I know, I know. You guys are gonna call me out on this one . . . not so much because what I’m saying is not true/accurate, but because I’ve said it before.

And as I sit here (and indeed this morning when I woke up at the “bright ole hour of 1130 AM”) thinking about myself doing Bourne sprints on hot China afternoons AFTER a great workout and hill climb, most of the time in a deserted park with no-one to bother me . . . I had a thought (while making my puh-er cha).

“Cha” being Chinese for “tea” . . . . (and yes, my hatred and dislike of the CCP doesn’t equate to the same feelings for the country or it’s people!).

Anyway . . . I remember that park often.

Sometimes I wonder if I should have made the life changes I did in 2018 when I left China for a short while (but returned a few months later anyway).

Didn’t do Bourne sprints for whatever reason upon the return though . . .

. . . but I miss that time. Those workouts. That nostalgia. And that was the time I started my second and by now famous website www.0excusesfitness.com .  .  .

Started to and met some of the greatest people I ever will through my list and website . . .

Revamped books and courses. Drank a bit of beer while I was at it. Hammered out TONS and TONS (20,000 plus words on some days) of writing for my other projects, stuff I’m still selling to THIS date . . .

Now, the feeling I was having while making my tea (or the thought I mentioned up there?)

Well, I’m exhausted.

Rightly so.

And I was wondering about an upcoming workout today, and “if I should do it”.

Actually, not “if”. It was more along the lines of “you’ll feel great afterwards!”

And I’ll get her done, but the thought was this.

“Remember, Rahul! Pull-ups make you feel great. They make you feel nigh on INVINCIBLE!!”

And that they do my friend. That they do.

And that’s how my hill climbs made me feel.

Invincible, after the workout.

That sheer feeling of CONFIDENCE you get after a solid workout which cannot be replaced by ANYTHING else.

Move aside tech world, emails, gadgets and gizmos.

It’s the SIMPLE stuff that works, and as the world goes increasingly bonkers, and global conflict unfortunately looks more of a possibility than ever before, it’s all the more reason to train the way yours truly does (or the 0 Excuses Faithful for that matter).

It’s all the more reason to have that aura of “invincibility” around you.

You never know what might happen.

You never know (literally these days) what is around the corner.

And you better be ready for ANYTHING, my friend.

It’s a pity the CCP has to go down the route that they are, but every so often humans in general make a mess of the planet and Nature herself in all her infinite wisdom settles it all.

And who are we, as mere mortals to question it?

Happened during the World Wars, and it’ll probably happen in some way shape or form NOW as well. Very soon.

And as I sign off on this email, the last thing I want to say is this my friend.

Keep the good memories in mind.

Keep those fires BURNING!

Oh YES, the good times will come again.

Oh YES, they will. If you keep them memories in mind and keep the fires burning, one day, some day you’ll be back at the place where you had your BEST times (wherever that might be for you) and that hope – desire – a burning FLAME within you for SOMETHING that MATTERS – truly matters – is what keeps us going from day to day.

Live for nothing, or die for something.

As simple as that, my friend.

Always keep that HOPE alive!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – I get nostalgic every time I think about my Bourne sprint times, and the old man I met in China (who I no longer do due to different workout times etc) . . .

PS #2 – And of course, that’s why I shared it with you. Feel free to write back and share what makes YOU that way, and remember – ain’t nothing wrong with us “tough guys” shedding a tear or two every so often. IT’s what makes us ALL human!

PPS – Go HERE to check out the book on pull-ups.

I’ve written a lot on this one before, of course . . .

. . . but as I “saw” (or so it seems, at any rate)  my daughter gorging on cornflakes of all things in the middle of the afternoon, no less, I was struck with the idea to write this.

Now I don’t know if she was actually eating them, but she did have a bowl in her hand – minus the milk of course, hehe. If there is one thing my daughter won’t drink it’s milk (unless it’s with loads of gooey, icky, chocolate syrup on it. Eww!!!).

And so since she apparently was, and then she asked me about “should I take this with me to workout Dad (as a snack)”, I am writing to you about it too!

Now, you’re well versed with my opinion on the first two options in the question, of course (or ardent readers of this newsletter probably are, at any rate).

I’ve made no secret of the FACT that it’s far, far better to work out on an empty stomach than on a FULL stomach, or semi full.

