Tongue in cheek perhaps, that one!

But it’s TRUE to an extent if you think about it, and more so i fyou think about it more.

How do we solve all our problems – the real problems – or any problem?

By doing (if you’re doing it right) – what Henry Ford once famously said was the toughest job ever.

THINKING.

Ford was right, methinks! And it isn’t so much “tough” (it’s actually amazingly and blindingly easy and simple if yo uknow how to do it – and more importantly, keep your mind focused and free of the clutter and jumble of thoughts that normally go through most people’s minds at any given point in time) as it is “people don’t know how to do it”.

Or, more to the point “are too lazy to learn”.

Really. Yes.

You’ll have hordes of people jumping up and down trying to learn how to do handstand pushups, for instance, and with damn good reason mesays.

But thinking?

You’ll hear a “deafening silence” if I talk about learning how to think right!

And keep your mind focused, which is key too.

But relax. That ain’t the missive here.

What I AM talking about is something I told my seven year old daughter (whose been seeing her Dad Mr. Handstand pushup do exactly what the name says ever since she can remember, hehe. In fact I think I got her into her first handstand at the age of 3, or so, and it never left her!).

The skill, that is.

And as she keeps doing these herself, and I noticed her do the same – I ENCOURAGED her to do – MORE!

Kids truly learn by example, my friend, and Kiddie Fitness for one is a great great book modeled on what yours truly does – for KIDS.

Truly an awesome book out there for your kids, and truth be told, the exercises therein would floor most average adults within a minute or so, perhaps and probably earlier.

But again, back to handstand pushups.

And what I told my daughter to “egg her on” (she apparently prefers doing these while watching the dumbphone -ughhhhhhhh, but hey, it’s better than not doing ’em at all!) ?

Was what I told you up there.

Handstand pushups solve all problems!

Or, I think “Handstand pushups solve ANY AND ALL problems!”

Do more, my friend! (me talking to myself).

Anyway, this isnt’ to be taken literally obviously, but it’s more true than you think.

And it’s pretty much my go to physical resort when “all else fails” or before it does!

Mentally, I’ve outlined a lot of my tricks. There are tons more, but for now, I’ve told you a lot of them in my emails etc, but physically?

There are a lot of workouts that refresh me, but none do so AS QUICKLY as handstand pushup workouts!

Not to mention the sheer feeling I get from doing these.

Look, brah, when you’re balancing your entire bodyweight on your hands and pumping out pushups – believe me – that is a – FEELING – that cannot be BEAT by anything else!

Strength wise, perhaps and probably by pull-ups done right, but in other regards?

An “entire body strong” feeling, especially in the TRAPS (there is a reason I mention the grizzly on the sales page there??)?

I think there is NO other exercise other than the handstand and handstand pushup that does it, and within a few seconds for most people!

Within a minute for yours truly.

I BUZZ. I’m feeling STRONG. My entire body is PULSATING with strength and more energy!

And mentally too – the increased blood flow to the brain helps clear your mind, and give you a fresh perspective on things!

Believe me now and trust me later too, when I say that these help your digestion immeasurably (and I should know, given all the gorging I’ve done over the past few days).

So all in all, if you’re having a tough, rough day?

And problems just keep cropping up??

Take a minute or two out.

Bang out a few handstand pushups and other brief workouts. Or simply hold your handstand for time.

Even half a minute is way harder than it seems, and has way more benefit than you think!

And you’ll soon see the truism or near truism, hehe, of “all problems melting away” once you DO these and get good at them, and do them throughout the day!

All for now!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Pick up Shoulders like Boulders right here my friend. It’s truly the ONE definitive course on handstand pushups with an UNIQUE twist that there is out there!!!

Thus cameth the comment from Madam Tracy, her of the “India man hot” fame …

And I have NO doubt that my “positivity” (to be honest, I was just being ME and not trying to be positive or whatever) contributed a lot to the “hot” comment, especially given yours truly wasn’t (at least in yours truly’s eyes) anywhwere near “hot” at that point.

But as I say so often, and it’s a tagline on the other site, it’s all about the MIND my friend.

It’s all about what lies within (workout wise too – that why I do things the way I do ’em!).

As I recently posted on LinkedIn in response to a comment from an “older” lady who certain bozos are hitting on (seems the vast majority of guys are using all social media as Tinder these days – o rshould I say “bozo guys” – – certainly NOT all guys fall into that bracket!) … and it’s pissing her off.

Big time.

