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I’ve spoken about it before. My hill climbs are the stuff of legend – starting with the legendary Brooks Kubik when he found out about it asking “was I in the military”.

And so he should. Tough workout, and he wasn’t to know I’d amp that by hours for years upon years later down the line!

I’ve spoken about the hill galore.

And one reason, and this should really hit home for a lot of you – it’s impossible to perform at your full potential as a weightlifter, bodyweight guy etc (or girl) unless you have your weight (and by extension core) at an optimal level.

Pull-ups, you simply won’t be able to do them if you’re fat around the core.

Pushups, you’ll never reach your future potential.

And here’s the thing – when I was fat and obese I still did more pushups and pull-ups than most. But I remained fat – albeit strong.

I swam for years. Was still flabby. Look, it’s impossible to swim with proper form if you’re fat. I have written before about how being taught how to swim incorrectly when I was young and doing that for years led to more imbalances in my body than I care to mention.

Humans were meant to be land animals.

Sure, we can swim.

But nothing works better than land based workouts overall, gravity, sweat etc. Ask Michael Phelps. He will be the first to extol the benefits of pushups and pull-ups!

The hill got me into the best shape of my life.

Nothing beats heavy duty leg and core work. It’s why I keep emphasizing high rep squats.

Can you lose weight with pushups alone – yes, but it will be a far longer, more incomplete and torturous road than if you did it with heavy duty leg work involved.

And that, my friend, in addition to all else I keep saying is why I did it.

I became as lean as possible.

Then I became a stud at pull-ups, pushups etc.

Far harder, if not impossible – to do it the other way around.

Lesson learnt I hope?

Good.

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Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee