What is it you TRULY want, my friend – often without even knowing it?
We all have vibes – good, bad, ugly, in between, but a lot of us dont even know our inner “us”.
Trust me, results count and show.
If all you’re attracting in your life (results wise if all thats- lets use the term happening) is LACK – or frustration – or overall “despondency” and you have to measure up – man up – HONESTLY “long term” wise – then chances are excellent and second to none, and none wasn’t even in town, that THAT is what you really want, but you dont know it.
Sounds incredible I know. But it’s true.
Likewise for positive results. And abundance.
IT doesnt just start with thinking.
It starts and ends with feeling. Vibes, you can never fake’em. You can never fool the Universe!
This afternoon, I planned on a quick 200 squat workout, which I just did.
What kept me going was not what most of you would think – haha.
Often times while training I think goals.
Today I Was thinking a lovely lady – a WEIGHT lifter of all things with arms probably huger than mine, haha – with the perfect mix of feminine – and STRONG!
She’s got the vibe. More than the look, the vibe.
And she’s the one I wrote about in terms of rest days etc before, now I’m not going to say what her image was doing in my mind, but one of those things was inspiring in a very sexy manner indeed.
The other was telling me “keep going” – super sore though I am.
Kept going I did.
Hehe.
My point is this, when you train, where are your thoughts?
If they’re scattered, all of the place, no goal in mind, no PURPOSE for your training, not “in your muscles” as you train- then you’re wasting your time.
If you’re not focusing on your breath along with other things, you might as well not train.
Take a long look at your results too, and if you’re not getting the results you want from your training, the above might be one reason.
Affix an image – a purpose in your mind – for not just training – for everything, all you do in life, and make it something that really, truly FIRES you up, means something to you.
Napoleon Hill gives plenty of examples in Think and Grow Rich in the chapter on sexual transmutation which most people just dont get.
Yet, he’s spot on.
The presence of a beautiful woman, for one, has been the genesis for a many a successful man’s widely successful biz plans …
Same thing holds true training wise.
Affix a picture of a FIT you – the you you REALLY want – lean, mean, corrugated, not the BS gyms feed you about “its ok to be big” when you’re really PHAT …
And keep that image in mind as you train.
Life wise, when you work – keep an IMAGE in your mind in front of you as you do so – which gives you purpose + feeling embedded into that work.
Do this regularly, and you can’t go wrong, simple as that – and your results in all spheres will truly show and count long term.
This little nugget here is something the affirmation so called gurus will never tell you, but it’s worth more than ALL else they tell you.
More golden nuggets of wisdom – real world, practical at that – here – Zero to HERO!
I can just hear people whining about be nice and other crap when the reality is, some people need to man up, lose the effing weight, and stop whining. I mean geez, where’s the limit? Should we make planes just for one person? She’s that big – thats for sure!
Squats – amidst all the other great benefits of squats (which is why “if you ain’t squatting you aint training” is indeed a very true TRUISM) – aid in something else as well.
RECOVERY.
Lots of us have upper body “niggles” and aches, pains etc from training HARD, hard, hard – and while massage, sleep etc can aid in recovery – not everyone recovers at the same pace, or same level – and me, sitting here right now after 700 pushups a day – damn, them shoulders BE sore – especially with all the advanced level pushups I pump out during my workout.
It isn’t “injury sore” – but it’s soreness that tells me “SLOW DOWN A BIT”! (or, recover first).
And so these days, I’m alternating high rep pushup days with high rep – SQUAT days!
Man, let me tell you this one thing.
Pushup workouts work the entire body.
But squat workouts – BLITZ the entire body. Train the legs hard, like I experienced that first time I climbed the hill, you’ll feel like a Mack truck ran over you!
And while the T boost (the greatest you can get is by training legs) does a lot for the upper body indirectly, it helps in blood flow to those sore shoulders, forearms etc – and you recover a lot quicker than you would by just sitting around and posting “oh, no, it’s a rest day today” on Twitter and such. Hehe.
Although the lady who posted that is lovely indeed, and has bigger arms than a lot of men, and looks great. Haha.
Thats what I plan on doing today.
Thats yet another reason my friend “if you ain’t squatting – you aint training”.
Steve Austin once made the comment about “I dont care what else you do, if you squat, you’re going to grow!”
