We’ve all heard the saying, of course.

Dream big – Dream success – Dream <insert whatever you want to accomplish> – but have any of us actually stopped to consider where that saying came from?

When most people think of dreams in this regard, it’s “conscious” dreams – which applied properly turns into powerful visualization exercises – – and done without purpose or intent ends up being nothing more than shallow daydreaming.

And it’s those daydreams that most people think of when it comes to “dreaming big” – or dreaming anything you want out of your life, for instance.

Most of us have been programmed since childhood to do the exact opposite of follow one’s dreams – and as for dreaming big?

How dare we?!

It’s never a good thing to dream so big! Start Small! And so forth …

And while it may not sound true to begin with, the fact is that THIS is exactly how the majority of people function on a subconscious level – which explains why it’s only a select few that really end up GETTING what they want out of life in general.

Dr. Maltz spoke about this in Pyscho Cybernetics where he says your self image is what really governs your accomplishments – or failures – or direction you’re headed in life overall.

In short, your self image is literally the commanding General of where you’re currently headed in life – – and if your self image is poor, you’ll never end up getting where you want to be with all the conscious effort in the world – UNLESS you change your self image first.

As the good Doc rightly says, you may “rise above” your self image for a while – but like a rubber band pulled too hard – it’ll snap you right back to where your self image believes you belong – and usually with a sold THUD at that.

Belief, my friends, is what it’s all about! 

I wrote about this yesterday – and it’s TRUE. Every word of it and I should know. Boy should I know!

My parents unwittingly (and perhaps in some cases knowingly) did a massive number on me as I was growing up – and I’m not the only case by a long, long shot here. The only thing different about me is I always knew “conforming” didn’t work – and WOULDN’T work for me – and hence the way my life has turned out ever since.

Now back to dreams – once you start BELIEVING in yourself – and once you start delving into the spiritual, you’ll likely start having vivid dreams.

And while folks are  quick to dismiss dreams as bunk and hocus pocus – – think again, my friend.

Your dreams are how your subconscious talks to you – if you LET it. 

Your dreams tell you how you’re really feeling on a subconscious level. Ignore them at your own peril!

Many a times I’ve programmed my brain to search for a solution to a specific problem while I slept – and it’s never ever disappointed me.

True, as Claude Bristol rightly said the “how” of the solution might be completely different from how I “intended” the issue to be resolved – but does one really care?

I think not.

And I’ve done the same thing in terms of my writing and work in general. Folks often query how I bang out 20,000 words on a regular basis while writing – and how it’s so “effortless” for me.

Well – – the physical part isn’t effortless – – but the MENTAL part of it is where it’s ALL at – and that is what makes it’s effortless.

Folks talk about writer’s block, for instance. I’ve NEVER EVER in my entire life experienced this even once, and that is saying something I’d say.

Now, in terms of fitness?

Believe it or not, if you’ve been overweight for a long time – or if you’ve had issues that prevented you from getting in the best shape of your life – or if you were a “sickly young lad that got sand kicked in his face by a stud replete with girlfriend (Charles Atlas” – and so forth – chances are EXCELLENT and second to none you’re actually SCARED of coming “face to face” with a lean, mean, FIT you!

I know how this goes, my friend.

I was your archetypical skinny runt for most of my life that got the snot beat out of me galore in school etc – and my parents didn’t do much to change the self image that developed as a result.

It was only once I really got into fitness at a deep level that things started to change – and today if there is anything I’m scared of – it’s an UNFIT me.

Fit to me, is as natural as taking a shower is for most people. Like a girl I had dinner with me in January remarked, “You can eat what you like. Your body has completely changed from the inside out!”.

She was right – it has – but the key is I changed my THINKING first!

And lest you think dreaming success – or fitness – is hooey and a crock – I have this to say to you – TRY it first.

Every night, before lopping off to bed for the next week, affirm what it is you really want in terms of FITNESS to yourself – BEFORE you go to sleep.

Maybe it’s to lose 30 kgs. Maybe it’s to do sets of 10 pull-ups effortlessly.

Perhaps it’s to build shoulders like Boulders. Whatever it is, AFFIRM it to yourself – and DEMAND your subconscious to work in that direction – and if you do this right, believe you me, the results will literally astound you.

I’ll have more on this later, but for now – do this for a week – and then get back to me – and then let’s talk!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – I’m out for now – but remember that talking to your subconscious isn’t always as “effortless” as it sounds. I’ve been doing this for YEARS now, and I’ve still only barely SCRATCHED the surface of what is out there on this topic. And this is one area I help folks with in my coaching services. If that interests you, feel free to apply right here – – http://0excusesfitness.com/coaching – and we’ll get back to you asap!

P.S# 2 – And if you haven’t already, grab a copy of Fast and Furious Fitness – and then of course 0 Excuses Fitness. Compare the two, and let me know if you see – or FEEL – a difference!

