Last night, before lopping off to bed, I wanted to write this to you. But I was tired, so figured I’d call it a night.

Unlike many other times where I “get up now” and just do it anyway!

Turned out even that decision was right.

Anyway, before we get into that …

The “wallet” is still not showing on the checkout page, as some of you have said. But worry not – if you add funds through the wallet, those funds will be YOURS – you can see your balance though the “my account” section.

And YES, you WILL get the 10% discount I promised – I’ll personally do up a discount code for you in case you cannot see the wallet option in the checkout form on your side – and I’ll “manually” debit the wallet.

So, all very doable!

Amazon Pay too, once we get past the labyrinth of RULES, followed “to a T” (and “anally” as I often say) with docs etc required to set it up !

These “verification” calls are a pain in the ass for one.

Yours truly hates video calls, as you know!

And of course, when they call they can never “see me” – or, as happens on the China border all the time, never recognize me – I’m one of those guys whose “look” changes naturally all the time if you get my drift – and of course their software can never pick up the docs through the dumbphone, lighting is never good enough, yada nada, schnada.

The developers that I’m working with this for some of the software on this site had this to say.

“What a pain, hope it gets sorted soon!”

So true. Hehe.

Anyway, I’ve been working with them as well – they may need to take a bit of a gander and poke around on this site to see just why the wallet isn’t showing for some of you on the checkout form. Confounds the heck out of me!

Come to think of it, yours truly “IT” might dust off the cobwebs and do it myself again.

Anyway, wallets = money.

Hopefully “loads” of it (nah, not the Bozo Schofield loads)!

And loads is .. loads  of training, that is – haha – is something that will be there in the upcoming book “Lumberjack Fitness” – which will truly be one of the most exhaustive kinds of its sort out there.

It will have information – all around info on building strength and conditioning with IMPLEMENTS -most notably the Gada and Jori as used in India, but other stuff too.

You on this list will LOVE IT.

Hehe.

The haters will too.

Come to  think of it, another one of those Bozos has joined the “hate” list – a certain “Feetus Footus Fotis” if you get my drift.

(who is quietly still trying to steal subscribers off my list “on the sly”. Hehe)

The dude’s insane, and proof has been provided before, but I find it funny how he keeps bringing up his foot fetish along with all the lunacy he talks about.

One gem he says is this – “hydration doesnt mean you have to drink water! Any fluids put into your body count!”

Um, sorry, Bubba.

But coffee and diet Coke dont count, and nothing can replace pure H2O. Nothing at all!

(not even the secret potion I mention in the book above but you’d be well served drinking a lot of that too)

Anyway, you on this list are well aware of the antics of Bubba “Chat” as it were – and his persistent lying and idiocy are two reasons I didnt want to mention him on this list in the first place(that gut!) – and I Was proven RIGHT – but they’re also the prime reason why Bozos like him never get beyond on a certain point

I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s no longer on Ben Settle’s list either (one of the greats).

(truth be told, I dont know if Ben knows about his latest nonsense, but I’m 100% sure someone like Ben wouldn’t want him anywhere near him – much like yours truly doesnt).

Anyway, even Paypal rebutted his nonsensical claims ..

But anyway, lets talk “tutors”.

Back in the day, for Math of all things which as I’ve said before I had a natural aptitude for …

In ninth grade, I was deemed “not good enough” – hehe. The usual, you know what I mean!

So we showed up at a dude’s place (FAT dude) who wrote books on it (Math).

Somehow, that made him an expert!

Anyway, I remember Charles Mitchell once telling me the following –

“If you write a book on Math, I’ll buy it!”

I’m sure he would. Hehe.

But thats not in the plans for now!

Anyway, this dude was a smart guy – not an entirely bad teacher, and had plenty of students, and was rolling in the cash.

I remember one time not doing well in Math in some exam or the other, and I went to him and tol dhim my results, and instead of whining about “what happened!” (as most people would have apparently expected him to) – his comments?

Where are the fees?

LOL!

We always paid on time.

But he was interested in the results, more in the fees though – more like one of those commercial English language farms you see all over China, with nary regard for how their students learn English, IF they do at all, yet they get droves of people signing up “for the name”.

Money! Hehe.

He was a Sikh dude, and I have nothing against him.

Then next year, we ditched him.

Went with another Sikh dude who was overly conscientious – to a T.

He’d take the fees, and the first thing he’s say?

It’s not about the money, Rahul! It’s about how well you learn, how well you do!

I’ll never forget this guy, and him calling up the house in 2001 after 9/11 to inquire if I was safe! (I was in NY at the time).

Thats a real man!

But anyway, he loved the US. Both those guys did.

And curiously enough, tutor numero uno was FAR richer than the other guy who had to literally walk to his student’s houses, as opposed to dude #1 who’d often be sitting on his bed of all things while students studied nearby.

I know, I know.

But thats India back in the day, at least for that period I was there!

And no, “private tutors” doesnt mean big money necessarily. Again, remember, its India. Back inthe day!

Anyway, it’s an interesting contrast, and my mom often spoke about the first guy i.e. how he’s sooo interested in the money, but precious little else.

Yet, THAT dude was the one with the money!

Anyway, as kids we often spoke about them, giggled about them, made kiddie jokes …

I wont get into those here. Hehe.

“Manjeet Singh! Bhalla!”

Those were the names, for some reason, as kids we were fascinated by the names, the long Sikh beards, the turbans, and everything else.

I love Sikhs, by the way, even the dude who once stopped me en route vacation in India in 2005 and asked me if I was a sikh. Hehe. My long hair …

But anyway, my own thoughts on this?

I dont know – I’m all about money first and NO refunds whatsoever & and certainly not for lying closet foot fetishists Feetus Fotis if you get my drift … (really, the insanity the dude has sent Paypal – he’s DESPERATE for the refund. Literally probably stringing pennies together or what not. PATHETIC! I mean, I’ve been there yes, but I’ve never been that desperate, especially not when I paid for something, and I got 10x the value I paid for, and still getting it!)

Anyway, Bozos are what they are for a reason.

If you’ve been to his silly site, I wouldn’t recommend you buying the book -probably all hype and nothing else in it given the idiocy he talks about (and I’ve given you the hydration example above – utter hogwash basically).

My bad for introducing him anyway to this list, but hey, whatever. We move on!

But yeah, I’m also all about results, which is why I tried to help Feetus-Fotis as much as I could – which he did NOT pay me for, and never ever will.

I mean, thats what I do for all my customers, as you know!

A customer for Shoulders like Boulders! once sent me a question after buying the book and pointed me to a link where a so called “shexpert” was saying it should be done differently.

I could have simply said “read the book”.

But I didnt.

I gave him a long, detailed description of the exercise. I also gave him another even longer explanation of WHY exactly the “other dude was wrong”.

The customer’s name was Charles Mitchell, by the way, hehe. Charles, wherever you are – I hope you’re safe and thriving! Long time no HEAR.

Anyway, for me, it’s about money and results both.

Maybe dude numero uno got his main results from elsewhere.

He was a character though! Both of them were, hehe. Both great guys.

Last, but not least … yes, it’s India, so it’s not necessarily what you think i.e. I didnt have piles of money growing up. No silver spoon – it’s the precise opposite. Haha.

