets just say that it has compounds in it that SHRINK fat cells.

And, it has unique properties that keep the joints lubricated in a way other dietary supplements cannot.

Another alternative is “white butter”. I used to eat a lot of this back in the day but obviously can’t find it around these days …

Id highly recommend staying AWAY from processed butter etc – all of that piles on the pounds like nothing else, and is not good for you.

If youre looking to lose weight though, and still eat calorie dense foods as you workout – you might want to give the above two a try.

Even if you’re not looking to lose – or gain – weight (yes, this works for gaining weight as well) – then you might want to give it a try anyway – you might be surprised at the overall feeling of “health and well being” you get when on diets such as this (along with other healthy foods).

As I say in the Simple and Effective Diet, Chinese green tea is another great thing to add to your overall intake daily – and lots of it.

And of course nothing ever replaces good old H2O. Period!

Now …

Last, but not least …

Remember that none of this compensates for lack of physical activity.

If you’re think you can sit on the couch and go from couch potato to Commando (not mine, that one, hehe) – by simply imbibing your fill of the products/liquids above, you’re WRONG.

All of that only works with the right amount of physical activity and if you want to workout like the Indian wrestlers did, well, the 0 Excuses Fitness System is “your man”.

The upcoming book “Lumberjack “Lodestone” Fitness” is still at pre-order stage and in that youll get MORE details on how the Indian wrestlers trained (with implements) – but for now, build a solid base with the bodyweight exercises in the System first.

Last, but again – not least?

Remember to pick up Isometric and Flexibility Training – to help you RECOVER from your tough workouts – and keep your joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments, all of it – young – flexible – and feeling great – FOREVER.

Thats it from me for now.

I’ll be back soon.

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

Now, dont get me wrong.

Emotion is damn important, and rules everything.

But in order to bring your emotional desires into REALITY, logic in spades is required, and then some.

Fitness wise too.

Let’s take an example which should be common to many people globally.

Piles of laundry lying around, tons of dishes never done …

(and it ain’t necessarily “laundry for the whole household either” – this is very common sometimes for people that are SINGLE).

Never for me, but we’ll get to that.

If people would just stop complaining about “But I dont like it”, and so forth , and think of it this way …

Spend 10 minutes a day on laundry alone (i.e. “folding” or whatever, or hanging it up to dry) – or dishes – or whatever housework piles up – then down the line, that mound never forms.

Most people dont get it.

Even people that hire external help to do it – somehow, somewhere there is a falling out.

“She doesn’t do it well enough!”

I must admit I’m not an expert in any of this.

Perhaps Bozo Schofield is, he’d probably make a great hire to do housework (not).

But “Maid Schofield” aside, the logic persists.

Same thing for fitness.

If, instead of whining about how tired you are, how stressed you are, how overworked you are, you simply found TEN minutes a day – or maybe even FIVE – to really, hit it hard – think about that.

I’m not asking the world of you.

Hit it hard for TEN minutes a day.

Hell, if you want, break that up into morning and evening sessions, but when youre hitting it hard, give it the same attention you give the dumbphone and these inane, annoying videos on it for one.

How hard is that, really?

Be honest.

It’s called DISCIPLINE, my friend.

Its called sticking to a ROUTINE!

Yet, people dont do it, and then complain.

The more I think the about it, the more I like my MGTOW lifestyle – when I can get it.

You truly get to be a BEAST THEN. Hehe.

Because to me, if I’m dealing with or surrounded by people who “dont get it” – well, to me, it’s the most annoying and frustrating thing ever.

Anyway, you doers know what I’m talking about …

10 minutes a day is all I ask – and done regularly – is all it TAKES – to get in SUPER shape, and stay there (with a few lifestyle adjustments if you so choose).

And thats the bottom line.

Back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

In Matt Furey’s Combat Conditioning, a great book (get it now if you have not – no, I do NOT get anything from it, in fact in 0 Excuses Fitness, I freely credit Matt as being the person who did NOT invent Hindu pushups and squats, but made them famous all over the world) (credit where credit is due, criticism when it’s warranted – I love Matt!) (no, Idont know him personally) … he said the following, a line oft missed by many.

“If you aren’t doing Hindu squats, you’re not really doing Combat Conditioning”.

It’s true.

To me, pushups are, and will always remain the big dog of fitness.

That is one reason why in 0 Excuses Fitness, the videos, you see me cranking out 250 odd pushups, and only 40 odd squats. I believe 40, or 50?

Which to me, I was pounding them out 500 a day at that point is “easy peasy”.

Easy peasy lemony squeezy,as the “chip off the old block” would say, hehe. (and does).

Now, part of the reason I did that is because as I’ve said in the book, it’s uber easy to OVERDO on squats.

With pushups, your strength, core and lower back will stop you before you do.

Sometimes, with squats, thats not the case.

And I’ve said before how overdoing Hindus, especially when you start – can leave you unable to walk for days.

