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Nah not THAT type of exercise - I hardly need to tutor you on that on this here site. Hehe. 

I mean workouts as in fitness workouts. 

My. 

This afternoon, I thought I'd take it easy. 50 squats and a LONG stretching session was ALL I did, friend. 

I was feeling pretty good when I do what I do often. 

"Let's do just ONE pushup". 

I was resting at the time, so I really had no biz thinking pushups, but the "urge" to do so was greater than that not to (hint - key sign of an achiever) - and I dropped down, did one letter perfect rep. 

Then a few minutes later, this thought popped into mind. 

"Lets do 5 letter perfect reps, and call it a day". 

5 I did, chest touching the floor on each rep, and I was amazed to find out I did not even want to stop there. 

160 pushups later, I'm soaked in sweat and worked to the bone (especially forearms - man!) in a way I haven't been as of late. 

What gives? 

What made this so intense for someone like me who casually cranks out 500 plus pushup workouts? 

Well, there's several aspects to it, but maintaining focus on BREATHING And form as opposed to merely rep count and speed is key here. 

Look, I tell you in Fast and Furious Fitness I can and do make 10 pushups harder than a 100, and this if done right is true. 

Most people, even when they do FOCUS on the muscle being worked - focus on the wrong one for pushups - the chest. 

This is better than nothing, but the real focus should be on breathing, triceps and LATS (or back) in that order. 

Focus on the BACK of the body in general - and the front takes care of itself. Yes, those of you with naturally tight hamstrings - I fall into this category despite all the very extensive stretching I do - listen UP. 

Finally, the key most folks miss even after you tell them (even I miss this sometimes during high rep workouts). 

The legs. 

Yes, you heard me, scoffer - LEGS. 

Specifically, the THIGHS. 

I've written before in Pushup Central about proper form, keeping the body straight, but that isn't all there is to it. 

You tense the thighs - the quads while doing pushups. 

And if you do them the way I do - you CLENCH them as hard as you can while doing the pushup. 

This turns the pushup - any form - into an entirely different workout that will work you to the BONE - especially the core my friend. 

Try it, and see, and you'll understand what I mean. 

Brooks Kubik in his classic book "Dinosaur Bodyweight Training" referred to this as the principle of co-contraction. 

You can call it what you like, what he meant is what I'm saying - tense all muscle groups being worked consciously and breathe in and out "into them" and in general while you do your reps. 

(That's a book I often read, much like any great book - such as 0 Excuses Fitness for one, or Think and Grow Rich, or the Magic of Believing- you cannot digest the contents of the book in one sitting - you have to come back repeatedly to get true value for the book. The discerning reader will note how he learns something new every time from these books when he does this!)

Really get MAX bang for each rep that way - and when you train this way you dont need very many reps at all to get a great workout in. 

For me, today it was the relatively low number of 160 pushups. 

OK, I swung my club for 100 reps too, but pushup wise... 

When you train this way, you may find you ... 

Do more warm up sets. I did more today (so about 185 in all). 

SLOW down as you focus even more on breathing and form (and this is fine provided you dont DWADLE). 

Do more "supersets" - I did a LOT of these today - perhaps thats another reason my forearms BE TOAST. MY!

And many other things. 

You'll find above all youll get a great, great workout in without very many reps at all, and thats the key - and what I want to pass on in today's email. 

Since I have - thats that! 

Be sure and pick up the best course ever on pushups out there TODAY - Pushup Central. 

And thats that friend. Back soon. 

Best

Rahul Mookerjee

I originally wanted to title this "the fine line between abuse and tough love" - which it could be too - maybe I'll title it that on the other site!

But yeah, the relationship - one of the best, if not THE best - certainly the steamiest I've been involved in, and that says a hell of a lot (you know the girls in love when she happily giggles in class "I'm plump" - when you explain plump to her - and freely admits the happiness due to the relationship was in small part responsible for some of the extra, in her case "oh so cute" pounds). 

It ended stormily too - yin and yang. 

And it was the best damn thing that ever happened to me - fitness wise - life wise - in all regards - both the relationship itself and the ending. 

Lets talk fitness, friend. 

I was in my somewhat phat and unfit days those days - though I still hiked hills, but nowhere near what I should have - and certainly not as fat as I used to be before, and people always made a point to tell me about it. 

Apparently my confidence, doing pull-ups even at that weight (yes, getting chin over bar) pissed them off so much that they had to call the fat boy out for being fat - which is what he was - big time. 

It never bothered me one damn bit. 

When I started (restarted) hiking after years, it still didnt bother me. 

When I was with Carol - both of us exercised for reasons other than fitness if you get my drift. Hehe. 

I'm not even going to get into "women love something extra to grab onto" - no - the X shape is what everyone, male/female likes. 

Know when I really, really started to get super fit around 2016 ? 

AFTER my breakup with Carol. 

I felt rage and anger of the sort I never felt towards anyone else - no I wasn't angry at or with her - it was "one of those things". 

I couldn't concentrate - focus - on anything. 

To get this out of my system, I started climbing hills x 5. 

Hiking first twice a day then thrice - then four times. 

Along the way, I kept getting astonished comments about my rapid, almost magical weight loss daily - and when in 2016 (again, reasons not important) I went completely cold turkey off beer - oh boy. 