And of course the comments I’m sur eI’ll get.

“But they know more than people in the West!”

Well, I keep getting this comment.

They may.

But here’s the thing – if people “in general in India know soooooooo much” (and again, bear with me) – then why is the country in the state it is today, and only going backwards?

I’ve heard from an Uncle of mine (the guy who rightly called me a caveman) that “Indian advertising is better than US advertising” and that “the average Indian is way smarter than the average American”.

Really?

I wonder what Henry Ford, Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos would have to say about that. LOL.

Probably they’d say nothing, and just let their results speak!

But again, (and remember, Uncle was in the US, and still is) … I dont get it. Why is the country where it is today if everyone is so smart there?

It shouldn’t be, to be honest.

It saddens me that basic life in India is far more of a hassle than it should be.

I’ve said it before.

But thats how it is.

China, Vietnam, Malaysia, have ALL left India FAR behind – and no, they were not exactly “rich countries” to start with.

“But we were colonized”.

Please, fella – give me a BREAK.

India was only colonized because the rules that “be” fell prey to “divide and conquer” while the Chinese for some reason didnt (or maybe the British tried harder in India, since it indeed at the time was the jewel of the crown – much as China is tom Tommed these days, it got most of its “culture” from India).

Tai chi for one came from Southern India. Ask the shaolin monks where their art ORIGINALLY originated? You’ll get some interesting answers!

And thus, it’s a pity that a great country like India is where it is today in general where people “make noise about it – all the right noises” – but when it comes time to do biz or live there, no-one does it unless they absolutely HAVE TO!

“It’s the politicians that mess India up!”

Well, that excuse has been made for years.

Look, politicians globally are what they are, and a lot are scumbags.

And even the honest ones … well!

The only (well, one of the main reasons) I loved Donald Trump?

He was a businessman, not politician!

“Not a goddamned politican” as I keep saying about him.

The REAL DEAL, a man whose a true patriot, loved his country and so forth … India for one could do with far more of someone like Trump.

But simply sweeping all of it’s shortcomings, most that can be AVOIDED – most of which are BASIC necessities anywhere in the whole world under the rug with the “how dare you say it! It’s India!” idiotic liberal lashback ain’t exactly how a country progresses.

As the current Secretary of State in the US said, a confident country ADDRESSES it’s shortcomings.

Improvise, adapt, overcome!

There’s no reason India cannot do the same, but it doesnt.

As we think, so we are!

And the thinking in general needs to change (I mean really, who elects these politicians anyway!!?).

My word, for an email that was supposed to be <500 words, this is quite a tome, hehe.

So I’ll go now.

But, remember – if youre looking for some stimulating workouts like never ever before, ancient “Indian training secrets” that yours truly is bringing to you like ONLY he can and NO-ONE else could even if they tried and never have – well – go here – the Rolls Royce of Fitness.

Truly the 0 Excuses Fitness System!

I’ll be back, hehe.

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Here is what a reader had to say about the upcoming Lumberjack Fitness book –

I’m a little confused with what you’ve written below, it is the Indian Implements Training book that I’m waiting for with baited breath, not the Lumberjack Fitness book, unless they’re the same thing???

He’s right! Hehe. Probably “training with implements” or something would make a better title for the book … would it? Write back, let me know!

Yours truly – –

Yes, that’s the book indeed – I want to call it “Lumberjack Fitness” because I want to include stuff other than just training with the gada and the jori – that will be the main thing of course, but I want to mention other stuff too, so I figured that i.e Lumberjack Fitness will be the best name. 

And then, since we’re talking names, couldn’t keep away from discussing the plague from China. Hehe.

… there’s not much in the news about India these days, the only thing they’re reporting is that they’ve changed the name of the Chinese virus from the “Indian variant” to the “Delta variant” what difference it makes what it’s called is beyond me but what do I know, I’m just an observer in this regard,…. 

LOL. He’s right again!

I think part of the reason that was done was because of the dependence on India now as a business ally (and other) as opposed to focusing on the PRC. politics, you know!

“How can we offend their sensibilities!”

(while all the time leaving out the quiet fact that INdians with money are leaving the country in DROVES – whoever CAN is leaving – even NOW).

Because the business environment there is so restrictive I couldn’t even begin to tell you!

Anyway, enough from me.

But really.

IT’s the goddamned plague fromChina is what it is.

They created it, they sent it over, they let it escape their borders while locking their own down and so forth.

All the grand plan.

Now, the question begets – what are YOU going to do?

Live in fear the rest of your life!?

I believe it is the W.H.O. Who changed the name but whatever they call it, the truth is it’s still the same old bullshit that they keep regurgitating to keep people obeying their rules and living in fear.

There you go, my friend. There you go!

The CHO!

Anyway, thanks for bearing with me. This was a long one! Hehe.

(Edit – I remember my school pals telling me “You get tuition from HIM!!!!!!!” “You must be great at Math!

Dude numero uno, the Guru …

Well, my results didnt quite speak there did they. Hehe.

They did when I buckled down myself and just DID the thing – because I WANTED To, not because someone forced me to.

Those 10th grade results came for a reason – many reasons!

Part of which was the US … down the road.

Anyway, two more lessons –

Gurus – or so called gurus – aren’t all they are touted and hyped to be.

The REAL gurus, however, ARE.

And it’s only the cream of the crop that can spot em!

And last, but not least, what I keep telling people here – simply buying the books won’t rock the boat. you gotta DO.

And do yourself!

I’m there to help, but you have to DO. Yourself!

Same thing for buying email blasts off my list, for not being a cheapskate etc.

Be a doer – not a “blower”, hehe.

PPS – I’m so damn glad I didnt write this last night -with all the edits, something I normally never ever DO – I’d up half the night.

And I love how this is getting longer by the minute, Unlike Schofield’s “stublet”. LOL. I’ve been writing plenty on Schofield elsewhere (not his stublet though, ugh) …

But money wise, my first job, I remember my Mom telling me

“It’s work first, money later!”

True.

But it’s a difference in THINKING, my friend.

Work smarter, not HARDER has always been my mantra, and THAT boss at that job said it all the time – perhaps thats why he hired me. Hehe. I knew it was a done deal the minute he nodded at me in a friendly manner (you know, THAT knowing nod as in YES, the real deal!) during the interview …

(pity it all fell apart later, hehe).

Personally, I wouldn’t even consider any “job” (not that I would now, but back when I did) that didnt pay me WELL (despite airy fairy promises made – what I’m getting NOW matters. Hehe).

(yet another one of those things – the very rare things – that I do agree with when it comes to Dad’s comments, hehe).

“You have this ambition to be rich! There’s nothing wrong with that!”

(said at 23).

But anyway, products wise, go here – if you’ve been with me so far – you should! It “begets” if I might say so.

For a change, I woke up “early” this morning.

Yes, yours truly can do it!

It’s often been a standing joke (when I live with my family) i.e. wife and child, that the two of them could “keep sleeping through an earthquake” as it were.

And probably stayed glued to the dumbphone too, hehe.

Yours truly?

I’m a solid sleeper – and solid dreamer.

And obviously, the beer and all that helps when I do imbibe and I do so quite often!

But with me, there’s always been one thing.

DISCIPLINE!

MILITARY STYLE!

