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I keep getting amazed when I hear the term “niggling injuries” accompanied by a moan or groan or several.

It’s one thing to have injuries – it’ll happen. Thats life!

If you’re a wrestler, boxer, martial artist, or have been one at any level ever, you’ll know what I mean here.

Part and parcel of the game.

I still remember a Steve Austin interview where he was talking about shooting with the incomparable legend Sly Stallone for “The Expendables” (the first one).

Stallone likes to keep things real!

When shooting for Rocky IV, it was truly David vs Goliath – both in reel life – and real life.

And when David got upset that Goliath was’t hitting him hard enough, and that it didnt look real enough on screen, Goliath gave him one to the chest.

Just one solid blow to the chest!

That night, Stallone was in the hospital with a bruised heart muscle. Hehe.

Dolph Lungdren may or may not be a lot of things, but strong he is, even the latest “Creed II” movie he did – that mean punch is still there!

Although the jowls are a bit saggy now, yes …

But that movie has some great training montages.

Weighted pull-ups for one. YES!

Running with a tyre around one’s waist (I think) – yes! Walter Peyton.

Trying to outrun a car in blazing heat and humidity. I can relate!

Those hill climbs, I still remember them so fondly, so vividly, the folks that looked at me like I was NUTS for doing what I did …

Anyway, the injuries.

One, and the worst, of course, the infamous thumb injury that I was told by wrestlers and ex Marines and others in the know (these men are BIG, strapping men with a lifetime or more of real heavy duty weightlifting, physical activity and such – although I dont know, I once asked a friend to weigh a suitcase, he said it was more than 50 kgs, but it ended up at 35 on the scale or so.

That was when I was flying.

You know, those baggage restrictions! One time I was asked to dump clothes out, but the first time I flew out of China, that damn thing was 45 kgs, Cathay allowed 30 at the time.

“You go Hong Kong and they take care!”

(I was doing the ferry thing from the mainland to Hong KOng)

And in Hong Kong “Oh, he from mainland China China! They took care already!”

LOL. The memories, but it’s sad what China has done to vibrant Hong KOng these days. REally sad!!!) …

Anyway, these are men in the know that said “I’d never recover”.

Or it woul d”hurt in the winters” no matter what I did (apparently in the Marines they have some sort of a balm or something to apply to it when the injury happened – believe me, it was nasty, my entire thumb and wrist swole up BIG TIME!) …

Or, “I needed to get it set by the doctor”.

And more of this inanity.

I did none of the above.

And I’m perfectly fine today, with NONE of the niggling pain or what not.

Fingertip pushups, and my WORKOUTS!

IF those tendons had been weak, they’d likely not have recovered right, as it was, they recovered just fine.

And thats why I train a lot with Indian clubs etc, but anyway, thats for a different email.

Then at the age of 17, that time I fell out of a running bus on my hand.

Right hand.

I did all the things I was advised to, and it did “F all” to be honest.

Even went to the doctor, and other than the cold beer I had there, plastering the damned thing up didnt do me a damn bit of good to be honest.

Except to spark Gorilla Grip years down the line.

That hurt – those comments NEVER GO AWAY!

I dont forget, my friend.

Elephant’s memory!

So it SHOULD BE!

Other than these two, which I’ve talked about a lot – the chin injury. While doing handstand pushups!

I’ve spoken of that too …

But the one I really haven’t mentioned here is the foot injury I picked up while – get this – not sprinting hill – but WALKING – and climbing them like 5-6 times a day.

I got in the best shape of my life.

But it was while doing something from Advanced Hill Training that I picked up the injury – which oddly enough manifested itself as a huge lump on the front (top) of my right foot- but didnt hurt even when I pressed it with all my might.

But it was there. Looked ugly, felt .. like a bone spur or something. Without the pain.

Maybe all the beer and hills deadened the pain, hehe.

But thats what sparked the idea of telling people something they’ve been doing since childhood, but doing WRONG – how to … WALK!

Yes, there is a right way and a wrong way…

Anyway, those are four injuries I picked up right off the bat. I am sure there are tons more.

I’m telling you this not to Tom Tom them, but to tell you that if I recovered just fine, so can you.

As the man himself, one of my best customers and a great guy JOhn Walker said about the “best darn exercise ever”  …

“This exercise made me feel better than anything else has!”

Granted, it’s tough to master.

Or get close to mastering, because one never masters anything … not even the masters …

But the rewards, my friend, are well worth it.

Anyway, train hard – and train right – is the moral of this one.

And build a good base first.

Here is where – and how – to start – the 0 Excuses Fitness System.

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – While putting in the links I forgot to say – do check out the book on inspirational fitness recollections – its a great read, and I bet it’ll inspire YOU as much as it does me, just reading.

Truly, this book will take you BACK in time WITH me as I work out, all on my lonesome, in blazing heat, crushing humidity (so hot that it was a tropical downpour one minute, the next minute your shirt would stick to your back with sweat) …

“This is real hill climbing” as Kelly once told me, hehe, giving me the once over.

“Seems we know each other for a long time!” was what she told me during the first class.

Nah, no romantic anything there, but it was obvious, her life, I Could read it in her eyes!

….

Anyway, it’ll take you back in time with me on those hot summer afternoons where I’d work out – alone.

It’ll take you back in time to a time wher eI was literally breathing in FIRE it felt like.

It’ll take you back in time to (the Bozo trolled this, hehe) where I used to swim daily …

And much more!

Right here, my friend – right here – 16 Inspirational Fitness Recollections – for the price, a great little grab for YOU!

(Remembered this while editing the links etc, so put it in!)

PS #2 – Forgot, Fitness Pioneer – Volume One is being translated into Spanish as we speek, hehe.