Dear Reader,

One of the key mistakes most people make when setting goals – including fitness goals (I should say ESPECIALLY fitness goals – as well as money related goals) is this – they don’t let go of their desire even after correctly broadcasting it to the Universe – both in terms of thought and ACTION.

What do I mean here?

Well, I wrote a great little post about “letting it go”  – a while back – one you’ll find if you search through the blog archives, but for now, let me reiterate that while YES – a strong WHITE HOT flame of desire is the starting point of all desire (as well as a key component of making things HAPPEN) – there is a fine line between”over-reaching” for the goal and “desiring it deeply enough to make it happen”.

Back when I was dropping more than a few lbs, I had my goals. Hell, I didn’t just have written goals – – I had very vivid and detailed PICTURES of how I wanted to look once the “job was done” – – and I visited these pictures in my mind regularly, just as I keep asking you to do.

But here’s the key – once I got down to doing – I trusted and believed these goals would manifest – and while I thought about ’em all the time while training, I did NOT spend time worrying about the “how’s and when’s”.

In other words, I trusted it would happen – and I let it go. And it happened – and the results were beyond my wildest expectations.

This same thing happened me to many moons ago in China as well when I was laid off from my first job – and had a month to find the next.

It was NOT easy for foreign devils to find full time employment of the sort I had back then (an expat job if I might say so – with all the benefits etc) – – especially not in my field, which back then was I.T.

But I believed – I did what I had to do – and despite the fact that even the CONTACT for the job I was going to eventually get did not show up until about a week before my visa was set to expire – I did NOT lose faith.

I believed – and kept believing – and kept doing the thing – and then magically, somehow, It all happened — and a week or so after expiry of my visa, I was back in China on a new visa – – and a new and better job!

There’s a lesson to be learnt here.

You visualize – you do so with deep emotion – but once that is done – you don’t “set expectations” of “how” and “when”.

You trust and BELIEVE in your HEART OF HEARTS that the Universe is pulling FOR you as opposed to AGAINST you – and you leave it at that.

Divine timing if I might say so is better than any sort of pre-meditated or pre-planned timings we might have in our own minds! 

Claude Bristol makes an excellent point in this regard in “The Magic of Believing” – perhaps the BEST point in the entire book.

He gives us the example of if we were to want a new house.

You get your visuals going – you get your affirmations going – and you repeat these to yourself until you BELIEVE in your heart of hearts the house is yours – and you back this up with action.

Quoting ahead –

After that, the subconscious goes to work to provide you with that house. It may come into manifestation in any number of ways. But do you really care whether you build it with your own hands, or whether it comes to you through purchase, or from the actions of of outsiders? How it comes to you is of no great consequence!

Sage indeed, my friend. Sage indeed, and this is perhaps the best of all the invaluable golden nuggets spread out through the book …

And THIS is what I’m referring to.

If you have financial goals, for instance, you might get your affirmations going to “have an abundant life” – – but do you really care HOW that abundant life comes about?

Do you really want to set expectations in terms of “I’ll be working A job – in city B – and making X amount of money?”

More to the point, do you really CARE?

How about letting the Universe decide the HOW – – while you present it with what you WANT?

This is a powerful concept indeed, and one we would do good to remind ourselves of occasionally – or often – and it is also one of the key components of “getting into flow” and STAYING there as I keep talking about!

Fitness wise, your six pack may come about through pull-ups – or pushups – or long walks – or a combo of all the above – or none.

Key thing is you have your goal – and you DO – and then RELEASE the “how”.

THAT, my friend is the entire key – – and that is the missive for today!

I’ll be back again with more. In the meantime, if you work out today – keep it real  – – and have a great, great one!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – If you enjoy messages of this nature, then one of my recent books “Gumption Galore” will be RIGHT UP your alley. Grab it right here – – https://0excusesfitness.com/gumption-galore/

If there’s ONE question I get asked all the time by folks, it is this – can heavier folks do handstands – and handstand pushups?

Being that the handstand – and handstand pushup is by far one of the most difficult and intimidating exercises out there (though it doesn’t have to be!), most people naturally shy away from them to begin with – and if they’re on the heavier side?

Forget about it. You’ll likely have an easier convincing a man even “somewhat heavy” to jump off the Eiffel Tower with arms outstretched like a bird, pretending to fly, fly, FLY – as opposed to even get into a handstand.

Ok, so that above bit is a tad bit exaggerated, but hey,what’s true is this – it’s a COMMON fallacy out there that heavier folks can’t do handstands.

Can’t they?

You bet they CAN! I’ve said this all along, and have been saying it for years now, and it bears mentioning yet again at this point.

First off, the handstand and handstand pushup is your go to exercise if you’re looking for them shoulders like cannons – or, much as I hate to use the term, “cannonball delts”.

If you’re looking for raw, BRUTE, unadulterated upper body strength and pressing (and pulling, too) power – then this is the exercise you need to work upon – and perfect.