WATCH OUT!

Now, point being made is this - and it's a common whine a lot of folks have about "hurting feelings" and other crap. 

Sometimes, you call a spade a spade, and that ain't abuse, friend. It's tough love that hits home - and that hitting home- that EMOTION is what channels into your ACTS thereafter and gets you results. 

Unless you're content to be a loser and sit at home and whine while the world passes you by in terms of results in all areas, emotion is key. 

If you ain't fired up and ANGRY about something, chances are you wont achieve that something - period. 

Or, overly enthusiastic about it ... 

If it's not a red hot DESIRE, something you have to DO, though you dont quite know why - it wont accomplish squat. 

No pun intended. 

In my own case, the jibes etc never bothered me. 

Hey, all good. 

What did bother me was the breakup - and boy did I use that rage constructively - though even I did not know it at the time! 

Getting things out of your system physically can sometimes be the best thing you do for yourself!

And I would NEVER Have got into the shape I eventually did if it hadn't been for that ANGER starting a RED HOT FIRE INSIDE OF ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So if you're one of the many people that gets "offended" if you're fat and I call you fat, and whines about feelings - well, feeling is exactly what this is about. 

What seperates the doers from the fools (see the latest review Pushup Central - THE READER!...) got in that regard HERE ... is taking action backed up by EMOTION which FUELS it. 

Bottom line, friend. 

And that key concept is explained in many different ways over and over again in Zero to HERO!

Further, most of these whiny sorts - the phat, out of shape lazy sorts - have - some very notable exceptions excluded - ole Donald being one - SHIT going on in their lives period, and it makes sense. If you cannot respect your own body enough to the point, as noted Indian actor Akshay Kumar once said "the day I dont train and take care of my body daily - that day is the day I'll break my own body to pieces" - then nothing and no-one will ultimately respect YOU, my friend. 

I dont even know if this makes sense to a lot of people reading it - probably not, but the doers, well, you know who you are. 

As a lady recently told me - I dont care if someone marries a giraffe, just dont make me pay for their love child. Hehe. 

And she's right. 

This fat and lazy sort is exactly the sort that doesnt understand goose and gander, and it shows in their lives ... 

Funnily enough, it was that sort who used to call me out for that - when I was doing far more at that weight than those idiots ever could. 

OK, thats that. 

Take from this what you will - and get in the best shape of your life starting NOW - ZERO EXCUSES!

Best

Rahul Mookerjee

PS - Another case in point? The ole significant other, and the numerous hired helps she goes through - dissatisfied. 

It's the subcontinent she is in, so for those saying "wow! Maids! She doesnt realize how lucky she is!" - well, they're all "lucky" - if you can call it that - around that part of the globe. Cheap labor and that (yeah right - like the submissive women in China myth - but I wont go there!). 

Is it a coincidence that the in shape (well over 50) worker she hired before (and let go because she got flirty with me - hey, those boobs. I couldn't resist!) used to do a damn fine job, show up on time etc - never take off's without informing her in advance for the most part ... 

... and that the fat Nazi feminist c*** she's hired now is the polar opposite? Ugh! 

I dont believe in coincidences, never have, but thats how it goes, my friend ... 

Again, take from this whatever lessons you may. 

They're all TRUE! 

In came a great question a couple of days ago - on pull-ups, at that - he was wanting to know if I counted warm up sets as part of my routine. 

Great Question A! 

Now before I address this - I've been very vocal about the fact I hardly, if ever warm up before diving into my routines. Even straight out of bed I'll dive into HIndu pushups and such, but sometimes, what if it's freezing cold - or you're sore as heck - and so forth? 

I hardly warm up per se even in those instances. 

What I DO do is isometrics - and partials to get the blood flowing often times. 

I dont walk or jog to warm up - though I do plenty of it otherwise. 

I dont engage in lengthy stretching before my workouts - I do so after. 

I dont do routines "for warmups" first. 

No. 

Would be pointless in terms of time if I did that, one of the main things I keep saying in the 0 Excuses Fitness System, and indeed a main USP (unique selling point) is the fact you dont need loads of time at all for a full workout including everything - every part of the body. 

And while beyond the dead hang I dont need warmups at all for pull-ups, lets answer it in terms of pushups. 

Often times, I'll hold the isometric like I just said. 

Or, I'll do partials - slowly. 

Or, I might go 80% down on some of the initial reps. 

I might be a bit shaky as I "get into the movement". and so forth. 

Once that phase is over, I'll usually do something else like swing clubs or dead hangs for a minute or so, then I'm fully "Warmed up and ready to go". 

If you do it right so will you! 

Sometimes I even do 15 perfect reps for a warm up - slow and easy - then come back an hour later and do 85 more pushups to finish a bare minimum of 100 daily. 

And so forth. 

It all depends, its up to you in terms of how serious you are about your training, how you KNOW that simply being stiff and sore ain't an excuse to be lazy and skip workouts. 

Now, the million dollar question, do I count the reps? 

Sometimes I do - differently. 

5 slow pushups done 70% of the way done, I'll count as one rep, if I do half a jerky stiff pull-ups, it's half a rep, and so forth. 

So I do count 'em, depending ...

