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Ouch!

Yours truly, the 20,000 plus word “pounder” in one sitting is writing lesser than 500 words at one time now. Lesser than 100 actually!

Before he stops, raises and lowers his arms, and takes a break.

Because his right shoulder is SCREAMING in agony . . . . in a good way!

Yes, that is how sore I am through my shoulders and traps after today’s workout!

And yes, while pull-ups were on the list and so were many other things, what really did it was a slight change in grip.

Close grip.

Ultra close.

Thumbs touching each other.

And from that position I did various advanced versions of pull-ups, and let me tell you, that’s some shoulder work bar NONE.

Combine that with handstand pushups, and you’ll literally be off to the races my friend – – in more ways than one!

And as I sit here, sweating even an hour after the workout (or more than an hour), I feel compelled to share my workout with you today.

This is just the pulling part of it.

Which was preceded by 2500 jumps and succeeded by a 100 pushups and 40 dips.

55 pull-ups.

Except they weren’t normal pull-ups.

They were done on EXTRA thick bars. ONE of them, actually.

Some were doing hammer style with one hand over the other.

But the real scorcher was the CLOSE GRIP pull-ups, and something else.

Something that is very functional indeed, and something most people cannot do, and something I haven’t as yet included in my books.

That being ROPE work.

Actually, in my case, CHAIN work.

I hung off the chains of a swing set (two of them) and did pull-ups that way.

And while the initial set felt easy, the latter sets felt anything BUT.

Believe me, while this here email contains tips on grips, that LAST part is something you might want to focus upon when talking about GRIP. Or trying to build yours!

Or trying to get better at pull-ups.

And believe you me, ropes and chains lend themselves to a great workout overall – not just when it comes to pull-ups.

As do gymnastic rings.

They tax your body in ways different to doing them the “normal” way and while I ain’t (as yet) prepared to say they’re better either way, trust me when I say that rope work is some of the most functional work you can do – and some of the best upper body work you can do.

Just look at the military where rope climbing and doing so well is a pre-requisite for just about anything.

Or martial artists. Or gymnasts.

And so forth.

They ALL include this sort of training in their routines and so should you!

Be prepared for some extra sore forearms, traps and shoulders as well if you do so!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – And if you do pull-ups the way I teach you in the ADVANCED course, and combine it with the above – whoa! Watch out, as you’ll be needing new shirts likely every few weeks if you keep it up! ?