Then you have someone like a Brooks Kubik “in the trenches for years” who despite being a 500lb drug free bench presser once injured himself (from all those benches) so bad that he could barely do pushups.
Thats right, the man couldn’t do pushups – so painful was the injury – and pull-ups either from what I remember.
What did he work hard in the interim?
You got it.
SQUATS!
Squats, my friend are an absolute essential. Climbing hills is great, so are sprints – but they dont replace squats. Stepups which many fat folks use as an excuse to replace squats – nothing doing, they dont even come close (though dont get me wrong, if you’re way out of shape and want to work up to squats, by all means use supplementary exercises like step-ups which can be pretty tough if done right by the way) …
Nothing replaces that up and down “ass to grass” motion … so doing half ass reps wont cut it either.
And no, weighted squats dont even come close …
Conditioning wise, ask any doer – and they’ll tell you the same thing.
And all of this, of course ends off with that old truism …
If you ain’t Squatting?
Then you aint TRAINING!
And thats the bottom line, pal.
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
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No rants, no complaints (Well, some, but not many) – nothing at all.
It was meant to happen, and it did. My subconscious planned it, and it’s only getting BETTER as we speak – wow, wait. What do I mean?
Well, I recently woke up to my Amazon account being terminated “for having multiple accounts” – though they’ve been going for many years with no problems, those many years – most of them, at any rate – having different TAX entities behind the scenes (Amazon still ain’t clarified what exactly their policy about not having multiple accounts means – no multiple tax entities, or multiple individuals..or?)
This sort of thing isn’t new to me at all – with another KDP account I had for years, I was once suspended and why?
For a compilation of books – but the books themselves were fine, but not in digest format apparently!
Strange, and I never got a response from them on it. Ugh.
Now, the initial reaction from those I know, work with etc was “oh my god”.
To me?
It was “I always knew it could happen”.
It was “Thats a good thing!”
And three, one door closes, another opens – if you can spot it – in this case my subconscious mind done already opened it for me.
What do I mean?
Well, let me check my GREEN tea and then get back …
Ok, back -so first off an immensely popular book over here which was being narrated by a lovely lady – as soon as she accepted the narration “offer” – it set BELLS ringing.
For whatever reason (the book was on the other account) the book got flagged, other account got banned, then this account which we’ve never once had an issue with, not a single warning, nothing, nada, zilch, zip, got banned for “being related to the other account”.
And of course, their rote policy of Amazon KDP doesnt allow more than one account and such.
I really think someone somewhere was looking for an excuse to terminate the other account – hehe. Given both accounts have been doing very well for years, never a problem except the one I wrote about, given they knew very well of the multiple accounts issue since incorporation – something else is at play here.
Which basically as the little bird is tweeting outdoors as I write this, the Universe is speaking to me. And I’m listening – thank you!!!!!!!!
I’ve no idea why a book that has been going strong on Amazon for FIVE years, no less – would SUDDENLY get flagged and banned, but hey – whatever. They claimed the images in the book were porn, I told them erotica (the SSC kind between adults) is not porn, but of course, try beating your head againt a brick wall in that regard explaining all this to Amazon front line staff. Haha.
I asked them why a warning wasn’t issued at the very least.
No answer.
And no answer on many other things.
None of this of course is new for yours truly. I’ve long preached the virtues of your own site – your OWN EMAIL LIST – your own software, systems YOU can control – not relying completely on Amazon, Google etc (tis fine to use ’em, but …) as so many other people do.
“But it can’t happen to me”.
Oh yeah?
“Ah, that’ll never happen”
Really?
“They’re not going to suspend me, I’ve got XXXXXXX number of followers!”
Really? They won’t? It wont happen?
Sure can, friend.
Think your cute little youtube account – your instagram – Twitter, even (trump anyone? OK he pushed the limits too far in a way, but really, taking a sitting US Pres down??) wont – or cant – or both – suffer the same fate?
Sure can, my friend, if you’re in business, its not “if” – it’s “when” it’ll happen, and if you have planned for backups, and backups upon backups and such.
Our insta got banned a couple of years ago for the other biz for one, I’ve known scores of people who were “living high on the hog” from their “million” followers on IG, then one fine day “account gone” – next thing you know these people are looking for a job …
And it’s happened to SEVERAL very well known people in business as well – years of doing biz with no problems, then one fine day an email comes to the order of “high risk business” or some crap, and bam – its gone, and these people have to rebuild from scratch.
Not if you’ve been working your own systems, site etc in the meanwhile. That means one thing – more sales for YOU – through YOUR site, which has always been my goal anyway.
Amazon’s the 800 lb Gorilla in the room in terms of paying customers, so (at least for the other biz) – it hurts more than a bit.
But I’ve taken temporary pain in my stride in the past and gone on to bigger and better, and here? The Amazon account wasn’t even the vast majority of sales, for this biz, all comes through my email list HERE (therefore the constant pruning of fools and idiots from it).
Onward – strangely enough or maybe not a few days before this happened we – on the fly, one of those thoughts – overhauled our ENTIRE newsletter system – and made it far more streamlined with lots more options – to cater to our exclusive email list here.
And so it shall be …
I’d rather you guys buy from our site direct, that allows me to serve you better
And as far as Amazon etc goes, it was great to spread the word etc, but at a certain point, you have to outgrow third party platforms, and this, like a certain Chey told me “is the Universe speaking to me” – and it is.
Of course, she didnt quite back up what she said about agreeing to go it on your own with action, but thats OK – she is young.
Like Madam Joyce told me, you have to give the young ones a chance!
And I always HAVE!
Haha………..
So what does this mean for you guys?
Nothing at all, my friend – business as usual, and more of it!
Keep buying from us from this site – and DO LEAVE REVIEWS via the download link you get in your email upon purchase – those really help, and you get an extra 10% off your next purchase – which I cannot do for you on Amazon!
Stay tuned for special offers etc – on this site, I Cannot do that on any other site!
And that, my friend is that.
Misfortune can indeed be a blessing in disguise, and thats THAT.
Talk soon! ????
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – None of this, again, reflects negatively upon the very positive things I’ve said about Amazon in the past, and continue to. They’re right in a way, and I’m right in a way, its just one of those things that ultimately didnt work out due to whatever reason, and their robotic responses to this aside, I’m happy enough with the situation the way it is!
Onward- and UPWARD!
PS #2 – And since this is a huge issue – tons of folks getting their publisher accounts banned and such, for what it’s worth –
I truly believe Amazon being the smart company it is consciously made the decision to, at some point, “let the issue of the multiple accounts” (which given tax forms etc were issued on a yearly basis – I know they “knew” about it – their systems are way too sophisticated in terms of letting something like this “slide”) “slide” for obvious reasons (completely different biz verticals).
However, the other account getting terminated probably flagged this one as being linked.
And bam, there it went as well with the rote “two accounts are against our policy – even though I’ve had them for years – many of those with the same tax ID, some with different, depending on different business setups at various times”.
Ah well. Words to the wise and all that …
Not to mention Amazon – many of its biz verticals are on a downward trajectory, I predict about 5 more years before shit hits the fan. Bezos has been saying it since 2019 anyway … from a visionary who invested in Google before it even expanded out of it’s garage and with that investment today likely (not spoken about much, but it;s there!) being worth literally billions – from a man like that, you better believe it.
No company is too big to fail.
Amazon done failed in China because they couldn’t – or didnt want to – adapt.
Russia – they were never there.
And they have been having a tough time in India for ages …
Thats two of the world’s biggest markets plus a sizeable country there ..
No company’s too big to fail, my friend.
Stop listening to customers, stop being the nimble and agile entity that caused success to sprout in the first place, and that success sprouts WINGS and flies elsewhere.
Its happened to tons of huge companies – it will and is happenign to Amazon right now.
Despite all the great things they’ve done – anyway Bezos made this very interesting comment about “the only businesses surviving for a hundred years or more – breweries!”
(most big companies, if you take a look, Ford etc being exceptions – survive for no more than 30 years give or take at their dominant levels).
Hell yeah.
Ive said it too.
People need their drink.
Slow down or not, in fact even more so during slowdown, people need their drink – speakeasies or not. Hehe. Some things are golden and never change! 🙂
From a young age, I was the “macho man” – except I didnt have the strength or fitness to back it up.
I still remember feeling humiliated when Dad (I was 5 then) asked me to carry his briefcase, and not boxes when we were moving. Hehe.
I still remember him saying at the age of 11 with me wanting to lift everything in sight (groceries, I believe then?) – “Rahul’s a macho man” (along with more caustic comments of “he’s Akshay Kumar and Amitabh Bachhan rolled into one (he thinks)”.
Years later, I realized – I always did, but I wrote about hidden desires that never go away, and I dont mean just in the bedroom either.
Most of my Dad (I’ve never gotten along with him)’s remarks stem from his own inability to be anything like a strong father figure for us growing up … the opposite, actually, driven by a loony Nazi feminist mother …
I still remember him backing down from fights he started by “yelling” at other guys – which he got away with me at home – but outside?
He got his ass kicked – literally.
Anyway – yours truly – he man, well, I’ve been getting comments from women on the OTHER business – where I portray a decidely NON HE version of myself, and do so very proudly and publicly hehe (Bozo Glyn tried to shame me publicly there, hehe, failed, he still tries – hey Glyno, keep it up! – not your wanker, that never … ????) ..
… HE MAN!
And so I am.
Look, 500 pushups a day and keeping that up over the course of months, and years even is LEGENDARY status.
I dont care what else you can do fitness wise, ask the greats again here, 500 and beyond – I’m at 600 per day these days – is ACE status at pushups.
I’m still a ways behind 1500 pushups and 3000 situps a day. Hehe. We’ll see, Herschel! ????
Anyway – this he man is going to show you a different sort of pushup today on his youtube channelthat I have never shown before – that is NOT mentioned in Pushup Central…
And look, if YOU as a man want to be a real MAN, and be COUNTED – if YOU want to be called a he man by people that barely know you – if YOU want to look every bit as fit and STRONG as you are – well, you can’t get there by prancing around on Tiktok, social shedia – Shitter, and so forth …
… You can’t get there by faking rep counts and claiming you lift heavy when you dont, and you have to look halfway fit by the way for that to be believable (being a fat ass who keeps trying to adjust chin angles on everything, and so many guys take hours to figure out “the right angle” when I just take my photos and videos on the fly – is just pathetic. You cannot disguise a triple chin and bulging man boobs/stomach no matter what – *giggle* *so sheman like eh* ….
You can’t get there by pounding weights until the cows come home, you’ll get INJURED most likely.
And the proof’s indeed in the pudding there above.
Long story short, to be counted as a great, in the pantheon of long term greats, a TRUE HE MAN – well, if you ain’t squatting, you sure ain’t training.
And if you ain’t cranking out at least 500 pushups a day, you’re NOT on the road to greatness in any which way, shape or form.
Not that you HAVE to be, of course, 100 a day will do the average joe and jane just fine!
And thats that.
Back soon.
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – Lots of folks on the other business have mentioned my books there would make for great Holly wood movies.
Maybe someday, amigo. Maybe someday! Not a goal for now, but who am I, the movie star, to say NO to a one of a kind Hollywood blockbuster? ????????????Hehe….
PS #2 – Ive been seeing a lot of Indian ladies working out HARD on Twitter! And, “the she-hulk with the incredible BULK (I asked her to use that, haha)” is one of them. We’ll keep the cat MUM on WHO this person is for now. 😉
PPS – Be on the outlook for the special pushup that will TRULY make you com FULL circle, and no, it ain’t moving around in circles either.
I was recently asked by a lady working on some of my Audible projects if what she was experiencing (an uncanny resemblance between book covers and her FACE – years later – hehe).
I then told her about how I “write things in advance”, then Sharon Style – basic Instinct! 😉 – they come true “sans the murders”, hehe.
And they do, and as of late, they don’t come true in years – they come true within days – or almost minutes as it were – and this includes EVERY aspect of my life.
Including, my style of signing off as “MW” or “RM” – depending upon which biz I’m writing for, and the ladies picking up “MC”, “MW”. etc. No prizes for guessing what M stands for, my friend! Hehe.
And short?
Well workout wise, same thing – SHORT AND INTENSE workouts!
I woke up late, so am pressed for time.
No problem – as David Quiros will tell you in the introduction to Squat 101 – the READER!– squats lend themselves to a great workout, anywhere, anyplace, anytime!
I just got done with 80 regular squats, and 20 “jump” squats done REGULAR style, flat footed.
That he so loves, of course – and thats that – back soon!
Best,
RM
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After doing 350 pushups and 100 squats, the truism of this – as I do handstand pushups, reverse pushups, table pushups and other movements I have not hit in a while – was brought home to me again.
“I wouldn’t last a second with you in the ring”, I remember laughing at Marc who asked me to get into the ring with the “African Silverback Gorilla”.
He gave me the up and down look.
“Sure you would, conditioning wise!”
Now, it was tough, but I learned a hell of lot that day, and do each time I step in the ring to spar – regardless of who I’m sparring or practising with (usually ass kickers all of ’em that could kick MY Ass in the ring – thats how you IMPROVE).
(I always compete against those BETTER than me in some regard. Haha. Not because I have a Schofield style “kick my ass fetish” (ugh) but because thats how, again, you IMPROVE beyond the best you know!) (and theres always room for improvement).
But it brings to mind a lot of nonsense people spout about “we’re big not fat”, and how “its only strength that matters”.
Sure, if youre looking for a one punch knockout then strength matters.
Even then though – you need skills to make sure the other guy is ready for that punch. Lots of idiots think “I can throw him out of the window” when the reality is picking up another well conditioned human being and tossing him or her around like a rag doll is hardly as easy as they show in the movies – lots of factors there.
And chances are, the well conditioned guy will be a lot better place to get up from that punch and keep whacking you back. Look at the “rope” techniques some boxers use when they “absorb the punches” by leaning against the rope – Muhammad Ali, anyone. Hehe. And more!
SUre, strength MATTERS – you cant be a weakling that can’t do 5 pushups right, but the two – conditioning and real strength that is useful in the real world usually go together, pal.
How many times in the real world – in combat – in sports – in life – do you just lift one thing “once” and then rest, and then lift a heavier weight in a convenient position?
Or, even worse, do it on the machines?
In boxing, wrestling, combat – NO fight is the same.
You can have all the skills in the world, my friend, those can be taught, but the key lies ultimately in executing those skills repeatedly.
Ultimately, the better conditioned athlete WINS – all else being equal.
Think I’m kidding?
Get in the ring – and find out.
It dont apply just to combat either.
Try moving house and be fatigued after lifting a heavy sofa once.
Sports, you ask?
In tennis, one of the most physically demanding sports – you can be the best tennis player in the world.
But when that damn game goes to 5 sets under the hot sun, tiebreaker – then beyond a point it’s your CONDITIONING that allows you to keep executing on auto pilot – and win – and have the energy to execute.
Swimming – same thing.
It’s that simple, my friend.
You simply cannot get away from conditioning and the way to best condition yourself is to do lots of DIFFERENT movements repeatedly within a short, or as short space of time as possible.
It ain’t about slow long distance running.
That is great if you want to do it, but it plays hell on your body.
It’s about moving QUICK – explosively – and repeatedly – your own bodyweight, and nothing else.
And thats why those 500 – 1000 pushup workouts are so damned effective, friend, even if you all you did daily for the next year was 100 pushups a day, you’d be in a hell of a lot better conditioning beyond that year than you are NOW.
One of the key giveaways of poor conditioning is a bulging belly, “junk in the trunk” – and man boobs (for men) – and other things, but these are the main things.
Lots of folks will rail against this fact.
Another key giveaway – if you cannot get your chin over the bar in a PULL-up – and NOT a hammer grip pull-up or chin up.
Another key giveaway – if you cannot do table pushups without collapsing, if you cannot do the “Jack La Lanne” pushup, the list goes on and on.
True, it ain’t about looks always.
But the look usually goes with real conditioning my friend.
Fat is fat, and it accumulates around the midsection first my friend, and it will – and does – SHOW.
And you’re best off admitting the fact and resolving the problem.
OK, all for now.
Back soon.
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – Wait, what, how to resolve the problem ?
Well, get on a decent exercise program first and STICK TO IT, not “flavor of the day” nonsense, and that you can do with the 0 Excuses Fitness system– get it NOW. More later.
I’ve written about this of course, the decline and demise of the REAL MAN – and of course, slowly, but surely, the wheel coming full circle again as a small, but growing list of people realize that today’s pansified society ain’t in any way, shape or form what it was “meant to be”.
So, this guy shows up whining, uninvited at my doorstep this morning, and the wife shows up telling me “talk to him” (as if I should invite the fucker right in).
I said I didnt call him, tell him to get lost.
Of course, that didnt work.
Now this guy, I’ve done business with him before, but over the past month or so he’s disappeared without notice multiple times, he’s never bothered to answer my messages or calls on what app except when it suits HIM – he’s never even given me a date on when he’ll be BACK.
So I did what I do in these cases, I blocked him.
He showed up whining on the phone “please give me business” (literally, thats what he said) – so I unblocked him “second chances” – which are usually, most of the time, worthless, but I’ve had cases when folks have redeemed themselves, so …
… of course, he roundly ignored all I said after that, so I blocked him again – this time “for good”.
He showed up whining at the house.
I’ve never understood why I have to explain these things to people – basic courtesy like getting back to folks, not being vague about everything, responding to messages etc. It annoys the shit out of me when people dont get back, and … Ugh.
More than that though, the wife of course hates this guy’s wife. So she’ll never do business with him. My wife’s the sort who would happily do business with a woman she likes – as opposed to a woman that looks good and DOES HER JOB – case in point being “my girlfriend” as she put it who did a splendid job around the house, and of course was dismissed in favor of a fat lard ass who can’t seem to mop the floor any better than I myself can …
Women!
So I thought she wouldn’t be too “considerate to him”.
But of course, he showed up hot and sweaty and whining “poor ole me”.
And the wife caved in.
If he had shown up like I do everywhere, uber confident, swaggering, SWASH BUCKLING – and HAD a valid point (which he had NONE here) – then even with that valid point the wife wouldn’t give him the time of day “because he has no problem because hes confident”.
WTF. People, do you even fucking THINK?
I’ve never understood one damned thing.
Is it better to be the FIGHTER, the guy that fights on regardless of all, and is always upbeat, STRONG and SOLID – or the whiner who shows up looking to get sympathy (and usually gets it)?
My wife often comments about how “I have it so easy”.
You know why she does that?
Because I’m in superb physical condition (and health, never fall sick, get injured etc) – I manifest “on the fly” – and because I dont complain.
All of these three things are things I’ve worked at -well, the first two, third has always been my nature.
All of these things, anyone can work at. Majority of lazy fucks out there do NOT.
If I was fat, out of shape, couldn’t manifest a dime to save my ass …. oh wait, thats how I was during a few years of my marriage – she’d love it. Hehe.
Fuck!
I dont know when it became ok for men to become SNIVELING, WHINING, FAT, OUT OF SHAPE, COMPLAINING, PANSIFIED SISSIES (outside the bedroom) – but it certainly, even when I was phat and woefully out of shape – never ok for me.
I never made silly excuses about being big and not fat.
I didnt show up whining and crying when I had injuries that took way too long to heal because of my weight.
I didnt do none of that.
Admittedly I took way too long to get in shape, but once I did – voila.
And here I am – kicking ASSIMUS in a royal, regal manner at the age of 40 plus – well beyond 40, and things are only looking up, up and up.
And the mainstay of my exercise routine – you got it.
PS – Working up to 500 pushups, and then beyond – 1000 or so – is what it’s all about. Again, ask any doer. Of course, ask yourself if you do the former, you wont need me to explain why you need to do the latter at that point!
PS #2 – And all this after I told idiot NEVER to show up at the house no matter what (because I dont want to deal with the wife’s nonsense later). I’ve told him to ask me whatever on the phone, the road, wherever, the damned shop etc …
I dont even mean the SWAGGER that comes from having a slim, lean toned and yet “muscles rippling the under the skin like a tiger (as I got called the other day)” … I dont mean the vibe, the mindset, the CONFIDENCE, the attracting results to you willy nilly without seemingly trying – none of that – all of that is worth a and several mentions yes.
But here, as I felt my entire body POP and CRACKLE like never before in the splits, I was reminded of several things.
one, my father who I dont agree with on anything saying one thing (which was admittedly him “not doing the thing himself, and then preaching to me” i.e. a bald man teaching me how to grow hair, sort of) …
“There’s no other solution. Less fat!” (edit, actually he said “lose weight” with a sort of weak smile and a shrug).