In fact, when you start doing these at the right cadence regularly, you’ll be walking strange – kinda like Glyn Schofield does, if you get my drift. Hehe.

Seriously, you will – these make you sore like nothing can, not even weighted squats.

Now, John Walker, a legend and hero in his own right – I know John doesnt think he is, but to me he is – he will always remain one – and many of you will too – most notabley Charles Mitchell, ex man in BLUE – every time I think of him, I think STELLAR – doing his DUTY – outstanding, upstanding CITIZEN! … used to be able to pop off weighted squats with 400 lb on his back.

Now, thats a TON of tonnage, especially (if I got it right) he did it as Brooks Kubik advocated in Dinosaur Training. 

That book is the real deal, too.

You weight lovers and even bodyweight lovers will love it, my personal favorite was Brooks taking a couple of IRON suitcases out of the attic, and carrying them around for blocks, and it making him so sore he did very little for the next few days.

Farmers walks will do that to you!

I wrote to Brooks about how the ladies in China carried water bottles , all 20 L of them up in their tiny, wiry, strong hands to my fourth floor apartment, and how I’d do the same!

“Goood idea!”, replied Brooks. “As you get stronger, fill them with sand!”

He’s right. Hehe.

But anyway – while 20 rep squats as Brooks made famous will make a MAN out of you, period – still – and even with your heart pounding out of your chest (for those interested, I’ve done it too – but with far less tha 400 lbs, but the weight I used was a shaking, slithering weight – makes it tough!) …

… it ain’t the same.

First thing you know, the safety concerns, I’d recommend some sort of “rack” squat rack or what not if you do these without someone watching over you (spotting you).

Not quite as dangerous as benchin what you cannot and dropping the damn thing on your neck accidentally, but close enough – and INJURIES.

I’ve no idea of the stats, but I’d bet this sort of repetitive training with heavy weights on your back – which put unnatural stress on the vertebrae – have a LOT to do with shot knees, lower backs and so forth.

And spinal core injuries (hence my insistence on bridging).

As I got done with 250 squats today, something I have not done for a month – I did these in the following order – 150 Hindus, 50 bodyweight, 50 Hindus.

I took 10-15 seconds rest between each three, but that was it.

I did some secret LEG isometrics NOT included in Isometric and Flexibility Training – stuff that will make you super sore, stuff that I’ll be putting into the second book on it – stuff that will make a MAN out of you.

I did these during the 10 – 15 second breaks while I “caught my breath” doing deep breathing.

I’m soaked in sweat now, STILL Sweating.

Nothing – my friend, can replace bodyweight squats – other than climbing hills, of course, and jumping rope, but even those are DIFFERENT.

And weighted squats, yes, they get the heart and lungs pumping, but you can only sustain it for so long.

Not even talking injury, I’m talking while exercising itself, while 500 Hindus in one set, believe me, I did these all the time before, when you do these – you build gumption, mental strength, character – and FOCUS – all in spades!

You also build your legs and lungs like NOTHING BEFORE!

Trust me, it’s like LSD without the negative effects of “long slow distance cardio”.

Trust me, when you do these, you’ll be dripping sweat, in the zone!

John, you did 501 squats yesterday, you’re on the right track – that ain’t easy, regardless of how fit you are, that never becomes easy in that it’s a boring workout!

There’s always something to challenge you.

Well, my friend, its a dark, dang day outdoors today, so no videos on it – as yet.

Be tuned to my Youtube channel though, and these emails …

I’m off to crank out 300 more squats.

I’m LOVING IT!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Why do I interrupt my workout writing to you (another Charles, not Charles Mitchell, another guy – Shoulders like Boulders! customer – great choice Charles A!) asked me.

“No why”

“Because I can”.

“Because I love doing it”.

Maybe all of the above plus MOTIVATION FOR YOU.

Take your pick!

Last night, I dreamt of TIGERS jumping about!

The tiger is one of my favorite animals, right up there with the mighty grizzly, and this is evidenced on the Animal Kingdom Workouts page, my friend.

Stealth, speed, immense power – and living by GUT (and plenty of smarts too compared to other big cats) – all rolled into one.

Mystique, a regal look, all of it – truly the king of the jungle is the tiger, the lion in my opinion – another mighty cat in its own right, doesn’t even come close, doesn’t even live in the jungle.

Anyway …

I once remember a conversation I had with my buddy from the Marines in 2019.

This was about getting in shape, I believe, or something to that effect.

We were “chopping it up” after a long workout (myself) of climbing the hill and for him, it was dealing with a bunch of Bozos in China in the ESL job he was doing (I believe part time, I’m not sure) at the moment, or maybe it was other business, not entirely sure.

I think I returned some cash I owed him or something, it was something, I dont know, and then we decided to meet up.

And we then started talking – naturally – fitness.