Despite what the so called experts say, my best results have come from following a “diet” entirely opposite that of what the “experts” seemingly recommend.

And NOT by eating the meal they consider the most important of the day either . . .

Now, you’ll have to dive into the Simple and Effective Diet (and especially the intro, oh, and by the way, the manual is yours FREE with a purchase of the 0 Excuses Fitness System!) to find out more about this.

But suffice it to say that as far as eating AFTER a workout goes, YES, often times I’ll eat well after a workout.

Not “stuff” myself, although I do that on occasion, but usually, I have a good meal, and that’s that.

Usually an hour or so after working out.

And usually NOT before 530 in the evening, if that makes sense!

Hey. IT works for me, it works for my students, and it works AMAZINGLY and blindingly fast does this “strange” technique of doing things if you only let it! ?

And often times, I’ll eat HOURS after my workout. Not just an hour. Hours.

Often times I’ll stay on an empty stomach the entire day, and have some of my BEST damned workouts that way!

But as for the million dollar question, fueling DURING a workout?

Well, I’d say NO to it personally, even during extreme “ironman” like workouts.

But my goals of working out are different from the average Joe’ of course!

If your goals entail (as many people’s do!) preening and posing in front of the mirrors at the gym, by all means sip latte and “snack” on some rubbish the so called experts advocate. Go for it.

If your goals are “to lose a bit of weight”, but nothing spectacular, go for it.

If your goals are “the usual workout”, and “you feel hungry during your workout”, then if you really must, go for it.

But I’d only personally do it in case the workout was really extreme, and not even probably in that case.

And as for million dollar question #2.

Will it hurt my results?

In most cases, I’d say yes.

But if you’re going through extreme 100 pull-up and 100 handstand pushup workouts, or if you’re going through workouts where you climb steep hills in the middle of the day in blazing heat - - and 5 times per workout at that followed by a 100 pushups and 50 pull-ups, then it might help.

And probably won’t hurt your results any either way.

The key is though, if you’re keeping it that extreme!

And even in that case, I’d say probably NOT.

And as for what I told my daughter, and what she apparently did? Well, you’ll have to wait a bit for that one! ?

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – The 0 Excuses Fitness System is FULL of (choc-a-BLOC full of) golden nuggets of wisdom such as THIS. Pick up your copy right HERE.

I was recently on an international flight (pre COVID, of course).

Which seems like forever, of course.

And my passenger right next to me squeezed into one of them economy seats (I ALWAYS make sure to grab an aisle seat, NOT the window or the middle seat! ?) was an obese, corpulent and FLATULENT burping SOB from India (who didn’t even have the most basic manners apparently).

And this abomination was finding it hard to fit in the airplane seat for obvious reasons and kept dislodging yours truly’s arms from the arm rest until I firmly put it there, looked him in the eye once and refused to budge.

The guy near the window seat was apparently having a hard time with him too.

Anyway, dude didn’t speak much English or any at all.

(So much for the “general good English level” in India; believe me, it ain’t what the causal reader might think! ?).

And as far as manners go . . .

 . . . he was apparently a bit of a drunk, and every time the waitress (a Chinese lady from Hong Kong) got near to him he burped and said the following loudly.

“One more!”

And the way he said it made me think he was talking to a minion as opposed to a stewardess. . .

Funny part was this though.

She asked him what meal he’d prefer and he didn’t understand what she was saying in terms of language, but understood what she was asking.

And when he replied, she couldn’t understand him - - in either regard.

She looked at the passenger next to him.

He tried.

I don’t know where he was from, but she couldn’t understand his accent either.

And of course, guess who ended up translating everything for the rest of the flight.

“He wants a chicken meal”.

“He wants more water. Thanks! (since the guy apparently didn’t want to say it to her)”

“He wants another shot of whiskey”

And the last one didn’t need to be repeated too often. Dude picked up on it, and he kept going “One more!”

Ugh!

A slob if there ever was one, and if you’ve ever heard air hostesses complain about their passengers, believe me, there is something damn good reason.

Anyway it works both ways, of course.

Air India, which I’ve often flown in the past (and STOPPED flying a few years back completely) is (along with Royal Jordanian) in my UNBIASED and very NOT humble opinion one of the, if not THE shittiest international airline out there.