But if its just a hold, or "shaking hold" with the ab wheel (great new video out on that - despite me saying I wouldn't do videos today, after writing that last email to you, I got in the mood!) .... then I won't count 'em as part of rep counts for the regular workout. 

And that holds true for every exercise I do. 

So thats the answer, A! 

(Alex). 

And - hope that helped some of you as well. 

The 0 Excuses Fitness System is warmed up and ready to go for you HERE - https://0excusesfitness.com/0excusesfitnessystem/

I hope you dont need a lengthy warmup for the index finger on that one, hehe. 

Best, 

Rahul Mookerjee

The jury seems to be out on this - including my own. 

I wrote about the one arm pull-up this morning here, and as promised, now, my thoughts on the one arm PUSHUP.

Last year I was rapping with an old customer, perhaps the right guy to talk to about pushups - former martial artist and a lot more - and before proceeding, here is the review he left for Pushup Central - 

The Bodyweight Guru has done it again, 55 ways to bring on the pain, a magnum opus on how to really use what is possibly the world's oldest and "most diverse" exercise.

If you're like me, you live for that pain, the feeling of your muscles as they stretch and contract and how your body screams at you to stop but your mind will not allow you to quit, you have that target in your mind and you cannot stop until you hit that target, yes my friends this is training "brutally effective" training.

Buy this book and take up the challenge of Push Up Central.

The Bodyweight Guru is waiting for you, let him show you how with this (innocently sounding) book you can become more than you could ever have imagined, this is hard training at it's absolute best.

Now a word about the previous review, Glyn Scofield is a total moron and his reviews suck almost as much as he does, Glyn, if by chance you ever read this, do yourself a favour and just stop, nobody cares what you think.

Amen! 

Now, I won't get into the review here again, I've done that enough times already (and lets not EVEN get into the Bozo - ugh, I said that wrong didnt I?) ... 

I was talking to him about doing high rep pushups, how pushups do help your pull-up prowress - or help you get better at pull-ups provided you address the "fat around the midsection" issue (which pushups do a damn good job of addressing if you do 'em right and regularly, not just "sometimes") ...and a lot more. 

And I remember him saying that he felt one arm pushups were more a "show" movement, for real workouts, they weren't really that useful. 

Now, he's right on one - very main thing. 

As with one arm pull-ups, the vast majority of people would do just fine without doing a single one arm pushup in their lives. 

If you focus on and do pushups the way I teach you in Pushup Central with "both limbs" (though you'll see me take some away occasionally, hehe) - then my friend you will do just fine and need nothing else from that perspective. 

Most of the people we know that really did pushups at a high level, high repes, Iron Mike Tyson, Herschel Walker, the list goes on and on - while I've no doubt they did a lot of one arm pushups in their training, the VAST BULK (no pun!) of their training most likely was done with two limbs. 

So it should be as well. 

The main thing though for me, which seperates one arm pushups from the same category in pull-ups - it is far harder to mantain proper form when doing one arm pushups. 

You'll see folks doing 'em with legs spread, back bent and so forth, such is the nature of the movement. 

Getting reps in with proper form can be done ... but maintaining that form over a long workout is neither practical nor really doable - nor is entirely functional. 

Thats one main reason I rate it as "part show" - but not fully. 

Doing a one arm pushup still takes some incredible strength and conditioning my friend - especially if you do them slow in sets of 10 - on your fingertips, and so forth. 

But would I recommend one arm pushups in workouts - the question goes? 

Yes, but perhaps AFTER your regular pushup workouts. 

For instance, 25 regulars, maybe 5 one arms, then 40 regular's, maybe 5 more one arms ... 

They make for a great sizzler and finisher, not entirely the case with one arm pull-ups which you'll see you can work far more into your workouts than one arm pushups (though again, most people would do just fine doing pull-ups properly with both limbs) ... 

There's plenty of other movements we could talk about here which lots of people say fall into the showboating movement -my book Advanced Plyometrics has one of them "the clapping pushup". 

I'll be talking about that later, so stay tuned. 

For now, remember Pushup Central is all you need in terms of pushups - ever. 

If you so choose, you can go even more advanced,  but these exercises in this here book are enough to keep you busy and very productive indeed your entire life. 

The greats did 'em, if it was good enough for 'em, it was for you, no excuses. 

Chop chop, as she said. Hehe. (if you ain't got to it already, you should have, do it NOW). 

And thats that. 

Best, 

Rahul Mookerjee

It really, really is - and he's a REAL guru - yours truly - unlike a lot of posing fools out there. 

Anyway I remember writing this a while back, around 2 months or so ago - https://0excusesfitness.com/2022/09/05/well-since-rishi-sunak-looks-set-to-lose/. 

And today, 44 days into her so called Prime Minstership, as Liz Truss officially steps down - all I gotta say is two things. 

One, she's a grade A hypocrite and that ultimately TOLD (not to mention her rubbish policies - as for the hypocrisy, see what she said about the monarchy a few years back and then now the reverse, polar, exact opposite to get votes - much like a certain idiot Kamala "sometimes Indian sometimes black "sometimes mixed"" Harris) ... 

And two, I told you so. 

I'm pretty positive my man Sunak will win the PM'ship this time, very well deserved too as I believe I said before. 