I was remarking on how he still looked bullishly strong (this guy is a battletank – built like an outhouse, literally!) (years of pushups and pullups will do that to you!) – but he was getting “big” around the midsection (although he’s such a big guy, you’d hardly notice the spread!).

He nodded.

“There is a layer of fat around the midsection there I need to lose!” he laughed.

And he was right.

When I first met him, he was, oddly enough doing the same thing yours truly was – what I recommend in the first part of Advanced Hill Training.

ie. moving up and down the hill like a CAT – in the right manner!

You’ll see me doing that in the book, during Chinese New Year . . .

But he stopped doing that because of the increasing jingoism in CHina, getting into trouble everywhere he went for saying it like it is.

Yours truly never stopped doing it regardless. Hehe.

But yours truly in 2019 (when as I stated, I was focusing on some other businesses too) did a lot more “bottoms up” (not the Glyn style, but BEER style) than I should have, and neglected my pushups, squats etc – though I still climbed the HILL – 4 times a day without fail (but still less than the 6 I’d religiously do years ago, and not daily like I’d do before, before, I wouldn’t miss a day).

My friend looked at me.

“You’re not fat, Rahul! But you dont look like you did before, thats just how it is!”

Exactly what I was telling him too.

You gotta LOVE us brutally honest sorts.

Mike Tyson, Iron Mike, in 2020 when preparing for his comeback fight was woefully out of shape.

His friend saw him and made the comment about “you’re just way out of shape, Mike!”

And he was (it was drugs and alcohol, by his own admission, that did it).

Iron Mike didnt curl up into a ball and get pissed off, or do nothing.

He recognized the advice came from a DOER.

He took it to heart.

And he whipped himself back into shape, and the evidence, and results are there for ALL To see today.

Eating lean meats like elk and bison, of which Tyson had “freezerfuls” was part of it!

Anyway ..

I love brutally honest.

I tell YOU guys to leave comments, reviews, most important thing being they should be HONEST.

I’m very honest myself about my phat phocker days – so I can inspire those of YOU in the same boat to get fit NOW.

Shoulders like Boulders!  and Pull-ups – from DUD to STUD within WEEKS! were written when I was PHAT, period.

I still did my exercises yes, but I was FAT.

Although I did way more than most people do when fat …

It would be EASY for me to simply replace those pictures with my pictures later, and claim “that was me” when I wrote the book.

But I didnt.

I left the phat phocker pictures there – on the cover, in the book, for everyone to see.

I let the trolls troll me with “This guy doesn’t look like he ever trained”.

HA!

Why?

To inspire you, to show you what is possible – in Battletank Shoulders, and “Pull-ups from STUD to SUPER STUD within WEEKS!” – you see what is possible!

Now where am I going with all this.

Well, simple.

When you stand in front of the mirror, and dont like what you see (like David Goggins didn’t, like many of us didnt) you have two choices.

One, you ignore it. The mind may choose this option.

“so what. Life’s almost over!”

“Half my life’s gone, why do I need to waste the other half getting into shape!”

(these two comments above are true comments I’ve gotten)

Or, you could choose a slightly more insidious answer.

“I’ll do it later!”

Believe it or not, even yours truly “bodyweight exercise guru” falls prey to these things.

Yours truly needs a kick up the ass too sometimes.

Hey, I am human. I am accountable too! (to myself)

And over the past few months, many of you (or many people in general) have noticed  that the famed Rahul Mookerjee core isnt what it is used to.

True, I still workout daily – at pretty tough levels.

True, I still do  lot of stuff most puffing in the gym couldn’t dream of doing, and couldn’t do.

But that core was becoming loose, if not downright “elastic” as it were instead of corrugated.

Hence, the goal I set to myself a month or so ago “10,000 jumps per workout“.

The way I wanted to do it was 500 jumps a day without fail, and then go from there after a few months.

I’m already at 2000.

My goal was to hammer out pushups – 100 odd – daily. without fail.

I’m already at 250 daily, and yesterday was 410.

For me, lockdowns and my current circumstances have meant I am not able to go out to hills and such as freely as I’d like, and THIS, my friend, the HILL, my beloved hill has always been a tool I’ve used to whip myself back into shape.

Matt Damon did it for the Bourne series!

Along with pull-ups!

For me, I’d often spend a month or so away from the hill, but I always knew “once I get back to the hill, that flab will be gone so quick I won’t even notice it”.

(Advanced Hill Training).

Unfortunately, covid means we have to all bring the WARRIOR out.

It’s sink or survive, every year is getting tougher in many regards.

And so, without the hill, I’ve made a decision – to whip myself back into TOP shape – anyway.

I may not look 13 years old though, as I did for 0 Excuses Fitness!

Hehe.

John Walker, a great, great customer noticed this when he was viewing my video on accountability.

And he has a great and inspiring alternate thought on this –

Whilst holding yourself accountable is an acceptable method of overcoming a lack of motivation to train, I’d like to offer what I feel is a better alternative method.