Not because I’ve been in the military, but because I’ve trained myself to be that way.

Additionally, I’m a light sleeper as well – and solid if that makes sense. I dont know why, but the slightest thing will wake me up, even if it’s stray mouse or something that managed to get in … even the tiniest scratches.

Hard to explain, but if you’ve read “The Vulture is a Patient Bird” and how one of the villains “Fennel” “never let himself get completely unconscious no matter how much he drank” – same applies to me whether I drink or not.

All about the mind!

But anyhow, when that alarm rings, it rings.

I dont switch off and go back to sleep (unless it’s a hill climb that I’m REALLY too exhausted to do!).

But even then, I generally don’t.

I do recall a couple of those instances in 2015 – 530 AM morning climbs when it was COLD as heck outside, but few and far in between!

If I gotta wake up, I do it anyway.

Like my buddy from the Marines when I first met him (well, when we first drank together till I think it was…)?

… The rooster was crowing when I got back home, literally, at 530 AM in the morning, and we started at 4PM or so the day before.

Quite the Ann Lee experience, or similar in some regards.

And he had to wake up – nay, BE somewhere at 9 AM the next morning!

Yours truly “grogged” out of bed at 1130, but oh my!

Anyway …

Sometimes, waking up early does have it’s benefits, just as being a night owl does.

You get more hours to do what you do, you get more time, and you get more ideas, and one of them I got yesterday and finalized today was …

… I’ve finally invested in a new laptop, or so I will.

Finally gonna pull out that credit card (though I shouldn’t have to!) (i.e. this damn thing is not even over 2.5 years old, and y’all know the hassle it is working on it!).

Typical China made piece of crap.

But anyway, the long awaited books should be out by the end of this month – latest, especially the one you, John Walker are waiting for with bated breath ie. “Lumberjack Fitness“.

Probably “Advanced Plyometrics” too, Charles, we’ll see how it all goes!

But thats that from me.

And in the meantime, oddly enough, remember, we’ve still got ONE copy of my first book sitting around – Fast and Furious – the Collector’s Edition.

Maybe the Universe has deemed I keep that final copy, as I so wanted to, so I will!

But if you want in, now’s probably the time to jump on it, because I still have the order button on the page, and sooner or later, it will be gone!

Do so now, friend (if you’re interested in REAL fitness, not “feet” inspired fitness as certain so called “gurus” … ah, but I wont go there for this one. Hehe. Enough of the Bozos and morons).

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

I’ve always, always been a huge fan of Bitcoin,  and much like this site (and my other ones) offered digital downloads WAY before they became as popular as they are now – I have been offering BTC as a means of payment for a while now.

And I’ll probably add support for other less commonly known crypto as well down the line, but for now BTC is there as an option.

Crypto is crypto.

Those into it and those that can pay with “other crypto” can no doubt pay with BTC as well …

Anyway, always the pioneering lot are we, the 0 Excuses bunch (save a few cheats, idiots and morons and Bozos who occasionally get in our way, hehe).

Much like the “exercise snacks” that yours truly pioneered before the China Health Organization (WHO) took it up and then the Bozos globally started doing it, whereas before they all ridiculed it as “it doesnt work” …

Anyway, I’ve always been a huge, huge fan of crypto.

One, zero or very limited government control.

Here, of course, we gotta talk China.

Much as China makes it sound like their new digital yuan is “the new crypto” (while they quietly ban ALL Other forms of crypto) – – guess what.

It aint.

It’s merely a digital form of money – not dissimilar to money you might have on WeChat Pay or something like that. And all very government regulated, right down to the exchange rate (equal to “regular yuan”).

The only difference being, this sort of money is even more controllable – unlike BTC etc which is the precise and polar opposite.

Two, once you pay via Bitcoin or most digital currency (by this I dont mean “physical payments done online” – I mean real digital currency), it’s a done deal – well and truly.

You dont get chances to bitch and moan later. No buyer’s regret and so forth.

Either you buy, or you dont, and thats how I personally like it.

Third, in this increasingly digitally intrusive to a T world, digital money offers something welcome – ANONYMITY!

Not that BTC simply can’t be traced, but it’s far more difficult to trace BTC then regular payments, and unless you’re breaking the law in some way, shape or form – I can guarantee ain’t nobody going to even BOTHER.

And much more (unless you’re talkin gChinese digital yuan which is potentially even easier to monitor than regular money on your e-wallets etc).

Lots of people dont know it.

But China is one of those places where they can look at your wechat spending/location history and pretty much piece together an accurate picture of your life – and backed up by CCTV’s everywhere, its safe to assume that literally there IS no privacy in China unless you’re in your own home and even there they installed cameras in people’s closets etc to monitor them and stop them from stepping out during quarantine etc in 2020 and they likely still DO.

So pervasive are mobile payments etc there that if you’re part of the unfortunate lot that doesnt have access to a China bank account (which they’ve made nigh impossible for foreign devils on business visas etc to get) – then you’re EFFED in terms of payment, especially now with the plague and people refusing to take cash payments as “preferring not to before”.

And of course, given there is no choice there, its either WeShat or Alipay, all government controlled right down to each user.

And yours truly hates that sort of thing.

Never really been one for Big Brother, Big Tech, Big Social Media or big anything …

I’m all about individual rights and personal privacy. Big time.

Anyway, I wonder why I am telling you this?

Well, first, because I just read El Salvador has become the first country to fully legalize and recognize BTC as legal tender.

Hopefully others follow suit, if not use it as legal tender, or recognize it as such, at least don’t persecute those using it! (or mining it).

Second, I dont know, because we offer BTC here and have been for ages …

(as a means of payment)

Third, because the WALLET here is functional.

But for some reason, it isn’t showing up there on the checkout form as a means of payment. The radio button just won’t show up, and I’ve raised this issue with the “team” – but for now, know that you can add funds to your wallet through the “my account” section (contact me if you dont know how, though it’s very easy – point and click) – and two, more importantly, there is an automatic 10 % discount for you guys that use your 0 Excuses Wallet to pay.

The wallet only takes good ole USD as well – you can load it in multiples of $100, 200 and 500 for now. If that seems less, let me know, and I’ll put in more options in there but for now these should suffice.

Balance etc can be seen under “My account”.

So, if you add money on there, and it doesnt show on the checkout form, let me know and we’ll figure something out!

And thats that for now.

Back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Check out the best damn fitness system ever – right HERE.

So, I got it again!

Not so much a “Bozo” Keith question this time, as a genuine (so I felt, at least!) remark on why I shouldn’t use the picture I do for the cover of Pull-ups – from DUD to STUD within a matter of WEEKS!

Danny is a customer, by the way – the Rolls Royce of Fitness, and then this book.

And he wrote to basically tell me that while he understood why I had the picture on there “some people might not”, and I coul dprobably dramatically increase sales by making it “purdier” and so forth …

(Like the admittedly “sexy” picture on the cover of Pull-ups – from STUD to SUPER STUD within weeks!)

Would it?

Probably!

And then again, I dont know.

Now the reason is the picture there is – well, a stark message to everyone and especially lazy asses that are phat as phock that while excess weight around the midsection (translation – if you’re a tub of lard) makes it harder and almost impossible to do pull-ups (these same people are the ones that hardly ever work the grip) – BIG guys – not FAT guys – CAN do pull-ups, and do ’em very well indeed!