And as y'all are very well aware that showl as fuck ain't the first time I've been right, or predicted things correctly, and it damn sure wont be the last (in fact, I cannot remember a time I predicted something wrongly - right down to predicting what trolls will tell me and visualizing it. Hehe. And it happening!). 

Time, of course will tell - fitness wise though, one more - yet one more reason - a reason nobody in their right mind can ignore in terms of listening to me? 

It isn't so much the praise my customers heap on me, or the hate the trolls do, or my books truly being the best out there by any standards (well, thats part of it) - or my workouts being the most brutal (again - part of it) or any litany of reasons you might think of or come to mind...

It is this first, foremost and always - well, other than being in the trenches in a way few, if any people ever have - 

That PROOF is what counts. 

Solid numbers and results are what count, and lets leave mine aside. 

Lets look at proven - even more so - world class DOERS. 

From Herschel Walker to Iron Mike to even probably Michael Phelps (pushups etc) - or any doer, male or female, you might insert. 

They ALL did bodyweight exercises, and workouts, and high reps, in perfect form, and a hell of a lot of them. 

Could be Walker and Tyson (damn, if the two ever duked it out! I'd give it to Tyson in the boxing ring, but probably Walker otherwise, but they're both legends, kings of their chosen fields!) - (politics included, Walker literally blew away the idiot Warnock in the debate for one -- it was nigh hilarious to watch him bring out the facts as Warnock avoided any and all direct questions. Hehe) ... with their legendary pushup workouts. 

Could be the Gama with 1000's of squats damn near daily ... 

Could be ... well, you insert YOUR favorite doer. 

But they've all done what I promote, and in the - and this is important - FANTATICALLY DEDICATED way I do it, and continue to promote, and always will. 

Because guess what, regardless of how nice it is, how pretty is it, how much it hurts, and all the other bullshit, that - above all is what brings results, and stellar ones at that. 

Not everyone wants stellar results eh? 

Right.... 

The sun just rose in the West as well ... 

Lets be honest here, fellas. 

And if you want to be honest with yourself, do what truly works - learn from the "Master of the Game" (again, not mine, customer feedback that) - then pick up the 0 Excuses Fitness System and some of our products now. 

Start experiencing what others have been nigh very rigtftully raving over - starting TODAY! 

Best

Rahul Mookerjee

"You've got the hair, boi" !

So said Tyrone Eric Milalkuwhat Blanks, him of the "floor humper pushups". hehe when we were discussing my prowress at a certain area despite being unfit as PHOCK during my college days, and his lack thereof (well, relatively speaking, he still did pretty good with the black girls, I'll give him that, for some reason he kept calling me the rainbow pimp though!).

(that link up there says spiderman pushups, but that wasnt what he was refering to - more on that in Pushup Central. If you are truly interested in Eric's description (his nick name) - then go HERE).??

 Anyway, this isn't to tell you about my hair, or the bald spot at the top of my head most dont notice (not because I try and hide it, its just the way it is).

My wife tried "in vain" to get rid of it.

All those nights spent working on Dongguan Expat with Major General Michael no doubt contributed to it.

"You know, Rahul, I've got this bald spot on the top of my head which is getting BIGGER with every passing minute", I remember him saying - before I finally got the key to fixing why Google Ads would not display  on PhpNuke.

Hehe.

Those - them - were the DAYS!

Now, I am not saying this because "I'm an odd dude" either.

That was some fool who didnt obey rules in my group, got kicked out, then bitched up and down about it.

It isn't to tell you about my prowress in bed.

It isn't to tell you what to do and what NOT TO DO beauty or hair wise. I'll leave that expertise up to the Metrosexual Bozos like Glyn Schofield and apparently a sizeable proportion of so called men out there...

IT ant my area of expertise. It never will be. I dont WANT it to be either, so go ahead and put raw egg yolk in your hair if you want (supposed to be good for it, hehe) - or rub your face up and down with banana peels as the wife does (that one caught me by surprise. Supposed to be some sort of facial, yet that skin doesn't clear up no matter what, could it be fitness related - ah wait. How dare I go there!).

(actually, a LOT OF problems, including skin are related to fitness, specifically, CORE FITNESS - get that core in shape, you might be surprised to find out it ain't just mouth ulcers and digestive issues that go away - your skin, your breathing, ALL of it improves if done right. More on this in Corrugated Core (if you can spot it!)).

I do it well ... two reasons, one, like Nicholas Cage in "The Rock" - "almost blew the house up when I was 11" (not really, hehe) - I love to experiment.

It ain't got nothing to do with money either, I'll often use shampoo for laundry detergent, the hair dryer to dry a pair of stubborn johns - and so forth - I'll often use things not so called meant for "this purpose" for that - end of the day, its like food, all "mixes in your stomach" as the wife loves to say, no need to get too fancy - same thing with soap. Hehe.

Its just a simple memory.

When I was a little boy, I went swimming with my grandad in a big ole lake, and thats mentioned in 16 Inspirational Fitness Recollections as part of the rest, I believe.

And I remember him washing his hair out with soap as we showered post lake (and post pool - we did both - 430 AM morning calls!).

Gotta give it to him - 70 plus, waking up every damn morning, working till 10 ...

Gotta give it to me too- but hey, whose counting the gotta gives. Hehe.

Anyway - point of this?