I consider it a privilege to be able to train whenever or wherever you wish, allow me to explain what I mean.

Imagine being unable to train due to ill health or physical disability, this is a situation I found myself in when I injured my spine in 2006, when you are forced to stop training because you are not physically able to train anymore certainly makes you appreciate having all your bodily functions working optimally.

When you look at how many people who would love to have the ability to train but cannot, you really begin to fully grasp just what a privilege training is.

Although I’ve managed to get myself back into regular training, I’ve never got back to the condition I was in prior to my injury and with my disability I know I never will but knowing that things could be much worse I cherish every workout that I’m able to perform because I understand just how easy it would be for my situation to change dramatically.

If you keep this thought uppermost in your mind that your ability to train could be snatched from you at any time I believe this would be all the motivation you would need.

He’s right!

I said the same thing in one of my videos on gratitude, I believe…

I think while accountability to oneself is a great way to progress at anything, workouts, life, all of it – – YES, what you’re saying makes perfect sense i.e. being grateful that we CAN train, and then thinking about “what if we cannot train” and so forth; I think i spoke about that in one of my videos about being “grateful” for what one has i.e. a paraplegic would probably appreciate the ability to just walk around on all four limbs which most of us take for granted, let alone working out that way!

More from John –

In my own situation what I’m referring to is, I was really strong in that I could do 20 rep squats with over 400lbs I could deadlift 600lbs and I could chin myself with one arm at a time etc, fitness wise, I could run 3 miles in under 19 minutes.

Those days are now long gone and I have to content myself with just a fraction of my previous physical prowess but as I said previously I realise that things could be so much worse and I think myself blessed that I’m able to still train hard at an age (I’m 65 in July) when most men are just content to let life pass them by without any attempt to stay even moderately in shape.

(John)

(and thats some serious stuff he’s talking about there not to mention his martial arts prowress, back in the day, and I’m sure still, he was a top level martial artist!)

Not to mention a real life Cliffhanger hero …

I hope you take this in the spirit that it is given, I mean you no disrespect, this is in the hope that you realise I have your best interests at heart.

The fact is my friend, in your YouTube videos you look out of shape, in truth you actually look fat, now I don’t your circumstances but you look like you’ve let yourself get too far out of shape and you’re struggling to get back into shape,

And again, he’s right!

It’s the core – that is getting LOOSER.

What I mentioned above!

For much of last year, I was thinking … “I’ll get to it as soon as I return to my hill climbing / sprinting ways”.

But, given life has, as John said “degenerated into one big lockdown basically” – even THAT tool is being taken away from me.

So, I had enough of it last year, and made a choice – to get that core back in shape!

With me, it’s – as usual – extremes.

When I’m LEAN, I look like a movie star. 

When I’m PHAT, I look PHAT x 100 – a slob. 

Hehe.

My books show you the contrast (linked above!).

I’m neither a movie star or a slob now.

But it’s the “in the middle” thing I do not like, cannot stand, and hence, the goals I set!

Thank you for getting back to me and for taking my criticism like a man, I thought you’d see it like that but you never really know what people’s reaction will be if your brutally honest.

Hey.

Brutal and honesty are my brothers buddy!

Yes, just like your great – and honest reviews for the books, please keep the honest feedback coming as I don’t mind it all (coming from a doer such as yourself) … As far as the brutally honest part goes?

I think I mentioned it once in one of my emails, or perhaps more than once – my buddy from the Marines and me were once having a discussion about “who is more brutally honest” – Trump, or myself. I said probably Donald Trump, my friend turned around and eyed me, and said the following “It’s by no means a foregone conclusion!”. Hehe.

So I know a thing or two about being brutally frank, as you can tell of course from all my writing, books, all the workouts etc, I dont mess around and certainly no mamsy pamsy nonsense … And you’re right, often times when you’re brutally honest, people just get ticked off – the minority that doesn’t though, and takes the criticism, or comments, or whatever you call it on board – as motivation to get better – now thats the sort you want to hang around!

(Of course, that is assuming someone like Schofield isn’t making the initial comments, of course!).

My friend in 2019 once also compared my shape “then” to what it was in 2017, and he said “well, you don’t look what you were before, but you’re not fat -you look different,not “cut” like you were, but thats how it is!”

(He used to be REAL lean too, then got out of shape in China for whatever reason, but he’s still a wrecking machine, but yes, has way too much “padding” around the midsection).

So, all good buddy – I don’t disagree with your assessment – hell, I keep dreaming about climbing hills myself, getting back to some other place where I can really hit it hard, focus etc …i.e. “get my life back, which for me of course includes staying in top shape” …

Thanks as well for your offer – much appreciated! I think you meant anything you can do to help me “get BACK in the best shape of my life”, hehe, and yes, if there is anything – I will let you know!

Lockdowns again, covid panic, ugh. You get it!

