Life (263)
So went the line ... and in English, I believe it translates into “your honor (said in a funny sort of way – or Emperor, actually now that I think about it) , you’re GREAT!”
Accompanied by a podgy little man pulling his pants down at Ladakh in them snowy heights with “three idiots” and a gorgeous Kareena Kapoor looking on.
And that was the end of the movie “3 Idiots” afte which the credits rolled, but NOT before the following line showed.
“do what you love, and the money will FOLLOW”.
Hmm.
Neither did I like the movie, and nor do I entirely agree with the line.
I’d add on MANY caveats to it!
But the movie was a massive commercial success (which prompted yours truly to at least give it a look see). And Aamir khan say what you might is a class act, and one of the by far most professional actors in the entire wide WORLD.
Really, he is ... and versatile and capable too!
I’m more the action thriller “Ghajini” fan when it comes to Khan (that Khan, at least).
But anyway, the movie revolves around three college students.
And two of them are subject to the usual guilt trips and doing what they dont want to do career wise from their parents, of course.
“We bought you an AC with our savings, and now this is what you do with your grades!”
Cameth the guilt trip from one’s Mama when he flunked exams in the first year.
(Sounds familiar to me both in terms of flunking and guilt trips etc. Hehe.)
Not much different for the other boy.
The third, Aamir is something of an engima, and a mystery.
Not only does he NOT spend any time studying (the other two dont either) – but he TOPS every exam.
Pure genuis, they say, and we never see his parents.
Years later, after they all graduate, Aamir disappears, never to be seen or heard from. But a mysterious employer and supposed billionaire if I recall right “Phansuk Wangu” or something calls the two idiots up, and another Bozo like guy (the guy who finally pulled his pants down to acknowledge the other man’s superiority – some silly college prank that!).
No-one knows who he is.
They set off to find out with typical Bolly wood drama added in- - more than I Care to recant here.
But they finally find him.
Their long lost friend, that is.
And picture their surprise when they find out that THIS is the mystery employer!
Dude #3 used to call out Aamir all the time in college for this and that, and say he’d earn more, etc etc.
And he always came in #2 in the exams.
And when he finally tried to upend Aamir one last time ... well, he couldn’t.
And he finally acknowledged it in the way described bove, hehe.
Like I said, I didnt much like the movie, but it was a roaring success, so they must have hit a raw nerve. HA!
And looking into my crystal ball right now, I see the infamous Bozo Schofield doing something like that very soon. Not the exact physical action of course.
But something like that.
And when you’re truly “sees” somethign in a crystal ball either while dreaming or awake, you can bet your “Betsy” that yours truly “seer” sees RIGHT. It usually comes true.
That don’t mean I want the bozo or anyone to DO that to me, of course (in front of me)
I’m not that sort of dude.
Really. I dont rub it in generally!
(And more so NOT with the Bozo because he LOVES that sort of thing privately. Youd just have to ask him to drop the soap and hed drop the towel too. UGH).
(But since he’s the Bozo, I’ll use him on the other site to ramp up sales – been doing that a while actually, and no not just he fitness sites either. Hehe.).
But anyway ...
Often times I’ll get into disagreements with friends and thats fine.
I only really say something definitively when I know I’m right. If I dont know, or I might be wrong, I keep my big mouth SHUT.
Por ejempelo, a friend of mine recently disagreed big time with the reality of the Trumpinator not being re-elected.
I Explained patiently to him.
But he didnt get it.
So I let it be.
Hey, we all have our own opinion.
Mysteriously, now that Jan 20 draweth near he never talks about it any more given whats going on.
And no, I ain’t gonna rub it in either by sayin g”I told you so”.
That is NOT me.
In fact, it’s the opposite. If I’m proven wrong on something, I’ll be the first to admit it – man up – and say it!
But most aren’t that way.
And fitness wise, same thing.
There’s been a lot of fools running their mouths about pushups for ages.
Then they buy the book finally to see what “ole Rahul is all about”.
Grudgingly, they get on my pushy path and follow my pushin’ ways ...
And they ACKNOWLEDGE that my stuff works, and better than their previous stuff!
Do I name them here?
Have I?
NO.
Will I?
Doubtful, unless they want me to.
That aint me!
But really, thats the lesson here.
If you’re wrong, sac up, and TAKE it – and move on.
And if you don’t know your ass from a hole in the ground, and have NO clue in terms of what you BE talking about, best not to say anything at all ...
Alrighy, enough of this brain dump.
Remember one thing.
The CLOCK is ticking.
That 0 Excuses Fitness SHIP membership gets you access to everything, the whole shebang for a pittance of $799.
You know that already, I’m sure.
But what you may or may not know is that the price goes up by two hundred SMACKERS come Jan 1.
So hurry now – and get in while the going is GOOD.
Or risk havin to ... nah, not that, hehe.
But you get my drift!
Do it, my friend.
I look forward to welcoming YOU aboard!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – Ahoy 2021! I can’t wait!
Like talking to a brick wall, except that WALL likely makes more sense, hehe
Rahul MookerjeeI must admit - -I had a bit of a chuckle this morning (or this evening, actually).
I was chattign with a friend and customer about an upcoming (or current, as the case might be) purchase.
And part of our conversation was about his (as he says) wife of 28 years (almost).
And how she actually feels his training is putting him MORE at risk of a heart attack then the other way around i.e not training and being more prone to a heart attack is probably the more rational and sensible way of looking at it
And dont get me wrong – the Mrs likely knows this, but her “concern” is likely overriding any rational thinking she has on this one!
Which happens quite a lot, or all the time with a lot of ladies once “relationships” and marriage become part of the deal.
I should know, hehe.
Training, just don't get me started on that!!! The Mrs believes that at 63 (64 also in July 2021) I should have stopped years ago and she says that all this exercise will probably give me a heart attack or a stroke if I'm not careful, I have tried to tell her that exercising will probably prevent me from having the heart attack or stroke but it's like talking to a brick wall in fact I'd probably get more sense out of a brick wall if you know what I mean
... Is what he said. (I’m quoting the relevant part of the conversation).
And my response?