The stewards and stewardesses don’t even look like they belong on a flight.

I still remember the TV screen not working once on one of these flights.

Told the steward.

He shrugged. “Oh, so what. Nothing we can do! Just make do!”

Or “Oh, just try that seat over there” (when my seat arm rest wouldn’t work right).

Or, and this was the apex of all this . . . I wanted a couple of beers.

And lady came up to me, and dumped not two, but FOUR beers in my lap.

She grinned at me.

“You’ll want it anyway, and I don’t want to be bothered again!”

And off she went, waddling her lard ass down the aisle . . .

UGH!

Anyway, I didn’t write this to you to warn you about what airlines not to take, hehe.

I did a version of the “one more workout” out there with my daughter today.

“One more!” I went.

(She knows the story, and she LAUGHS a lot every time she hears it)

And as her little hands did another bar hang, I kept saying it.

One minute more!

One rep more!

And the same thing will work for you too my friend.

You don’t have to be a former U.S. Marine drinking with yours truly to say it either! ?

If you can currently bang out 50 pushups before you collapse, try saying “Just one more!” to yourself as you NEAR 50.

Not before the workout.

But as you get to maybe rep #45, or 46, but ideally, right on around 49.

Chances are you’ll hit not ONE more rep, but FIVE more if you do this right! ?

And that my friend is a tip for the ages. Have at!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – This works great for getting your numbers up there in the much vaunted, almighty Hindu squat as well!

I saw the following (and fantastic!) quote from Mark Twain this evening.

The two most important days of your life are . . .

. . . the day you’re born, and the day you figure out WHY you’re born!

This rang true the minute I read it, and here I am now, writing to YOU about it.

Napoleon Hill often spoke about having a central purpose in life, the #1 thing you want to do ABOVE all!

Something you really, really want to do. Were meant to do. Are so good at that NOT even your most ardent detractors have criticized you while you’re doing it . ..

. . . your true purpose in life, as it were!

Napoleon Hill speaks of this a lot in “Outwitting the Devil” when he details the trials and tribulations he went through in life, all because (as the “voice” told him!) “he was neglecting his major purpose in life”.

And for me that would seem to be writing.

And, working out!

As Cindy once famously told me, you’re a writer, and a FIGHTER.

And as my buddy from the Marines once told me in 2018 I believe it was . . . “That’s all you do! Working out is your LIFE!”

And being that I was writing 0 Excuses Fitness and certain other books at the time, yes, it was!

The diet was pure, and the workouts were intense and then some.

And I understood what Stallone for one meant when he got into the sort of awesome shape you saw him in 1980’s (not to say he’s not in good shape NOW! Stallone is a living legend bar NONE) when he said “after a certain point, my body started to eat away it’s own fat”.

Might sound horrible, but it’s a good thing in SOME ways (not all - - Stallone’s routine then was extremely unhealthy, but not mine).

Anyway, point of all this is to ask you, my friend, if YOU have found your true purpose in life.

I don’t mean the job you’re working at, or the two cars you own, or any other material possession.

Speaking of which, I remember a meme I once posted on Wechat, which went something like - -

I can measure a man’s true character by how he stands up when he is stripped of his house, car, college degrees . . . (and a host of other things that “don’t really count in the grand scheme of things”).

What were YOU put on this earth to do, my friend?

Only YOU can answer that question, but I’ll tell you this much – when you find the answer, you’ll be one satisfied customer at the end of the day!

And on that note, I’m out. Back soon!!

Best

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Got into it again in the park today with some bozos hell bent on interrupting my workout. Ugh!

PS #2 – I’ve always loved doing pushups, and ‘twas but a matter of time before I just HAD to put out the best damn course there is on pushups (I challenge you to find a better one out there! ?) – Pushup Central.

A ways back in 2018, I believe it was, I wrote about a sprained thumb which was painful as heck.

In case you faithful on this list have forgotten, it was when I was (foolishly) attempting to do fingertip handstand pushups not before, but AFTER a mammoth workout (more pushups and pull-ups), a hill climb, and in the freezing rain at that.

The ground was slick as heck.

But I cleared that away but still.

As I did the exercise, or got into position . . . . CRACK!

I heard the thumb “pop in and out” and I screamed out loud in agony.