If you’re looking for that massive barrel chest look capped off by traps that look like mountain peaks – well – ditto!

The old time strongmen knew this too, my friend, and trained the exercise accordingly – – which means HARD, HARD, HARD!

And despite what you think, not all of them were “chiseled” either. They were strong, but not necessarily the “chiseled six pack” sort – and they didn’t need to be.

Ever heard of John Davis – champion American weightlifter with Olympic and world titles galore?

At a bodyweight of 200 lbs – – he’d do this exercise for multiple sets – in slow, perfect sets of 10 each time!

Doug Hepburn, weighing at a massive 305 lbs of MUSCLE did these all the time – – and sometimes on pommel bars at that!!

Ditto for Bert Asserati – the English wrestler that weighed in at a similarly meaty 240 lbs or so – – and did ONE ARM handstands for time!

And lest you think these men were exceptionally genetically gifted, think again. Doug Hepburn was born with a club foot and had many other battles to wage to get to the point he eventually did.

John Davis was small and weak as a child – hardly someone you’d expect to become a champion weightlifter – and yet that is precisely what he became!

Still not convinced?

Well, here’s another example.

Back in the day, yours truly was somewhat on the heavier side as well (as y’all no doubt know by now!).

He wrote a little book called Fast and Furious Fitness – – a book he referred to this morning – – and a book very close to his heart indeed – – and he very recently re-released it on THIS site again after years.

That was my first book, and as I said this morning, there is good reason for it to be close to my heart – – and in case you’re interested, here is where you can grab this lil’ puppy – – https://0excusesfitness.com/fast-and-furious-fitness/

At the time of writing that book, I wasn’t exactly in the sort of shape you see me today (though granted, I still trained and wasn’t by any means or shape a couch potato).

And what was my favorite exercise at the time?

It wasn’t pull-ups, although I did those. It wasn’t sprints. It wasn’t even pushups as I detail in 0 Excuses Fitness, although YES, I did do those too!

No – it was an exercise that is pictured on the front cover of the book – the handstand pushup – – and if I could do ’em at the bodyweight I did ’em – – and if the men mentioned above could do ’em for sets/reps at their bodyweights – then so can YOU, my friend!

And thats a long answer to a short question.

Long story short – – heck yes, you CAN do handstands and handstand pushups even if you’re overweight – or on the “bigger” side.

That isn’t an excuse to be fat. It’s a REASON NOT to shy away from this excellent exercise – and to learn how to do it in proper form – and then just do it!

Alright, my friend. That’s it for now. I’ll be back later!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – Learn how to do handstands and handstand pushups the RIGHT way here – – https://0excusesfitness.com/shoulders-like-boulders/

… You never really go back!

This truism struck me last night as I was creating a product – the newest 0 Excuses Fitness product as it were, and it’s true my friend.

‘Tis true, and relax – it’s ALL PG rated. I’m not going “G” on you … as yet, hehe.

Jokes apart – once you get on an exercise System that works as rapidly as the 0 Excuses Fitness System does, and as efficiently – – with almost zero time wastage – – and benefits manifold, then why WOULD you want to adopt another System?

As they say, if it works, don’t change it.

It if ain’t broke – don’t fix it – and this certainly holds true for fitness as well!

Over the years, I may have made MODIFICATIONS to my exercise routine(s) – but the CORE of my program always remained the same.

And unlike a Chinese bamboo tree, which takes about 4 years to start to really “grow” (you simply water the seed until then, and WAITpatiently!) – the RESULTS from being on an exercise program such as this show up almost instantly.

So, yes – once you go 0 Excuses – you’ll well and truly never go back! 

Anyway, what is the latest product, you might be asking right about now?

Well – it’s simple – it’s a collection of 51 evergreen fitness tips that I’ve put together for you over a long, long period of time, my friend.

Some of these tips come from way back in 2011 – some are quite recent.

Others are “in the middle” – and yet, what all of them have in common in this – they are ALL relevant – and they are ALL required reading for folks like YOU who are interested in LASTING health, strength and fitness – from the inside out.

You’ll learn new things as well – things that aren’t necessarily covered in the books that well (or are skimmed over).

For instance, if you’re wondering what the difference is between hammer grip pull-ups and regular pull-ups (in so far as how they hit the body differently and what exact parts of the body benefit the most) – you’ll get it here.

If you’re wondering what the “lo down” is on fingertip pushups – you’ll get it here as well.

You’ll learn plenty more including, but not limited to –

• Why the “look of your muscles” isn’t near as important, or close to it as what your muscles can actually DO.
• What sort of folks to emulate while training – – and what sort of behavior you should avoid like the PLAGUE.
• The old man I met in China, and why he left a lasting impression on me – – and if you read what I have to say, chances are he’ll leave a lasting impression on YOU too!
• The magical “500” number – not only in terms of pushups – but steps walked as well – and STEEP uphill steps at that!

And much, much more, my friend.