And in response to her rant, I mostly agreed with her (she was right – nothing is more annoying than some bozo you dont even know messaging you out of the blue with inane rubbish to be honest) – and replied that

“Beauty is inded in the eyes of the beholder”.

Perhaps so thinks Madam Tracy, hehe.

Anyway … point of this?

Can be hard to stay positive and upbeat at the best of times my friend. Especially if you’re not trodding the beaten path (and if you aren’t, you KNOW what I mean!).

But it can be done equally easily if you know HOW.

And while my book Zero to Hero doesnt contain the how’s of this in a proper manner (that is more focused on the “what to do”) – the how is something I’ve written about, and in the book I give you an example of the most PURE form of joy I’ve ever seen.

And thats what really the how boils down to and what matters.

Now, the other “how’s?” or the “what’s”, actually?

Well, everything that I keep writing about.

Remove that which you don’t want from your life, and be unapolegetic (to yourself too!) abuot doing so. Without fear, without regrets.

When life hits you in the gut – hit i tback with VIM, VERVE, VIGOR AND GUSTO – in the solar plexus and keep on keeping on no matter how impossible the final goal might be.

Stay focused on the end goal, not where you logically think you are now, or where the Bozo Glyn Scofield’s of this world rant about, hehe.

And more. Visualization. Past bests, and thinking about them/

Mirror technique. And much, much more, and I’ve written all about them.

Perhaps I’ll do up another book on “Zero to Hero”, and will give you more details there!

For now though, remember too, that the MIND can only function when the BODY is functioning at its best.

And for that, a PROPER fitness system that works you from the inside out is required.

Believe you me, when you get on some of these workouts, you’ll be radiating positivity and attracting the same to you without even knowing it!

And thats what it’s all about my friend.

All for now – back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Here is the link for that BEST damned fitness system I “rant” about so much – the 0 Excuses Fitness System.

So, I was idly browsing my Amazon pages (remember the last email I sent you on that)?

About the one and only Bozo Scofield having time to rifle through all my books on Amazon UK and post idiotic trollish (and laughable insane) reviews.

I’ve made that point in the last email though (two of them) I sent out to you on this.

And I’ve made the Bozo’ rants “famous” as well, but believe me, there are more I did not put here.

But anyway I’ve made no secret of the fact that our products flat out work.

They’re pricey. Yes. Hell yes.

Certainly not for “everyone” as it were.

But for those that truly do “get it”?

Charless Mitchell, for one, a loyal customer that owns pretty much every book I’ve ever put out – and WORKS on the exercises very assidously at that!

In fact, I’ve got no idea in terms of his current progress on fingertip pushups, but given the man’s tenacity and drive, he might well be challenging yours truly shortly, hehe.

And to be honest?

I’ll LOVE that.

What I want is for HIM and ALL OF YOU to BEST ME!

Thats the point of writing the books – to get – you – YOU – in the best damned shape of your life!

Via the best damned fitness system ever (and hey, it’s no lie – I even created 5 videos for it, something I hate doing, hehe).

And on that note, here’s another great reveiw from a customer on Amazon.

(here is the page for it – https://www.amazon.co.uk/EXCUSES-FITNESS-excuses-NONE-JUST/dp/1522040897)

Verified Purchase

GREAT Book! 

I have a few of this author’s books and I’d like to purchase more but unfortunately they’re way out of my price range, i.e. £174 for the pull up book is beyond my budget, if I spent £174 on any book no matter how good it is, my wife would have a fit and I would not be able to justify the expense, which is great shame but that’s life I guess.

Having said the above in “fairness” I must point out this book is one of the more affordable books by Rahul.

J. Walker

Now that, my friends, is a REAL review from a REAL customer.

And I agree with him on the price part, hehe.

And he’s right – gotta keep our significant others “calm”, hehe. Mine has been calm over the past couple of days, but one never knows what storm BE brewing in the teacup (tempest??).

Hehe.

But anyway, a huge thanks to YOU Mr. Walker – and the rest of ya’ll as well. DO post some more reviews – honest stuff like he posted above if you buy from Amazon or other third parties – as (and as I said before), if you don’t – guess what – the Bozos will.

On that note, I idly reported one of the Bozo’s comments as “abuse” (which it was) to Amazon, and they seem to have taken it down. Kudos! I didnt really expect much of it to be honest, but Bozo Scofield seems to be too much even for Amazon, and I get it.

Hehe. Certified and known lunatic as a friend (a mutual friend who shall remain nameless ;-)) very recently told me … and he was RIGHT.