From Doug Hepburn to Vince Gironda to ARnie to yours truly and tons of others in between … cases abound, if the “neigh sayers” care to look.

And learn.

But then again, the vast majority of folks aren’t exactly brainiacs in that regard either.

“So what if he’s fat! He has money!”

You wouldn’t believe this astounding statement I’ve heard – not from gold diggers on a dating site in China, but from people looking to go to doctors – general health practitioners that in some cases are themselves so fat they look they’ll keel over any day from a heart attack or what not.

And they thank these fatsos up and down and take advice on losing weight from these very same people, advice on heart issues, and such.

It’s mind boggling, the stupidity out there – apparently the thinking goes “he just needs to advise, not do”.

Well I’m sorry, but if my doctor (and I dont have one) is a lard ass, guess what.

He’s no longer my doc.

I’ve been to lard ass docs in the past – and I’ve roundly ignored all the nutzo advice they gave me in the past, and I’ve been the BETTER off for it.

Like the ass clown who told me “dont swim because exercise stresses the liver!’

Curiously enough, it was intense workouts x 100 that got the liver levels down for me!

Anyway … so the jury’s out.

Some might say so what, he knows how to do ’em, so even if he’s fat it don’t matter.

Though for some odd reason, a lot more people look at fitness differently than maybe other fields i.e. you gotta look the part, bronzed abs, rippling biceps and what not.

And I dont agree with any of that BS either.

Therefore, no fancy shmancy SHMUCK on the cover of any of my books.

You see me – au naturelle, the way it should be (and no, I dont know if that means “naked”, lol – what I mean is NATURAL).

And that, my friend is that.

LAst, but not least, my own opinion is that I’d rather be the guy that DOES the thing with you – and exhorts YOU to get into the best shape of your life – WITH YOU – not just sit on the sidelines.

Hey, thats me!

But like I said … ah, but you get my drift.

OK, enough chatter for this one.

Here is when you can get the system that’ll get you into the best shape of your life, and you WILL look like it too – the Rolls Royce of Fitness.

I’ll be back!

best,

Rahul Mookerjee

So, a couple of quick updates.

First off, I received an email from the team (for the software I use on this site which allows payments, downloads etc) – that an issue with the site “wallet” has been fixed – which for the most part, it does indeed seem to be!

If you go into your account, you’ll see an option that shows you your current site balance (i.e. site “wallet” balance) and the option to add funds in there which can be done via the normal checkout page.

What this means is you can add funds to your wallet – and then use those for future and current purchases with us – and each purchase made using your site wallet – gets an auto 10% off on the order!

Thats a way of saying thank you for storing funds on your 0 Excuses Wallet.

Those of you with recurring memberships to the Ship etc can use those funds to “automatically” renew your membership (it should deduct from your wallet first).

All that being said, for some reason although you can add funds etc to wallet, it isn’t showing as an option as yet on the check out page.

If it is for you, let me know!

And in the meantime, I’ve asked the support team if that is one last bug that needs to be ironed out.

We’ll see what they say.

The other big news?

We’re on track to get Amazon pay integrated into the site as well – LOTS of you have asked.

Lots of folks want to use their Amazon account to pay for stuff here, which I understand. I would too!

So that is “in the works too” – after I finally got Amazon to get an actual “person” to talk to me about it.

Let’s see how it all goes.

In the meantime, do test the wallet out, and let me know how it goes!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

 

I’m writing this one in “advance” -although most of the formalities are completed w.r.t this “transaction”, the “final flourish” still remains.

(At this moment, I just got the final flourish, and while I wasnt going to call him a flat out liar, his latest response to PayPal saying “I never responded to him” is utter and total BS). HA!

It does!

(not at the time of writing this)

Hehe.

(and just so you know, he didn’t actually say that, but his lies and the general “tenor” of his communication once he did not get the quick fix he was looking for said it all. )

And the “pissed off taxpayer” thing isn’t my own – it’s what Major General Michael once told me about Uncle Bob during the slanging contest WAY back in the day … When yours truly was young, wild, we had Dongguan Expat, yours truly and the Major drank tons of beer every night, Uncle Bob was sort of “caught in the middle” before he first got the red ass with Michael and then myself (given my English name in China is Michael, well …!)

It was politics, I believe, where Uncle Bob went off on me, then I did on him x 1000 – and then Michael said what he did – privately, not publicly. The consumnate NATURAL marketers he is to this date hehe, I’m sure, much lik eyours truly is.

Some of us are just … naturals at it!

Anyway … Uncle Bob and myself made up years later.

Lover’s tiff it wasn’t tho, hehe, despite being blamed by my wife at the time that “I spend more time emailing the good Uncle than I do with her”.

Well hey.

Somtimes, talking about cars and women is more fun. But my wife had a point too. Hehe.

Anyway, the “great” Fotis Chat – or Sir Fotis …. what can I say.

I should have trusted my gut.

Remember the dude I introduced to you in one of my past emails?

Well, his emails etc to me (initial ones) were FINE.

Perfectly fine.

But nothing that would convince me to promote him either way or, not . I.e.. “no feelings” either way.

So I asked him to send his site, products, who he was etc etc.

He did that.

And while his book on Amazon – again, no feelings either way, but given what he said about being in biz for a while, hey – I don’t know, maybe worth a shot for some, maybe not for others? I don’t know, and said as muhc – both in the email and to him before sending out the email.

But his website?

Personally, yours truly would never ever sign up for something like that.

Because, well, and he’s going to blast me for saying this, it’s run of the mill and typical “template” style and for a guy that claims he’s IT, well … (computer engineer).

Yours truly was computer Science back in school (when I did show up for class and got something other than Fs in CSC 204, lol – or flunked all summer classes because “I drank too many BEAST ICE” – that was my friend, hehe).

But either way, it’s not about his site – its about the products.

Then again, the site needs to have SOME originality, and other than his pictures, his marketing etc(which is weak to me) – there is NONE.

Like a staple copy and paste basically which is probably what he did i.e. buy a template, and bingo.

Not what I’d do, but hey …

I’m not being paid to dispense marketing advice here (though I just did) – and even if I would, he wouldn’t agree, and thats fine. Not everyone agrees with me.

So, I promoted him, he was happy as could be with the introduction, and then of course …

“Oh, baby. Oh, baby! Then it fell apart! Then it fell apart!”

Like it always does . . .

He started complaining about the number of sign ups – apparently “one” which increased to “two” after I Told him to wait (hey – you guys know how it with Inboxes full of my emails waiting to be cleared!).

Not to mention everyone I keep on this list is high quality. We don’t sign up for everythign and anything. I’m paranoid about NOT giving out my email address at all because of the amount of marketing spam that shows up, and I unsubscribe to 10 plus email that mysteriously somehow “sign me up” daily and my readers are the same.

If you’re true quality though, they’ll stay on your list, Fotis.

But it might take time.

And I told him that.

He kept carping on instant results. Then wanted a refund (when obviously that was the first thing I mentioned to him even before I said I’d do up an intro for him) because apparently “a little something extra for our readers from Greece” to him means that I exclusively meant it “only for people in Greece”.