Grab your copy now – it truly is the best 51 fitness tips that have ever been compiled!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – 51 is great, but 101 is better, me thinks. And along with these 51 tips, Corrugated Core is another product that is a must grab if you’re serious about losing those love handles and belly fat. Not one, not two –  but 50 great exercises that will get you jump started on the road to super fitness and a rock solid, corrugated CORE – and that much coveted SIX PACK as well, my friend. Here is where you can grab this little gem – http://0excusesfitness.com/corrugated-core/

Dear Reader,

Back in the day, when I was in China I’d often go in for sports and other forms of medicinal massages.

I’d get prodded, pummelled, kicked, twisted and even spun (NO, this are NOT the “naughty” massages you’re thinking of!) – and I’d emerge from every “session” feeling like I had a workout unto itself – and feeling like a billion bucks.

The importance of massage for proper recovery as well as ADDED muscle growth and tendon repair cannot be overemphasized – provided it’s done correctly, and the massage practitioner KNOWS what he/she is doing.

I’ve also been to plenty of “blind massages” in China where they have semi-blind folks work on you – and believe me, the magic some of these guys can work on your entire body is beyond belief – especially if you’re used to the “groping” style of most Western massages.

Anyway, many a times, I’d have young, tough girls working on me – girls that were literally less than half my size – – and girls that had grips as strong as gorillas – – or damn near close to it!

And part of the massages I went to entailed getting the entire shoulder joint massaged in a “probing” manner that was EXTREMELY painful at the time – and yet, after the session, you felt like a billion bucks when it was over.

I don’t know if I mentioned it, but I had shoulder issues galore back in the day when I used to lift weights and throw in bodyweight stuff as an “afterthought”. Big time.

Oh man, I still remember the PAIN that I felt when these tiny girls literally dug their thumbs into a certain area of the shoulder socket and literally “worked out” the tension lying underneath – it was all I could do to stop myself from screaming out!

And yet – the shoulder WORKED – and was pain free – after each session.

Fast forward a few years, and the good news is this – you could damn near take a drill to my shoulders and I’d still be fine.

OK – not literally- but you get my drift!

And this amazing recovery didn’t come about through resting – or “not doing any strenuous shoulder work” – or not stretching – or “lifting weights in a certain position” – or doing any of the other rubbish the so-called-experts recommend.

It in fact came about by doing an exercise that most modern day “gurus” rail against – and an exercise that folks have been doing for CENTURIES in countries such as India and China to build overall health, strength and wellness in the upper body – as well as unrivaled and unparalleled PEACE of mind when done correctly.

What is this exercise, you ask?

Well, it’s one of the cornerstones of the 0 Excuses Fitness training regimen.

It’s one of the MOST misunderstood and therefore incorrectly performed exercises – and if done incorrectly, it has the potential to cause damage.

Other hand, if you do it correctly, the benefits are almost beyond belief. You’ll not only build inhuman strength throughout your entire upper body and back – but you’ll also build MASSIVE, and (for the modern day man ) most importantly PAIN free shoulders that are every bit as strong as they look.

Lower back issues will be a thing of the past, and if you’re looking for a six pack to boot? Well, you’ll get it once you progress to higher repetitions in this exercise without even trying!

Not to mention the increased awareness and clarity – – and peace of mind you’ll get from doing this one exercise … awareness that will literally transport you into another DIMENSION as you workout, and will build laser like focus on goals and other objectives in your life.

What is it, you ask?

Well, it’s the Hindu pushup, my friend – an exercise that has been around for ages, and if there ever WAS an exercise (along with the handstand pushup) that will make MEN out of BOYS – it is this.

Most gym gorillas do well to even get into and hold this position for any length of time – let alone pound out reps.

Most seasoned fitness fanatics, Crossfitters, bodyweight fanatics and triathletes are humbled at around 10 reps – or less – when they first try this exercise.

Believe me now and trust me later, if there is one exercise that truly gives you mammoth bang for you buck, it is THIS one!

But beware – form is paramount on this exercise, perhaps way more so than the other exercises I recommend.

And the way the Hindu pushup is taught by most so called experts and those who claim to be knowledgeable on the issue makes me want to literally puke.

Not only do these spurious and incorrect techniques not work – they achieve the exact opposite of what you’re trying to achieve – that being strong and pain free shoulders for LIFE.

So make sure you learn this great exercise from those that KNOW how to do it – and make damned sure you DO it on a regular basis as well.

Once you go “Hindu” in this regard, you’ll never go back, hehe.

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – If shoulder strength and health is your thang, then the handstand pushup is yet another exercise you simply must master. Here is where you can get the “skinny” on dat – – http://0excusesfitness.com/shoulders-like-boulders/

Dear Reader,

If you’re doing all the right things – and yet are unable to lose weight – or as much as you desired – have you ever stopped and thought WHY?

If you’re dong all the right things in terms of LIFE – or making the amount of MONEY you want – and are still somehow not “getting there” (or not at all) – have you ever stopped and pondered why?