Anyway, moving on from that – and back to price.

The price for the books unfortunately will remain what it is.

However – and for YOU loyal customers out there – if you get back to me with a short email detailing what exactly you’d like to buy (but you’ll have to do it from the site, or perhaps other sources – Amazon from what I understand doesnt have coupons) – and how many etc, I’ll see what I can “cook up for you”.

I was thinking of making a “one size fits all” discount (hey, it’s Diwali in certain parts of the world – so thats one reason – but Happy Diwali to all of YOU no matter where you might BE right NOW) … but that might not work for everyone.

And being I generally don’t do discount anyway, well …

But yes – write back and let me know – and I’ll see what I can do in that regard!

If you prefer to buy from some of the biggies (Amazon etc) direct – I get that too – I’m selling on plenty of platforms right as of now.

Just write back – let me know – and we can go from THERE!

Once again, thanks – and I’ll be getting back with more reviews from people that “heeded the call to action” and DID take the time to write reviews. Thank you!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Pick up the best damned fitness system right HERE my friend: The 0 Excuses Fitness System.

All these years later!

And they’ll kick yours too, if you just LET ’em.

Perhaps I should have said that at the “bottom” of this here email. But I’m going to switch it up a little! 😉

(Edit – More on “switching” on the other site when it’s back up, hehe. Already got the piece written up!).

But anyway, as I sit here today …

I am SORE.

I didnt do a massive workout yesterday. In fact, you could call it a rest day in many regards.

But it wasn’t … but the day before that was really a workout day for me.

And I’m STILL sore from that workout.

Sprints.

Pull-ups (done in EVEN more advanced style than in my advanced course on pull-ups which most Crossfitters, marathoners, and certainly gym pounders and babe watchers CANNOT do right off the bat, and in many cases years later either!).

And of course, that ole favorite. Handstand pushups.

Except my traps, damn near everything is sore.

My forearms especially. This for the Gorilla Grip guy!

I’ve been rubbing them throughout the day to improve blood circulation etc. And I’ve been doing some serious THINKING as well my friend.

Thinking, as Ford said is often the hardest job!

And my conclusion from the thinking is this.

“We are all, always, “supported” during our journey in life – provided we know what it is we WANT – really, really WANT”.

Provided the desire is strong enough, you’ll find a way to get it – eventually – yes, even in these times of COVID and what not.

Help (or what might seem like it) – or miracles (or what seem like them) will materialize in the most “insane” ways possible.

You’ll think it’s luck.

But it really isn’t, and I’ll write more on that later, perhaps (though I’ve written a lot on it already).

But really, my friend. If you’re tuned into yourself, and the SPIRIT that lies within you, and therefore the Universe, you probably look at the word “coincidence” in a whole different light than most people do.

I know I do.

Anyway, back to the physical plane, bro.

Think about this – if my own workouts are kicking my ass YEARS and years after I do ’em – what sort of shape do you think they will get YOU INTO?

What sort of super shape will YOU BE IN even if you start “basic”?

The results truly do beggar belief, my friend.

And for all of you looking for a way out of the constant negativity we’re bombarded with, there is a way.

It isn’t always consciously making a decision to disconnnect your high speed Internet (as I did in early April this year, or was it March. I believe March! Hehe).

It’s to look WITHIN.

It’s to maintain FOCUS.

And the mind is in superior shape if and only IF your body is, my friend.

Before we get too esoteric then – jump on board the BEST DAMNED FITNESS system right HERE my friend.

Get in the best shape of your life. You know you’ve always wanted to, and if you’re seeing this email right about now, it ain’t no coincidence either!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Remember too, that you “start light”. For those of you just starting out with pull-ups, I’d recommend the basic course FIRST and then the advanced one. Or, you could just grab the compilation – highly recommended – and get on board with all of it in ONE format!!

(and no, that introductory price ain’t gonna last. Get in while the going is GOOD my friend. Yee … HA!)

It’s funny how it works. Hehe.

The other day, a lady on my Facebook friend list sent me this about my fitness posts (which I admittedly despite my not-so-obvous hatred of social media shmedia post there as well – at least for NOW) …

“You’re a really good writer! You should write articles, or other pieces for newspapers or magazines, or be an editor”.

Now, I’m not sure if she actually read the posts past the headlines …

Prboably not, or and as I told her, she’d have known yours truly is an editor for yours truly.

With four or more websites to maintain (perhaps more in the future) I have enough on my hands and have no plans of taking on more. At all. Certainly no jobs.