HE also made an offer which I deeply appreciate, i.e. if there was anything he could do to help me get back into TOP shape.

Now as far as your numbers etc “back in the day” – thats some serious training right there, along with all the stuff you likely did to get fit for martial arts (which of course must have involved a lot of bodyweight training). One arm chinups – and over 20 reps with 400lbs – now thats REAL MAN STUFF right there, bro!

My workout “highlight” for this morning was 410 pushups, along with 2000 skips, and pull-ups etc, but the pushups really hit the spot, mostly because I’m 41, and so, well, you know how it goes!! 😉

As for YOUR WORKOUT – “510 bodyweight squats, 100 push ups and 21 pull ups, as you can see it’s nothing spectacular but like I said I’m just grateful to be able to train at all, I was told by my doctors I’d have to give up any thoughts of training ever again but I persevered and now I train as hard as my body allows me to.”

Man, 500 squats ain’t no joke assuming you did them all at one shot!!! (or even with a few breaks). I mean, back when I filmed 0 Excuses Fitness (the videos you bought from me) – 500 Hindus straight was tough for me even back then, so what you’re saying now ain’t no joke in that regard!

As for the pushups, EVEN if you did them in sets, which I assume you did – i.e. sets of 20, or whatever you did, thats still great going if you do it daily!

It’s about the baby steps we take everyday, not so much the massive action that “looks and sounds great”, but in reality, its “dogged persistence”, and grinding daily that really does it. THAT (those endless, long 4 hour climbs up the hill!) really got me into the best shape of my life philosophy wise …

There was more but this is getting to be a thesis so I’ll stop here. Hehe.

The best part is yet to come, though …

I asked him if he meant getting BACK INTO TOP SHAPE, ie. the “looking like a 13 year old, LEAN AND MEAN, fighting MACHINE! look” …

His reply –

Rahul

No, I meant what I said, I believe your best condition still awaits you and I believe also that with your work ethic and mindset you will achieve that condition before the end of 2022.

Now, THIS IS WHY I love this guy! And why I love DOERS in general.

They dont just make comments for the hell of it – they give you the whole picture, and they do so out of genuine concern for your well being (John once asked me if I was sick during some of my videos).

“man, you look whiter than me!”

That I do. Hehe.

I have naturally fair skin, and the less time I spend outdoors, the less tanned I get – naturally ..

Anyway, where am I leading up to with all this.

This thought came to my mind all of last night while sleeping, along with tigers.

“If the mind wins, you lose, so does the body”. 

“If YOU win – everyone wins”. 

Now, I know what I’ve got to do to get rid of the “excess fat around the core”.

I’m doing it daily.

But are YOU, if you’re not happy looking in the mirror seeing what is staring back at you doing it?

Only you can answer that …

Your mind will make all sorts of excuses not to do the thing, can you be strong enough to BEAT those excuses back and get to it – no matter what?

David Goggins once made a comment about life, and how you should live it.

It’s about putting the REAL you, no matter how fucked up your life is, on a billboard out there, being brutally honest about it!

I’ve done this all my life.

And thats yet another reason my phat phocker pictures in some of the books will not, and NEVER change.

Its not about how hard you hit when the chips are in your favor, when all is hunky dory. 

It’s about how you respond – with vim, vigor and gumption – when the chips are DOWN. 

John, and everyone else, THANK YOU for all your feedback!

Like Mike Tyson said about his friend.

If a friend thought I was fat (insert little, lot, out of shape, whatever) – and didnt tell me – I wouldn’t want to be his friend no mo.

Thats what I dont understand about phat phocks that get “offended” when I point out they can barely hang on to the chinning bar for any length of time.

During my phat phock days, my dad once made the comments about …

“Your belly is hanging down to your pants!”

It was, dont get me wrong.

But coming from a guy that never did a pushup in his life, couldn’t hang on to a chinning bar to save his life, thought training was all about pink dumbbells, and more importantly, has never been in shape, even remotely so his entire life – I found those comments a tad hypocritical, though I never riposted, or he’d holler about “disrespect”.

Ditto for the trolls, Bozo Schofields and such …

Anyway.

I meant to write to you for 5 minutes, it’s been 20 already.

My darn tea is getting cold, much as it did once back in the day with a client who was writing back to me!

So Im off for some pipin hot RED tea (or black tea, depends on how you look at it).

And I’ll be back!

Lots of lessons above, APPLY in your own life!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Doers, thanks for all the likes you’ve given me on Instagram etc, thats yet another reason I’m doing these videos, I dont particularly like videos but ya’ll do, so I’m giving it to ya’ll!

KEEP THE COMMENTS – honest feedback – and REVIEWS COMING, please!

Life’s all about choices – and accountability.

Fitness, business, life, everything.

“Because you made a DEAL!”

These words kept playing in my mind this morning as I procrastinated, tried finding every excuse in the book – NOT to do my daily pushup workout (which the goal was 100 a day, now it’s a min of 250 per day).

