Sometimes 20 Minutes Is All It Takes

While making the best of the animal dice game, I have learned that despite being able to do a full at one time, its not the ideal amount of time to get in the best shape possible. You can play it as long as long as you wish and if you could go longer than an hour that's awesome but I have found that my best for staying as strong in the end as the beginning is around 20 min.

People like to go to extremes seeing how long they can really go and regardless of form or consequences they shoot beyond what the body is capable of. The important aspect of true fitness is not to push beyond the limits for a long-term basis. Many won't like this but it is the truth. I don't want to be hovering over like I just got my ass handed to me like McGregor in the 10th round, I want to be able to walk out knowing that I could still go but have done enough to say "ok that's all for today." That doesn't mean I'm not putting in the work to get in shape, very much so and because animal moves are often so intense that training hard for too long of a period of time can be more diminishing than result producing.

The way the game is set up is different every single time because one day you might find easier exercises to move around in and not go all explosive but another day you can put your legs through the ringer and only last maybe 10 min. before you're spanked. After going through hundreds of rounds, thousands of steps/reps and many many animal moves I can expertly say some days you'll feel like you can take on the world but don't expect it to be permanent because sooner or later, you'll have that playout that is so intense it'll be short as hell but you'll still be in awesome shape.

There's a massive difference between running on a treadmill for 20 min. than it is to do a full animal playout; the intensity are pure opposites because while running at a fixed speed and a specific motion, you'll be putting your body through a whole other realm of crazy as you crawl, jump, hop, balance, hold and coordinate in very awkward positions and using muscles you don't normally realize are being worked. I've ran and walked on treadmills in the past and they were boring as hell but when I do the same amount of time doing animal moves, I'm moving through planes of motion, having to adjust every single step to stay balanced, be able to stabilize my core in weird positions and i'm building much more than cardio; i'm building strength and power in those positions. You can't get real strength from a treadmill, its physically impossible.

The most intense training is more likely to gain a success in your fitness endeavor than a low intensity style of fitness. Greater intensity builds muscle quicker and you're burning calories far greater than at low intensity due to the nature of muscles being used and the ideal movement it provides. Sometimes, 20 min is all it takes.