Hindu Press Ups and Squats

The book I'm reading this week is about a Japanese American assassin. My ears perked up this morning when he talked about his conditioning routine.

He does 250 Hindu push ups and 250 Hindu squats with forward and backward neck bridges and a few other exercises. All in 30 minute in his hotel room, no equipment necessary.

I imagined that the push ups were a variation of the sun salutation (surya namaskar) but I really hadn't heard of these before. Wikipedia rocks!

Turns out the Hindu press ups are similar to the Japanese pushups we do in Okazaki's Kawami.

FYI, the book is Killing Rain by Barry Eisler. This is part of the John Rain thriller series of which I am planning on continuing.