(a step too much for most people, but I ain’t most people. For most people, GRADUAL progression as I keep speaking about is the key).

(it was for me too when I first started, and still is when I start something new NOW).

I procrastinated. Told myself, or half heartedly so “I was tired”.

And given the workouts I’ve been putting myself through as of late, and everything else going on, you’d forgive me for taking a break if I did.

I wouldn’t though.

I’m going to turn 41 tomorrow, and there is NO stopping – or slowing down this cat, period.

That is how it is.

And accountability is key.

As I blew on my palms for extra long, the words played out.

“Because you’re accountable!”

If just to myself, but that is what counts i.e. ultimately it’s about being accountable to You, not someone pushing you or egging you along – all of that is useless if YOU ain’t accountable to YOURSELF, friend. Simple as that.

Pansies might not like hearing the above, but it’s true.

Anyway …

Lots of people ask me and look at me strangely when I blow on my palms – even in hot weather before doing pull-ups and stuff.

True, one reason is to warm them up, but it ain’t the only reason by far.

And if you’re brave enough or foolhardy enough, hehe, to train outdoors in -19 degree Centigrade “right next to Russia”, as a dame Becky recently told me, then you might want to warm up a bit!

Just do not attempt gripping metal bars outdoors, your skin might literally “stick to the bars!”

“Man, thats cold. I couldn’t imagine living there”, I told Becky.

(and it’s true, I prefer warm climes and hot sweaty weather) (and a/c, hehe).

How do they even do normal activities like running outside etc, I asked Becky offhand.

“Normal activities, no problem!” she replied.

“They even swim in this weather!”

Man oh  man. More on that later though!

There is a WAY to blow on your palms – to EXHALE into the cup of your palms such that you can GRIP better – and I ain’t talking just pull-ups or thick bars, I’m talking the FLOOR too.

Grip the floor while doing pushups, some of you might ask?

Well, you Pushup Central lovers know what I mean – maybe I’ll put out a brief video on it, but for now, try it when your palms etc are loose, the “grip doesnt feel just right”, and so forth, and you’ll see not just your reps, but the form etc in which you do the exercise/movement improve DRAMATICALLY.

Anyway – I’m past 115 pushups from not wanting to do a single one.

How, you might ask.

Well, I started with 10 pushups.

That is it, the bodyweight guru started with 10 pushups.

And 20 table pushups.

More than what most people can begin to do, believe it or not, yet for me easy peasy, yet, I made it work – for sets of three – and then after 90, I did more pushups, and I will do more after writing this to you.

How?

Well, first off, DEEP BREATHING – and form.

Most people ignore both of the above, slopping their way through reps to get the count, and especially the deep breathing.

Look , if I cannot hear you breathe across the room, inhaling, exhaling DEEPLY on each rep, you’re not doing these RIGHT!

The deep breathing warmed me up, the shoes and socks came off, the sweatshirt did, now I’m in a vest.

It did far more than that, it tuned up the entire system from the inside out too!

Most people ignore breathing. “Just breathing”, they say.

HA!

In the 0 Excuses Fitness System, and my other books, I devote entire CHAPTERS to this practice, and you should read it very carefully!

Anyway, second thing – I didnt shoot for personal bests.

No  50 straight pushups on fingertips, no one arm pushups, one two finger pushups, or nothing.

I kept it simple.

Nice and easy.

Yet, I did it, moved towards the goal on a tough day.

THAT!

ACCOUNTABILITY!

“Because you’re accountable, Rahul”.

So are YOU.

If you’re a DOER that is.

And third, by remembering most people function at only 35-40% of their real capacity.

Your body is capable of so much more, even during cold, blustery days where MOVING around might seem like a chore.

Your mind is too – hence your results in LIFE.

Most people prefer making excuses and allowing their mind to control them i.e. “its easier to just sit and do nothing”, and find excuses to do just that, guess what their mind does, guess what their results are.

Not my type of person (the majority of people in this world).

I know, harsh realities and truths but they need to be said.

Back to Becky – and cold weather I mentioned up there?

People literally JUMP into freezing cold rivers there to swim in that weather.

“You need training to train the heart first”, laughed Becky.

Boy should I know. My icy cold showers in China first thing in the morning set my heart RACING And pounding in a way nothing can!

It might not feel good when I’m doing it.

But I do it anyway.

PUSH PAST THE PAIN.

GET THAT one more rep.

CAN YOU – will you?

Great tune up for the immune system, cold water training!

People in Finland do it too.

Hot as heck sauna, then a dunk in the icy waters.

“Well, at least the water temperature is warmer than the air”, I remarked, laughing with Becky.

That it is.

Small consolation?

Hehe.

Accountability, my friend.

Hold yourself ACCOUNTABLE for not just your choices, but your decisions.

That is what life’s about.

I had to stop my workout to write this to you.

But I’m gone now.