It was a serious, serious injury or it would have been for most people

I was advised to rest it, splint it, ice it and more. And all probably NOT bad suggestions.

And yet, other than the Corona beer I held in my hand a couple of hours after the injury (ice cold, of course!) I did NONE of the above.

Was back at it the next day, doing fingertip pushups no less!

My buddy from the Marines told me that sort of injury never really goes away, and he DOES know a thing or two about what he’s saying, and yet, a couple of years down the line it’s like the injury never happened.

Except for the memory of course!

It took a while to heal fully, sure, but I did NOT stop working out while the injury was there, and I believe that not only NOT excaberated the injury (I did things RIGHT, of course in that regard and avoided direct movements in a manner it’s hard to explain here, but still, fingertip pushups are fingertip pushups, period!) but also aided the healing.

In a way that made the thumb stronger than before, hence th e2 finger pushups you see me doing in Pushup Central!

Yesterday, I wrote about my latest injury on the other blog, and how I fully expected to bounce back the next day (a few hours post injury actually) as if it were NOTHING.

And I did.

I wrote about having a great workout (in advance).

And I did!

I actually did MORE pull-ups today if that makes any sense, and the same time for rope jumps etc.

Point being is this.

Sometimes, its better to get some blood flowing to the area, and not “gently” either as it were!

No excuses, my friend, and this is yet another reason I laugh at people who say my products are expensive.

Compared to doctor visits, or lifelong injuries? Somehow I doubt it!

Compared to a weak body or a weak LINK in the chain? Again, I doubt it!

It’s always good to be prepared, my friend, and my workouts will make – and keep you that way!

Anyway, that’s the report for now. Back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Pick up the DEFINITIVE course on handstand pushups right here. And if you’re into advanced, go HERE! We truly DO got something for everyone, my friend.

I’ve made no secret of the fact that I love the “Bourne series” – the book more than the movie(s) - - a lot, lot more!

I’m a huge Robert Ludlum fan, but while most movie adaptations of books fall woefully short of (my) standards (Jurassic Park being one prime example), the Bourne series didn’t.

At least, not in my own opinion . . .

Especially not the first three installments.

The Bourne Identity.

The Bourne Supremacy.

The Bourne Ultimatum.

They messed up a bit with the Legacy (#4) in my opinion, but despite it’s somewhat lukewarm box office response, Jason Bourne (2016) was a great, great movie, and Damon kicked ass.

And HE is the reason (the main reason) I love those movies.

I don’t know why, but Matt Damon makes the perfect “spy”, especially considering the functionally fit physique he has in the movie.

You see him hanging off ledges and doing fingertip crawl downs (spiderman!) down walls of embassies in the first movie.

You see him ALL out sprinting in the second (and doing pull-ups in the first).

And more . . .

And my personal favorite movie in the series is #2.

I watched it again last night, and much as I wrote about in 2018, I cannot get enough of the sprint sequence right at the start, which most people “miss”.

Bourne is showing running in Goa India. A fast run to begin with which (along with the right visuals and music) quickly builds up to a semi-sprint, then a sprint, and then the CRESECNDO – an all out sprint, arms pumping furiously, legs flying . . . with the music to boot.

And it brought back memories

Of me in 2018! When I did exactly those workouts in the park after my climb . . .

. . . ‘twas afternoon (or early evening) workouts then.

And you’d see me climbing the hill ONCE (after I did my pushups and pull-ups I believe) and AFTER the animal like movements.

I’d start off with a run, and finish off with several sprints, and I still remember the FEELING, the sheer feeling of exhilaration I got while doing ‘em, a feeling even HILL sprints (these were land sprints) cannot and will not give you (NOTHING compares to an all out land sprint in terms of duration, for one!).

Don’t get me wrong.

Hill sprints are fabulous, and that’s why I’ve got Advanced Hill Training out there, but flat land sprints allow you to really amp things up and really build up them hamstrings as well (so do hill sprints though).

Anyway . . .

This afternoon, I went out for a pull-up workout.

50 pull-ups, 50 pushups, and 50 dips.

And it was Damon inspired.

That physique he’s got in the movie came from THREE Things (and remember, this dude LOVES to eat, so he sure did make sacrficies for the movie!).

Pullups. At one point “Bourne” was doing them in sets of 30!

Heavy bag work (a lot of it. And it shows in the shoulders!).