Clearly Fotis needs to be better schooled in how “we” (and I don’t mean just 0 Excuses Fitness) speak.

Personally, the only reason I really was comfortable about promoting him was Ben Settle mentioned him once as being a member of his email players group.

I don’t know if he is right now.

But … he doesn’t seem to have learned a lot at all from Ben (or from me for FREE – despite the plethora of very valuable indeed advice I gave him for FREE).

In short, dude had “buyer’s regret”. And in short, he needs to “suck it up and man up and cut his losses”. In fact, he said as much in his email reply to me.

Rahul, it’s OK. 

I don’t agree with the “Nah, I dont think “for our readers from Greece” would have turned off potential buyers/subscribers” part, since I can imagine people taking it too literally, especially since it was at the beginning of the email. 

However, I consider it my fault for not asking to check the email before loading it. I’d have pointed out that part and asked for a revision or a different wording.

If I asked for a re-send that kept out any reference to Greece and explained that country doesn’t matter, how much would it cost?

(I told him. What he wanted was “freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee” – so therefore his later rants).

Thanks for the info, Rahul.

We’re on the same wavelength regarding list building. I try paid methods right now (hence why I asked for the email promo) but over the long term, organic methods seem to be the best; especially with our No B.S. style of writing/communication.

Funny that you were an I.T., I was a computer engineer in uni.

Regarding yesterday’s email, it bombed and I got 1 sub. I didn’t mind since every business has risks.

…..

… Both from his emails to me. I haven’t included the full text for the latter here as it is “self repeating” in terms of what I’m saying.

…. I didn’t want to promote him again.

But, hey, gotta help a brother out so I gave him the cost (a reduced cost) – and so forth.

I got this (I believe last night, I opened it this morning at my 11 AM usual time).

Hey Rahul,

Decided I don’t want a resend.

On the other hand, looking at what happened, I’d like to ask for a refund.

A few points as to why:

1) I specifically said “I wanna focus 100% on my English business moving forward”

2) Yet the P.S. and the intro of two emails, say “Guys from Greece” and “you know I said in the PS I had a “little something extra” for our readers from Greece.” respectively. Anyone reading this would think “This is for people in Greece”

3) As a result, I only got 2 people to sign up, who are from Greece. Contrast this with the multiple sign ups when buying a mailing to other lists. This further proves that non-Greek people, weren’t interested and didn’t keep reading

4) I mentioned this issue and got 3 email replies. But I didn’t see the issue made in point 2 being acknowledged – that people not living in Greece would stop reading after the “I have a little something extra for our readers from Greece” parts.

5) Instead I got a reply that further talks about customers in Greece (“Nah, I dont think “for our readers from Greece” would have turned off potential buyers/subscribers – my list has actual customers from Greece, and they’ve bought from others too – not just me before giving me the “you’re the real deal” recommendation (see the reviews page)”) Again, in point 1 I said “I wanna focus 100% on my English business moving forward”. I didn’t say anywhere “let’s focus on people in Greece” or asked to write anything calling them out

6) You suggested waiting a few days for people in your list to “catch up” with the emails. This also contradicts my experience with other lists. Usually I’ll get 80% of the sign ups the first day, even when list owners email a lot.

7) I waited and I’m still stuck at 2 subscribers. Again, this further proves the point that people outside of Greece didn’t care.

You mentioned a no refund policy.

But since I hope we’re bargaining in good faith, I don’t consider it valid because the mailing wasn’t delivered the way it should have been.

Yours truly – –

Hi Fotis

Thanks for your email. I dont agree that the email wasn’t delivered the way “it should have been”. With regard to point #2, perhaps that is a misinterpretation on your part – I certainly do not think “a little something extra for our readers from Greece” means exclusively for those from Greece. You can check with others, I suppose (I realize what you’re thinking right about now, but if you are indeed thinking what I am it’s “silly” so please do not even bring it up) – but that is what it is. Thats how people “speak” in real life.

However, I was very clear about the no refund policy before you paid – I mentioned this upfront, so I do apologize for your “consternation” at what I consider the mis-communication but no refunds – sorry. I can send out another email the way you want it (verbatim – however if you look at what I Said before you paid the first time, I did say I’d do an introduction for “free” for you – which you “loved” per your words beneath), but the $<chopped> charge would apply. As for the introduction, it was done up to help you – not what you imply i.e. to “only target people from Greece”.

You’ve yourself said as well “it was your fault you didnt ask for the email I sent to check”, which it obviously was – I mentioned the “intro” part before sending the email out (if you weren’t happy with that – you should have told me at that point).

With regard to the non sign ups, sometimes thats how it is. As you said yourself below, it’s about taking a risk. Sometimes it pays off, sometimes it doesn’t (I still don’t think it hasn’t quite “not” paid off for you – but I realize you don’t agree, so I won’t debate that further).

However, no refunds – I made that very clear – and that is there clearly in the site policy as well, so apologies, but that won’t be possible. I’m happy to work with you a bit on the cost of the resend if you want, but refunds – no way – that is a clear “in stone” policy I have for everyone (which again, is why I mentioned it first thing before even getting into anything else), everything (no matter who the person is) and that applies here as well.

My own thoughts would be to “wait and watch” – sometimes things aren’t as clear as “sign ups to the list or the number of sign ups” i.e. you could get 10 sign ups which pay you $39, and then one down the road that gives you $500 or more . . . But anyway, thats how I do things (and this “slow and steady” approach is obvious – I believe it’s mentioned below as well), so no refunds, sorry. But I will tell you that some of my best prospects have come from years of “waiting” – but again, I realize you do not agree, so lets stick to facts i.e. no refunds = no refunds, and that was mentioned very clearly at the outset so thats the way it is for that, however, if you wish, I can work with you a bit on the cost for the resend, but thats about it. Perhaps we can work out something for multiple re-sends, I dont know – up to you, really . . .

Let me know your thoughts.

Best,

Rahul

…. and this, my friend, is why I rarely, if ever do paid promos for ANYONE regardless of who.

Way too many “expectations” people have even when they’re told “if people sign up or not is not what you’re paying for or my responsibility).

Further –

He keeps complaining about “readers from outside Greece didn’t care” (apparently the low sign ups “prove it”).

(I won’t even get into how “childish” that sounds – I mean even if it WAS from people from “Greece alone” – I’m yet to figure out why someone reading it from outside the nation of Greece wouldn’t … ah,  but stupidity has no limits, bounds, and knows ZERO reason

“Pissed off taxpayer” given the state of the economy there makes sense, by the way!)

(not to mention all the debt defaults etc they’re going through. Hey, I feel you Fotis, but none of that applies here).

(back to it though – these are random edits I’m putting in while scrolling through this behemoth)

Um, sorry to bust your bubble Bubba, but it doesn’t – I’ve mentioned one reason above, and a very salient one.

Second, maybe readers in general just didn’t CARE.

I’ve got high quality people on my list, that have invested a LOT in me – with me.

I give a LOT of them very generous discounts as well. (much like I gave you for round #2).

Don’t believe me? Ask, and ye shall know …

And believe me, I freely mention others in my books and courses, along with their websites, and my customers come back to me saying they’d rather buy from me.

(Don’t believe me? Buy, and ye shall know, hehe)

THAT is the sort of person I sell to, friend.