Back soon.

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

Here’s a great review for the compilation of pull-ups i.e. “Pull-ups -from DUD to STUD to SUPER STUD – within WEEKS!” from a true doer, a RARE gem, and truly a man that GETS it – John Walker in the U.K.

“This book will TRANSFORM YOU!”

First I must address the above review otherwise you’ll find what I have to say regarding the book hard to believe.

The fact is, Glyn Schofield has an ongoing dispute with the author of the book and his review is designed to try and dissuade people from purchasing the book and thereby cost the author potential customers.

Glyn Schofield has not purchased any of the books he routinely reviews, nor does he have the slightest clue as to what constitutes a valid training book, I seriously doubt he’s ever exercised in his sorry little life.

Back to the review, this book will transform anyone who has the guts to give the book’s content a good hard try, there is a reason that the top elite military units around the world prize this exercise so highly, having the strength to pull your own bodyweight from full extension to full contraction repeatedly is very rare these days, which is why the easier lat pulldown exercise is so popular, it does not require the same amount of strength, only pulling your own bodyweight will give you that superior strength, if you want that kind of strength you owe it to yourself to get this book and learn from it and prepare to be transformed.

Another excellent book from the bodyweight guru.

Amen, John, Amen!!

I posted a LONG version of this email on Medium here … (since the site was temporarily down at the time of my posting the initial bit) … but here it is again in short …

First, Glyn Bozo, well, enough said on him. He’s famous all over the Internet and “back alleys” in the UK by now – just Google Glyn Bozo, and do some research, and you’ll get the photo.

Alternatively, search on this site, or www.rahulmookerjee.com, and you’ll get the photo – and why John mentioned what he did.

Here is the Bozo review that Glyn posted, essentially being what he is i.e. a troll, loser, and a vicious, mean character that picks and preys upon the weak, and runs like a cowardly fool when someone stands up to his shit (sound familiar in terms of how bullies operate??) …

Rahul’s worse book, drivel, awful!

I first met my current gf while she was a masters student at the University of Birmingham 8 years ago and I was teaching there. I was not her teacher. Funnily enough, she referred me to Rahul’s literary masterpieces. Although reportedly a jealous and self loathing illegal worker in China, I thought I would purchase the jewel in the crown of his works. Sadly, I was more than disappointed. Feeling pity for Rahul as he clearly is unwell in the mind with his strange lies about highly respected and successful people, I hoped his book would be ok. How wrong I was. Beyond awful.

Now, even an idiot with no knowledge of books, physical training etc can tell that the Bozo is a lying piece of shit who as John correctly said “has an axe to grind with the author”, and as I keep saying about trolls, they never actually READ the book – their entire goal is to “smear and destroy” and ruin the hard work of others, and make things worse, as opposed to better.

Which is of course how Glyn lives his whole life, what he’s done to scores of other people – except with me, he didnt know who he was fucking with. Hehe.

I’m sure the Bozo does NOW, though … (and, more on him HERE too).

(And Glyn doing pullups? Snicker? He can barely pull his pants up the expanse of his mammoth, heaving, bulging fat belly that he can barely shift when walking – I pity anything he tries to hang on to for one (hint – he can’t – he could barely even get into a pushup position on his knees unless it was “ass up” if you get my drift))

But anyway, lets get into the meat of Johns great, factual and to the point review.

Back to the review, this book will transform anyone who has the guts to give the book’s content a good hard try, there is a reason that the top elite military units around the world prize this exercise so highly, having the strength to pull your own bodyweight from full extension to full contraction repeatedly is very rare these days, which is why the easier lat pulldown exercise is so popular, it does not require the same amount of strength, only pulling your own bodyweight will give you that superior strength, if you want that kind of strength you owe it to yourself to get this book and learn from it and prepare to be transformed.

If you can do pull-ups for reps, even the basic pull-up, then it’s not just physical strength you’re building my friend.

Trust me, those Battletank Shoulders workouts, those advanced pull-up workouts – those did far more than give me a upper body made of granite and an iron core.

They did far more than give me a great workout.

Or make me an Ironman …

What they did, and perhaps THIS is the crowning benefit of these workouts – they built MENTAL TOUGHNESS, gumption, and the will to fight despite all odds, and KEEP FIGHTING – which I have done all my life, and continue to NOW – the will to SURVIVE, not just survive, but thrive.

Trust me, as my buddy from the Marines once told me.

“Rahul, 100 pull-ups per workout is tough for anyone!”

Except , I had gotten to the point where it wasn’t and where Id climb hills after that, and this is what my reply was.

“100 pull-ups per workout, easy! Now 100 HANDSTAND PUSHUPS per workout, that’s hard, bro!”

He responded with a “You’re goddamn right” emoticon.

I’m sure a certain David Goggins would agree too!

But more on STRENGTH.