I must admit I had a chuckle or two at the "brick wall" comment - I feel EXACTLY the same way talking about anything, not just exercise, hehe with my wife or my mom for that matter. Yes, I've been living alone pretty much for the past 8 or so years (probably 10 actually) ... I couldn't ever take the "we're always right" thing that women always seem to pull on us men in some way, shape or form.
(again, relevant parts of the conversation quoted).
He had this to say about my living alone - - and I must say this – bud I dont blame you for feeling that way, hehe.
You live alone, buddy, after 27 years of marriage (28 in July 2021) that sounds like heaven to me, I often dream to myself what living like that would be like after nearly 30 years of having to consider how what I say or do will affect my other half.
It can get to you, but on the other hand, some things are what they are, especially if you’re in one of the more lockdown ravaged parts of the world which this dude is in - - everyone’s just going plumb damn crazy.
Except us serious trainees who KNOW this is all mostly panic beyond the initial problems, and who know the value of real training!
As I told this person.
“Don’t try to explain it, buddy – or you might actually end up getting a heart attack trying to explain than not!”
LOL
But it’s true!
Rang so true when I Read it too ...
And thats what YOU gotta do when the bozos from Gym Shym La La land show up claiming a bunch of nonsense like “bodyweight exercises are only good for endurance and not strength”.
HA!
Or, “cardio at a steady rate for 30 minutes at 80% of my target heart rate is the ideal way to lose weight”.
HO!
Or, “pushups are worthless!”
HO, HO, HO!
And a very merry Christmas to these people in la la land, or the looney tune bin, and to try and reason with these people is an act approaching lunacy anyway!
So dont even try! :)
But anyway, on other fronts.
Yours truly has been BUSY as a bee this morning pounding out books, not one but two.
Not for the fitness biz. The other biz.
One is 10,000 plus words in the offing, and the other is 7 k plus words already. Yes, when I get down to it – I get down to it – and I brook NO excuses.
Not w.r.t life.
Not exercise. Not fitness. And not my work! (which for me is FUN).
Fitness wise, a couple of other things.
John Walker from the United Kingdom asked me if I was goin gto put out a book on training with traditional Indian maces and clubs amongst other things.
“Gada and Jori” basically I believe is what they call ‘em.
YES.
I DO train with these, and I WILL put out a proper book on it in the future – stay tuned.
I’ve already done one on jump rope training, of course ...
Another one I want to do is the ab roller ... another great gadget, and one I believe Roosevelt used when in the Oval office, and for good reason.
He used to get his ENTIRE family involved while exercising.
Smart man!
Of course, he probably parried the “you’ll get a heart attack” thing off more times than he’d care to remember!
And on yet another note, some of you have signed up with multiple email addresses, and are yet NOT able to receive our emails.
And that sucks – I know.
But truth be told, there isn’t much that can be done about it, unfortunately. Email providers have their own whims and fancies, and my own gmail account is unable to receive emails from my info@.... account for whatever reason!
(but I'm having it looked into anyway. Multiple people have contacted me about it, so ...)
So if you dont get emails from us – remember they’re all posted right her eon the blog as well.
And thats that for now. Back soon! (and I’m back to my other two books).
So much to DO, hehe. An dI’m loving it!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – The compilation on pull-ups is one hell of a book and it’s been getting some REAL interest as of late. Check it out right here - - Pull-ups – from DUD to STUD – to SUPER STUD – WITHIN WEEKS! (0excusesfitness.com)
(and remember, paperback options are there too!)
Waiting until the very LAST minute to get things done ...
Rahul MookerjeeIs usually a recipe for disaster, and then some.
For most people, because following the GUT doesnt come naturally to most people (or if it does, the urge is SUPPRESSED).
Now, when you follow the gut it may seem like (to the Bozos out there) that “you do nothing”, or there is “no plan”.
Or things may seem random.
But when those results come, they COME!
With the speed of a black Mamba striking, hehe.
And thats how the Universe and it’s plans work, but back to what I’m saying above.
People have an annoying (and strange, to me) habit of PROCRASTINATION, and then raising all sorts of Cain about it.
Por ejempelo, my beloved and lovely wife.
She’ll wait until the last minute for ... say, when the groceries are about to run out.
When they do, it’s time to blame Rahul for not stocking up in advance, and of course, all the things he DID Stock up on in advance are nigh forgotten, hehe (things that are still LASTING).
Or, if she’s in the mood to do cleaning.
Which only ever happens when it hasn’t happened for ages and the work just PILES Up for ages.
I dont know why, but the concept of “doing things a little daily” (or bit by bit) is alien and uncomfortable for a lot of people ; the majority, actually, and no it ain’t just “my wife”.
Yeah, I know.
Yours is different, right?
The most hard working until she’s not, and so forth ...
Well, lets hope she is bro.
But the point isn’t so much her or my wife. Point is people do this with their FITNESS.
They wait until (as a certain Tracy once told me) “things get out of control”.
Of course, for her, every thing is out of control, hehe. She’s cool though!
And gorgeous too, hehe.
But waiting until that belly EXPLODES out of your pants, or the man boobs really droop down is never a good idea my friend.
Do somethign NOW.
No, tomorrow never comes!
Get off thy DUFF and do something NOW, so you dont complain later.
Thats as simple as it gets my friend.
And with Christmas and everything going on, and people eating more than they should (and no, I’m not buying into the “majority of world is going hungry for Christmas” nonsense the leftist media is spreading either. True, the plague from China has wrecked things and plans royally, but still!), this needs tobe said ... now.
Get on the best fat burning program there is now, my friend.
You won’t have to worry about “later” if you do the thing NOW!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – Along with the above program, make SURE to pick up the 0 Excuses Fitness System right HERE. (Right now, bro! No sense in delaying that decision ...)
Why looking at BOTH sides of an argument is KEY to resolving any sort of argument, no matter how minor or major ...
Rahul MookerjeeLike a JUDGE would.
And unless you’re the sort that prefers to “let it go anyway”, because “she (or he) is always right, and there is no point arguing, and ...”
Yours truly does the latter on occasion, but in a way where I dont really lose directly, but set myself up to WIN later.