Isn't the hair, or my grandfather's memories (really, I just do it sometimes, nothing to do with him or the memory, just seems to make sense for me) - is this.

EXPERIMENT.

Your workouts were not meant to be staid and boring.

No, that aint an excuse to be lazy and lethargic and skip out on high rep squats saying "they're boring".

You follow certain guidelines - the base lines laid out in 0 Excuses Fitness, there is NO GETTING AROUND the fact that fundamentals MUST NOT BE IGNORED!

But you experiment, my friend.

Thats why I give you such a wide variety of workouts in all my books - truth be told, if you use your brain, you could come up with an even wider variety of workouts tailored to YOU - if you really try, and want to.

It's EASY, once you get into the spirit - or hang of things. Thangs. Hehe.

Lots of memories pumpin in post shower - TMI?

Nah, I dont think so.

I'm out.

Back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS - The girls never seemed to mind the bald spot, hehe. So much for Dad droning on about "I'm sure they'll find you cute without the hair"!

Ah, the hair, something everyone so called close to me has tried me to get to shed - unsuccessfully at the very end.

So it BE.

Can't stop a man from doing what a man wants to, ultimately, why some people would want to beats me, but hey.

And thats the bottom line cuz... I said so, hehe (nah, cuz - is - IS!).

Something I've never quite understood, pally - or bro, as the case might be.

This whole mania about "am I training bodyweight only" or do I lift "weights".

For some reason, a lot of folks approach training as a "either this or that scenario".

A lot of folks also might be surprised - VERY surprised - to hear that I once lifted weights - in a manner I constantly call out NOW - and I still lift weights - in a manner I highly advocate. NOW, and will forever!

What do I mean?

Well, simply this, friend, as I sit here sweating after WEIGHTED squats, first off, I never said weights are inherently bad.

I'm a huge fan of old timer style training - old school STRONGMAN - real strongman style training, and a lot of that involved weights ALONG with bodyweight, both in equal proportion.

What I AM against is the modern day boobybuilding nonsense, the pump and tone, the constant and silly insistence on the bench being the only "real" indicator of strength, the utterly useless lat pulldown machine, and other pretty much useless ab devices, treadmills etc that are all designed to slim one thing - your wallet, not your midsection.

Not to mention, a lot of that shit is just plain ole unhealthy - dont believe me? Just look at the way you FEEL after doing a lot of those routines, my friend.

Still dont believe me, well, take it from the horse's mouth, a PRO bodybuilder and what he had to say on the Shoulders like Boulders! pages - and he aint the only one by far pally.

THAT sort of thing is what I am very vehemently against.

THAT sort of thing is what I Call out, and will continue to, unfortunately, with the marketing being shoved down your throats all the time on it, THAT is what most people think when they hear weight lifting.

But there's far more to it.

The farmer's walk for one, is a superlative exercise I recommend in Gorilla Grip - and I should have in Corrugated Core as well, as it builds the grip and core like nothing else if done right (in a manner nothing else will).

It involves lifting up heavy objects, preferably thick handled and unweildy, and walking with them for as long as you can. A few sets of that, or this sort of thing here - https://0excusesfitness.com/2021/12/29/weighted-pull-ups-or-not/ (this one had the great Brooks Kubik's approval too when I told him, you know if he approved it, it's damn good!) ... will FRY you beyond belief, my friend.

And done enough times it will fry all fat off your midsection, build a cast iron grip, build traps like a grizzly's, and lumps of muscle all over your body.

Pure weight!

Then, the routines I tell you about in Lumberjack Lodestone Fitness - if you can go fifteen minutes or more with some of those routines - well, you're a stud already.

Trust me, those of you that can squat elephants will be sweating buckets doing some of the routines I advocate with 40 kgs ... those clubs will do that to you,so will maces and kettlebells which are mentioned in the course, my longest as of yet, and thats saying something!

This one will truly be a BEHEMOTH, a bonafide MONSTER!

And even your own weight - is that not "weight" ?

Handstand pushups will make a man out of you, as will pull-ups ...

My point is just this, that there is no "one way" to train.

And if you have to lift, by all means do so - but do so like the old time strongmen did.

Lift heavy ass stones, beer kegs, stuff like that builds IMMENSE and real strength and conditions you beyond belief too if done  RIGHT.

All to be included in Lumberjack Lodestone Fitness ...

And thats the lesson for now, no one way to do things in this regard!

Have at.

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

It struck me as I was going to turn off the computer that what people need more than anything else these days?

STRESS - relief.

Unfortunately people get it from all the wrong source - tobacco, liqor, and other illicit substances (though to be honest tobacco is probably worse than most of those "illicit" substances anyway).

People unfortunately as you can tell from whats going choose all the WRONG ways (and usually wrong people) to "vent on" i.e. "if I can vent on him or her, then I WILL!".

And a lot of people say nothing, yet just "stew" internally.

None of this is good, the reasons are all obvious (and it ain't getting any better anytime soon either - lets face it if you have not already).

Instead of all that, why not focus on "five minutes ahead I'm going to be feeling AWESOME!"

I was going to title this 5 stress busting workouts.

But truth is, there are so many - both mental and physical.

Here's a mental trick I often use - go back in your mind's eye to a PLEASANT memory - go into your mind and SEE what you want "now" (not how much money you want now, as I know thats what people will reply to) - shut off everything else - and simply focus on that imagery, and the feelings that flow forth.

