Dear Friend & Subscriber, I never thought I would do such a thing. But I got suckered in.

Last night I went to see the pro wrestling re-debut of one of my students, Ron Reddick, aka Mohammad Stud. Ron is 65 and 320 pounds. His skin is 10,000% darker than mine ... and in the hair department, his is kept in a braided mohawk. Ten months ago Ron called and left a message to see if I would train him. I didnt return his call. He called the next day. And the next. And the next. Each time he left polite messages. Each time I blew him off. Then an angel appeared unto me and said, Mr. Furey, this man desperately needs your help. Hes sincere. He will work hard. He will not take up too much of your time. He will make you proud. But Im BUSY, I pleaded. We know you are, said the angel. But this man is a special case. Whats so special about him? I asked. Call him and find out, said the angel. Although I dont normally pay attention to most angels, this one had more credibility because he was the same one that wrestled Jacob back in the book of Genesis. So I called Ron back and agreed to meet with him a few days later. At the first meeting, Ron told me how he had been involved in professional wrestling for several years ... how he was trained by the Great Professor Boris Malenko. Hohum, big hairy deal. Then he told me that he had almost died a year earlier; and that the doctors who examined him said he had better change his evil ways or he wouldnt be around much longer. They also told him that his heart was only functioning at 20% capacity. I want to get back into pro wrestling, said Ron. But I want to be legit. I want to know the real holds, the real submissions. I saw your article in Black Belt magazine about the real holds and the phony holds and it caught my eye. I think if I learn the real stuff it will give me the angle I need. Well, pal, I said, before anything else, you need to get into condition. Ron was 340 pounds at the time. And I mean a sloppy 340. No problem, he said. Ill do whatever it takes. We agreed to meet a week later for his first session. It was supposed to be a one-hour lesson. But after 25 freehand squats, 25 regular push-ups and 25 sit-ups, Ron was finished. When I saw him lying in a pond of his own sweat, I figured this was his first and last workout. Wrong. He returned the next week for more. And the next week. And the next.

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Each workout I gave him more to do. 25 squats gradually became 500. 25 push-ups gradually became 250. Then I taught him to skip rope. Not with a regular rope either. I gave him the super heavy duty green monster put out by Lifeline USA that weighs two pounds. This rope kicks your butt and wipes your slate clean. After 100 straight reps, if you can get that many, your forearms ache. So do your shoulders. Two pounds doesnt seem like a lot - but as the saying goes, its all how you use it baby. Okay. So it kicked Rons butt, too. But at least the dude was savvy enough to buy one so he could train with it at home during his off days. The good news is this: Within a month Ron was doing 1000 repetitions per workout. In fact, I noticed something else about him. He would show up half an hour before I began the class, and hed go through all his calisthenics and rope jumping routines. Hed keep doing them when I showed up and when it was time to practice some real holds, he was ready. After a couple months of training, I told Ron that I wanted him to wrestle live with some of my students. He shook his head and said, No way. Im a sports entertainer. Im not a real wrestler. Well, when you come in this place, you better become a wrestler or get the hell out, I said. Then to quote Olympic gold medalist, Dan Gable, I added, There is no mat space for malcontents or dissenters. I motioned for Ron to wrestle with Chad, a 61 and 155-pounder. He wouldnt do it. No way, Jose. I let it go, but only for a day. The next time Ron showed, it was obvious that he had been thinking about what I had said for an entire week. He started talking like a pro wrestler. A real big shot. He was not only going to wrestle, he was going to whomp butt. Whether his comments were serious or satirical didnt matter because reality soon followed. Chad put a whoopin on Ron that he never got in the ring during a work. So guess what ole Ron did after his first workout? He asked me what tapes he should buy on technique. I told him the ones he needed and he laid the bills down. Fast forward 45 days: Chad and Ron square off. Ron taps him like nothing. No big deal though, because Ron is twice his size, right? No, wrong. It is a big deal because Ron used to get creamed by him. It is a big deal because I didnt even expect the guy to make it past his first class. The next week Ron taps out 190-pound Jeff, a Jeet Kune Do instructor who used to manhandle him as well. Thinking it might be a fluke, I ask for more and see it happen again and again. Then he does the same to most of the others in the class. So Ron thinks hes getting pretty big in the ole britches. Around that time Eugene Robinsons column appears in GRAPPLING, where he tells about coming to train with me for a day in January, during Super Bowl weekend. At the end of the class Eugene challenges me to a dual, saying, I want to see how long it takes for you to tap me. I tell him Id rather not, that I had wrestled him before and worked him over. He says, Come on, that was when I wasnt really trying. And besides, Ive got a lot more skill than before because I train at the Beverly Hills Jiu-Jitsu Academy. The part about him not trying really irked me. Or, as I used to say back in Iowa, it hogged my load. I took a couple really, really, really deep breaths, pulled my watch