And I always have.
Kinda cryptic eh.
But it is what it is.
And what THIS EMAIL is all about ain’t that. I’ll expound more on that later.
For now, and recently Bozo Schofield sent Charles (same dude who railed against pull-ups while secretly trying ‘em out and who said I couldn’t have my opinion when it comes to mainland China and a lot more ... though he claims I mis quoted him. No I didnt. I’ve got the screen shot bro) some shots of a page where I said “a person was too fat to do pull-ups and complained”.
“Fat Phucks” was the term I used, which seemed to have hit home though ... ONE, I did NOT mention Charles my name, and two and despite his assertions to the contrary – the email wasn’t even about HIM.
It was about the same bozo I wrote about that demanded a refund for the book on the best damn exercises ever because “some of the exercises were similar to what is in 0 Excuses Fitness”.
Anyway ... point of this, you ask?
Well, this same person ... Charles, I mean, I could have asked him the following when he gave me the guilt trip of “I thought we were pals. How could you do this to me?”
well, first off, bro, I didnt do anything until I was provoked ... and even then, all I did was state FACTS in terms of pull-ups. If that offends, sorry, but I’m not going to either stop having an opinion on China and their bullshit and neither will I stop having an opinion on pull-ups and bodyweight, and I WILL tom tom both opinions until the “cows come home” or “pigs fly” whichever you prefer.
Actually, it’s not tom tomming, but whateva.
But second, and more importantly.
We’re pals, right?
But you did NOT think of telling me about the Bozo’s trolling when he first sent you those gifs, did you now?
“Yeah, I think he sent me a few”.
Yeah. Right. A few. Having a few chuckles on my ass.
Hey, it’s all good bro. Dont get me wrong ...
And then of course the time when you, the Bozo, and some other nutzo joined a WeShat group, were kicked out by Steve the admin, and then you claimed “Glyn was kicked out of the group” when all three were.
For inane trolling, nothing else.
Hey, bro.
All good.
We sometimes have a go at each other.
I get it!
But the point is, and you yourself have said it – GOOSE – and GANDER.
If you can excuse racism, which you do on a daily basis (and dont get me wrong – if thats what you thought about me, perfectly well an good. NO complaints from yours truly!) - then I can talk about pull-ups and fatsos, no?
I’d think the latter would be far less offensive to most people.
Perhaps we can ask Mike Tyson, or Herschel Walker, two people whose sheer dint of results has caused even you to admire ‘em ... ?
Or perhaps you could ask ME?
Of course, I know. How dare I. What do I know. Hehe. I’m an idiot.
I know, I know.
(I can hear name #1113 coming along, hehe).
But really, he ain’t the only one doing it.
SAME thing with my wife. My Mom.
They all get pissed about THIS.
That when it comes to get things done – Rahul Mookerjee gets them done, and ultimately finds a way to GET what he wants, outselling all the bozos and nutzos in the process that claim about “giving freebies away”, “being more helpful on social media sh-edia which I do NOT even use now” and other rubbish.
Ebay she bay. And so forth. Hell,I ain’t even gonna sell on Amazon no more probably in 2021. That decision is by no means made, but it’s in the making as it were.
Point is though, bro.
Please DO listen up.
If you TRULY do want to put all this in the past, and admit a fact that you already know, that the real issue is the Bozo, then I’m willing to do it.
I am. Really.
I’ll let bygones be bygones.
But, point is this. You have to listen to the other side too bro. Can’t be all one sided.
Same thing for fitness routines.
You cannot, for instance, keep touting the benefits of (and here we ain’t talking Charles either) of “pump and dump” (ok, preen and pump, I know) until the pigs fly out of whoever’s ass being better than short and intesne bodyweight workouts.
Because they just aren’t.
Deep down inside these people know it itoo, or they’d never TRY it. Hehe.
OK, so did I piss off enough of the bozos as yet.
Hehe.
Probably.
Well, good.
HERE is where you can jump on the BEST Damned fitness system ever. Try it – DO the thing – and you SHALL have the power!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – HERE is the best book you can pick up pull-ups, bar none.
PS #2 – I know. “Rahul is always wrong”. Hehe. I know, I know.
sniff
I believe I wrote a thing or two about that on the other site ...
But as I finish that last “don’t build websites anymore unless it’s REALLY something that pays me WELL and the client is someone I’d like with me long term” – I gotta say this.
And this will be of interest to said client “from Rwanda”, I believe, if I have got it right but I might not have ... who is no doubt reading this as I type this almost.
I have not one, or two websites. I got PLENTY, bro.
And I just got a new one up a while ago.
Anyway, on another front, I missed a payment for one of my BUSINESS websites.
The due date was around the middle of the month. My credit card wouldn’t work. It often doesnt due to a technicality that I had to contact the bank to sort out (Which to their credit they DID) ... but in the meantime I requested those guys to keep my site up and operational for 2 weeks more.
(to give me time to pony up)
(funnily enough or perhaps not – they gave me a discount that month for a great review I wrote for them. It was nice of them and entirely unexpected and the review was TRUE, so I wrote it. I certainly didnt expect any monetary return from it. Of course, life being what it is, I got the discount, but lost the ... ah, but we’ll get there).
They couldn’t give me the extra time.
Against policy.
Which I completely understand!
And AGREE WITH.
Let me repeat this.
I AGREE WITH THOSE GUYS.
And they, along with the folks I host THIS site on are the best damned host I’ve had the pleasure to work with in a long, long time. For many reasons! Oustanding support for one ...
So what did I do?
I didnt rant or rave. Piss or moan. OR whatever.
My card issue wouldn’t get sorted until the next month.
Waiting a month for the other site to be online would incur business losses.
OK.
I took it on the chin
Took a complete backup of my site BEFORE the account was “auto deleted”. And thats how to do it, my friend.
And bear in mind, this was just 2 weeks, not SIX MONTHS AND counting as a lot of these guys emailing me are delinquent for.
I have no idea why, but people seem to think “online = easy and turn on / off”.
If it were that easy?
Why not do it yourself, bro?
Ah I know.
How dare I say it?
But I did, because it’s TRUE.
Its about taking responsiblity, my friend.
And ignorance of the law (though honestly speaking there was no ignorance here – there was just you being “cheap”) does NOT mean you can openly flout the law and demand the right to do so.
Ain’t how it works pally.
And thats what I gotta say about that!
Before I go – taking responsbility for your PERSONAL fitness is obviously another major YES – or should be. Start by investing in the best damned fitness system (completely home based, and ZERO equipment of any nature required other than a floor) right here – the0 Excuses Fitness System.
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – As for my own other site hosted with some other guys? I made a promise to the hosts that I’d be back with them, and I am. And I – as usual – cannot say enough good things about them. Professional and courteous – and great, great service. That is how it should be!
PS #2- The SAME Thing applies to those who “forget” to renew their SHIP membership, or “their card suddenly stops working”. Hey, I get it. Life is what it is. But life isn’t emailing me and demanding to be let back in without even a “mea culpa” of sorts. And guess what, chances are if you’re not genuine in the first place you will NOT be let back in ...
Why brutal honesty is the way to go (yes yet AGAIN!) - and the email I NEVER wrote, but was blamed for anyway ...
Rahul MookerjeeI’ve made no secret of the fact that I’m brutally honest, and that it is THE Way to go in life.
If people get offended, or they dont like you for saying it like it is, thats their problem.
Sure, this isnt the “easiest” approach to take by far.
But in life, long term, it in my not so humble opinion is the ONLY approach to take – that produces RESULTS, bro.
Solid results.
And keeps you doing your own thang and following your own worthy goals as opposed to some rubbish someone or ther other “deems” you should do.
Por ejempelo, my ill fated stint in Muscat, Oman (truth be told I never wanted to go there, but oh well. Mistakes, mistakes! We all make ‘em)
My Hindi is not that great. I admit it.
My Bengali is even worse. I mangle it in a way most (who think it’s my mother tongue) would be horrified to hear.
But I do know one Hindi saying, that being what a colleague at THAT Job told me.
“Insan Galtiyon ka putla hai”
A man (or a person) is a puppet to his MISTAKES is the literal translation.
What it means is we all make mistakes. Live and learn!
Anyway, the only reason I took that job other than roundly pestered to do so up and down, left right and center etc was that they were willing to give my wife a job, and that would make the minimum wage CRAP they were offering me slightly more bearable.
The deal was they’d do in three months.
Yet months passed, and there was no movement.
It was evident they wouldn’t keep up to their end of the deal.
One fine day, apparently my wife had enough of being polite with them and told them to piss off in no uncertain terms.
“Then I dont want it”, was a response she wrote to an email. Which I only learned of AFTER it was written and from the portly GM who to be frank could do with a dose of frankness himself.
(I still remember him pseudo threatening me when they fired me as in “they have family, so I’m not calling the cops on him”. Yeah. Right! Not like I had actually done anything that would warrant that or believe me they’d be all over my ass, much like ... ah, but we’ll get to that in another email later, hehe).
He called me into his office one fine day and pestered me up and down about “is this the way to behave”.
As if yours truly needed to learn “how to behave from a person that couldn’t and wouldn’t keep up to his end of the deal” (of course, he didnt have any real authority, but thats another tale altogether).
Anyway, they kept me asking me “why I let my wife send the email”
And I kept saying “dude, I ain’t got a clue”.
Because I didnt.
Apparently the rest of my brutal honesty there was so believable that they fired me for it.
But this wasn’t believable.
And of course, I was pestered roundly later by my family etc as to why “I let my wife do this”.
And when I tell her to do something, Mamma dearest pesters me “how dare I even DARE to tell a woman to do anything”.
Cant win for losing, hehe.
And wouldn’t try!
But really, that brutal honesty is what has always driven me.
Dad probably never thought the beating he gave me in fourth grade would make me take it to such extremes, but I DO.
The one positive side effect of something I do NOT condone in ANY situation except the most extreme – violence against kids that passes off as “spanking”. Right! My ass was sore for days hehe.
(but those were the old days, so it was done ... school was even worse).
Anyway, it led me to a far better place down the road ... a few months later ... yet again.
Circumstances shaped up so I was back in ... you guessed it!
CHINA!
And my beloved hill, hehe. So much for the efforts made to derail that process, hehe.
Anyway, just what the hell does this have to do with fitness you might be asking.
Well, it DOES.
My products are written in the SAME tone.
The same brutally honest frank barebones tone – and facts that deliver RESULTS.
Some people don’t get it.
“Cesar”, a guy that bought the initial paperback version of Fast and Furious Fitness bitched up a storm over “Pushups – Reverse Pushups – the BEST DARN EXERCISE EVER!” when it was released and he bought it.
Apparently because some of the exercises were the same as in 0 Excuses Fitness, it had no value and he wouldn’t want to keep it.
Asinine indeed. It was evident he just did a quick look through the book and then had “buyer’s regret” or whatever it is impulse buyers often encounter...
That did teach me one thing though – to RAISE the price of the book ASAP.
I was running my usual 50% off for a while since the book had just been released. I often do that.
And I instantly raised the price back up (for that book and Gorilla Grip) - - and voila!
Serious customers for a serious price.
And thats how to do it, friend.
Stick to your guns – ALWAYS!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – And thats really why the price for the 0 Excuses Fitness Ship is going up by a whopping TWO HUNDRED BUCKS come next year. Be pissed or not, I could care less. That is just how it is going to BE, friend.
PS #2 -Read a REAL review from a customer that gets it on the book above ...
The exercise in this book is quite difficult to master but once you crack it, it will blow you away at how good it makes your entire body feel, I’m 63 and let me tell you, this one exercise has done more for my overall wellbeing than anything else I’ve ever done. A masterpiece, thank you.
– John Walker (from the UK).
PPS – Being politically correct and telling white lies is something that has always been quite alien to me. Truth be told, it wouldn’t have been fair to my wife anyway. Truth be told again – f*** it. If I didnt do it, then I flat out didnt bloody do it, and thats just he bottom line, hehe.