He was right. (though of course he never did the thing himself, so I never listened to him much like I never do fat and out of shape docs prescribing every medication under the sun)
An ankle that was SO swollen it hurt to even touch, I went for a run on it, next thing I know the wife was bringing out buckets of warm water for me to dip it in while I howled in pain.
I’ve written about that before, the idiotic doctor in India who complained about me taking my socks off to show him the ankle (wtf?) – and the moron who once turned away from Uncle Bob (Indian doc again) when he had the flu and went to her to get treated, and of course the wife complaining about why I Didnt give it back to the ole Doc, and if I HAD, well, he’d be flat on his back and I’d never hear the end of it either. Hehe. Some things just “are”!
Anyway ………..
Prior to that injury which happened out of nowhere, and went away pretty quickly within a couple of days thankfully – years ago, I was doing mini sprints on a hill.
I felt this twinge in my calf.
Yet, I did another “mini sprint”.
OUCH!
I could barely walk home with what I pulled – whatever it was.
I remember staggering home after the short drive back home, and the wife noticing it instantly.
“You hurt yourself!”
Now, both those injuries pale in comparison to my thumb injury in 2018 I’ve written so much about.
That icy cold night in Dongguan – wet and rainy on the top of the hill, deserted, me doing fingertip handstand pushups and the right thumb popped in and out – CRACK – with my full weight on it.
OUCH x 1000.
I still feel the pain and hear the CRACK – more of the latter – when I think of it, my.
EVERYONE told me to go to the doctor.
Get it splinted.
To rest the thumb.
That the pain would never entirely go away and return in winter.
And so forth.
My thing was basically grab an ice cold Corona that night at my Italian friends house (6’1″ ex army, ex wrestler – ex wrestler? Is there such a thing? Hehe) … who while giving me a web development project for him told me the same thing.
Wait, it was resintalling Winblows or something I think … can’t quire recall – ah yes, Mac.
Anyway – I did none of that.
Birthday was coming up in 2 days, there was no way in Cain I wasn’t doing fingertip pushups which I did.
Thumb healed in less than a week.
Pain reduced by 70% the next day …
Now, why do I bring this up?
Likely this last injury would not have healed if I was a phat phock at the time.
I wouldn’t even be able to DO what I was doing the next day. (other cases, it took me like a week to get back to normal, and note, I wasn’t near as out of shape as what most people are).
Lesson is this – when you’re a phat phock, everything in the body is under much more strain my friend – your entire system is.
Including your ability to heal, recover.
When you’re in shape, the opposite.
And that, friend, is the lesson of the day.
Take it whichever way you like, but thats hard knock school knowledge that will come in very very handy if you so choose and let it …
Best,
RM
PS – To learn how to do pushups RIGHT as a recent reviewer noted “Rahul teaches you how to do them RIGHT” – Pushup Centralis your BABY. Get it NOW.
Over the past few days, I’ve gotten back to doing 500 pushups daily – now I was cranking out 200-250 anyway before that, and then 500 before that – but now it’s back to 500 daily – but along with that, it’s MORE squatting than ever before – I’m SO ENTHUSED just listening to the Audible version of Squat 101 – the READER! (and Roberto isn’t even done as yet, hehe ) – I’m SO PUMPED, and so is he (see his earlier feedback) that unless I’m cranking out AT LEAST 500 squats daily, I dont feel right. HEhe.
As I told my daughter, if Herschel Walker could 1500 pushups and 3500 situps, and an assortment of other things as he gets “older” (quotes for a reason) – well, I can crank out a minimum of 1000 at something can’t I?
No excuses, daily, nothing about being sore, needing a break, or any of the BS people come up with in terms of excuses.
You dont stop breathing or eating daily do you?
(well, the latter – some of us smart ones do, but even then – you get my point).
If you sleep daily, brush your teeth daily with the same vigor, why wouldn’t you workout daily with gusto, making each workout TOUGHER than before?
Beats the mind, boggles it, yet lazy asses will find a way to whine and complain about high rep workouts, body types, and other garbage that … well, dude, end of the day, you gotta “just do it” hence the site tagline.
Anyway, where was I.
Ah yes, Audible.
As always, most people neighed and complained “it wont work”.
People want to SEE the exercises, they told me, they dont want to hear ’em.
