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In China years ago (this was when I trained the “afternoon shift”) – a tall, well built guy would do pull-ups with me.

I’d do them on thick monkey bars.

He’d do them on the pull-up stand – something which is different from doing ’em on monkey bars, but something I wouldn’t do back then for some reason.

(Editor’s note – it’s great to train on thick bars, and monkey bars, but doing them on a regular pull-up stand is also great! You should practice both – and never forget, doorway chinning bars in narrow areas give you the BEST workout, and build the max amount of pulling strength in a “controlled manner” because you can’t swing even that little bit).

(Those of you into swinging and kipping and Crossfit and what not, move ASIDE. This ain’t pansy training we’re talking here. This is real man stuff).

Anyway, he’d hang. Then do a muscle up.

And then he’d swing himself in a 360 degree arc over the bar – and repeat.

He’d do other things too.

Stretch. Dips occasionally. And then he’d leave.

Real nice guy he was though. I liked him!

Then we have training done on thick ROPES – some of the toughest things to do i.e. rope and chain training (I Do a variant of the latter these days – believe me, it’s tough).

Upside down training on ropes at that.

You hang upside down on the ropes via your feet – and you do a pull-up.

Or the closest equivalent.

Now, both of these things are great – and not easy to do at all.

And the muscle up has solid and tangible benefits for all, and I’ll put out a course on it after I do Lumberjack Fitness and Advanced Plyometrics (no, I dont give a rip  if someone “beats me to it” first – the courses will come out when they do – when this damned email inbroglio is resolved, and when the time is RIGHT).

Rahul Mookerjee never has given a rip about the apes that ape, unless they’re real apes, in which case he trains with ’em, hehe.

But anyway …

The reason I dont mention stuff like this in my courses is because while it may look fancy – in a “circus gymnast” sort of manner – it isn’t the safest to do for most people for one – and two – there are no benefit you, the trainee can get from these fancy looking movements that you couldn’t from the more normal stuff.

I mean, look.

No sense pulling a shoulder right outta its joint?

Or a hamstring out of it’s casing…

When you can achieve the same results with other more safer and saner practices.

And thats why even my advanced books – Animal Kingdom Workouts for one, doesn’t have any of this fancy monkey stuff – because YOU dont NEED it.

Sure, if you want to be the modern day version of the Mighty Atom that pulled planes by his hair, you train accordingly.

I’m sure there’s nuts out there that can walk around (prance around) with heavy weights tied to their gonads, for one.

I’m sure there’s people that can hang naked upside down on doorway chinning bars an do pull-ups, bollocks and all “swinging gaily in the breeze”.

Psst.

I best not go there, Bozos be watching me.

And I’m sure, as I saw in a dream last night, there’s people can stand on their head on a pull-up bar too.

(A friend of mine often used to stand on his head before getting drunker than a skunk. Not sure if it helped the beer slosh around any more than it already was, hehe).

(He also mistook the fridge for the toilet one night – I think I wrote about that to you).

But really, what good is any of that going to do for YOU.

You, my friend need to get good – damned good – at the regular pull-up without kipping or the other rubbish people advocate, and Pull-ups – from DUD to STUD within a matter of WEEKS! shows you how.

And now, my friend – for those of you that have GOTTEN damn good at it – it’s time for ADVANCED stuff.

Please don’t make me keep asking, bro.

It’s time to get the ADVANCED book on pull-ups – Pull-ups – from STUD – to SUPER STUD – and it’s time to get cranking, and if the reason you haven’t got it as yet is “Rahul, your ebooks are so expensive, and why should I pay more than $100 for an ebook” (a reader recently wrote in a few days back with that comment) – then, well, you’re a fool.

Nothing wrong with “waiting until the time is right”(but it never is, to be frank!).

The time, my friend is never right.

The time to do anything you REALLY want – is – always – NOW.

It holds true for having kids – starting a business – writing your first blog post – your first romp in the ole hay – and doing pull-ups.

The time to do it is NOW.

But back to that reader, and the book doesn’t even cost more than a hundred smackers, that sort of comment is just foolish.

Even if it did – it’s a one time investment.

Certainly way less than what you pay monthly to muck and mooch around at the gyms, eh.

Certainly way less than what you pay on coffee and booze most likely over a week too.

Priorities, my friend. Priorites.

Anyway, I’ve said my bit.

Train hard – but train sensible too!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – While doing pull-ups and obviously PUSHUPS is great – remember to balance things out with Jump Rope Mania! (another hidden GEM) – and Advanced Hill Training as well. Remember too, for the fence sitters – that discount runs out TODAY. Jump on this NOW.