On the TINGLE I’ve been feeling in my arms, and then some!
Rahul MookerjeeIt’s well known (at least to my list – which really are those that MATTER to me) that I’m a highly spiritual person. And that despite my outwardly “uber macho” “logical” side that everyone sees, there lies an entirely different “beast” inside.
Nah, I ain’t referring to a Bozo Scofield like beast, hehe.
But I’m referring to a man’s many sides.
A human being’s many sides – and most of us never acknowledge either our many sides, or what we truly want, and the many wonders that never cease to amaze once we “give in” to our true desires.
As I continue to sink deeper into the Universe, create new businesses, write new books etc – the wonders never cease to amaze!
And amazingly enough those supposed to be the closest to me think the exact opposite.
What a dolt, they go.
Hehe. Thats the most polite of terms these nuts use ... but hey. As I thought about it this morning, the phrase “letting go” came to mind.
In the past I’d have trouble letting go.
This time?
IT just went.
End of caring.
And thats a great way to deal with negativity around you, but it needs practice, and I’ll talk more about it later, but for now, tingling?
Numbers adding up in all the right places (I ain’t talking sales!)?
And that FEELING?
Well – it’s SPIRIT talking to you my friend – IF you recognize it.
As it spoke to me, I’ll tell you about the tingle I’ve been feeling in my arms when doing the dead hang these days, and it’s AMAZING.
It’s a different sort of feeling from the STRONG feeling you get on normal thick bar dead hangs I’ve mentioned in the book on pull-ups.
This is more like a refreshing-cum-strong tingle.
IT literally refreshes your entire arms from up to down, and the ENERGY CRACKLES thereafter!
And there is a special combo of exercises that I have discovered you gotta do for this to happen – and I’m not going to reveal what exactly right now. Stay tuned – but hint – the exercises themselves ain’t nothing new – it’s how you do ‘em.
As they say, its not so much what you do, but HOW youdo it.
And in terms of exercise, lets say the best damned fitness system ever, its HOW you do it.
If I can’t hear you breathe across the room while doing any of this, or even my other workouts in the other books, you ain’t doing ‘em right bro.
It’s just that simple.
Thy breath is thy POWER, thy CONNECTION to the Universe, the source of INFINITE power and possiblities and everything.
And I’ll leave you be on that note!
Best
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – I’m off for some more arm tingling pull-up workouts right now. Join me by cracking off some ADVANCED pull-ups as I describe in the ADVANCED course on pull-ups.
Funnily enough, although this word features on that very long list of names I’ve been called and continue to be called (over a 1000 now – yes, I’ve kept track – maybe I’ll sell it one of these days, hehe) ... it hasn’t gotten the amount of tom tomming it “deserves”.
Even Bozo Schofield left that one alone.
You dont mess with some things, hehe.
Because you know what ...
But anyway, its long been a bone of contention between family and me, and sometimes friends.
“You’re too extreme!"
Or, “Calm down, Rahul! You’re a guy that just... “
(He trailed off, but the import was clear. That was a friend Charles telling me to “stand back” and “take it easy” when a lady that I paid to do my visa in China was NOT doing it, giving me all sorts of retarded excuses and the deadline BE approaching.
Of course, it was Him in that situation he’d be shitting bricks, but I was supposed to “take it easy”, hehe.)
(The visa never DID get done. I had to spend double of whatI normlly would, and then some. I had to ... ah, thats an entire story unto itself. But so much for not being extreme!)
But she DID return my money. Thank heaven for small mercies, hehe. Probably because she came through a known contact as opposed to the next joker who just took off with my dough and I never heard from her again.
Ah, life.
But anyway, YES.
They’re right.
I AM “either this or that”.
But, as Marc the African silverback Gorilla rightly said.
“With you, at least I know where I stand!”
True dat, bro.
And often times I’ve heard people telling me to “go easier on myself” for a variety of reasons.
I probably SHOULD!
But in general, I dont.
And I expect more out of OTHERS TOO, hence my annoyance at inane excuses (and lame ones too) people make about not getting her done, about life in general, about not being able to do pull-ups because “WAH!” or being too fat, and yet not ADDRESSING the core issues ...
And so forth.
Other side of the coin though is this.
What I expect of others is FAIR.
And to do the right thing.
And not everyone does, of course.
And the third and hidden side to all this is this.
IF someone wants to do the thing, but doesnt know how (lets say pull-ups), well, I’ll take you by the hand and SHOW YOU.
(The above course WILL turn you into a BONAFIDE STUD at pull-ups bro. Believe me! A STUD!)
I won’t molly coddle or baby sit you.
I’ll be a coach though, and I’ll SHOW YOU. And I DO!
And those that truly want to do the things will do and will learn.
And the rest will piss and moan about it being too extreme.
Newsflash – it never ever is. This is coming from “Mr Ironman Triathlete” as I was called last year by a couple of gals.
Or “very very strong?” by "Madam" Christina, her of the “I want your books for free”
(Upon seeing just ONE photo from Pushup Central which shows me doing a fingertip pushup in a way most of you out there couldn’t BEGIN to imagine, and which builds INSANE strength in the digits.)
You can work up to it, bro. And I SHOW you to how to in my products and courses!
For thos ethat want it, of course.
And are truly serious.
And that, my friend is that for now. Back soon!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – Remember to pick up Pushup Central NOW. Truly the best course ever on pushups and I challenge you to find one better!
PS #2 – Bozo Schofield (without reading the book) pissed and moaned about “A book dedicated to pushups. Really! How boring”.
LOL. That in itself should be enough for YOU, the serious fitness enthusiast to get going on this! Hehe.
PPS – The song at the end of the Bourne Identity. “Extreme ways”. I can relate. Perhaps thats one more reason I love that series! (and Damon, despite having seen very little of his other work)
More on why I dont want and dont watch VIDEOS (and especially not profoundly moronic ones which most are).
Rahul MookerjeeYou on this list know why!
But I will say it yet again – videos are something Rahul Mookerjee does NOT WATCH.
I repeat.
NO WAY.