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out of my gym bag, threw it to one of my students and said, Keep time. Eugene and I took the center of the mat. I took him down and almost snapped his head off with a crooked head scissors. His neck cracked like old wood and he screamed, TAP, TAP. Fifteen seconds, said the timer. That wasnt only fifteen seconds, said Eugene. My ass, I said. But then, relishing the opportunity at hand, and being that three hot looking women gymnasts were observing, I said, But we can go again if youd like. Sure, said Euge. This time I caught him in a face lock in 21 seconds. Still not satisfied, we agreed to a third fall. 17 seconds later Eugene tapped to a Farmer Burns step-over toehold. Ron wasnt at that workout. But when he read about it in GRAPPLING, he called me and said, Fifteen seconds, huh? Well let me tell you something, you may beat me, but it aint gonna be in no fifteen seconds. Oh, yeah, I said. You may be right. At the next workout Ron and I squared off for the first time. The timekeeper was ready. Ready - go, he said. BOOM. I faked a this, went to a that, got behind Ron and put a facelock right across his brand new bridge. Feeling his new teeth about to be broken, he screamed and tapped. SIX SECONDS, said the timer You sonofabitch, said Ron. That bridge cost me two thousand dollars. Hey, I said with a shrug. What do you want me to do, kiss ya? You know Matt, said Ron with a smile, I dont like your attitude. Join the club, I said, laughing. Now I realize that there are some dorky girlie-types who read the above and say, Furey, you puke. Its not right to tell training stories outside of the gym. And to those with such limiting ideas, I reply, as Rodney Dangerfield did in Caddyshack, Oh, yeah. Well who died and made you Pope of this dump? Because the truth is: You can bet your sweet ass that the same girlie-dork who makes up idiot rules, would immediately suspend and amend all rules if I got tapped in six seconds, or 15, or 21, or 17. Or at all, for that matter. Onward, soldiers. Three months after tapping the Big M in six seconds, he had improved by bounds, leaps and launches. And when the ABC television crew dropped in to do a special on my training program, Mohammad Stud and I had a match. The big bastard hung with me for about three minutes when I was giving him all I had. He made me work like a devil with two pitchforks. Hot dawg. The Harlem kid has got something going on. In the meantime, a month before Mohammads re-debut, the doctors tell Mohammad his heart is back to normal. Imagine that. After nine months of training, he is a new man.

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To show my respect, I teach Mohammad the secret scientific way to defend leg dives. This was one of his biggest weaknesses, but it aint no mo. Having 320 on you hurts and now he is intimidating people so much that no one wants to attack his legs. Especially when, after he traps you, he knows how to clobber you with knees and elbow. On the very day of the re-debut, Mohammad was at the gym to train. He worked out with a college wrestler who trains with us during the summer. The college wrestler used to whoop him, too. But those days are over. As I stood on the sidelines watching, the same man who could barely do a simple workout ten months ago, tapped out the college kid three times in a row. This makes me think I better cut him off, because I know Im next on his list. But I wont. I like the challenge. Now, back to the debut. What was it that I got suckered into? Well, it goes like this: My wife, son Frank and I get out of the car at 7 p.m. Mohammad comes up to me and says, Matt, Matt, Matt. I gotta ask you a favor. Will you do a match with me tonight? We can even make it a shoot if you want. The ring sucks and I dont want to take any bumps from the guy Im supposed to wrestle. Youre crazy, right? I replied. No, Im serious. Meanwhile he has me shaking hands with a promoter and the dude is nodding and going along with the gig. This is a setup, isnt it? I said. You got me all the way out here to watch so that you could lure me into the ring. Mohammad and I argued for the next twenty minutes. Listen, Matt, well even do a shoot (a real match). Id rather do that because at least with you I have an idea of whats going to happen. Yeah, you sure do, I said. Youre going to be screaming in no time flat. Now, come on Matt. You know that aint gonna happen. I can hold my own with you now. Is that right, I said. Well, well just have to see about that. The promoter is laughing, enjoying the conversation, but also a bit scared that his man might be in for a very unpleasant experience. I finally agreed to do a match, but made it clear the crowd was going to see some real material. And I agreed to carry him for awhile before making him cry uncle. I was introduced to the crowd as Matt Burns and when I got into the ring, I went into my typical warm up routine. The announcer told the audience that this was going to be a shoot fight and you could see most sit up in their chairs. There hasnt been a real shoot fight in pro wrestling in decades. Mohammad entered the ring second, doing his pro wrestling theatrics with his female sidekick, a white girl who calls herself, My babys mama. When the bell rang Mohammad charged across the ring, catching me a bit off guard. He had his hands in my eyes and backed me against the ropes, trying to smother me. I didnt expect any of this as it isnt the way he trains. He was out for blood. Instinctively, I kneed him in the groin and he bounced about eight feet back. I wanted to pounce on him right then but the referee kept me away from him until he caught his breath. When we were allowed to begin again, I faked him in a way that he hasnt seen before, then double-legged him and slammed him to the canvas. Without the fake, I may have ended up carrying 300+ on my back for awhile, which is no fun.

