That last little bit is what everyone ignores. Exercise. Life. Fitness. Going the extra mile. Perfect form - and then some. And so forth.
It's also what seperates the true achievers in any sphere of life from the doers and wannabes.
Remember the Steve Jobs lesson about how his grandfather, a craftsman - would pay special attention to not only the carpeting he did - but also parts of his products, say the bottom back part of a cabinet - that noone would ever notice or even think of noticing.
That don't mean he didn't focus on the rest of the product.
Walking back home, my daughter was telling me how she got a silver and not a gold in an English spelling bee - to which I grinned when she said her friend got a gold.
You're slacking, I told her.
English is your strength, way more so than the other kids in class. And if they're getting golds, not you - you're slacking - in some regard.
Simple.
You need to focus on your weaknesses big time.
But at the same time you don't lose of your strengths. It's a delicate balancing act.
The daughter responded with furious chants of "but they didn't teach us those archaic words".
It don't matter, I told her. It ain't about the medal. It's about finding a way regardless.
Listening to her talk to her Mom later, I found out she hadn't fully studied a book she was supposed to.
Which I knew, of course. No way she wouldn't have aced that test.
Or competition.
Or spelling bee.
Whatever it is.
Like telling Rahul Mookerjee he didn't slack if he lost pull-up competitions. Hehe (unless it's against Goggins! Haha).
That last little bit, the extra bit. Going the extra mile when you don't have to necessarily is what the Universe sees. Recognises. It's what counts.
Fitness wise, that last little bit where the biceps crunch and you get the chin fully over the bar in a pull-up and the dead hang at a full stretch which many will tell you to avoid.
Not all these folks are necessarily poor at pull-ups.
But, thar last little bit.
If perfect form causes you problems, there is a weakness in your body somewhere. Slow down your reps. Find it. Adddress it. Simple.
Pushup up wise, I've seen people do plenty of otherwise perfect pushups with chest about 80 % to the floor which isn't necessarily "bad". .
. . But it's 100 percent to the floor that counts.
Lots of folks including me at a certain stage have a bit of an upward "dip" in their press up when they implement the above.
And you gotta resolve that. It's really what brings out the upper chest - which is what real stretching and deep breathing done right taxes as well.
And gives you the barrel chest look.
No doubt doing 80 percent to the floor gives you a workout,.more reps.
But it ain't the whole Humpty.
Only those that have done it, continue to perfect their already near perfect act like I keep doing will know what I'm talking about.
And that, my friend is that.
Keep this in mind when you train. Work. Anything.
Best
Rahul Mookerjee