Animals in the wild are far stronger than humans could ever hope to be, yet, the only animal in the wild I see seated on an idiotic lat pulldown machine or lying down on a bench press stand is the human.

I dont see monkeys and apes, both of whom could toss the average human being around – muscle bound or not, phat phocker or not like a rag doll without even breaking a sweat, or a baby monkey with literally finger crushing grip strength or apes, chimps, gorillas and baboons in general that dont “rest their lats” because they’re too tired from climbing the day before seated on a lat pulldown machine, in my opinion BY FAR the most useless piece of junkola in modern day gyms, do you?

I dont see apes grunting through reps in an unnatural manner, tearing muscles and tendons in their shoulders as they do so …

No, it’s only the puffing and buffing human beings that do it, and the results SHOW.

If you want real strength, friend, you have to understand why the Marines, Seals and special forces from all over the world rate the pull-up so highly.

“Can you PULL your own weight? “

In life, fitness, whatever?

Can you BACK your shit up, as I keep asking you on Youtube?

There is a reason these expressions are there in the English language, there is a reason the terminology is used, and there is a damn good reason you train the BACK of the body hard, hard, hard as opposed to the show muscles up front.

Sure, Marines, Seals, and wrestlers, boxers everywhere do PUSHUPS as the mainstay of their routines, pushups are the big dog of fitness as I keep saying in 0 Excuses Fitness, but the pull-up is the true CHAMP when it comes to strength tests, my friend.

Trust me on this one.

And men in general having become sissified pansies, most men can barely hold on to the pulling bar for any length of time, let alone actually do a pull-up.

That is why John used the words “if you have the guts”.

DO YOU?

If you do, then yes, this book will transform your life – it’ll do more than that – it’ll literally make a new YOU out of you, make men out of boys as it were.

As an aside, all the junk in modern day gym, all the gadgets, everything you see sold on late night TV is all designed to feed into the “excuse making part of our brains and looking for the easy way out”.

ie. you sit on your ass in the gym for a good two hours pumping, toning, preening, oiling, checking out the girls, and getting a pump in the 100th medial head of the triceps, and then you head home.

“Look Mama, I had a workout!”

And thats why so many people love the lat pulldown, because it gives you a false sense of strength and so called security – that is smashed to smithreens in the REAL world.

Last, but not least, and I believe John and several others have said this too.

“If the trolls love to troll it, then it must be worth getting”. 

Amen!

Hehe.

Anyway, folks …

Like I keep saying, you should ALWAYS leave reviews, period.

So long as they’re honest and factual, that is all I care about, not so much the stars, though if they’re 5 star and likely will be, that is great!

Remember, if you dont, the trolls with nothing better to do than spoil it for the rest of us will. . . so the “good men” have to step up.

More here – Why you genuine customers out there should ALWAYS leave reviews (even if the book isn’t up to your expectations) (0excusesfitness.com). 

Last, but not least …

Y’all got a long email about SUPPORT urgently being required – YOUR SUPPORT.

And that still holds true.

Please, folks.

We cannot simply continue along the path of “read and do nothing”.

Please step up, show some support, buy more products, and most importantly, LEAVE reviews via the review link you get in the emails – I dont see what the harm is in doing that?

Hell, you even get a 10% off on the next purchase if you do so!

And your reviews help the doers immeasurably, as you can tell.

We still have the fundraising goal I mentioned in the last email on it that I sent you this morning, so please chip in the best you can and support us, because it is much needed.

And as for “Pull-ups – Dud to STUD to SUPER STUD within weeks!” – if this bit here doesn’t motivate you to DROP everything you’re doing, and get the book now, well, you ain’t got a pulse, that is all I can say!

Get this book now, my friend.

It will change your life – for the better- that I promise, and guarantee, and when Rahul Mookerjee says something, by God it will happen!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

I’ve written before about Zass, so I’ll keep this short – and sweet!

But, he’s basically the strongman that broke chains with his neck, pulled apart iron bars (prison cell) to escape from jail during War – carried two lions on both shoulders during circus acts – was known as the “Iron Samson” – and the world’s strongest man – and more …

And I ain’t even scratched the surface of the strength feats he did.

Again, read about him here.

And then – pronto – go HERE – to our Youtube Channel, and check out the “isometrics” playlist – where I show you exactly what Zass did “from the man himself” – to build that superhuman strength where he literally pried iron bars apart to set himself free.

Isometrics truly is the missing link to ALL your workouts, and will truly set YOU free and loose and limber too, once you combine it with the flexibility training I teach you in Isometric and Flexibility Training, a book which has no competition out there – literally none, literally no-one teaches you isometrics like I do.

It’s also a fitting rejoiner to the “oh it’s so simple” idiots and fools that diss isometrics as being that.

Go now – and enjoy the video – and folks – like – SUBSCRIBE – and share the word – I cannot repeat this enough times!!

And grab the book above now, it will truly build world class, phenomenal strength in YOU like never before.

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – That link again…