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The big guy fought off an early attempt for my patented Farmer Burns step-over toe hold. Then he fought out of an armbar and reversed me. He held me down for a spell, then tried to facelock me but I managed to slide from underneath and put a doublewrist lock on him. He fought the wrist lock with all his might and surprised me when he employed a counter I had taught him a week earlier. This upset me slightly, so I made use of my elbows. This softened him up - giving me the space to move into a crooked head scissors with a far arm hold. Mohammad held out for a few agonizing seconds, forcing me to tighten the hold even more. Then he tapped. Then the bastard left the ring before we could finish our best out of three falls. The next day Mohammad called and said he wanted to do it again, that he enjoyed this style much more than the other. He said the crowd was really into it and several people inquired about where they can learn this UFC Style of wrestling. But we need to work on you, he said. I was supposed to be the heel and you were the one dropping elbows and kneeing to the groin. Just doing what comes naturally, I laughed. Anyway, maybe there is a market ... a small but dedicated one, for this style of wrestling. Well see. The Workout Mohammad Cant Do Now that Mohammads heart is back to normal, I have him slated for a workout program that we call Noahs Ark. It sounds like a lot of fun ... and it is, just not when youre doing it. Heres how it works. You take seven different species of life on earth: the bear, the crab, the alligator, the duck, the tiger, the gorilla and the kangaroo. And you imitate the way they move when they go from point A to point B. At the gym, we do two laps of the first species, catch our wind for 20 seconds, then move on to the next species. Believe me, within five minutes time, you will have had the workout of your life. Listed below is an outline, followed by an explanation of each exercise. Read and weep. Noahs Ark Bear Crawls Tiger Walk Crab Walk Gorilla Walk Alligator Walk Kangaroo Jumps Duck Walk The first exercise is the bear crawl. You begin on all fours with your butt high in the air. From this position you move hands and feet, just like a bear chasing after a jack rabbit. Breath naturally as you move. And dont think for a minute that itll be easier if you go slow. In my college days, when I worked wrestling camps around the country in the summer, anytime the kids dogged it while doing wind sprints, Id smile and say, Thats no problem guys. Everytime you run half-ass, well do bear crawls and youre welcome to go as sllllooooooowwww as you want. This method produced an amazing result. Suddenly wind sprints werent dreaded as much. Exercise number two is the crab walk. In this exercise you turn your back to the floor. With the palms of your hands and soles of your feet, you push off and move backwards. Your butt is off the floor as you move. Two laps of this makes the bear crawl much more enjoyable.