I mean, I’d like to stay out of the “bozo” category, and the minute you stare non stop at anything that kills your imagination (TV, soap operas, inane and idiotitc promotional videos, or those “trying to make some sort of inane point in a long winded and overly showboaty manner” and so forth are PRIME EXAMPLES OF THIS) is the minute you slide further towards inertia and BOZO like behavior
And “boredom” and complaining galore too.
Michelle, a friend of mine (or ...w ell, FB friend) once told me this.
“I am not the type of person who complains about where I live!”
(That being the PRC).
Last night, she messaged me out of the blue.
“Hey how are you"
I could tell that part was a formality. She needed someone to .. .
“Have you watched the videos”, she went three times without even allowing me the chance to do so (becuase deep down inside she knows I won’t, hehe).
Anyway, she sent me three links one after the other.
Bear in mind this person only talks to me either when she sends lengthy voice notes – or – you got it – videos.
In the “friendship” thus far I think it’s the first time she’s ever typed because “her English is supposedly too weak” (but it isnt weak when she speaks, hehe)
So we got to talking.
“I’m bored!”
“China is so boring!”
OK ....
“I’m an interesting girl! I am not like most Chinese girls ! I travel all over world!”
And I tried to switch the topic to something interesting that being hiking.
“DG hiking is nothing compared to where I’m from!”
Apparently the “mountain” in her hometown in taiwan is far “better”.
It probably is, to be honest.
But really, hiking never gets boring my friend.
Neither does LIFE.
You have to FIND something to do. You gotta MAKE YOUR OWN LIFE interesting, no matter what.
I Could tell you a bazillion things to do within the confines of a room in that regard!
It’s not a matter of “boring”.
IT’s a matter of not being open minded enough to ... ah, but whatever.
What do I know, I told her.
And she bought it. Hook line and sinker.
“I’m just the fitness guy”, I tittered. “Maybe thats why I like hikes, foot massages (I dont, actually) and the like”
(I DO like body massages though)
(and thats why I put out a section on MASSAGE in the 0 Excuses Fitness book)
but really, the video she sent were LONG.
I watched about a few seconds of one.
That was enough.
Some inane nonsense about some tom tommers claiming “Taiwan is a much better place to live than America” – and then dissing America (curiously enough he’s American) in favor of China, Taiwan etc.
Punctuated by the most asinine and juvenile music ever.
So much for interesting and well traveled “different” ladies.
I rest my case.
And on a side note, as my friend from the Marines rightly said.
“Taiwan exists because of it’s friends. Simple. “
And it IS that simple.
Maybe thats what causes all the angst as well, hehe.
Anyway, thats that for now.
I dont like videos, but sometimes they’re necessary.
Last one I watched was of a guy taking apart a water dispenser.
Now that was cool. Learned me a NEW TRICK, hehe.
A do at home kinda thing.
And I believe I watched a Trump video (part of it) about going out and voting, but he made it interesting.
“Maybe you’ll vote for me, and maybe you won’t”, I remember him saying.
And after reading all this, maybe you’ll stay on my list, and maybe you won’t.
Maybe you’ll invest in the 0 Excuses Fitness System, or maybe you won’t.
Or maybe you’ll just send me more inane idiotic vidoes and wonder why I Dont reply to you.
All good either way, hehe ...
And thats truly that for now. Back soon!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
Am I “dirty” for showering in the late AM, or night, even?
Rahul MookerjeeIts funny how the human mind processes things ...
And how HABITS are formed.
For years and years and years and years, even when in China, I was of the opinion and bent of mind that the first thing you did upon waking up in the morning was (after coffee and a dump) was get into the SHOWER.
And stay there for a good 10 minutes or so.
This routine was so ingrained in me that I learned something new while doing it
That being, the benefits of COLD water showers in the EXTREME winters – not out of choice, but “necessity” (somehow those heaters in China find a way to give up when you need ‘em the most, hehe).
(It’s usually a small thing, but they usually give up when you want to take a QUICK shower and are pressed for time. If it CAN go wrong, probably will!).
Anyway ...
I’ll write about that later, but for now?
When I first floated the idea of doing what the Chinese do, which is to steadfastly shower at night, and usually never before, I was looked upon as crazy.
“Thats dirty”, people told me.
Hmm ....
When I Told the Chinese?
“How can you not shower at night! Thats gross!!”
Or, what Carol told me.
“I can’t imagine how you’d get into bed without a shower at night!”
(Not EVERYONE told me this sort of thing, but the vast majority of people in China DID, and DO until today, and those that didnt, probably just didnt and would anyway. Hehe).
Then when I went to the Middle East for an ill fated few months, it seemed like the “mid day time” (as they put it) was the time to shower, take a siesta, and so forth.
A two hour break between work seemed as alien to me initially as the shower at night first did, when I first got to know of it.
But I got used to it.
(Company I was at for a brief while did it’s damndest to pinch an extra hour out of its employees so in essence and really speaking it was a very hurried one hour break – I mean barely enough time to even sneak in a meal, because you were using company transport to go back and forth and other rubbish, but this isn’t about that ... but anyway ... point begets).
(The other hour they tried to pinch was mostly peopel sleeping al through it). Real work only started around 3PM ...
But again, and the point of all this
Yours truly for one doesnt shower in the morning these days.
I prefer to get my WORKOUT in first thing in the morning. And THEN Shower.
If I dont workout in the mornings, then I’ll wait until I do, and then shower.
Often times, if I’m exceedingly busy, it will be a long night shower.
Do I feel “dirty” in the morning?
I Dont think so, my friend, and I haven’t been “stinking: any either.
I could never understand how smells and stinks somehow miraculously make their way into a clean bed! (to manifest in the morning).
They DON’T. It’s a matter of HABIT.
Nothing against morning showers either, for those that like it.
But again, the point begets.
There isn’t “one right way”.
The point is, to do it
If you do what many peiople in China and India do in the winters, which being to NOT shower at all for days, and do so very sparingly so that a NASTY, NASTY, PUTRID stench comes out of the person – then I’d say hell no.
(and it’s both men and women. The women cover it up with perfumes and the like, but you can still “smell it”. UGH! And the men .... well, they dont even cover it up).
