Yes, there are secrets to making major progress in your Hindu squats practice, and none of these secrets are about shedding “blood, sweat and tears.”
Sure, you can use such a mentality and game plan, and think it’s the “only way” to make progress, but you may be surprised to discover an easier and more effective model is within reach, IF you are willing to expand your imagination a tad or two; if you are willing to go back to when you had a “beginner’s mind.”
Back in 1990, when I was training for the Honolulu marathon (which I placed 1,101 out of 13,842 with a finishing time of 3:35:52), my approach was the epitome of hard, hard work.
Every day I set out to run further than I did the day before. If I ran seven miles yesterday, today the goal was eight, ad nauseum.
After a couple weeks of this, I was starting to get the blues. This told me that I may be using an outdated, Neanderthal, low-brow approach.
Indeed, I was. But at that time this was forgivable because I didn’t know any better.
Anyway, a day after getting the blues, I placed a phone call to a friend, Judy Pearl, who along with her husband, the late and legendary Bill Pearl (4x Mr. Universe) sold fitness books and training equipment. I asked Judy, “Do you have any recommendations on books about how to train for a marathon?”
Judy said, “I sure do. I suggest Galloway’s Book on Running.”
A few days later I was stunned to discover that Galloway, himself a seasoned marathoner who gave seminars all around the whirld, learned a new method of training from a man in his “middle years” who was at one of Galloway’s seminars.
During a break the man pulled Galloway aside and told him that he had also completed numerous marathons, but instead of running 10-15 miles per day, he ran two to five miles most days, took two days off per week, and once every two weeks did a max distance run.
Galloway, based upon what he believed to be the only viable way to train, rightfully scoffed, thinking there was no friggin’ way such a rinky-dink approach could work. He believed you had to log as many as 120 miles per week to be ready to run a 26.2 mile marathon.
But Galloway, as knowledgeable and experienced as he was, tested the man’s “theory” and found out that it worked. From then on, he advocated a different approach at his seminars.
After reading this, I dumped the training regimen I was following in favor of a “train smarter” approach.
Two weeks prior to the marathon, I ran 17 miles, the most I had ever run before. Then I began to taper off.
Taper off?
My goodness, how would I ever add another 9.2 miles to my previous best if I didn’t continue training even harder leading up to the date of the marathon?
Well, the same question could arise before the date of December 31, 1999, when I did 2000 consecutive Hindu squats to ring in the year 2000.
Prior to that day, I had never done more than 500-straight Hindu squats in a workout, much less an entire day.
Well then, what was the secret of adding 1500 more squats to my previous best?
This secret and many more will be revealed next Wednesday, April 30, when I am having a dual-intensive with my friend, David Whitley.
The first intensive will be on Hindu Squats and how to train them in a way I have never revealed before, which includes much more than sets and reps.
In the special bonus intensive, David will talk about developing Herculean Hand Strength and how to get it using your own bodyweight as well as various tools and objects you have lying around the house.
You’ll be stunned at how easily you remove lids from jars, carry groceries, pick up objects to move them, and so on, after you implement David’s suggestions.
And just for fun, I’m sure David will gladly show you how he rips a deck of poker cards in half, as well as into quarters.
The Hindu Squats Intensive alone is $99. The bonus intensive on Herculean Hands is a bonus, as in no additional charge… for now.
I’m delighted by the interest so many of you have already shown by enrolling in this event after seeing my previous email. Thank you so much. I assure you it’s going to be incredible.
The dual-intensive will be held over ZOOM at 7 PM EST on Wednesday, April 30.
Interested in enrolling?
Then email me by clicking here and I will send you the direct link to enroll.
All the Best,
Matt Furey