And probably other stuff too, but most of all, that CHISELED, ripped physique you see?

LOTS and LOTS Of . . . running . . .

. . . on mountains! For hours a day.

Bourne hated it (by his own admission). But he did it, with his trainer, and the results are there for all to see.

And while I never hated my squats or sprints, or anything, I never did them for “hours!”. I DID climb hills for hours, but I DID want to quit on occasion, but I never did – and the results are there for all to see!

And I’m feeling great, and on top of the world, and wanted to tell you about it!

Now that I have, it’s adios. See y’all around!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Here is where you can pick up a book on pull-ups that will get you cranking them out effortlessly - - https://0excusesfitness.com/pull-ups-from-dud-to-stud-within-a-matter-of-weeks/

PS #2 – I wrote about “moonlight sprints” before too, and those are great too! Anyway, to get to Bourne level at pull-ups, here are the exercises that will get ya there - https://0excusesfitness.com/pull-ups-stud-to-super-stud-within-weeks/

So I got through a workout today. An old style workout. A fantastic one!

And why do I say this i.e what makes it different?

Well . . .

. . . because it’s a workout from BACK in the day.

From BACK when I wrote all those books on pull-ups, and when it was my primary means of exercise (the pull-up, that is).

And it fits in nicely with what I said in the last email as well, or at least the ending. If you missed it, go on ahead and check out the blog!

And the workout was . . . pushups, and pull-ups.

More specifically, fingertip pushups and pull-ups, and while the REASON for my doing the workout today (this particular one) was not necessarily to go down memory lane, ended up that way, and that’s what ended up happening.

But, the REAL reason behind the workout was something else, which I will talk about in the next email.

For now, bear in mind that that is how life is when you live in the flow, and so are workouts.

(Comes with caveats, of course. I’m currently nursing a split callus big time – something that has resisted TWO band-aids thus far . . . and looks ready to resist far more. Good news is the scab is already forming, and better news is, again, the MEMORIES it brought back).

I’ve often shown up back home with bleeding palms and BURNING skin (from rubbing a split callus on thick bars for tons of pull-ups).

And I’ve felt GREAT afterwards. And the callus usually heals within a couple of days, and the skin toughens, and . . . bingo. Problem solved. I’ve never been one to let “little things like that” bother me.

But you don’t have to go through that if you don’t want to, and that ain’t why I’m telling you this.

It’s because of two reasons.

One, this workout was done OPPOSITE of the manner in which I normally do my workout. See the next email for more on this, and this was actually the reason I did it in the manner I did.

And two . . .

If there EVER was a better grip workout combo than with the above two exercises (and if you add in hanging leg raises, it amps the effect) I am yet to see it.

The two books on pull-ups, and the THREE Books on grip have MORE than plenty in terms of this, of course.

But the fact is (oh, and add in monkey bars as well) that there are FEW, if any tips I can give you at getting better at and increasing pull-ups than doing and getting very good indeed at fingertip pushups.

My workout today was 50 pull-ups and a 100 fingertip pushups.

Blazing!

And not all at one go. 5 sets of 10 pull-ups, and 5 sets of the pushups.

Maybe I’ll switch the numbers around in the next workout to make it fun!

But for now, I’m toasted. So is my grip.

And so it’s adios for now, with one of the most powerful workout related tips I could ever, ever give you!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – These two exercises form the BACKBONE of many of the routines in the ADVANCED courses on pull-ups and building them “battletank shoulders”. Get on BOTH these courses now, my friend.

I’ve written about this before!

Well, the X taper and V shape, at any rate. Hehe.

And while I haven’t spoken about the wall chair in a while, Ill do so NOW. An excellent, excellent exercise indeed and one I’ll include in the book on isometrics once I get it out.

Speaking of which, I had about 23 exercises penciled in on that one already.

Unfortunately, I don’t appear to have it backed up, and given the recent Windows crash . . . well, let me just say it’s history.

I wrote about Shantaram in the last email.

And his book was actually written (mostly) while he was in a jail in Germany (after his Indian escapades). And the jailers tore that mammoth manuscript up for some vague reason not once, but twice, and I think AFTER he was halfway into the book both times!

Quite different from a certain Adolf hitler who got the royal treatment at a Bavarian prison, complete with beer and sundry while he penning “Mein Kampf”.