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Third on the list is the alligator. Now, you can make this one harder than hard, if you dare, by doing a push-up after each forward movement of each arm. Or you can get into a push-up position with partially bent arms. Now let your feet drag as you move with your arms bent the entire time. What a great workout for the chest, shoulders and arms that will make cable crossovers seem like blowing out candles at a threeyear olds birthday party. Number four is the duck walk. This exercise was used the Olympic speed skater Eric Heiden, who won five gold medals in the 1980 Winter Olympics. It is also part of the sumo wrestlers training regimen in Japan. Squat until your butt is resting on the back of your calves. Place your palms on your hips or behind your lower back. Now start waddling. Quacking is optional. Number five is the tiger walk. Like the bear crawl, this one is done on all fours. But, instead of your ass being high in the air, your entire body, from shoulders through the hips is parallel to the ground. With each forward movement of your hand, you lift the opposite paw several inches off the ground, even making a fist as you do so, with your wrist bent forward. Keep your knees off the ground. The sixth exercises is mi favorito. I learned it watching the gorillas playing at Disneys Animal Kingdom right here in Florida. There are two parts to this one. Part one involves you moving your hands and feet almost like you would in the bear crawl. The main difference is that your fingers are folded inward and the weight of your body is resting on your inner knuckles as well as your thumb. It hurts, but itll make a HE-MAN out of you. The second part of this exercises requires a sort of jumping motion. When your mitts move forward, you jump your legs toward your hands. What we like to do is use part one for the first of each lap were running. During the second quarter we switch to part two, and so on until two laps are done. And finally, number seven, the kangaroo jumps. This is the only exercise in Noahs Ark in which you are not low to the ground. You will stand with your feet shoulder-width apart with your hands at your sides. Your knees are slightly bent. From this position you jump forward as far as you can and when your feet hit the ground you take off again, then again, then again, and so on. This one is great for building explosive jumping power. I do not advise you to do this workout if youre on Day One of your new commitment to getting fit. Break in with the Royal Court and some rope skipping first. Noahs Ark aint no picnic. Its for riding through the toughest of storms. Good luck and be sure to let me know how you like it. Product Update My video, How To Eliminate Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Pain Within 30 Days is a godsend to people whove had surgeries or who have lived in pain, wearing braces, etc., for several years. Recently the program was implemented at Sun Hydraulics in Sarasota, Florida. The testimonials are amazing. One lady was able to sleep without her metal arm bracelets for the first time in eight years!!! And then there is Evelyn Marshall, a professional writer, from California. 15 years of pain. She couldnt type or sleep without her braces. When she ordered my tape she couldnt type at all as her arms had gone numb. She feared that her writing career was over. The first day she did the exercises she was able to go back to the keyboard and begin typing. The exercises on the carpal tunnel tape help with normal wrist or hand pain, as well as elbow tendonitis. If any of you have these problems or know someone who does, be sure to take action and get the help needed. You can order the tape on-line at www.carpaltunnelfix.com or by calling my office at 1 813 994 8267. Its only $39 plus $6 S&H (U.S.) - a mere pittance when

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you consider that Sun Hydraulics is looking to save $100,000 to $200,000 per year by implementing the exercises I teach. Because carpal tunnel is generally symptomatic of the rest of the body needed an overhaul as well, I have recently come out with two other videos that are related. The first, How to Eliminate Lower Back Pain Within 30 Days. The second is, How To Eliminate Shoulder Pain Within 30 Days. Each of these can be purchased for $39 each. Call Mal Furey at 1 813 994 8267 to order. In July I launched another website: www.farmerburns.com, to advertise the Farmer Burns Catch Wrestling Video Course. What I have done is take Burns 1914 mail-order classic, Lessons in Wrestling and Physical Culture, and capture it on video in 12 video lessons. Not only do I teach what Burns taught, but I have added material taught to me by Karl Gotch, as well as techniques I picked up on my own, at the School of Hard Knocks. This course is the Rolls Royce of effective catch wrestling and conditioning. It aint cheap. And the advertising for it has offended a horde of namby-pamby sissified politically correct weenies who dont have the stones to think for themselves. This is a good sign. If what I introduced didnt offend anyone, Id be worried. The course is sent to you two videos at a time, every six weeks. To find out more about it, go to www.farmerburns.com or call 1-813-994-8267 and request a FREE report on the course.

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World champion rabble-rouser and hell-raiser P.S. Ill be in China for two weeks in September, so the next issue of Fitness & Conditioning Tips will chronicle what I learned while visiting. Itll be a special double-issue. Look for it in October. P.P.S. In the interim, if you need anything, call my office and speak to my brother Mal. Hell take good care of you.