UGH (“real jobs” as people like to say).

Now here is something else she told me.

“And I’m sorry, but I don’t read your posts! I’m a woman! If you show me jewelery, or nice food, or other pretty pictures, I might!”

Giggle.

Snicker.

No prizes for guessing who did what (unless you’re on the other, yet to be up site).

(Patience, grasshopper. Patience. It took me a while to get my emailing here sorted and we’re roaring along as before in that regard. Give me a few more days, and that other most salacious site will be up too…)

Anyway, she’s right.

The posts weren’t for her. Especially not the headlines.

And if it’s having the intended impact (exactly what she said) – then I’m doing a damn good job, even if I say so myself.

Especially with the long line of trolls ever ready to troll me, Bozo Scofield for one being at the top of the list . But this woman ain’t a troll though.

I mean the girl who messaged me on FaceBook. Not Bozo “third gender” Scofield. Hehe.

God knows what he (she) is. Perhaps not even he does!

Anyway …

Point of me mentioning it?

Is no, if that is what you’re into, I ain’t gonna go out of my way, or even try to for that matter “make it more interesting”

(Actually now that I remember, the lady asked me to do political pieces for my magazines. As you can see from a lot of my social media posts, I love to dabble in political discussions every so often).

(only with people that GET IT though. Not for me the loooong threads dedicated to nothign but trolls…)

I’ve been told my writing IS entertaining on that note.

Very much so.

As an user told me years ago, “it strikes a chord”.

As a friend Harding once told me “he knows how to connect with his customers, and “draws you in”” (and this comment is public on social media).

Or, as Marc the African Silverback Gorilla once said “I love your style! I love the way you connect with your customers!”

And so forth.

But all these people were people that GET IT (are people).

The rest of the bozos, complainers, whiners, pissers and moaners (prime case being overweight folks unable to do pull-ups complaining about “Rahul giving them advice on doing pull-ups” becaus ethat advice ain’t what they “want to hear”, but rather is what they “NEED” to hear, and big time!) don’t.

And hence they don’t like what I say.

But they still read it anyway, hehe. Quietly, and they then troll me.

Hehe

So my stuff is having the intended impact.

But really, no.

When you buy a product, you aren’t buying the product so much as the personality behind the product.

In this case, it’s yours truly “movie star like” “ go to the gym even though I never have”, “cave man like” “long emailers like” “ fitness fanatic like” “Mr. Fast Mr Handstand pushups” and so forth personalityy you’re buying.

And from what I gather, lots love it!

So NO, I don’t intend on changing that any time soon my friend. Hey, and if you don’t like that – I get it – all it takes to remove me from your “life” is a little mousey click on the “unsubscribe” link …

(It’s right there at the bottom of the email for the bozos who “dont read because it’s too long”). And then in the same vein complain about “it doesnt make any sense”.

Well, of course it wouldn’t. If you didnt read, it wouldn’t make sense would it now. Hehe.

And so it goes.

Back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – I’ve been off ALL social media for a while, except when I get on to post these things. If I haven’t replied to messages etc, mea culpa. Will do so asap!

So it’s interesting.

Over the past couple of days, I’ve been chatting with a contact of mine from the UK on a social media network I won’t mention here.

He’s a great guy from the looks of it, and one of his posts (or a couple of them, actually) were about “how to reply when people want to do something for you”.

Apparently some people have asked him what they can “do for him” because of all the helpful advice he gives them (and he does, really).

So he put out the usual laundry list you’d expect. Sales. Get my services. Buy me a cup of coffee (figuratively speaking),. And so forth.

None necessarily bad options, but he left out the “crown in the jewel” (as Bozo Scofield apparently likes to term it as).

That being REVIEWS.

And I advised him that the best thing – VERY BEST thing he could do for his business was to ask customers to leave reviews – even if they’re “bad” reviews.

Now, why would I do that.

Well, we’ll get to that.

But really, the main reason is this. The Internet is full of (and this has just gotten worse during these times of the China plague where people are stuck at home with nothing better to do than follow their favorite “studs” (another Bozo Scofield term for yours truly, hehe) trollish characters who have nothing better to do than troll the Internet all day long, and believe me – they WILL post reviews, even if they’re idiotic and laughable ones at best.

Now, this doesnt bother me one bit, of course, but if it DOES bother you – and sometimes it does bother people – then please (and if you’re a genuine customer, you know who you are!) leave a REVIEW.