Makes you think does it? (and also the fact that Germany is the one European nation that won’t come out and say anything against the modern day Chinazis) . . .

Anyway, he wrote it – again.

For the third time.

And as far as the book on isometrics goes, I’m gonna have to dig deep down inside and do the same thing myself! ?

Anyway, the wall chair.

Was getting the daughter to do it this afternoon, and amidst all the other sage advice this lovely almost-7 year old fitness guru gives me, there was this.

“Dad! Do you know something?”

(said as my legs were quivering!).

“Eat more mangoes! It’ll build your legs!”

Hmm! Hadn’t quite heard that one, but my daughter’s just too adorable at times!

Anyway, the wall chair is an excellent exercise my friend and a highly underrated one at that.

I mention it in Fast and Furious Fitness, but for some reason, did NOT put it in 0 Excuses Fitness. The latter book doesn’t have rope jumping either. And the former doesn’t have the plethora of pushups and pull-ups the latter does . . .

Get both, would be my advice! Hehe.

Anyway, as I leaned against the wall for support, an outline formed.

My back, waist and hips.

I was sweating up a storm, so the “why” is easy to understanding given a white background (the cemented wall).

And when the outline “came about”, it looked like the below.

A broad upper back, with plenty of “meat” towards the center and traps area.

Progressively tapering down to a narrow waist, barely even visible, and then expanding out again somewhat into hips.

And I just had to notice that my friend. I’ve written about it many a times, but I had to notice it and bring it up here again.

And while this one exercise alone won’t get you the shape I refer to here, the exercises laid out in the 0 Excuses Fitness System certainly will my friend.

Oh yes, they will, and a quick look though the other blog (for proof on what I said) will be more than plenty, hehe.

OK, that’s it for now.

HERE is where you can grab the System – https://0excusesfitness.com/0excusesfitnessystem/

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

It sucks, doesn’t it?

Going to bed at night . . . and  . . . NOT being able to sleep, despite hours of “trying to”.

I see it all the time.

People complaining of insomnia, and “welcome to my world!” comments when another person refers to having insomnia.

As if staying up until the wee hours of the morning (when you do NOT want to) and then not being able to sleep was a badge of honor and the most normal thing in the world.

Anyway, just so you know, I’ve been there. Used to be, way back in the day I could barely get to bed (sleep) without a solid “heft” of liqor in me, and then some.

Or, without the conditions being “perfectly right” for me to sleep.

And so forth.

And often times, I STILL couldn’t sleep.

Tossing and turning until 4 AM, “wishing” that I’d finally fall asleep, and when I did, it was with the “dread” that the alarm clock “Stood ready” to toll an hour or so later anyway . . .

It’s a shitty feeling, and a most annoying one at that.

Of course, if I knew what I do now, this wouldn’t happen at all. And if it did, I’d do what I do on the VERY rare occasions that it happens NOW . .. that being to hammer out some work while I’m up and unable to sleep.

Or, and this works like a charm, a quick 100 squat workout. Isn’t a lot for me, but works like a charm anyway when it comes to insomnia . . .

Anyway, my wife was telling my daughter something about this the other day.

My daughter (when she doesn’t exercise, and being it’s “lockdown time” these days, that happens quite a lot) is anything BUT sleepy at night, and she usually hollers for a good hour or so before going to bed.

(this is unless she’s done a solid Kiddie Fitness or park workout with me earlier on in the day, of course, but that happens quite often for whatever reason)

And my wife was telling her this.

“When I was young, they used to ask me if I died when I slept, so soundly did I sleep, moving nary a limb!”

(this is me translating the Hindi version into English for y’all) . . .

And for whatever reason, my daughter found that hilarious.

But the point stands.

My wife (when she was young) used to wake up at 530 AM and go to “exercise” in a field with her Dad.

You wouldn’t believe it by looking at her now (no she is NOT fat, but she’s hardly the “six pack” owner you’d expect her to be from following the routines she did, and yet, she’s fitter than the average gym bro – and can outdo ME TOO in some of the exercises we do together, if you can believe me!).

It truly “stays with you” if you start ‘em young . . . which is another reason I make it a point to do as much  Kiddie Fitness with my daughter as I can. Yours truly, as you know, had the exact opposite upbringing, and those tight hamstrings are STILL an issue for me!