If you’ve got a strong desire – a desire that creates WHITE HOT tension in terms of where you are right now and where you WANT to be – and are yet dumbfounded as to why the results aren’t occurring – have you stopped and pondered why?

Napoleon Hill states very categorically in Think And Grow Rich that DESIRE is the starting point of all achievement – and he correctly points out that this desire must be CRYSTAL CLEAR in your mind in terms of the SPECIFICS you want to achieve!

Here’s a little story that should illustrate this perfectly well.

Frank W. Gunsaulus – clergyman and educator “back in the day” (way, way back!) once had a desire – a BURNING desire at the back of his mind, and Hill mentions this in his book “Think and Grow Rich”.

This desire was to be the director of an educational institution where students would be taught to “learn via doing” i.e. the school of PRACTICALITY as opposed to “rote learning”. 

Great goal, you’d say? I certainly think so – and yet – despite this goal, the fact of the matter was it required a million dollars in investment to set up – and that was back then!

Though this young man KNEW that desire is the starting point of all achievement, as well as the other principles I refer to galore in my emails – after it was all said and done, he still had NO idea where to lay his hands on this sum of money.

Day after day, night after night he took this thought to bed with him – but nothing happened despite the desire.

Then one night about two years into all this, he made up his mind to get the money – but not just “get it”.

He made up his mind to get the million dollars – – and do so within a WEEK! 

In his own words,

I made up my  mind right there and then that I would get the million dollars within a week. How? I was not concerned about that!

The main thing of importance was the DECISION to get the money within a specified time, and I want to tell you that the moment I reached a definite decision to get the money within a specified time, a strange feeling of assurance came over me, such as I had never before experienced.

Something inside of me seemed to say “Why didn’t you reach that decision a long time ago? The money was waiting for you all the time!

After this, he immediately went to work on a sermon entitled “What I would do if I had a million dollars” – and preached a day or so later on this.

He was so excited before this sermon that he forgot the speech he had prepared – and ended up speaking “extempore” as it were.

After the sermon was over, a man rose from the crowd, and approached the clergyman slowly. He came to the pulpit – extended his hand – and said he believed in what Gunsaulus was doing – and believed that he’d do what he said he would with his million dollars – and promised to give him the money a couple of days later on a Monday morning!

Within 36 hours of making a definite decision – the million dollars was HIS – despite the two years of thinking that went into it, he got the money – 36 hours after he made a CLEAR decision on WHEN he’d have it!

When it comes to fitness, most people would do well to learn a thing or two from this.

Most people are vague to the extreme with their fitness and other goals.

“I want to be rich” is something we hear all the time – but do we ever hear HOW these people plan on making their goals a reality – and more importantly, how much MONEY (exact amount) they want?

“I want to get fit”, we hear all the time.

Great – but where are the specifics?

How much weight do you want to drop? How many handstands in a set are you aiming at? What exact number of pull-ups are you looking for?

These, and many other questions need to be answered before you can achieve your goals in a satisfactory manner!

And lest you think the story I mentioned is a one off, think again, my friend. This has proven true for me multiple times down the years as well.

A year or so ago, I was in a quandary with regard to one of my businesses.

The cash wasn’t coming in at that point – – and I had literally reached the point of no-return in terms of that business.

It was either shut up shop (metamorphically speaking) or find the cash to keep it going. So dire were the straits that a million grim thoughts passed through my mind every time I’d work out – or sit down to think about it – and my brain was barraged with a bunch  of “what if’s”.

Finally one fine evening I had had enough.

I decided I’d go and do a 100 or so pull-ups and work this out with myself.

And while getting through my routine – I made a decision right there and then that I’d have the cash I needed to keep the biz going – no matter what – and I’d have it within the next couple of days.

I had NO idea on how I’d get it. That biz had no backers. I had no “angels” ready to help me out. And so forth.

And yet, I made that decision – and the MINUTE I made that decision, that same strange feeling of calmness and serenity swept over me. 

“It’ll happen”, a voice inside of me told me, and that was all I thought of that as I finished one of the best workouts I had in my life.

Later that night, I was “doing the books” – and as I was doing so, my Inbox flashed – with a message – a message that completely changed the “fate” of my biz as it was at that point financially.

Today, that biz is well and thriving – – but the point I’m making is this – I got what I needed to keep it going  – – AS SOON (or almost) as I reached a DEFINITE decision on when I’d get it!

There are plenty of lessons to be learnt here, methinks, my friend.

When I was getting to a 100 pull-ups and more – at NO time was my desire VAGUE in terms of the numbers.

In fact, 100 was always a magic number to me in this regard – and the fact that I ended up achieving MORE than what I set out to is a different story – but the fact also is that it would probably have never even happened if I had a vague “wishy washy” sort of wish in terms of what I wanted!

It’s the same thing with life – or money – or goals – or fitness goals – or what have you.

DECIDE what you want – and be uber specific with it – and really, really mean it deep down inside – and watch the Universe literally throw it’s bulk behind you to make it HAPPEN, my friend.

It’s true – and it’ll happen for you too – if you only let it!

Alright, my friend. Thats it for now. I’ll be back again with more later!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – If you want to read more on the mental side of getting to a 100 pull-ups – and MORE – in a workout – well, I’ve mentioned it all in the course – which you can grab right here – – http://0excusesfitness.com/pull-ups-from-dud-to-stud-within-a-matter-of-weeks/

Dear Reader,

One of the main draws of the 0 Excuses Fitness program, and indeed one of the benefits I emphasize heavily is this – – the fact that you can get super fit – – and get a great, great workout in within 15 minutes or less – – right there in your living room.

Yes, it’s possible to blowtorch fat off your body in this time frame. YES, it’s possible to increase strength and flexibility at the same time – as well as build supreme internal health and vitality – as well as the strength of your inner ORGANS.

And the videos in the System should be proof enough that this is  possible!

But, down the years, people have had questions.

Is it REALLY possible to lose weight in such a short time – with no equipment? Is it REALLY possible to get better at pushups while spending less than or equal to 15 minutes daily?

And so forth – and my answer has always been YES – but I’ve still had my fair share of naysayers and hecklers regardless.

Well, oldtime French strongman Adrian Peter Schmidt might just agree with me as well – – with a host of other oldtime strongmen as well!

Before I explain more, here are some RESULTS that Schmidt obtained via his  methods – – He could press more than 1.5 times his bodyweight overhead – – not to mention perform TEN consecutive ONE FINGER pull-ups – at age 68 – – amongst many more, but those two should be proof enough, methinks!

In his 1901 book  “Illustrated Hints for Health and Strength for busy people“, he said pretty much the same thing as I’m saying – – and that old time strongmen have said throughout the ages — that yes, BRIEF and intense workouts are what get the job done!

Curiously enough that book doesn’t contain any exercises that you may think are strenous – – but DO these exercises daily, and you’ll feel a sense of vim and vigor flooding over you every morning as you complete ’em – – and this quite literally, as he says, “will put you in a condition to go through your daily work with ease and pleasure!”.

And ’tis true, my friend – ’tis true – and we can’t argue with the results this man obtained, can we?

But wait – there is more.

To those who feel that deep breathing is just a bunch of “hocus pocus” and “not really useful” – and all that –  here is my answer yet again – NO, it’s not!

Your breath is literally your power – – and Schmidt, along with a host of other strongmen espouse this fact in ALL their courses and manuals.

So yes – 15 minutes or less DOES it – – and guess what – – the workouts may not even last that long when you first start!

When you first banging out the squats, 3-5 minutes is all you’ll be able to do – WITH rest periods – but if you do ’em correctly, those few minutes will literally OPEN the floodgates to your lungs – and PAVE the way for a rollicking day ahead – as you feel great and go about your daily work with increased gusto and enthusiasm.

Ditto for the pushups – especially some of the Hindu push-ups and reverse pushups I advocate!

And of course – best part – you’re getting a workout in right there in your living room – a composite workout that delivers results accordingly too.

Can’t beat that, methinks!

So if you haven’t already – don’t run – but SPRINT – on over to the order page and place your order for the ONE exercise system out there that literally has the potential to change your life, my friend.

Here is where to do it – – http://0excusesfitness.com/0excusesfitnessystem/

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – You may never get to the point where you can pound out ONE one finger pull-ups, let alone tons of them – but what about doing more than 20 daily? What about doing 50 pull-ups – or a 100 – DAILY – over the course of a year? If you think that sort of training will literally TRANSFORM your body, you’re right, my friend. Learn how to get to those levels right here – – https://0excusesfitness.com/pull-ups-from-dud-to-stud-within-a-matter-of-weeks/

 

Dear Reader,

I’ve written a lot before on the topic of visualizing your goals – and doing so with deep, deep emotions in order to quicken manifestation of said goals.

While this certainly isn’t a “silver bullet” or “fast track solution (as in “magic” solution) to end all your woes instantly, the changes that take place in your psyche often times make it FEEL like it’s nigh instantaneous in many regards, even though nothing tangible has changed on the outside – YET.

And there are ways to ramp up this level of emotion – to ramp up the art of visualizing exactly what you want – and then (as I’m going to talk about today) – EXPECTING it.

When you want something, you picture it in your mind – but you don’t just stop there.

You picture it in your mind with deep emotion – and then you DO what it takes to get you there – but again – one you do that – there is one crucial step that most people miss – a step that gets you to your goal much quicker than you would WITHOUT it.

What is that? Well, before telling you – a quick example.

When I first got into “super fitness” mode, it was a challenge for sure to get the pounds off after years of “moderate and not daily” activity on a regular basis.

It was a challenge to get to pumping out 50 – and then 100 pushups per day – and then more – and then KEEP at it as well.

