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Heart attacks have been a theme for the last two or so emails (or at least, so say some people’s significant others!).

Which is funny, because if you were to ask these very people about other forms of exercise, such as say the “treadmill” or “cardio at the gym” or long slow runs, these wives and other “Concerned” people would probably okay it!

I just read that champion Indian cricketer Saurav Ganguly, a combative sort if there ever was one, has just undergone angioplasty at a hospital somewhere in Kolkata.

Apparently the cricket icon was doing LSD on a treadmill when (and though the news didn treport what speed he was running at, I’d bet it was the usual 80% of target heart rate rubbish spouted out there) he felt an acute pain in his chest.

Heart attack it was …

And he seems to be stable now, but bear in mind, this is a man that played cricket for his country for YEARS AND YEARS.

Until about 15 year ago, I think …

And while cricket isn’t by any means a sport like soccer where you literally can’t play the sport without being supremely fit overall (cricket has long periods of standing along with long periods of “prowling the outfield” and such – but it DOES have intense sprints too) … you CAN still run hard.

Especially between the wickets and while fielding.

“Dada” (elder brother as they fondly call him) wasn’t the best at either, but that was a different era where cricketers weren’t as fit as they are NOW.

But either way, this long slow distance cardio thing my friend is all NOT what it’s touted to be.

You can do it, sure.

But just look at marathon runners vs sprinters.

Who looks stronger – healthier – and fitter?

Sure, the marathon runners might be skinny, or skinny fat, but thats about it.

And while I’m not against running in general (I’ve written a lot about that) – if you do roadwork – and do it FAST for instance, or if you RUN – or sprint fast – all of that is a LOT, LOT better than those sloowwwwwww wlong runs.

You’re better off sitting on your butt and meditating I’d say for the “slow” stuff.

At least your training your mind hard, hehe.

Want more evidence?

Well, just look at studies etc they’ve done on marathon runner’s hearts who regularly collapse after running those long distance marathons my friend.

Look at how animals in the wild train.

They may WALK a lot (on all fours) which I highly recommend. Either bipdeal or otherwise.

But there’s no conscious effort to “do long slow cardio at X percent of heart rate!”

And yet, I dont think any of us would want a cage match with a grizzly – gorilla – or tiger!

When it comes time to get the job done – theY get it done, and how.

QUICK and intense gets it done, bro.

There is just no argument about this.

(and thats another reason I can’t wrap my head – the BIG head – around why people keep complaining about “intense” giving people heart attacks …)

(when the reverse is true!)

A MINUTE – yes, a minute of Hindu squats done right will do you and your heart – and your overall health a LOT LOT MORE GOOD than an hour of slowwwwwwww paced cardio – and you’ll feel like a billion bucks too.

Like I am now …

But if you choose to ignore all this and continue on your merry way, well, more power to you.

For the rest of you – Advanced Hill Training is another great course you simply MUST JUST pick up.

And in the meantime – my best wishes to Dada. He’s truly one of a kind, hehe.

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Equally moronic is the chant about “Going to the Jim-Shim is the only way to build strength!” Or “I need a gym to stay fit” … and not to mention that the public in general has been decieved by the sh-media and the gym shyms that muscles that are big, bigger biggest – and at their very puffiest, and bloatiest all day and year around, not to mention unnaturally pumped (ugh), toned (snicker!) and TIGHT are the “epitome of fitness” and anything else should be cast by the wayside.

Asinine. Ridiculous. Retarded. But .. .let’s hear it from the horse’s mouth, a former gym shym BOOBYbuilder right here – Shoulders like Boulders.

PS #2 – And don’t even get me started on the nimrods that dont do the thing and yet prattle on about how “bodyweight exercises only build endurance and you lift weights to build strength”. And yet, put any of them or their weight cranking heroes on exercises that really HIT ‘em –Battletank Shoulders for one, and they clock what?

A big massive fat … ZERO SHERO.

Zilch. Zip. Nada. Squat. Buttkiss. And so forth …

I give up, hehe.

But if you on this list see these nuts, make sure to give ‘em a copy of my books and get ‘em on the workouts, and see the puddle of sweat they collapse in shortly thereafter. Be sure to get your books back tho – folks have been known to “make off with them and never return ‘em” – and we dont want THAT to happen, do we!!