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Conditioning Mailbag Matt, I purchased your Combat Conditioning book a couple months ago. I am 41 years old and an ex-collegiate javelin thrower. I can hold the neck bridge for 2:30 minutes. Im up to 310 hindu squats and 27 dips. However, I can only do 12 or 13 hindu pushups. ( Im counting down and back as one.) Why am I so weak on the hindu pushups? Ive always had decent upperbody strength. Im not progressing like I am on the other exercises? Mark Steliotes Venetia PA MF: Hi Mark. Good progress so far. As for the Hindu Pushups, I think you need to do more sets throughout the day until you get a breakthrough. I remember being stuck on 25 for the longest time, then I did at least 150 per day and all of a sudden, wham, I got better. Also, stay on your hands after you hit 15, catch your breath, do a few more, catch your breath, do a few more, and so on. This is the key. Set a goal on certain days for how many you will do, come hell or high water, and even if you need to take breaks and catch your breath, do that number. Matt- I am fascinated by your videos and plan to order them soon. I have a question. I compete in powerlifting doing only benchpress/deadlift meets. Is there anyway to still do this while using your ideas? I am close to breaking a world record and want to continue powerlifting. I also really need to get in better shape as far as wind goes, because my friends and I are going to start some submission grappling soon and I want to surprise them with my conditioning. I guess how and what can i combine with powerlifting to achieve my goals? I know i will have to give up some conditioning while training for powerlifting but would like to try you ideas. Sorry for rambling on. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Austin MF: Austin, The bridging alone will help you throughout your back and legs and the Hindu squats and pushups will give you great endurance. Plus the handstand pushups will increase upper body strength a lot. I have many power guys like yourself using the CC exercises. Bud Jeffries, for example, recently won a drug-free worlds strongest man competition in Florida and he cranks out 500 Hindu squats, does bridging, pushups, etc. Best of luck to you. Hello Matt, I recently received your three tapes and they are EXCELLENT!! Brief and full of information. No nonsense. Thank you!! Just a quick question: Can the excercises be combined with weightlifting? For example can I do bridging in the same workout I do deadlifts or something similar? Any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated. Thanks again. I think Combat Conditioning wil start a revolution. Sincerely Richie Sanchez MF: Hi Richie. Yes, you can do both. Id do the bridging after deadlifts or on a day off from lifting. Best of luck to you. Dear Matt, I received your book a month ago and I'm very impressed with your work. Because I have cerebral palsy, I was a little skeptical if your workout was right for me. Look at me now! I can touch my nose to the floor for three minutes easily and by the end of August I know I will be able to do 500 hindu squats and 50 hindu pushups. Every week I spend less and less time at the gym and more time doing the exercises in your book Combat Conditioning. Sincerely, Spencer Brainard Darien, CT

MF: Hello Spencer. This is great news. Im thrilled to know my program has helped you. As for your hand and wrists, you can use the exercises in my video, How To Eliminate Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Pain Within 30 Days. They are not full body, but they work. Also, you can do the Farmers Walk. Fill a couple buckets with sand or water and walk with them until your hands and forearms give out. Best of luck. Matt, Great info on your siteI was referred by a former coworker who got tired of injuries from weight training and made the switch after running across your information and subsequently buying a couple of your books. Im considering purchasing the books myselfIm in sales & travel throughout the US quite a bit so the programs appear to be perfect. However, I didnt notice anything that equates to back work in the pages I looked at on the web site. While I currently lift weights (ex. 385lb x 3 bench), Im not much on chins and use heavy pulldowns and seated cable rows as my back exercises. Do the Hindu Pushups, in fact, provide upper back work? (See note below.) Also, is any equipment required for your Abs book? Again, while traveling Id love to be able to have something more convenient for some ab work other than a using a beaten-down hotel gym or worse, having to search out a local gym/health club! BTW, after much nagging and cajoling from my friend, I did try your big three exercises on a week of vacation while isolated in rural Arkansas recentlyHindu Squats, Hindu Push Ups (which appeared to hit the back somewhat?) and Bridging (Wall Walking was literally impossible for me to perform due to lack of flexibility). All three humbled me, especially the push ups. I try to bench with fairly strict formno bouncing, bottom flat, etc. While basic physics teach us a bench and bar provide assistance for a lifter, the reality of science played out while using free hand exercises! With the Hindu Push Ups, I couldnt do more than five or six for three sets...I was proud of the fact a week later I was able to do eight in one set!!! So much for the bench press being the king of strength training. Thanks for any thoughts. Parker Reed MF: Hello Parker. Thanks for the kind words. The Ab book has 55 exercises. The only ones that require anything other than your own body are those done with the Power Wheel. There are seven. Other than that, youll do fine. As for training the back, if you work the gymnastic bridge it will hit your upper back and shoulders a lot, not to mention your lower back. You can also do pullups. Dear MattI dont know if you remember me but I wrote to you about 2 months ago about a back injury I got when a fellow hit me at 55 M.P.H. in the rear of our Wrestling Team van while I was stopped behind an Oil Truck. Thank God I didnt have any of my wrestlers in it at the time of the accident. At the time of my E-Mail I had just begun my Physical Therapy and you had suggested doing Back Bridging to help with my back injury. Since your E-Mail to me I have been on a regular routine of the Circuit Training along with my back exercises and my back is feeling a lot better. I have been doing 50 Hindu Squats, 20-35 Hindu Pushups,Back Bridging for 10-20 reps,Reverse Pushups 10,V-Ups 10-20,Table Makers 25,No Momentum Situps 20 and Kneeling 10. Sometimes I add in Bowing,Pushing,The Stretcher and Sideward Leg Lifts along with walking for 1 minute in between circuits.I even have my wife doing the routine.I was wondering if anyone has complained about soreness in their achilles tendon from the Hindu Squats? Scott P.S. I am going to see a Neuro Surgeon in September and hopefully we get a good report. I will E-Mail you back with my results. Thank you again for all your help!!