I don’t sell to everyone and anyone and certainly not impulse buyer who I do ALL I can to REPEL.

Which I do pretty well.

But I wonder if Fotis has considered what yours truly, marketing genius (I know, nothing like a bit of Tom Tomming) said about his site.

Believe me, I KNOW what I BE Talking about there (and like I Said, template sites may work – but they have to be original – his is run of the mill. I’ve seen bazillions like it).

It’s a vibe, bro.

And people feel it, especially, as a great friend Dwayne once told “those of us that have been around the block can smell it – a MILE away”.

I gave him a chance. I shoul dhave gone with my gut and said NO.

Anyway …

I don’t think Sir Fotis remembers the deal wasn’t about how many signs up or if at all, if he’s bothered to read my Dollars vs Pennies analogy up there (I wonder what he learned from Ben? IF he did? And no, yours truly has never been a Ben Settle customer, I just think the dude is the real deal in terms of what he does) …

Yours truly, actually, is a natural Ben Settle, Matt Furey, or perhaps better in some regards (since those “other sites” – ah, but we’ll let that roll for now).

There is a reason former Samurai’s – police officers – and others who’ve read plenty of other books and done plenty of other workouts and continue to call me the real deal.

Blow Zoe Bozo from the UK could probably write a tome on that! (the other site) …

Anyway … Bozo’s tomes are done with tongue if you get my drift, but back to Sir Fotis (no, I’m not in the least manner equating him with Bozo Schofield) – I don’t know, perhaps the way his email was written?

I’m aware I’m giving him two things here – more publicity (for free, hehe) – and free marketing advice which he’ll scoff at.

But you know me!

I gotta say it.

So by all means, since our friend seems to be so “consterened” – let me know what YOU thought of HIS site – and I’ll post it here. Maybe that will “get him off my back” once he gets some feedback other than from yours truly, but then again, he probably wouldn’t listen anyway. Hehe.

I sort of suspect your feedback will be the same as mine, but hey. Who am I to say it.

I also don’t think Sir Fotis knows the value of me just mentioning him on this list – repeatedly. I could tell him, but he seems to be equating with what John, a great customer said once about certain “providers” i.e. take the money and run.

Far from it.

My customers and indeed all I do biz would sometimes say I take too long to “take the money”!

Once I do though, it’s … well, a done deal.

And that, my friend is that.

Pissed off taxpayer or not, thats how it will be.

As for the free publicity he’s getting – hey. He’s a good guy. Just needs some more learning from the school of hard knocks.  (not to mention he needs to learn that dishonesty isn’t something that works long term, or at all).

Ben did it himself, I suspect (school of hard knocks). Yours truly did too. Matt did too.

Sometimes, my friend, we have to take a step back and learn from our mistakes.

Anyway, thats enough on that.

Write back – – let me know what you think!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Here is what he said about the initial intro –

Thanks Rahul, loved the intro and thanks for going the extra mile. I just love working with people who understand we’re in the relationship game and put a lil more effort. 

I got the “Doing what you were truly MEANT To” email but not anything else, so I guess it will be the next one.

Regarding if I want anything, I’m just curious about something: How do you grow your list. I’m particularly interested in you since you’re an aggressive emailer and I’d guess you get more than average unsubscribes. So I’d like to discover what you do for list building.

Cheers.

I so do NOT do business with “Vacillating Thomases that cannot make up their mind or that swing from believer to non” …

I really think he thought the $250 covered more advice (it didn’t) and that I’d do it anyway because “he paid me” (the desperation people have these days – I’m the precise and polar opposite).

(I told him, but I don’t think I told him anything he doesn’t know already, hehe).

I really too think that the emails he got “down the line:” upset him a bit because he might have thought I’m truly the real deal, hehe. Hey. That don’t jive well with most people!

Anyway … enough on that.

PPS – Oh, and I wasn’t going to write all this, period. I wrote it this morning because my gut told me he was going to be one of those “instant fix asses” I do so much to avoid but I did not think he would flat out lie when he told Paypal “I stopped replying to him”, which is utter BS.

Ya’ll on this list know my policy on bullying.

HE seems to be one!

Bring it!

And even if he isn’t, lying? No way, my friend. Just not acceptable.

He clearly has no business for one – and while I won’t provide further input and therefore free marketing advice for him (which is the real reason he never got as many sign ups he’s bitching about which was never ever promised in the first place) – there is stands.

And as of now, I TAKE BACK ANY AND ALL recommendations I made for the dude. What he paid for I.e his one time recommendation will STAY on the site. Why?

Like I’ve said so many times before, some monuments to idiocy must remain.

PPS #2 – I’m sure he thinks this email will get him more business. LOL. By all means, hey!

No, my friend, I’m not pseudo trolling you here.

On the Animal Kingdom Workouts page, you’ll see that amidst a lot of name calling and a lot of “calling folks out well deservedly so” – I make mention of Rocky II.

I make mention of cantankerous ole Mickey telling Rocky “if you can catch this thing, you can catch greased lightning!”

“First, because I said do! Second, because chicken chasing is how we did it back in the day!”

And of course, Rocko tries to catch it, can’t, ends up feeling like a KFC idiot, finally does during the latter part of the movie when he really starts training like he means it (though I gotta say, those pull-ups were half ass. Hehe. But still . Respect, especially since it was done with one arm).

But think about this, my friend.

That sort of training is not easy.

Think actually catching a chicken with boundless energy running all over the place, or even your own pet dog.

I dont think you’ll be able to do it,and more to the point, it’ll leave you spanked.

Crossfitters – even you!

Gym goers – definitely you!

And even “ironmen” like me that climb hills for hours daily – it ain’t easy.

The simplest things are often the most ignored, trolled, laughed at, booed at – because?

“They’re too simple”

Translation – the simps out and pansies out there cannot DO it despite it being “seemingly too simple”.

Anyway, eat the chicken for all I care. I’m not asking you to chase it you dont want to.

Or choke it all you like if thats your thang.

I’d rather abstain – period.

Unless I … ah, but thats a different story.

I’m huge on what the Indian wrestlers did, what the boxers and wrestlers of yore did everywhere anyway i.e what Mickey told Rocky “women – weaken – LEGS!”

Napoleon Hill mentioned the REAL reason though in his book Think and Grow Rich when he referred to the power of sexual transmutation (in MALES! note).

Most don’t understand what he meant.

Those that say they do probably don’t either.

I write all about it on another site of mine …

And I truly know – understand – and LIVE and breathe it!

And it works.

Yes, I know. A lot of folks think I’m a crackpot for promoting theories that “have no scientific basis”.

Yet, the most “profound” of stuff usually cannot be explained scientifically, at least not fully.

And this one theory DOES have scientific proof – increased T levels for one. Of course, it isn’t easy to do!

But anyway , even that aside.

The REAL point of my writing to you about this is this … when you run, even sprint, when you chase, or you’re being chased – how often is it in a straight line?

Does Mr Cheetah not zig and zag when catching gazelles?

Does a missile aimed at a target not zig and zag and “course correct” ?

I wrote about – I’ve written TONS of time about the Bourne series, have I not?

Both the book, and the movie.

I liked the book far better, but that is to be expected for obvious reasons.