Even if it’s a poor review (so long as you’re a customer that actually invested in the product).

Companies have been emailing me as of late. Companies I work with. And the overriding theme in all their emails (sometimes they ask MORE than once, but thats fine).

“Rahul, would you mind leaving us a review please?”

And obviously, I leave reviews – which are HONEST – and usually glowing because I believe in the “if you don’t have anything good to say about someone – then don’t say it at all (unless it’s Bozo Glyn Scofield on public welfare – the bully “el supremo” as it were, hehe, but you on the list know all about him! Hehe. I’ve even had people asking me “where from in the UK is this guy”, hehe) philosophy.

Unless it’s a product or service I purchased that I ain’t happy with, but in that case I’ll leave a factual review, and not all the time.

In fact, personally, I don’t even READ reviews most of the time because they’re useless for the most part.

Ever notice that the people with the best products usually get the worst reviews?

Ever notice the number of people jumping up and down about the current US Prez with inane, troll like “infantile” comments which have nothing at all to do with his Presidency?

And so forth.

But either way, here is what (and I just noticed this today) Bozo Scofield left in terms of a review a while ago on a few of my books –

(By the way, if you’re someone from Amazon UK reading this – do you guys even ALLOW non purchasers to leave reviews? It would seem so … so you folks reading this, if you want a genuine review – look for the “verified purchase” icon on Amazon).

(And yes, there are some verified purchases – real customers that left reviews that were less than stellar, hehe. A look at the “Gorilla Grip Amazon UK” page (just type it in Google, I’m too lazy to do it right now, hehe) will give you the link to a review I’ve mentioned a lot of times already …)

(And it’s all good. I don’t mind, really, provided you’re a customer and have BOUGHT the book!).

Anyway, take for example this “gem” of a review the Bozo-nator Sco the Bo left –

The author claims to share how he can be a stud, I thought I would try it. My days would start at 3am with me walking 20 miles a day, and doing 25 laps of the swimming pool at the complex. The rest of the time, I was doing volunteer work or working with the local authorities. I was just a typical Tom Tom! I wanted to be a stud like Rahul who has no friends or sex life. Sure enough, the book was utterly drivel. I asked for my money back but Rahul launched into a campaign of threats. He is obviously a loner and we hope he will get help.

Or this …

Being as I’m something of a pioneer myself, I thought I would try Rahul’s book. Utterly, utter drivel spurting from the mouth of a barely literate mad men. He cheats on his wife, so what can he do to his friends? Avoid this book.

The first on the “16 Inspirational Fitness Recollections” page, and the second on the Fitness Pioneer page, and he took the time to leave reviews on ALL of my products on Amazon UK as well, hehe. And no, I did not report him for “abuse” as yet, and probably won’t.

In fact, I invite the Bozo to post a bit more so I can tell you guys about it … (and we’ll get to his pioneering trollish ways in another posts. For now, mercy…)

Chuckles

But really.

Do those reviews sound like someone you’d want to ask an opinion on about a product?

I think not …

“Boo hoo! He cheats on his wife”

This little gem coming from someone who used to pester me about women asking me for my WeChat ID all the time, while his lonely nutzo ass was doing you know what at home with a beer bottle and getting kicked out of his “dorm room” at his illegal teaching job in China for being a drunk, druggie, and dealing with “women of the night” (most of them who reportedly had a huge UGH to say about him).

(and, for reference, a mutual friend whose girfriend the Bozo “hit on” (apparently unsuccessfully for the most part said the same thing)

(Now, it’s something you’d expect from a woman, but probably not a guy. Hehe. But Glyn Scofield, sometimes I wonder).

Most of whom he never slept with.

Hence the jealousy?

Snicker.

(For reference, this bozo once sent me an email under a pen name asking for “how to get laid in China”.).

Yes. Really!

( Do a search on the blog and you’ll find it. This nutzo is still stuck in one of my FB groups under a wierd nick, but I haven’t had the heart to remove him as yet, hehe).

As a friend of mine recently said, he’s truly OBSESSED with you, Rahul.

And he is. He ain’t the only one, but he seems to be the one with the most time to burn …

As for the tom tomming part, well, you on the list know all about it already. Do a search on the blog if you don’t, and you’ll get my drift.

As for requesting a refund, if he bought through Amazon, wouldn’t he be requesting Amazon for a refund and not yours truly “El groucho” who does NOT, I repeat, NOT, for whatever reason offer refunds of ANY nature for products sold?

And back to “cheating”. On the one hand I apparently cheat on my “wife”. OK …

… and on the other, and in the same breath … “I don’t have a sex life”.

OK ….

Snicker, wicker. I love this, really!

But really, back to it.

Genuine reviews.

Would you really want to trust a review of the nature posted above?

I think NO my friend.

And yet, all the GENUINE customers – those that like the book – and email me privately about how much my books and products helped them – well – YOU people for some reason don’t leave a review on Amazon, or whichever site you bought it from! Hehe.

And thats fine.

I get it.

You bought it. It helped you. You loved it. You bought some more.

Hey, I’m the WORST at remembering to leave reviews!

But … this is a reminder to do just that because if you don’t the Bozos and trollish characters with not much else to do will.

And thats basically the request for this one! I’ll be back soon – and perhaps we’ll cover some more comments Bozo Scofield left (they were left a couple of months ago, but it was only now that as I rejigged my profile etc on Amazon – I sell mostly through my site, so I don’t tinker a lot with Amazon etc) that I noticed them.

Hence the wierd dream about the Bozo I had around Sep 27. It’s written down as well, hehe, and I couldn’t figure it out, but I have now. Heh.

And so it goes. Back later!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – For real reviews, go HERE – https://0excusesfitness.com/testimonials/

PS #2 – Here is where you can check out some of our products (or go to Amazon, google, whatever) … 0 Excuses Fitness Products.

PPS – If the Bozo-nator is reading this, as he no doubt it, hey, dude. Please do leave me a few “honest” reviews on the other Amazon sites as well. Don’t know if they all allow trolls, but hey, worth a try! 😉 Better than have your nose buried in … ah, but I won’t go there

(but I’ve MADE the Bozo and a buddy of his famous on that other site which is currently down – and they wouldn’t know it in their wildest dreams, hehe. I’ll post more about that when it’s UP! Pun intended, and maybe not, hehe).

I used to learn Tae-kwon-do back in high school- well, middle actually.

And it got me in pretty good shape even at that age of being told to “lift pink dumbells to get strong” (well wait. That was at the age of 17 when I wanted to “pump” them biceps just like the movie stars on screen, most of whom who years later look anything but what they did – Arnie being one prime example, but hey, you know that!)

(And Stallone being the rare case that DOES stay in shape, and how!).

Anyway …

Taekwondo is often derided by boxers and ji-jitsu guys are being useless in the real world in terms of fighting, and they’re probably right to an extent (unless you’re a Black belt at it).

Probably a step over kung fu shung fu …

But point isnt’ that.

Point being, pushups.

Our instructor was a tough, tough dude.

And after all the kicks, stretches and LEG exercises (talk about a core workout!) he put us through pushups, which of course no-one wanted to do.

Just 10, but that was apparently a chore for most.

Yours truly, for whatever reason did them like they were supposed to be done without knowing it.

Chest all the way to the floor. Pause. Back up – all the way, and I can still remember our instructor go “1”! “2!”

When he’d come to me, he’d look at me with that look in the eye.

“Good!” he’d say.

Pity I didnt continue doing it in high school . Pity I never got any encouragement to do so as opposed to the BS regarding grades etc. UGH!

Anyway, while we were stretching one day … the forward version of the splits where one guy “opens your legs up fully”.

I’ve made no secret of the fact my genetics are shitty, and my hamstrings and groins have always been tight and NOT loose (probably from being forced to “sit and read” from a young, young age).

(The opposite of my daughter hehe).

And so while the guy was prying my legs open, and I was squealing in agony, the instructor looked at me and grinned.

And then to the other dude, he said.

“give to him! Stretch him out fully – he can take it!”

And he probably noticed something, hehe.

And then on to the topic of training, and DEDICATION. And students skipping classes (many did).

And the other dude spoke up.

“Sir, it’s about training daily – come rain, come hail, come shine!”

(The above said in Hindi, but thats the sum and substance and GIST of it!)

And we got that look of approval again, and our instructor was RIGHT in givng us that look.

THAT is real dedication.

Flash forward to 2016, when yours truly used to truly climb the hill in POURING rain and worse.

I’ve mentioned how trees sometimes fell around me, and it ain’t no exaggeration either.

“Dad, do you climb in a category 3 hurricane”, my daughter will often ask.

I grin back.

“yes, but not 4. Well, not really. But 5 – no way!”

She giggles back. “You’re not that crazy!”

Well, maybe I am.

