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Well, so a reader wrote back …

It’s great, great stuff, especially the workout video which was my favorite!! Thank you for putting this inventive stuff out Rahul, but just one thing.

The book mentions pull-ups, but neither the workout video nor the book really puts emphasis on pull-ups, instead, the focus seems to be on pushups which again is great because I cannot do most of them myself! But, just wondering why there isn’t more of a focus on pull-ups?

Again, I love your work – I’m just curious based upon what I’ve read etc.

Thanks,

Marty

Well …

First off, Marty, thanks for the great review! You should also have a link in your email (along with the product) to post the review directly, but this is fine – emailing to me directly works too!

Anyway, 0 Excuses Fitness, and those videos – which Cindy so graciously shot, and even that workout video – all of it is great, yes!

That 250 odd pushup workout video along with squats and bridging is more than most modern day Crossfitters could do, or ironmen, or triathletes, and if I added in 50 pull-ups, I’d have the po po on me for “stressing their ambulances out more than need be”.

Hehe.

So thats a short answer …

But nah, not really.

Those workouts won’t make you drop dead from heart attacks as some people may think. In fact, and I’ve posted snippets on my YouTube channel, which I never and no longer use at all – they’ll make you BUZZ like never before, feel like a billion bucks, and strip the fat off at record speeds – all right there at home (with the AC humming if you so choose, hehe).

Anyway, let’s address what he asked.

Well, first because pushups are truly the BIG dog of fitness, bro.

Look at any fitness virtuso.

Herschel Walker. The Great Gama. Mike Tyson. Bruce Lee. Anyone you consider a real fighter. The Army. The Marines. The Seals, and so forth …

Ever notice they ALL have arms as thick as steel pylons?

Ever notice that, much like the Brigadier General (70 plus) who I met in 2018 – they have massive, mammoth arms – the BACK of the arms, especially until the day they pass on?

Ever notice what Percy Longhurst had to say about the “smooth lump of muscle at the back of Gama’s arms?”

Well, my friend, this happens because the one exercise they do, and do like no-one’s business, and do WAY more reps off than pull-ups are PUSHUPS!

Sure, Marines and Seals pride themselves on their ability to do pull-ups, but they knock off WAY MORE pushups in their training than pull-ups. 

At least 5x more I’d say … perhaps more during boot camp etc.

There is a reason, and that brings me to point two.

All the pull-ups in the world won’t necessarily make you better at pushups.

I’ve provided examples before from my own training when I was doing over a 100 pull-ups per workout, climbing hills 4 times a day. And Neglecting pushups, and the day I got back to them?

I did 15 narrow grips.

And I could barely lift up my arms to take a shower later!

Pull-ups, my friend, use way more of the triceps than we think.

And the only way we strengthen triceps – truly strengthen – is by PUSHING.

Now, don’t get me wrong.

Pull-ups will make you a monster – a beast.

But the old favorite, the world’s oldest bodyweight exercise if I might say so, are PUSHUPS.

And if I really, really, really, really had to choose one, it would be that.

Not to mention that most people when starting out couldn’t hang on to a chinning bar to save their lives, let alone do a pull-up or dip.

Ah, dips.

Another excellent exercise I haven’t mentioned a lot, but will in future courses.

Anyway – great review Marty – thanks a lot – and thats why the course is “pushup heavy” as you say!
Back soon – and y’all on the list, pick up the Rolls Royce of Fitness if you haven’t already right NOW.

And I’ll be back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – There is a reason I didnt really emphasize pull-ups in the workouts in the Rolls Royce – but HAVE in my future books on it …

PS #2 – And a damn good reason why I put out the best course on pushups ever – YES, with variations you do NOT see in the Rolls Royce!