Yet, the movie “The Bourne Supremacy” – an all time favorite for me, if just for Jason Bourne’s all out sprint at the start.

Starts off slow, increases, then increases, the music pounds, then he’s running all out, then some …

BRUTAL!

And the way to do it … (and yes, you need to be in shape first).

And for a person that (Matt Damon) was so out of shape that he could barely do one pull-up, and then after all the hill runs and hill work he did got to 30 plus pull-ups in a row – respect!

I’ve always admired Damon. Great actor, I might not agree with some of his politics, but great actor!

And the Bourne series, no-one better to play Jason than him.

But anyway …

That sprint training is done in a straight line.

Later on in the movie though, they show the German “polizei” after him.

He’s running – literally for his life – all out.

And it ain’t in one single line.

It’s like an obstacle course.

Traffic. Crowded sidewalks. Sudden stops and starts and then back to FULL Sprints.

taxis in the middle of the road. Supermarkets, and then finally a solid UPSTAIRS sprint, and a jump off the Metro station onto a barge beneath!

All real life chases may or may not be that dramatic, but the point begets.

It’s sort of like chasing a chicken if you think about it.

And thats why, my friend, I continue to promote the style of training I do.

And thats why I will never lower the prices – for any reason.

Because truly, nothing will get you in better shape than my courses.

NO course out there.

Try all the ones you like. A lot of my customers have!

But the Bodyweight Guru is the bodyweight guru. And there’s a reason he’s called that!

Alright, my friend. I’ve said what I had to.

Those of you that haven’t as yet gotten this superb course – do so NOW – Animal Kingdom Workouts.

BAck soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

This one might come across as strange in the title.

But lets face it – when we think grip, we’re always thinking “crushing” grip.

I.e. you “grip” like you would if you’re trying to crush something – or perhaps a handshake, or, if you’re the Bozo from Brum reading this – his perpetual “unsatisfied” you know what.

Anyway, I cannot help but mention him. He just makes me so many sales every time I do!

But, I was going to go upside down right now.

No, not handstand pushups – not anything from any of the three books already out on it.

Fourth on it’s way.

This is a different sort of upside down that I’ll post in Isometric and Flexibility Conditioning – Volume #2 – when it comes out.

Nope, y’all ain’t seen it online either.

It doesnt even involve the upper body to a large extent if you can believe that.

And no, it isn’t Bozo style upside down on poles in a Chinese Bordello either.

More on that later.

But for now, I’ve been writing about fat boyz … uh, gripz in a lot of emails.

Rightfully so. The morons and idiots complaining about “Rahul makes it sound like grip training is almost as important as breathing” and then making excuses about “we can’t find thick bars” … UGH.

Just one thing, ugh.

I mean, get real guys.

And even if you couldn’t find one – do as Andy, my one time landlord for 2.5 years, and my first in China (great, great guy from Hong Kong) once told me (his wife – well, not sure – she was the one that rented, but he was pretty cool!) …

“In China, you have to make your own!”

True dat.

And in the 0 Excuses Fitness System, in the 10 Commandments of Physical and LIFE Success, I tell you HOW I made my own – something most people would never think of, but I did it anyway (before finally getting another one from Hong Kong).

Dedication?

THAT!

Anyway … till this date, I dont think you can find chinning bars anywhere in the mainland because ..

“Chinese do in park!”

What they do, of course, wasn’t mentioned.

But they do do pull-ups too, hehe – both the show off Bozos and the real men out there. I know plenty of the latter category as well, so no, the “small Asian” thing is a myth, much like members of any race, and … ah, but we all know that dont we?

All a myth.

But anyway (Bozo could tell you all about members in the “members only” club post hockey game if you get mah drift)  … this was about grip, and not grippping members either. Or members members.

So the perfect compliment to those uber sore forearms – and something that increases your grip performance like crazy?

Well, you Gorilla Grip fanatics know it – or part of it.

It’s pushups – fingertip pushups!

Along with handstand pushups and Hindu pushups, I’ve often told you that fingertip pushups are not just the best thing you can do pushup wise for grip strength (ALL the old timere did them in SPADES – Glyn, no, not THAT spade) . . . they’re also the the best compliment to high rep grip/pull-up workouts.

I dont care if you are looking to increase grip strength or simply reps – they work.

Yet, there is ANOTHER pushup done “reverse style” that is even better – that isn’t mentioned in any of the Gorilla Grip books.

Because most people would fall flat on their face or tear a forearm muscle or something if they tried. Or sprain a tight wrist.

It’s not the best damn exercise either, though that helps – a heck of a LOT!

It’s a style of pushup thats a regular pushup, yet it isn’t – a tiny detail makes all the difference!

Those that have gotten Pushup Central – write back – let me know what you think it is – and the first FIVE correct answers get another one of those “sweet n special” discounts, hehe.

I cannot control my laughter. The Bozo truly is one of a kind and he’s now making me sales on more than 5 sites, and he doesnt even know most of ’em.

Anyway …

the last thing?

Is that I’ve said before that doorway chinning bars, especially those with limited space force you to do pull-ups – properly!

Out in the park or something you might occasionally swing your way up slightly.

But doorway chinning bars really FORCE you to focus on form and usually keep th elegs crossed as well.

Yes, in the advanced courses on pull-ups and handstands I tell you NOT to do this.

But thats only once you’re advanced.

You beginniners though DO need to keep the legs crossed, and tightly so when doing pull-ups – when you first start – because it forces you to focus on lats and grips more.

And if there ever was something that forced you more?

Add traps in there.

It’s fat grpz!

Alright, my friend, so thats the tale from here. I’m off to go upside down – back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Ah, but there isn’t one this time. Watch this space for more!

It was only yesterday or so, it seems like, that I read one of PG Wodehouse’s Bertie Wooster novels.

This morning, I woke up cackling for no reason apparently, and Bertie literally kicking young Edwin’s ass who went flying through a window, then being thanked by his elder sister who he had hoped to piss off, then Uncle Percy, the Garderer with a pitchfork touching the seat of Wooster’s friends pants and an angry looking dog as they escorted the friend (who had been hiding in the grass and Uncle Percie stepped on his squishy derrerie) …. and then of course, Uncle Percie the lifelong enemy inviting Bertie of all peopl eto have a drink and smoke in his study (“he shoved what looked like a torpedo in my mouth).

For reference, Bertie and Uncle Percie never got along.

The latter once chased him five miles or so across difficult country when the former had his first cigar at the age of 9, gotten from of course, Uncle’s study.

Uncle J, Uncle Tom, Uncle Percie. All make for great stories!

The first was made by me. Hehe.

But PG Wodehouse was a literary genuis, my friend. His brand of slapstick humor might not appeal to all, but I LOVE Wodehouse – there truly is not and will never be one like him, and even if you dont like comedy, he gives you a MASTERCLASS in copywriting, the way he uses words and the way the words “speak in pictures to you” – the way we THINK – hence the cackles!

I’ve often been told the same thing about my writing too – that it hits home, and thats part of the reason it does that.

Anyway, I started this email with a completely different theme in mind …

And improving in each workout?

It was only yesterday, or so, maybe two days ago I wrote about how the Fat Gripz kicked my BOOTUS from here to you know where.

(PS – If you’re Glyn Schofield from Brum reading this, yes, we know booties and torpedos in mouths turn you on, but Wodehouse was decidely PG rated and then some).