But otherwise ...
Fitness wise, SAME thing.
There is NO one right way my friend.
You may find that pull-ups done BEFORE your hill climbs work best. For you.
For me, they did for a while!
You may find that for a period you do NOTHING but Hindu squats
I did!
You may find that doing less is indeed more – as I’ve found!
And so forth.
Point being – do what works for YOU – and this is something I emphasize in all my books and courses.
And just do it!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – Picjk up the 0 Excuses Fitness System here.
More...
One of the things that I always ask everyone (well, on my coaching calls that is) in terms of progressing at anything (life, fitness, workouts, relationships etc) is this.
HOW FAR AHEAD are you – right now – of both the herd and yourself?
Por ejempelo, lets say you got a goal to do 100 pushups at ONE shot.
No breaks.
Perfect form.
No sagging.
Just up and down, up and down ... (no pun intended, hehe, especially given that email on supposed porno or what not).
Chest to the floor, back up. ALL the way.
A 100 of those suckers at ONE GO.
Now, you know the how of how to get there – or if youdont, Pushup Central will teach you. The techniques, I mean!
But really, when you DO the thing.
ARE you doing ‘em throughout the day?
ARE YOU doing what you can?
ARE YOU doing the isometrics if you can’t do a single pushup?
ARE you focusing on different variations?
Most of all, and this encapsulates all of the above – how much do you really want it?
If you do, you’ll likely be doing all of the above, and then some.
Ahead of yourself.
And the herd, that tries once a day and gives up.
Blah.
I know which side I’d rather be on.
I dont know if you guys have noticed, but I have my writing done in advance too.
To prepare for that rainy day where I dont “feel like writing” (which of course never happens, but just in case).
Do YOU have that sort of seriousness about your LIFE – and BUSINESS?
To make plans -backup plans – and all of that in the flow?
No, that ain’t contradictory!
If you do, I can tell you which way you’re going in life.
It’s UP.
And if you don’t, you are either stagnant, or going down, and they’re both the one and the same thing.
All fo rnow!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – It’s been said it requires 10,000 hours of practice to really get good at something. I often say that absolute mastery of an exercise is something VERY FEW, if ANY people can achieve, including the great Bruce Lee who did thumb pushups for hundreds of reps per set!
How about a handstand thumb pushup??
(Note – dont try it!)
And so forth.
Point is, if you want to achieve, then DO. And do more than the herd, and outdo yourself too. It shoul dbe a competition with YOU first, and then the rest !
Would you rather be liked – or would you rather SUCCEED?
Rahul MookerjeeIn came a comment from Bozo Schofield, whining as usual.
“No-one likes you!”
“The gorilla, the marine, Chuck” ... and on went the list.
Dont know about gorillas and “Chuck” is what Itold him , but the marines and high powered lawyer may have a different opinion on this, hehe.
But anyway, here is what my Dad (with whom it’s well known I dont agree upon anything at all, except those few things that yes, he WAS right about – slipped in “in between” and quietly, hehe, that stuck with yours truly).
Back in the day, when I was working for Freddie, at least in the “initial days of the job” I was doing my damndest to stand out – and make a case for myself.
Freddie hired me on gut and because he liked me.
(sorry, bozos, hehe)
But, the reason he presented to his boss was my I.T. knowledge and he needed a website built, and so forth ...
... And I was starting to get a little too aggressive with my follow ups on this with my managers (well, with “the” managers I should say, since I reported directly to the GM i.e. Freddie) ...
And in a moment of self doubt (back in those days sometimes it did crop up, hehe) I mentioned it in passing to my father when he was asking about it I believe.
“It’s not your job to be liked”, he commented quietly. “You’re there for your career!”
Actually, it was emailed to me now that I recall ...
... and of course, much to his probable and potential consternation, his other piece of advice on “toning it down” was completely ignored (i.e .the part about “sometimes you have to bottle it up andbe politically correct” and “white lie”).
I went the whole humpty, as I always do, have done, and WILL continue to do as I mentioned in that last “there” e-mail ...
And it shows, doesnt it?
IF something is right, then I say it no matter what.
If I didnt do something, such as “get an infamous email sent way back in 2012” that I was accused of, then (maybe it was 2013) I WILL say I didnt, and I WILL stand my ground regardless of what jobs I might get canned for.
As I discussed with Charles Mitchell a few months ago, at the end of the day you have to be able to look yourself in the mirror.
The only way I can do that is if I a) stick up for what I believe in , b) do the right thing no matter what and c) STICK TO MY GUNS!
C) is often times the most important.
No, I ain’t “preaching” here, friend. It’s TRUE.
Fitness wise, same thing.
Despite the hordes gravitating to the gyms and weights in the hope of fitness nirvana, I WILL point them down the 0 Excuses Fitness route anyway.
Despite the nuts benching cows in the gym and hurting their shoulders beyond repair, I WILL continue to state the benefits of handstand pushups until the cows comes how to roost (was that rooster, hehe).
And so forth.
It ain’t about sales. I’d probably make more – way more if I catered to the sheeple out there
But I ain’t gonna do it.
Thats not me.
It just ain’t me!
Never has been, never will be.
What I give you is what I do – and what works – flat out works – better than ANY OTHER bodyweight exercise program out there even!
And I am prepared to go the extra mile or five more, hehe, to back that up!
All for now – back soon!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – Pick up the 0 Excuses Fitness System here.
On the “lives I supposedly ruined” by doing my own thang, and NOT following the herd ...
Rahul MookerjeeI’m not going to mention WHO.
Because if I did ... well, nothing actually.
But I ain’t gonna mention the persons by name on this one, if just to see how many of you have been paying attention to “el cavemano”. Hehe.
Over the months, years, and so forth ...
... And here it goes.
“You’ve spoilt my whole life!”
And so goeth the chant from two people, and also the one and only BOZO Schofield, and if you’d boil his insanity down to one thing, it is this.
“Rahul has always done what he wanted, and ultimately (even after he went through hell occasionally) GOTTEN what he wanted somehow”.
And it’s true.
Could be workout wise, me losing that spare tyre (or 10, hehe) I once had around my waist.
Could be financially, and pulling rabbits out of the hat when NO-ONE expected it.
Hit ‘em when they dont expect it, hehe.
My wife had THIS to say about me at that job I once worked at. THAT job.
“Khota sikka”.
Now, I had no inkling what this meant.
“It’s a Hindi expression”, she replied. “It means someone who can pull a rabbit out of the hat, or a Houdini when ALL is lost”.
Indeed!
I’ve always been a big game player.
I do NOT shy away from BIG challenges, but the small, routine ones?
As Dr. K famously said, I’m not much of a one for Mickey Mouse stuff, hehe.
And that shines through in BattleTank shoulders – and “Pull-ups – from STUD to SUPER stud within a matter of weeks” – and Animal Kingdom Workouts – and literally ALL my fitness stuff and other writing.
I go the whole humpty friend. I either do it or I dont. No middle ground!
But anyway, the same people who said what they did ...
The profoundly loony and moronic Bozo? Well, enough said on him.
The other person was one who always HAS to have her own way no matter what and make others do her bidding and a person who hasn’t earned a SINGLE dollar, rupee, RMB, or anything in her life – and yet tells others how to do it.
Hmm.
Like a bald man giving yours truly advice on how to grow hair, hehe.
The other person?
Well, despite her many stellar qualities she steadfastly refuses to either acknowlege or realize, she has to blame everyone else BUT her for her current position in life.
And I’m not going to get into specifics here.
But point begets.
If YOUR own life ain’t where you want to be, bro, then STOP BLAMING others for it either consciously or not.
YES, some of us have it tougher. Always have.
YES, the cards aren;t always dealt FAIR in life.
But guess what.
Thats how the cookie crumbles, brah.
If you take longer to get good at handstand pushups than I did, or do it much quicker – well – thats how it is!
From Christ to Edison to Ford, all the men that have really accomplished anything of note have done so ONLY after surmounting temporary defeat of the MOST frustrating, disappointing, obstinate and stubborn onces.
That is not me saying it. It’s Napoleon Hill in “Outwitting the Devil”.
And he was right.
Think of that line anytime you’re down, my friend, and if you’re truly a person that gets it, and one of life’s doers, you shouldn’t need any more of a pick me up other than this!
Gotta go now, but I’ll be back with more soon.
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – Fitness wise, I already gave you the link for some inspiration. But life wise? Well, I’ve put out Gumption Galore, a collection of my best tips of yore ... and if you print that little sucker out and keep it by your bedside, I can guarantee you one damn thing.
You’ll never ever run short of inspiration again!
Most people that know me can’t figure it out.
And of course, they’re too lazy to actually READ what I write ...
... but I keep getting the talk about “why don’t you talk to me on social media!”
Or “why don’t you answer the phone!”
And some of these people are friends – or so they say they are.
And yet, they dont know how much I despise the dumbphone. Hehe.
Dont get me wrong. Sometimes, it’s good to pick up the phone and talk to someone.
But in the vast majority of cases, it’s NOT warranted, especially when what youre saying can just as easily be said on email, or text, or a simple “voice note” (that seem to be all the rage these days).
Instead, you have people “not reading because it’s too long”.
Or, people that “dont listen to all the voice messages because they get too many”.
And yet, when THEY want something, bang on target, here they are with the same thing ...
... Part of the reason for yours truly cranky caveman being the way he is is I get a LOT more accomplished staying to myself.
I get a LOT MORE WORK DONE!
I get a lot more workouts done.
And so on and so forth.
Going within is something everyone should do, and yet it’s roundly pooh poohed by most.
Big, big mistake bro.
And here is the point of me saying this.
My daughter is almost 7 right now. Great English skills, great life and marketing skills, great sales skills, and great at many things
Of course, yours truly’s family claims I had nothing tod o with any of the above, especially the first.
HA!
Anyway, that isnt the point either – point is this.
She constantly has people calling her up to “talk to her”.
Ostensibly to “make friends”.
But really, its because of what people often try and do with me in China, that being to “practice my English”.
For free, of course, and in return what do I get?
Zilch. LOL.
I’ve told my daughter to do what I did when I was young (which I figured out the best thing for me to do was to hang out with OLDER guys that KNEW MORE than I did in many ways, and I knew more than them in some, so it was a fair exchange), and was roundly pilloried by my mother for doing so.
“How dare you hang out with 12th grade guys? You’re only in the 8th grade!”
Or, my Dad when yours truly “pimply and gangly” wanted to get to the razor a few years ago and “stole” his Dad’s, because Dad wouldn’t give me my own
“I know you’re a big man with long beards!” he said in a sarcastic manner.
(while complaining about some meaningless “rubbish” about how I didnt do this well at school, or that well).
(Schools. College. Education. Formal education. Look around you right now, and tell me what use that fancy degree is my friend. Hehe. No, I’m not dissing education – the formal kind – but its really education you get from being in the trenches that truly counts in LIFE!).
Anyway, my daughter and me do NOT have that sort of idiotic excuse of a “relationship”.
We have a real relationship. She’s a special gal, and I give her all the advice someone should have given me when I was growing up ...
... and I dispense it to my list as well, hehe.
And thats what I wanted to talk to you now about. Back soon!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – Energy drains are one prime reason I rarely, if ever get on the phone. But I did do it once to make my 0 Excuses Fitness videos!
Check ‘em out right here. You’ll love ‘em!
(yes, paid product – sorry to the “Freebie seekers”, hehe, but thats just how it is. For free snippets, follow my YouTube channel).
PS #2 – And yes. If you want to succeed, ditch the energy drains. You truly are the sum of those people you hang out with the most – and on that note, I’m off to do some much needed meditation before the “fun starts”. Hoooo boy!
PPS - Bozo Schofield actually reminds me of a certain someone in my family, someone you'd think I'd be closest to (or anyone would), but am NOT. More on that later, hehe.
PPS #1 - I never met a certain Uncle in my family, who from what I hear is as much the "skeleton in the closet" as yours truly, hehe. He was termed as a genius for his eccentric ways. Yours truly? Well - YOU be the judge, hehe.