I still remember being soaked to th ebone, and slogging up that hill in torrential rain. Downpour. What have you.

GETTING HER DONE, while no-one else would. Well, maybe a solitary straggler, but no more than that.

The shoes squelching out water.

All the while wanting to quit, but much like the Undertaker slowly but surely making his way to the squared circle … NOT QUITTING.

Getting it – her – – DONE!

And then the trek back home.

And anotehr great one in the books.

THAT, even if I say so myself is dedication.

THAT spirit is what I want in YOU – in terms of life – fitness – whatever.

And THOSE are the type of people I sell to.

No excuses pally. Get after it – now!

And as I sit here after sprints and pull-ups, I feel great, and am off to the shower. More later – but remembver – what can’t break you will always, without exception, make you stronger in every way!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Perhaps the gene of doing pushups was always lying dormant in me, hehe. And perhaps thats why I came out with th ebest damned course ever, a course NO-ONE can TOUCH in terms of the sheer NUMBER of exercises therein and the variety and the workouts and a course that will whoop your ass into shape quick. Check it our right here – – Pushup Central.

PS #2 – And no, you don’t got to be that extreme to do my stuff. Start slow – before you know it, you’ll be in great shape, and pumping out more yourself!

(pun NOT intended, hehe). But it’s true! 😉

OR work with those who don’t value my time, or services, or books, or products.

In very rare cases I might give people a trial.

As I did in that job wayyyy back in 2008 where given my results I was being underpaid if anything. Big time. At least if you look at the results and not the brown nosing (I have to admit – I failed miserably at the latter, hehe).

But really, my friend.

Thats why my books and products aren’t cheap, despite the ongoing chorus of hoo haa about it.

Because if it’s cheap, well, it ain’t gonna give you value, but you know what the trouble is?

In my life, EVERY time I’ve done something on the cheap, I’ve seen people “expect more” – and why?

Well, because apparently “I have the ability”.

OK, then pay me more.

Uh …

OK, well, then you get what you pay for.

Rant! Hissy! “We’ll find someone else”.

(year down the line)

“Ok, so how’s that working out for you. Probably not the best, hehe”.

And the scowls I get validate it for the most part.

But ole Freddie was right.

I don’t work cheap. Never have, never will, and won’t last if by some fluke I have to.

And this brings me to another facet of it.

Being I design websites (well, used to, for a living at a certain stage), I often have people asking me for quotes on it.

And in ALL these cases, after I quote them, gues swhat happens.

NADA.

A big, fat ZERO – and while in that case they’re mostly price shopping, there is more to it.

Por ejempelo, a bar owner in Dongguan who is “always busy” and wanted an “exhaustive quote” on my services despite him being “too busy” to get back to me on it.

And of course, the red flag went up on that one as soon as I followed up (truth be told, I shouldn’t have, but did it anyway).

“Bro, I’m too busy” (not to mention I HATE the word “bro” most of the time, especially when we’re talking business!)

OK. He wasn’t too busy to request an exhaustive quote though or read it. Hehe.

I’ve written about Sophia, of course.

Gave her an exhaustive quote.

Which she then took to another company, got it done on the cheap, and then had the audacity to ask me for “modifications” (the REAL stuff that is required to be done on a web site as opposed to point and click).

SO of course, she could pay me by the hour.

“He’s too expensive to employ full time!”

AH, but guess who they come out when they want the REAL DEAL.

And when they want something that MATTERS – DONE!

And thats great.

I’m happy to be that guy that is ignored except for when it’s time to get the job DONE.

But point being?

It’ll only get done if you compensate me, and do so well!

And if not, well, that door is always open for ya, hehe. Don’t let it hit you in the ass!

Alright, end of rant. I’ll be back soon with more probably!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Take a gander at our PRICEY products right here. Yes, I ain’t for everyone, but if you shell out the bucks – you migth just LEARN a thing or two, grasshopper. I promise THAT MUCH!

It’s wierd, isn’t it?

I’ve written two books on pull-ups, with damn near all the variations (advanced ones) and workouts etc that you’ll EVER need for this great, great exercise in the second book.

And the fundamentals in the first . . .

And yet, as I keep saying.

There is always more.

And as of late, I’ve been focusing on the same pull-ups, except done in a different manner from my normal “ultra thick bar” style.

Sometimes, I’ll do them on a military style pull-up “stand” out there which has a bar that is far less thicker than the one I use normally.

And it feels different, to be honest.