(so please, no idiotic comments)

And today?

I’m doing sets of five pull-ups with then.

My forearms feel swollen, look bigger – so do my traps, chest, and everything else upper body.

From the pull-up manic, you’d think 5 is not a lot?

Well, it isn’t to me at all.

But doing them with THOSE gripz – oh my.

Next goal is Captain Crush grippers, or perhaps just crush a Coke can. Hehe.

Yes, that can be done!

You’d be amazed at the “wonders” the human body is capable of, but anyway, I know this too – YOU – the reader aren’t necessarily wanting or looking to enter the Guiness book of World Records in any of those regards.

You’re just happy getting in the best shape of your life with a pint or two of Guiness later, maybe.

Or whatever your poison is.

Part of the key, my friend, and one of the most important ones is this.

I do NOT train to absolute and beyond failure in every workout.

I hit a limit – then I stop.

Somedays, I brutalize myself.

But most of the time, no.

Even when I was doing Battletank Shoulders and all those 5-6 hours long daily and nightly climbs up the ole hill – and remember, these are some of the most BRUTAL workouts you can do especially in that weather, as I’ve mentioned in 16 Inspirational Fitness Recollections … I wasn’t training that way.

You might be goggling at me right about now.

Like what, dude, what the hezey.

5 to 6 hour climbs daily aren’t brutal – especially with NO breaks, come rail, hail, sun, shine, or Bozos asking me how many girls added my WeShat (ugh).

But remember.

I’d been doing that for a while, and I didnt exactly get there in one day (the Rome analogy, and thus forth).

Thus, it became “extreme” for me, but not so extreme as to “kill me for days” as another customer put it (he was right!).

Right about now, I’m doing my favorite “mini workouts” throughout the day.

Before writing to you,5 pull-ups, after, another 5, some isometrics. …

All the pull-ups done with the thick gripz.

Most people woul dhave given up after the first try i.e. thats too hard! I’ll stick to regular!

I could have , too.

But I didnt.

Key is, dont be fazed by the goal.

Incremental progress, and not killing yourself every time is what it’s about.

Adopt this technique not just fitness wise.

Life.

BIz.

Even relationships.

You’ll be amazed at your results – effortless often – if you do!

Back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

As Glenn from Australia once famously told me, hehe.

It was bout me guzzling a beer too many.

“Cos you can, bro! Cos you can!”

He was right. Hehe.

But anyway, I’ll never forget the word of caution I got from a (current) friend last year.

He was shocked to read some of my emails on China.

“Dont say that”, he cautioned. “You’re just one man, and you can’t change anything!”

He then went on to say I should stick to fitness, and not bring politics up, and even if I did – hey – make sure not to offend the Chiiiiiiiineeeeeeeeeeeeeeez because “they have soooooooooooooo much money”.

Well, fake illusions aside (ever heard of “ghost towns in China” and “all that glitters aint gold”? If you have, thats exactly what CHina is. Take away the veneer of “development”, and youll be faced with the nigh filthy reality for what it is, perhaps a step up from the subcontinent as Uncle Bob said, but not by a lot- despite what Harold the Tom Tom said about “China progressed way way more than India” – they really haven’t, not in all areas.

I could list 10 right now.

(of course, that dont take away from India’s failings, numerous as well)).

But anyway, fake illusions aside, money?

I’d rather freedom.

Freedom to say and do what I like, as I like, where I like, when I like. That involves money to an extent, yes, but its about the mindset first and money later.

The money, my friend, is just energy and a tool.

You’l lnever attract it willy nilly if you have the wrong mindset about it, and no, this isn’t fancy shmancy Tony Robbins talk either – it’s true.

Attraction is how we attract – without conscious or “outer” effort.

I just said this so many times on a different podcast for a different biz ….

But anyway, until 2020 or so, I didnt say a word about politics except my support for Trump.

It was only when China took all our freedoms away collectively as a “globe” that I started to speak out – like Trump, Pompeo and other greats were (and are).

Gotta do it, friend.

I love certain things about China. But no, it ain’t about Tom Tomming as I’ve said before.

The so called China business experts living on their wives and girlfriends do it all the time while pretending all is well in so called paradise.

IT never is, anywhere in the world.

They’ll never admit that.

To them, it’s only about posting pro CCP and China trollish remarks that even the Chinese laugh at “look at the idiot lao wai promoting garbage”.

Truth – the Chinese as a people are brainwashed, yes, but not to the extent these days you’d think (at least not those that were present pre-Xi Jingping).

Things were actually getting sort of better to an extent.

Before, of course, as they said at the end of the Bourne Identity, it fell apart – as it always does!

Oh, baby. Oh, baby. Then it fell apart. Then it fell apart!

.. .like it always does!

Extreme ways, extreme workouts have indeed helped me every time. Hehe.

Dont know so much about dark places, I’ve been there though (not the “holes” a certain Glyn infests though if you get my drift).

But back to it.

Thats why I say what I do about China.

Its true.

So …

And as freedoms continue to be curtailed globally, as social media in general all attempts to make us buy into the Wu Flu panic – and mask-demic – and panic-demic – panixines – and CHina’s other official line designed to take ALL our remaning freedoms away – hey.

We all, unless you want our kids to grow up speaking Mandarin and nothing else have that responsibility to say it like it is. Precious few Do though.

I always have, and WILL always do.

My friend then cautioned me about “what if” .

Well, what if the CCP finds out?

Well, they probably already know – for a while.

Except, I’m not submitting my passport to them through LinkedIn.

No official release from me on that.

And no, they dont put people in jail willy nilly unless there is SOME benefit to THEM – Commies are nothing if not practical and hardminded first, anything else later.

Anyway … more importantly.

Why I write about what I do?

BEcause I can.

Because, my friend, its about what I WANT to write about.

I’m not here to please everyone.

Some may not like politics (Though to me, I call it freedom, not politics. Thats why I like Trump – he is a rational hard headed businessman, not a goddamned politcio or what not) – and really, talking about freedom becomes politics?

I dont think so, friend.

It’s about something I consider dear to all of us, something fundamental everywhere, or that should be, but it isn’t unfortunately.

I’d rather not live behind the great wall or Iron Curtain. If you get my drift.

And the point is this – why talk about everything under the sun?

Because I can, my friend.

It’s my site, my business, if I deem that something is important – Nazi feminism, sports, my own life, your own life, whatever it is – then I’ll damn well say it!

And so goesth this rant.

Ah yes.

“He says it only to sell!”

Well, 800 plus words into this I haven’t put a single link in this, or sold you anything …

I’ll start now.

The best damned fitness system on the planet, a system that makes you feel FREE as a bird, light as a feather, fit as a fiddle, and strong as an ox, lithe as a cat, agile as a Bozo ducking under “Yes, YOU told Josie that!” question, and so forth …

Truly the Rolls Royce of ALL Fitness programs.

Grab it NOW, friend.

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – Look, this thing is good – damn good. The best. And no, dont think I’m going to crawl over broken glass in Bozo’s ville beggin you to buy and make something of your self starting today either , my friend. I wont. Either yo udo, or you dont. Its that simple!

YOU gotta decide if you’re a wolf – or a sheep!

SAGE!