Anyway. 530-730 of running around in a field, often times with mud up to your ankles.

Helping around the house.

A half an hour or so bike ride to school and back.

And then 3-4 hours of solid sports in the evening.

My my my.

Is it any wonder she slept like a a log and then some?

And lest you think you too have to follow this sort of regimen in order to fall asleep instantly, think again.

You CAN if you want to (think back to the times I hiked hills for hours daily in the sweltering HEAT).

But you don’t have to.

A quick 30-40 minute blast, TOPS (most people don’t even need that much) is literally all you need my friend.

A 100 pushups is MORE than enough for most people to be exhausted for not just that one day, but DAYS afterwards.

Ditto for some of the other exercises I teach.

Believe me my friend. There IS a way to get rid of the annoyance, and it’s easier than you think!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – Here is where you can get the BEST damn course on pushups my friend: (and YES, the workouts therein WILL banish insomnia so quickly you’ll wonder if you ever had it in the first place! ?)  https://0excusesfitness.com/pushup-central/

What a workout it was this afternoon!

I’ve written about being in a state of “near collapse” towards the end of some of my most recent workouts, but today was something else altogether.

Not only was it that state of “almost collapse” today but I could barely walk once done.

And despite the A/C on full blast – I was sweating buckets a full half an hour AFTER my workout – after a shower at that!

Yes, ‘twas that intense, and what did I do different today?

Well, basically two out of the three exercises I have included in 0 Excuses Fitness – three exercises that are (I believe) at the end of the section of pushups, and three exercises that are ROUNDLY and routinely ignored.

Big mistake, my friend.

And probably a big mistake on my end too to NOT devote an entire book simply to these incredible movements.

(NB – Advanced Hill Training is a book on these movements, but again, that’s a different course, and NOT one devoted purely to that type of movement).

And I implemented this sort of thing into my training today for a change, and . . .

. . . more importantly, you’ll have to read what I said about not wearing masks etc on the other site, and how my daughter (all of 6 years of age) is starting to develop the tiniest hint of a “pot belly”.

And how kids her age are getting downright FAT these days as is, and these inane lockdowns everywhere ain’t helping either.

I mean, you KNOW it’s bad – terrible – pathetic – and so forth that folks are starting to say “it’s OK, no problem” to what I described above but talk about stepping out of the house for a quick walk and they act like one is committing hara kiri.

All because some people nearby have apparently “got the COVID”. I wrote about this before. Yes, just suspicion, no confirmation, and that was nigh enough to set the cat amongst the proverbial piegons.

Anyway, ya’ll know how hard it is to get young kids to buckle down and do something, and if I said “let’s exercise”, I’d have heard crickets or perhaps worse, hehe.

So I didn’t.

I got down with my daughter, and did the thing, and half way through the routine as my daughter was “cheating” her way through a set of duck waddles and I was doing my damndest to make the damn exercise HARDER, I could literally hear myself wheeze and pant with each step.

And my heart was fixing to pop out of it’s casing, or so it felt like!

And THAT is what you can expect from the Advanced Hill Training routines my friend – the perfect accessory, along with the 0 Excuses Fitness System if you’re currently in lockdown or limited travel mode or if you’re just a “homebody”.

And back to day – the simplest things are indeed the best, and while I will detail specifics of the movements later, let me just say it’s things that most adults pooh pooh at – and most adults CANNOT even BEGIN to do.

And these exercises will get you in great, great shape my friend – both from a trim and toned perspective – as well as HEART – and internal HEALTH.

Give these sort of workouts a whirl, my friend. You truly WILL Enjoy ‘em!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – Oh, we did the bear crawl and duck waddle – straight out of the 0 Excuses Fitness System today, but there are more my friend. Oh yes, there ARE – and I’ll be putting out a course onthat as well – stay tuned !

P.S #2 – Kiddie Fitness details not 10, not 20, not 25 – but FIFTY ONE ways to get your kid (and probably you the ADULT reading this too) in RIP – ROARING shape with the sort of workouts my daughter and myself did today, and “animal workouts” is only PART of the offering, my friend. Believe me now and trust me later, there is a lot, lot more to this. Check out the course right here - - https://0excusesfitness.com/kiddie-fitness/