A lot of us have suffered through tough workouts and two ways have gone about it; we either strive and push through or we suffer more by pushing through. Through blood, sweat, tears and screaming a time or two, going through certain workouts in my experience never seemed to satisfy a craving for finding the most enjoyable, until I became a fanatic on Animal Movement Conditioning.
Some people will say if you enjoy your workouts, you're not doing it right. I do believe in discipline and striving to improve everyday plus working hard for what I want to achieve. Suffering in training at times is only temporary but over time, it can make you worse than when you started. That's not to say you shouldn't work hard, bust your ass but with intention and not suffer serious injury.
When it comes to Animal Movements, they make me bust my ass and push through the mental barriers more than any other system and for good reason. I don't feel bored and you can be creative in more ways than with typical calisthenics. The fun part about it is it drives you to work hard without realizing you're working hard. Hard work takes discipline, there's no way around that and many successful people busted their ass to get where they wanted to be but there's an opposite side of the coin too; many people who worked hard, showed up and be more than the other person has not only suffered physically and mentally but have gotten the short end of the stick and were never truly recognized for their efforts.
Life is too damn short to live in a suffering state so why not make the most of it even the darkest hours. Life already has you by the balls or if you're a woman, make you feel less of yourself and push your state of mind into a frenzy that can be difficult to get out of. The point I'm making in the case of working out with animal movements is that you don't have to suffer and when you move and feel free, you can take that mindset and work hard outside of that with a better vibe of positive outlooks.
I never felt right when I just dread through a workout and go through the motions and just act like life is just as worse. The power of moving like an animal creates the mindset of having a great adventure and that's what it teaches about life, to quote Peter Pan from the film Hook he says at the very end "to live, would be an awfully big adventure." I've said many times that the Animal Dice Game teaches you to expect the unexpected, to not be afraid of what comes next and see it as a way to play and view things from another perspective, to transform and use your imagination and that is one of the greatest things to strive for in life as well.
Move like an animal and you'll never look at exercise the same way again. It makes you work hard while having a great time and challenging yourself outside normal fitness methods and developing your body that gives you long-term strength, insane cardio, both aerobic and anaerobic conditioning, balance (especially if you're over 40), coordination and functional muscles. You can make it high impact or low impact, short or long and it brings out the kid within all of us. It makes you calmer if you're hyperactive, burns calories like crazy and can turn you into a fitness machine in record time. Work hard and play hard at the same time.
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