I can get as many or more reps on it, but really – that stand taxes the LATS a lot more than the regular version (that I do) because that version is GRIP torture more than anything else.

Now, don’t get me wrong.

My version is indeed the one I’d recommend for you – because the grip and traps are usually the weakest areas for most modern day men (think not being able to get your chin up over the bar) or even HOLD on to the bar.

But every so often, make changes my friend.

And my changes were mostly ROPE pull-ups (and ring pull-ups aka parallel grip pull-ups).

And as I did the former again after a break of a few days (remember that NEW routine I spoke about ;)) I was amazed.

Rope pull-ups felt tough to me before.

But as I got to the ropes (in my case chains – thick ones that held the swing set together) and held on, I knew something was different.

I pulled up higher than I ever had – effortlessly!

And this morning (or afternoon) I’m sitting here – nursing SORE lats of all things.

While I felt it in my lats over the past few days doing handstand pushups throughout the day, for one, it was never THIS sore.

THIS is the type of soreness I got years ago when I focused on only pull-ups – did great – and then one day got back to pushups, and BAM!

I could barely lift my arms up when showering!

Further proof that pushups are one of the best damned exercises out there.

But the rope pull-ups, my friend, really, really give you a chance to isolate the lats if you do it right, and in a way better than perhaps ring pull-ups (parallel grip) which isolate the biceps a lot more.

Believe me, if you hang on correctly, initiating that “pull from the lats” becomes a lot easier …

But of course, you gotta work your way up to it!

So many different ways of doing the same exercise – and so it should be!

Keep going, my friend.

And before I sign off – HERE is the course that will get you up to speed on pull-ups – use this BEFORE you crank on to the advanced course!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Curiously enough my traps aren’t sore AT ALL despite not doing a single pull-up for a few days. But the other parts. Figures, eh. Handstand pushups truly ARE the bomb!

With all my new workout schedules, styles, different exercises, new ones, combos of new and old ones and what not, something strange happened.

And something I’ve often been guilty of doing without even consciously recognizing or knowing it.

Something we ALL do unconsciously (though for the life of me I can’t figure out why!).

That being, to, for whateve rreason STOP doing what works best for YOU.

Coul dbe the intense mental work I’m putting in certain regards these days. Something that worked wonders for me just a couple of years back, and yet I stopped doing it inexplicably in 2019!

And the workouts?

Well, I’ve been doing ’em, but with a slight twist.

What has always worked best for me is wake up – and go get here done

But these days, I’m doing something different for whatever reason – slightly different.

I wake up – write to you, or check business emails etc, and then after that get her done.

Not a huge delay, but it’s a delay regardless.

Anyway, this morning I was feeling CRANKY.

Off.

All was NOT well with the world, despite the super handstand pushup workout last night.

I was attacting bazillions of junk messages all over the place (all went to DELETE).

People looking to moan and groan. Complain. A shoulder to cry upon.

And so forth.

Nothing wrong once in a while with all of the abov e-hey. I’ve been there. You’ve been there. We all do it, but when it;s just talk, talk, talk and IGNORE what the other person is saying, or keep asking idiotic baseless meaningless questions to prolong the conversation (or keep repeating the same thing like a stuck record) – thats when and why I hit DELETE. Or block usually …

Anyway, I slammed the laptop shut (not really, hehe. Closed!).

And out I went.

Tea was left undrunk.

I did a different workout today. No climbing, no rope jumps, no pushups.

Did plenty of that last afternoon …

I shouldn’t say no pushups, but anyway, I just Ran.

A slow run to start with. Picked up pace in the middle. Three rounds around the BIG park, and two again.

Then I did 25 pull-ups.

Then I repeated three rounds of RUNNING, picking up the pace even more (not sprinting, but still).

And then, 15 pull-ups.

Back home.

Stretched out. Launched into a 10 minute handstand routine (static holds, HSPU’s).

And now, my friend, I’m off to the shower. And I’m ready to take on the world, hehe.

Lesson being – do what worked for you my friend. And what WORKS.

We all stop doing it every once in a while, but we ALL (when our results falter in any regard) need to kick ourselves in the butt once and get going on that same path again.

I know one damn thing.

I’ve always been happiest and the most productive when my fitness and health (and what I really, really wanted out of life – see site #3, hehe, still not online) took priority over damn near everything else.

Take care of yourself FIRST bro.

You can only take care of others thereafter. And ther est will fall into place!

OK – back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Pick up the one and only DEFINITIVE course on HSPU’s right HERE – Shoulders like BOULDERS!