The Wildest Workout In The Wilderness

 It's awesome to want to challenge yourself outside of what you normally can do. It's an opportunity to learn what you're capable of and making the most of what is possible yet also rewarding. Every now and then (sometimes more often) when I really have some energy to use up in my workouts, I take my animal dice game workout and double the amount of reps/steps per animal. This really hits your conditioning hard and it doesn't take long before you feel like you want to die. 

Although I like using reps/steps, you can make it however you want; yards, meters, feet or even inches for that matter. Use your imagination and see what makes this workout so fun to do. I always feel great after a workout like this. The longest I have gone with this was about 45 minutes with little to no breaks but there are workouts that make 10 minutes feel like an eternity. Imagine doing up to 40 reps on some moves and up to 80 on others, that's nuts man. Here's how it goes: You roll once for an animal and than another for the amount of steps or distance you have to do. Say you land on Bear Crawls and you roll a 17 (The dice goes up to 20), that means you have to take 34 steps of the Bear Crawl. 

I've had these animals memorized on that dice for many years now but I never do the same workout twice which is the beauty of this, you never know what will come up and that helps you to expect the unexpected and be prepared for anything. Nature can be pretty to look at and be in awe of, but it's also unpredictable and can creep on you at any moment; that's where workouts like this can really tackle your senses, your awareness, your strengths, your weaknesses and the ability to be on alert at all times because in the jungle, you have to know how to survive.

It's a hell of a ride and puts your conditioning to the test. Just a few minutes of this will take out anyone and you'll be huffing and puffing within less than 5 rounds. When you start to breathe really heavily, take a walk around to catch your breath. Some rounds get me winded fast and I need to take at least a couple minutes to catch my breath, other times it takes more than a few to get me winded and I'll just keep going. When I need a breather, I walk and practice my deep breathing until everything subsides and go again. For the longest time, once I felt done, I left it but now when I've had enough, I want to finish it off with Bear Crawls to really feel done. Since I've done that, I've had greater satisfaction that I kicked my ass in this workout. 

There is no limit to how many rounds you do so do what is possible that day. Some workouts, 10 rounds is all you can do, others you might go up to 20 or 30 so never look at it as "oh I need to do this many rounds to get in shape" or "That felt too short, did I do enough", this workout is so random at times that you never even know if you're doing more upper body or lower body. Let it happen and see what you can do and play around with because that's the point of this crazy workout is to have fun. 

For books/kindle on animal exercises check these out.....

Animal Workouts

Animal Moves: How To Move Like An Animal To Get You Leaner, Fitter, Stronger And Healthier For Life