It was a challenge to wake up at what to me seemed like an Ungodly hour and go hiking – and yet, as I did all this, I didn’t just “do the thing and hope it happened”.

I had a picture in my mind of what I wanted – the results I expected from my training – AS I trained – and I’d literally EXPECT these results to show up each and every time I trained.

Now don’t get me wrong. I didn’t expect miracles. I did NOT expect to get bound from 5 pull-ups to a 100 plus in a day or so – but I DID expect constant, ongoing and QUICK improvement, and I did so on a regular basis!

And this brings me to today’s tip – don’t just WANT the best. Expect it – and expect more of it deeply on a regular basis, and you’ll be amazed to see that life DOES indeed give you the best – or gets you there – on a regular basis as well!

Claude Bristol talks about this in the Magic of Believing as well. He says that expectation plays a huge role in bringing us the results we desire. Quoting from his book – –

Strange as it may sound, we usually get we anticipate.

And if you anticipate increasing your sales, and believe you’re going to do it, your sales will mount just as though some invisible friend were helping out. The idea of anticipation holds in everything you do.

And therein lies the crucial message for today – Visualize, believe – and then DO – but also EXPECT good things to come your way!

For a few days now (actually a week or so), I’ve been having “flashes” during my training where I suddenly (literally out of the blue) see myself hitting targets I’ve envisioned in the past, both biz wise and life wise – despite there being no “tangible progress” on the outside. 

And I feel that “something good is going to happen” feeling come over me every time this happens.

When the vast majority of folks wake up every day, their feeling isn’t one of “something good is going to happen today”. Its more like “Ho hum, how do I get through this day” – or “I’ve got so much to do today!” … and thus forth.

Instead of the latter feelings, try picturing something GOOD happening to you every day – both before you go to bed the night before, and the morning immediately after.

Do so with deep emotion. EXPECT good things to happen – and keep moving towards your goals – and you’ll get there with lightning speed, my friend.

Wanting something is good – great in fact – but when you add EXPECT into the equation after inserting “DO” – then the results that follow are truly mindboggling – and this holds true no matter if you’re trying to get to a 100 pull-ups from a measly 5 – – or write several books despite not having written one or many at all – – or turn a business around from “Zero to Hero“.

The list goes on and on and on, my friend.

So thats today’s lesson. Visualize – and EXPECT the best – and then work towards it. You’ll be nigh astounded at the results!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – An exercise that lends itself ESPECIALLY well to visualization is Hindu pushups. The motion itself lends itself to intense concentration and a feeling of “disconnectedness” and increased awareness – and goals become blindingly clear in your mind as you literally flow between the downward dog and upward dog positions. You’ll see what I mean when you follow along in the Videos!

Dear Reader,

One of the key things to note about life – or fitness – or anything in general, really is that a) you get what you put into it and b) you give BEFORE you can receive.

The first part is understood by most people, but the second part is often NOT very well understood – or received – especially in our modern day “instant gratification” society.

We expect everything instantly – like NOW – and it doesn’t work that way, my friend.

You don’t just bound from a perch on the couch for years to become a lean’mean fighting machine.

You don’t just rebound within a day from years of financial woes – and you certainly don’t change your underlying mindset about money, or life either “within the blink of an eye” as it were, although it sometimes CAN feel like that is precisely what is happening.

No – you give first before you receive.

Now, a lot of folks complain about “giving” in terms of fitness – but not “receiving”.

So you have person A complaining about doing cardio galore at the gym, for instance, but not receiving results REMOTELY close to what he or she had expected with this sort of thing. If anything, the flab shows back up the minute he/she stops the pavement – or treadmill – pounding – and it stays there, and GROWS.

Or you may have people that complain of “trying to do handstand pushups“, but never getting there.

And though these people are DOING THE THING, there is one KEY factor they’re missing.

What might this be, you ask?

Well – it boils down to this – that old concept of DOING things – a certain WAY!

Yes, I’ve linked repeatedly to this post. I’ve stressed it galore. I keep pounding it in via what Claude Bristol calls the “tap tap repetitive” method of influencing the subconscious – because it really IS that important.

And in this case, the certain way is this – you give – FREELY – of your own volition – and with no “terms and conditions attached”.

There have been times in my life when (hard as that might sound to believe) – I was in the hole FINANCIALLY. Big time – and yet – every time I needed help, people showed up to help me – seemingly out of the blue.

And these people in EACH AND EVERY CASE ended up getting MORE than they helped me with – and a KEY fact to consider here is this – they did it freely – with an open heart!

An expression in the Old Testament reads thus “Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days”.

This, my friend is the key concept I’m referring to.

Bread tossed upon the waters WITH AN OPEN HEART – and no unrealistic “expectations” does indeed come back to you – manifold at that – and I’ve experienced this MANY a times as well, over and over and over again.

It might not always return in the form you expected – or from the person  you expected it from – – but return it does, and always manifold, my friend.