It's called visualization. I talk about it in 0 Excuses Fitness, Zero to HERO! and MANY other books, and it really, really works my friend - even if you just use it for stress relief.

Then of course, you have the meditation techniques mentally.

But hold on, a lot of you here aren't interested in that either (which is fine - physical exercise is often what works best anyway!).

And I aint going to sit here and paint pictures of luxury holidays or excess spending or what not when the source of all the stress is "less money" which it seems to be for a lot of people these days.

Nah, what I'm telling you ABOVE and below costs nothing compared to what you're getting in terms of benefits, my friend.

So here it is -

In no particular order -

100 Hindu squats (or bodyweight squats) for one.

It's simple. Anytime you feel overly stressed, just drop down and start doing 'em - period.

You dont need to worry about rep counts either - all you need to keep in mind is keep it BRISK.

Finish 50 without stopping, you'll see what I mean, finish 100, you'll be BUZZING!

Or, get into a handstand and hold it for a minute at least. The blood flow to your head and neck for one will make you feel a HELL Of a lot better - not to mention this movement often puts you in the mood for tougher exercises and workouts.

Third, ISOMETRICS! STRETCHING!

ANY of the great movements in Isometric and Flexibility Training - or perhaps Advanced PROFOUND Isometric and Flexibility Training will get the trick done provided you devote a few minutes to it per day - when you're super stressed, you'll literally FEEL the stress MELTING AWAY my friend.

Then the bear crawl, a pick me up like nothing else, and it usually for most people doesn't take more than 30 seconds to work its magic.

Thats four physical exercises, two mental, key thing?

None of it need take you the entire day.

None of it, barring the initial investment in the books costs any money to do - hell, you can do the entire workouts at HOME, so where's your EXCUSE, my friend?

It's sure a lot better than "stewing internally", and worrying about factors you cannot control like economy and so forth, it'll also get you in great shape if you do enough of it.

And you'll be feeling like a billion bucks QUICKLY so you can get on with the rest of your day which is the goal here, not turning into Mr Muscle or anything of that nature my friend (and you can use these throughout the day too!).

And thats the idea for now.

Back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS - These exercises are but a few amongst the great ones I promote that will literally make stress whoosh away like air from a balloon, literally. You'll be feeling HAPPY and light and limber after just a dose or two. Try some NOW.

(and thats another great visualization right there!).

If there is something that pisses me off no end, it is people that say one thing and do the exact opposite (or quite another).

I’ve made no secret of my distaste and dislike for those I consider to be grade A hypocrites (for instance, the dude from Hong Kong who complains up a storm about the mainland day in and day out and yet LIVES there).

Continues to live there despite his (very valid indeed) complaints.

Like dude. It’s not like someone’s forcing you to live in a place you hate . . .

Charles, a friend (or perhaps former friend as things stand now) of mine never shied away from telling me how much he wanted to visit India one day.

“Well, just do it buddy”, I kept telling him (along with advice of WHERE to go).

(Since he asked. Yours truly is hardly the sort to dispense unwanted advice!).

Has he ever followed up?

It’s been five years since I know him, if not more, and NO. He hasn’t.

Why?

“Uh, I didn’t get the chance”.

Yeah. Right.

The real reason which of course is the 800lb gorilla in the room is the Chinese distaste for anything foreign in general and the intense dislike they have of “dark skinned people” (including their own).

And curiously enough (or maybe not given the rogue nation’s way of thinking) this is viewed as NORMAL in China.

Yes.

Racism is normal, and even encouraged (albeit tacitly) by none other than many expats living there . . .

I’ll never forget, for one, how a Chinese property consultant picked at me skin once and exclaimed “But you’re not of Indian origin or Indian anyway! Your skin is yellow!”

Huh? Yellow?

UGH!

But you get the picture.

And being his girlfriend is Chinese, well . . .

For those that don’t know, he’s of the same bent of mind as my Dad (who I obviously don’t agree with on anything) and is a firm believer in the philosophy of “keep the wife happy, and the family will be happy”.

My father never tired of telling me that growing up, and internally, I remember thinking what a crock of BS it was.

I mean, why does just ONE person have to be happy?

Unless you’re a masochist, of course, and funnily enough most . . . ah, but I best not go there ! ?

Anyway, that’s pretty much the reason he’s never visited, though he’ll never admit it.

I mean, dude.

Really.

He tells me that “it’s not because of her! She will do it if I tell her!”

Well, it doesn’t quite seem that way!

Back in the day, he once sourced some stuff from India, ostensibly for her and himself as well.

I still remember that night in September 2016 I believe it was . . .

“Are you sure you can trust me to do this?” I asked before accepting the money his girlfriend sent me (apparently he was too toasted to do it at that point).

We hadn’t met at that point, so it was a perfectly legit question, I’d say . . .

“Of course I can!”

And then we decided upon what exactly they wanted and if I could source it (after tutoring his girlfriend on how to “send the money” – don’t ask – long story).

We got everything he wanted. My wife did most of the shopping and when we met months later, I handed his stuff over to him.

And as expected, all went well. At that point, at least it did.

