When you move in awkward directions, you're generating strength in areas not normally used and often times the muscles and tendons get worked in ways more common bodyweight exercises don't hit. Take the Bear Crawl for example, there are quite a few variations but all have one one thing in common; you're having to use your entire body from head to toe in order to stabilize and moving at various speeds. When you're walking and crawling on your hands, they're like a second pair of legs which means the arms are gaining some serious strength and conditioning which can be used in other areas of your life. The stronger you are and the more conditioned, the more you an accomplish.
Because of the Winter Season here in Idaho, we're getting some heavy snow and that means having to shovel it out of the driveway and walkway in order for my fiance to get out so she can go to work. Snow shoveling isn't all that difficult but at times the snow can be heavy and picking it up and tossing it works your body in a serious manner. Because of my conditioning and great strength from doing countless rounds of the Animal Dice Game, it has helped carry over to shoveling snow a lot easier regardless of weight of the powder or slush. This is just a prime example of how it helps create other physical tasks at greater ease.
Moving like a wild animal doesn't just make you strong and more conditioned, it develops agility and flexibility plus you're strengthening the tendons which keeps everything attached so you don't live in a painful state which isn't fun at all. Because of the amount of stretching and the way it forces you to breathe, you're also generating youthful hormones and having the feeling of having great energy. There have been people in Martial Arts who love this kind of training because it has similar ideals to their style of fighting such as balance and coordination plus not to mention moving in awkward angles like in wrestling, jiu-jitsu, chinese boxing, judo and other fighting styles.
I will say this, it won't make you lift a thousand pounds in the deadlift or bench 500 pounds off the bat which is obvious in this case but animal moves give you strength and build a physique that's unique and that has you lasting longer in the long run. You get strong in weight lifting by lifting but I have experienced some great effects from this type of training when I do hit the gym once every 10th eclipse; I can still move some pretty heavy weight without risking injury like a 315 deadlift with fat gripz or curling 50 lb. dumbbells or more or picking up 100 lb. dumbbells in each hand in the suitcase lift. Animal Exercises have kept me strong even though I don't lift weights very often and this doesn't mean it'll do the same for you, everyone is different but don't go knocking this kind of training because it may not carry over some how.
The main thing that programs like Animal Kingdom Conditioning 1 & 2 carry over so well into other areas is because of the muscles being used to moving in such a variety of positions in a compound way that when you do other tasks, your core strength and your joints will automatically comply with the muscles being used in those tasks. You target everything when you move like an animal and the more often you do it, the greater your overall fitness gets. They don't take long either and can start for as little as 5 minutes and can be built up to however long you wish. You don't need to push beyond the limits with these exercises because they're so intense that they'll have you down within no time flat. I once did these for an hour and that was more than enough for me, around 30 minutes for me is more than enough on a good day. They enhance cardio, HIT, strength in every muscle, coordination and release incredible endorphins that cannot be experienced with most other programs.
Get these courses and never be bored ever again. They're worth every penny and have a great set of progressions for each animal and have ready to go playouts that will get you in shape fast whether you're a beginner or advanced.
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