Napoleon Hill spoke about this at length as well when he mentioned the “Law of Increasing Returns” – as well as the “Law of Universal Compensation” and he was spot on.

This very same concept applies to fitness as well.

If you do your pushups with a “ho hum, I gotta get through this” attitude – you’ll probably never get better at them at the level you desire to.

If you do your handstands with a “hang dog” expression – and thought processes of “Oh, God, I gotta get through this torture somehow” – then guess what. Not only will it feel like torture, but you won’t get near the amount of gains as you would if you had pursued the activity with an ABUNDANT and EAGER mindset!

Back when I was getting fit, I did the thing – daily at 530 A.M. in the morning followed by OTHER things – and I banged out each and every day in the right spirit.

Sure, I had good workouts. Bad workouts. “In between” times. But I stuck to it regardless, and always in the right spirit – and the results are there for all to see!

So thats today’s tip, and if there ever was an important one to give, it is this.

Give freely – and with a clean heart – in all endeavors – and you’ll be nigh astounded at the manifold returns down the line!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – This holds especially true for the style of exercises/workouts I mention in 0 Excuses Fitness. Do the pushups – work at ’em until you get better, for instance, and 10 will soon turn into 100 – and 150 – and then 250 – and more! Before you know it you’ll be at the magic 500. The key is to start – and start SOMEPLACE – right here – – https://0excusesfitness.com/0excusesfitnessystem/

 

Dear Reader,

Back in the day, before one of my oh-so-frequent visits to China, I was speaking to an ESL recruiter – this was back when I DID work full time, and figured I’d try my hand at teaching English (full time) for a change.

I think her name was “Sandy”, if I’ve got it right, and one of the first things she asked me was this “Do you have a job in hand right now?”

“No”.

“Oh, then where are you now? Back home in the U.S.?”

“No, I’m here in China”

“Here in China?? Without a job?? But … ”

“It felt like the right thing to do, so I did it”, I responded, grinning like a Cheshire cat from ear to ear on the wechat call.

She then asked me about my family, and I told her I had a wife and young kid.

“Wow! You moved to a different country with NO guarantees of a job, and ….” her voice tailed off. “That’s brave, for sure!”

And so it has been with ALL my decisions I’ve taken in life until now, my friend.

The fact is that I never did end up teaching English at that point in China – I ended up working full time for a factory as an I.T. engineer … but, the point stands regardless.

Most of the time, my decisions (which are ALL taken quickly and based upon what my gut tells me) are “lauded” as “Wow, thats brave!” (the polite version) or “foolhardy” – or way, way worse than that, hehe.

And ’tis true if you  look at it a certain way.

Decisions made this way are certainly “brave” in that they make not a shred of sense if you look at them (at that point in time) from a logical standpoint, and yet looking back, hindsight isn’t 20/20 – – it turns out to be ZERO basically – – as all the dots line up way, way better than they would have if one would have followed a strictly logical plan.

Don’t get me wrong. Logic is damned important, but our subconscious minds make the final decision on what is going to happen, and when – regardless of what our “conscious” minds tell us.

In the Magic of Believing, Claude Bristol repeatedly stresses the importance of the mirror technique and other similar methods to impress your goals FIRMLY upon the subconscious in a way that they cannot be erased or replaced easily.

And he goes to say that while you can, should and MUST demand plans of the subconscious, these plans for everyone may not appear in the form of a clear blueprint.

For some folks, you may suddenly get the urge to do something out of the blue. Call a certain person – flip to a certain page in the newspaper (or, as I do so often, write an email to my list).

Just do it, is what he says, and the end result will make the “why’s” and “wherefore’s” of seemingly irrelevant things perfectly relevant at the end of it all.

And he’s right, my friend.

He’s spot on – and going back to being BRAVE – believe you me, it takes guts to look at your obese or horribly unfit (or both) self in the mirror and demand CHANGE from yourself.

It takes guts to keep trying to do 10 pushups in a row when you can barely do one – and KEEP at it for as long as it takes despite physical changes not manifesting instantly.

And it sure takes guts for a person that doesn’t wake up before 10 A.M. on most days – weekdays included – to wake up at 5:30 A.M. in the mornings to go for a hike in the mountains!

And so forth.

But these brave decisions are what generate results – both in terms of LIFE – and in terms of fitness as well.

So if there’s ONE tip I can leave you with today – it is this – come to terms with your INNER – as well as BRAVER self.

You’ll be all the better off for it – that I do guarantee!

Upward!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – It takes guts aplenty to do something apart from the norm – and more so when the chips are down – either in terms of fitness – or LIFE itself. But believe me now and trust me later – it’s all WELL worth it – and that is why I repeatedly stress investing in the 0 Excuses Fitness System – its the very best investment you’ll make in terms of your health, strength and overall fitness and vitality levels! Go here right now and grab your copy – – https://0excusesfitness.com/0excusesfitnessystem/