A month or so later, what happened was EXACTLY what I thought MIGHT Happen when I accepted Charles’s cash (which is why I was leery of doing so in the first place).

Apparently his girlfriend thought I “skimmed off the top” when getting them stuff.

God knows why, but that’s what she thought.

Actually I DO KNOW why, but we will get into that later!

There are few things that offend me more than being called a cheat and dishonest, my friend. Because if there are two things I ain’t, it is those two things!

And plus.

EVERY time some of his money was used, I sent him a PROPER accounting. I still remember navigating in the car through the cows on the road, hehe, and sending Charles a message about it on wechat . . .

EVERY DAMN TIME.

And funnily enough, the guy himelf told us that “don’t worry about it! We don’t need an exact accounting!”

“If there is something you want to do for yourself with the money, do it provided it’s a little bit!”

(what he was indirectly saying is feel free to charge commission)

And I didn’t. What we did was use probably 7-8% of the money and use it to buy groceries etc instead of “splurging on a nice dinner” as Charles suggested (and he was right to say it, actually; at that point he was doing the right thing) so as to be as economical as possible. For obvious reasons.

And so, when months later this girl got back with her bombshell, I told my wife about it.

“Hmmmpph! If she thinks it’s too expensive, tell her to come here and buy it herself”

I don’t agree with most of my family on many things (as you know!) but I HAD to agree with my wife on this one.

“I can’t”, I laughed. “That’s not my job!”

“Why is she on your wechat anyway”, my wife fumed.

“Uh, because she sent me the money” . . .

And before it led to a fight I deleted the lady off my list, which is fine of course, since I didn’t know her from Adam other than the fact that she was  a buddy’s girlfriend (and didn’t think highly of me to say the least, hehe).

Funnily enough, if you’d ask me if I was upset at her for thinking that way?

Nope.

That’s just how the Chinese are, my friend.

John McIntosh, a past client of mine once told me that there was a time in his life he was a real estate agent and he closed a deal (to sell a large house).

“Done deal”, he told them.

“Cool! Let’s go to dinner!” the female half of the couple said.

They did, and guess what.

All throughout dinner these guys pestered John to lower the price even more, though it was a done deal!

There is a saying in mainland China which goes somewhat like this: contracts are worth nothing, maybe less than toilet paper.

And they ARE worth less than that!

Anyway, as I told my wife, the girls’ never been out of China most likely other than a trip or two to neighboring countries.

But for a man like Charles to not say anything about it was just . . . WRONG.

Given the very proper accounting he got.

Given everything HE SAID HIMSELF about it to me!

And so forth.

And given the current mess going on between India and China, you’d think he’d bother to “support the country he claims to love so much and wants to visit”.

Nothing doing. Lips sealed. If anything he’s probably even more vocal about saying the rogue nation is always right, and to hell with the rest of the world.

And being this is a dude that calls the Global Times China a “reliable source of information” (it’s about as reliable, or maybe even less than The Sun in the U.K. to say the least and has been designated and rightly so a propaganda outlet in the U.S.) . . .

Oh well. I rest my case. But really, dude.

If you really want to visit the country then quit talking and back up your talk with ACTION.

If you love the country, and you think, like you said all those years ago “The Indian are the ones who really have their shit together!” - - then PROVE it – NOW.

Crickets, I’m sure, but oh well.

Anyway, lest you think I’ve not been on this side of the equation, think again my friend.

Think several times!

Back in 1999 (long time ago, I know, hehe) my gym going roommate once got back from the gym.

And yours truly was lounging about with a beer in hand, lazy as usual (that was me back then! Hehe).

At the age of 19.

“I need to get in shape too”, I began half heartedly before I was cut off by my roomie.

“But you’ll never do it, will you”, he said.

And the excuse I made was so stupid that I wont’ mention it here.

Lets just say it makes what Charles says look like the most logical thing ever.

In fact it was so silly that I didn’t even say it outright, but my roomie KNEW . . .

Anyway . . . !!!

Point of me saying all this?

IS the obvious, for one. If you’re saying you want to do something, then do it, and fitness is the same damn way.

Don’t say you want to lose weight or “really need to lose weight” and then by your actions do the exact OPPOSITE of what you need to be doing.

If you really want that X shape to your body, or V shape to your back, then just DO WHAT needs to be done.

If you want to do pull-ups, then quit making excuses about being a so called big guy. Get your ass in shape and start to DO PULL-UPS!

And so forth.

And . . . before I finish this very lengthy piece off, it would NOT be complete without mentioning a person who is the exact opposite of the person(s) I’ve mentioned above.

A true WINNER in life, and a true FITNESS afficiando.

And I mean that!

Charles Mitchell, a long term customer of mine often tells me he’ll buy a certain book from me.

And without exception, he does it. In fact he’s probably bought the vast majority of my books already!

And he doesn’t just buy the books.

He does what I want MORE people to do i.e. actually DO the exercises, and get back with REAL feedback on them!

Let’s fact it, folks.

Simply buying the book doesn’t “walk the talk”. You have to DO what the books say, or there is no point.

And he does it, and then some!

Truly a man that MEANS what he says, and backs up his talk with REAL ACTION, and I commend you for that Charles! ?

And last, but not least, believe it or not, HE is the one responsible for me finally (after the space of a couple of months) getting my next book off the ground.