MF: Hi Scott. This is fantastic. Great job. If you have achilles pain while doing Hindu squats, you can alternate betw/ flat footed and off the heals and see if this helps. Best of luck in the future. Keep me posted. Good morning Matt. I wanted to add another testimonial to your myriad of success stories. I have been an avid weight trainer for 10 years (Im 26 now), and I have always been a focused and dedicated individual. Beginning at age 16, I transformed my fat, 280 lb., out of shape body, into 235 lb.of muscle, over this course of time using weight training and different cardiovascualr exercises, (ie. grappling, boxing training, sprints, etc.), freehand squats and pushups calistenic exercises. Also, in this time, I believe Ive put up respectible weights in the gym (565lb. squat, & 405lb. x 20reps, 350lb. bench press, & 540lb. deadlift.) I thoroughly believed weights were the tools for gaining functional strength. Im not pointing this out to toot my own horn. Conversely, I am telling you this because I believed I was in great shape. . . . .that is. . . . until I discovered your Combat Conditioning book. I purchased Combat Conditioning March, 2001, read it cover to cover in one sitting, and began imlementing the Royal Court immediately. Of course, here is where my serving of humble pie was eaten with a tall glass of kisk ass juice. I initially started with the Hindu Squats.........100 reps??? What the $%^&*. I can do 500 freehand squats??? Maybe its a fluke? Well, ALRIGHT! Ill kick ass on the back bridge, since my neck is 18 1/2 in., I shouldnt have any problems with this..............WHAT! Less than a minute hold in this position? F*&^%$! What the world is going on? Thats it, Im gonna show this Furey dude, Im gonna rep out on the Hindu pushups and show him hes full of it, once and for all..................I never realized carpet tasted so good. After 8 reps, I was fried!!!!! Matt, you have shown me the light as far as bodyweight calistenics goes. I have been using the book Combat Conditioning as well as Combat ABS, and I am pleased. I am flexible, leaner and physically stronger now than I have ever been! Hindu Squats up to 300/day, 8 minutes in the bridge (nose to mat of course!), and 100 hindu pushups without stopping. The Magnificant seven is done every morning as prescribed, and the exercises in that book are so numerous and functional, I NEVER get tired of doing them. I still use weights, but they are secondary in my quest for functional fitness. Again, thanks for shedding the misnomer that weights are the ultimate key to fitness. This should be a wake up call to all people, that you do not need anything other than your own body and mind to get into fantastic shape! Sincerely, Mark Munster Philadelphia, PA MF: Thanks Mark. Keep up the fine work. Youre on the way to greatness. Hey Matt, I just got your book Combat Conditioning. Now I know you hear this all the time but that bridgeing exercise is REALLY going to be tough for me. Im as stiff as a board and I cant even perform one reverse pushup. Instead of starting out with bridgeing I was going to start of with wall walking to get me a little more limber. But this is even a real struggle. I dont have a training partner or someone who could give me some advice on this. If there is anything and I do mean ANYTHING you can advise it would be helpful. Thank you Reggie MF: Reggie, Begin with a standing back bend. Hands on hips. Inhale and lean back as far as you can. Exhale and relax. Hold position for five seconds, inhale, exhale and relax further. You can also just lean backward, then exhale and lean forward and touch your toes. Do the second exercise ten times. This will get you started.

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