Really?
I’m not saying they dont want to see or read, but we’ve covered those bases already, and continue to – and here’s something you might not know – sales of those books are taking off – big time – people LOVE the narrations (Janet, David, all of you guys – splendid jobs – they ALL took my initial feedback on board, moved on to bigger and better, kudos!).
And I can already see some of the other fitness “so called gurus” sneakily copying what I do and then whining about not being able to achieve the same results.
Try as you might, you can’t duplicate Mozart.
Or herschel Walker, hehe. Or Iron Mike. Or … well, Rahul Mookerjee!
Everyone has their own unique style, the MINDSET is key which most people do not have, and fail to grasp.
Anyway – I woke up and still am hours later – sorer than sore.
I only did 30 super strict pull-ups yesterday, but my back is pulverized, and my shoulders and lats are showing new mass and definition “under the skin” that haven’t been there even when I did the videos and books for Battletank Shoulders.
MAN!
There is a reason I keep parroting the line about pushups being the BIG DOG of fitness, friend.
Plenty of people rail against high rep workouts (especially bodyweight oriented), yet, the truth is these people can neither do them right, nor have they ever done them consistently for any length of time.
Plenty rant about “bodyweight exercises just build endurance” – I’ve debunked this utter hooey so many times before I wont do it again.
Plenty whine about fatigue and being bored (losers basically with no focus whatsoever in anything – life – and their results show).
Look, listen to the doers.
Yours truly for one.
Or, listen to OTHER doers.
Herschel Walker didn’t moan and groan for not missing a single high rep workout for 30 years, and this was back BEFORE he became college champ and Heisman Trophy winner.
It aint what you do on the field, as Walker said. That’ll come. It’s what you do away from the limelight, when NO-ONE is watching you, there’s no pressure to do well.
Muhammad Ali said the same thing.
Boxing matches are won on the ROAD. Those long, lonely REPETITIVE hours of roadwork which most would call boring etc – yet, those get the job done (think what I outlined hill wise in Advanced Hill Trainingand 16 Inspirational Fitness Recollections).
Iron Mike didnt complain about doing 500 pushups after roadwork, and a full morning of sparring, exercise bikes and more …
And pushups, my friend – this fallacy people have of “too many pushups will overdevelop the chest” or other nonsense – BLAH.
Yes, maybe if you do just one kind of pushup.
But if you crack open Pushup Centraland do the workouts right, you’ll find your BACK and lats are far sorer than you’d imagine with pushups, and LEGS too.
Yes, legs and core too – chest as well, but and again “but but but just pushups, how can that be?”
Ask Walker.
Ask Bruce Lee.
And so forth.
The truth is this, the doers do and get into the shape everyone wants to be.
The whiners, pissers and moaners piss and moan about everything under the sun and make excuses about why they cannot do what they really want to do (because a) they’re lazy – haha b) they’re lazy – c) they’re lazy) and “different body types” and other junk (I mean look, if someone like me for one with long monkey arms – a naturally weak grip, and a propensity to pile it on around the midsection if I dont take care of myself – that are the HARDEST for those looking to be pull-up champs can do pull-ups all day, why can YOU NOT?)
Next time you have a question about high rep workouts, ask the doers, my friend.
And you’ll get the answer you NEED To hear.
Might not be one you want to hear, but thats tough love, friend.
(Dont even get me started on Bozos that claim they’re big but not fat, and massive tummie notwithstanding they claim “she can beat me at sprints because I’m bigger”.
People think of utter tripe to come up with, dude, at least follow the laws of physics i.e. F = M x a, if that M is MUSCLE, then … ah, but why beat ones head against that WALL).
Pushup Central is waiting for you NOW my friend – get it, and start to get into the best shape of YOUR LIFE TODAY!
And thats that.
Best,
RM
PS – No, it aint a proper pull-up until your chin is above the bar – if you cannot get it above the bar, you’re weak and FAT most likely. No, chinups dont replace pull-ups – they’re good, but they stress the elbows in an unnatural position we dont use much if at all, and bottom line – again – it’s PULL-UPS that will get the job done there, ask any DOER, you’ll see. Haha.
Janet Clare is doing superlatively well narrating the TIPS on pull-ups I recently put out – have a gander at those HERE.