Sure, I’ve been busy. Sure, that other biz is eating up time. Yada, nada, schnada.

No excuses tho my friend!

And it was after his second email urging me to DO IT (and he’s RIGHT!) because I’m the real deal, and so forth, that I finally got around to getting some real work done on the book on isometrics.

And being I live in the flow, Animal Kingdom workouts is what came next!

THAT book will be the next one out, and believe it, it will have elements of isometrics and STATIC holds to it - - as well as plyometrics.

Alright, my friend. I’m almost at 2000 words again I see. Lets see how many people jump ship after reading this one, hehe.

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – If you haven’t already, go HERE to pick up the 0 Excuses Fitness System. But remember. ACTIONS count, and if you’re just going to buy the product and do exactly squat all with it, then you might as well NOT invest in it. I only want people that are SERIOUS and COMMITTED To making a change in their life and fitness - - for the BETTER - - to have this, or any of my other products!

P.S #2 – As for Animal Kingdom Workouts, it would be DONE by now, but I’ve been wrestling with a mighty annoying problem all afternoon. My computer froze every time I right clicked on anything, and took forever to start back up. Don’t ask, hehe. More bugs in Win Blows. And I’m damned lucky I’ve got an I.T background or I wouldn’t know what the heck was going on!

(Edit – since this was written BEFORE the book was out - - and it IS out now - - HERE is the link for the book. If you got through all of what I said above, you deserve it! ?).

P.P.S – All seems to be on track now, including workouts, and I got done with a super one today. More on that soon! ?

When my daughter was about 3 (I believe, or maybe 4), there was a guy in her class that was repeatedly “harassing” her and a lot of other students (as much as a slightly older 4 year old can harass)

One fine day, I went to pick up my daughter from school.

The two were talking, apparently happily so.

OK . . .

Suddenly, out of the blue, the guy whacked my daughter. Hard.

She looked at me and started crying.

His father was there, and he stared at me, and did nothing. Didn’t even reprimand his child.

I just had to speak up.

“Honey, slap him back”

“What” my daughter wailed.

“Hit him back. Now!”  I said sternly. “Papa is right here with you!”

She stepped forward, hit the much bigger guy, and HE started wailing, and his dad took him away.

And that was the end of that. I’ve never heard any complaints from here about him again!

I was bullied a lot in school myself, so when I see something like this happening, especially to my daughter, my hackles rise. And rightly so. Bullies should not and cannot be tolerated!

This sort of bullying when the person grows up leads to  OTHER and more serious crimes as an adult.

If you were to look at the histories of most psychopathic killers, you’ll see one thing.

They were either bullies in school, or (in some cases) they GOT bullied repeatedly. Not good either way!

In terms of yours truly and the bullying suffered by me in school, unfortunately I didn’t receive much support at home. If anything, my mother often put me down (when I was trying to get stronger) with statements like “He thinks he’s too strong!” and while that wasn’t her conscious intention to do so (in her mind she was just making a remark which didn’t affect me), the result was the same.

Zero confidence in many regards growing up, not to mention my family has never been the physical sort. Always the “solve it via non-violence” sort, and that’s not a good thing always. IN fact, I can remember a coupla instances where I really got it at home for striking . . . BACK at someone who was badgering up and down and taking him to the cleaners.

I still remember that gorilla grip around his neck, hehe, that caused his Dad to show up at school and complain.

Of course, when I got my eye busted in school did anyone show up to complain?

No way, Jose.

Anyway, enough of that.

In Rocky V, the upstart boxer gorging on Adrian’s sphagetti the first night in Rocky’s place had THIS to say when he saw his kid come back from school with massive bruises on his cheek (from a school bully that punched him, took his jacket and lunch money).

His mom was the pacifist sort.

“I’ll go to school and complain!”

“No, Mom, don’t” replied the kid irritably and I can understand why . . .

And the upstart pipes up.

“Just hit him. Pop him like a balloon, and he’ll go away”.

What do you mean, asks kid.

“Well, when I was growing up my Dad once beat me so hard I could barely walk for two days. And every time I got into the boxing ring thereafter, when I see my opponent in front of me, I see my Dad. Kinda sick, but it works for me!”

(That’s the sum and substance of it, and for the verbatim comment, you may want to check out the movie, hehe).

But the point stands.

Pop the bullies, and hit them where it hurts, and they usually go away in a hurry, never to return.

Other hand, if you take it, and don’t fight back, guess what happens.

You get more of the same.

And as a certain rogue nation continues to act like a rogue with its neighbors, most notably India, this is something the Indian think tank should bear in mind when finally replying to them (which they will - - matter of time now if the rogue actor – well said Pompeo! – isn’t brought to heel soon).

And that’s that for this post, my friend.

In terms of fitness, if you want to get in the sort of SHAPE it would take to whip bullies into submission, go right here to get on the 0 Excuses Fitness System – https://0excusesfitness.com/0excusesfitnessystem/

Lots of men think that “it’s the modern day world” and they don’t need to be strong and fit like their ancestors. And if you’re part of that think tank, I think - - and know - - you’re WRONG.

I wrote about 2020 being the year of the survivor, and the way events have transpired until now? You be the judge!

September will truly be a month of reckoning though. Let’s see how it goes!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

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