What Is More Fun To Do? Sprints Or Animal Movements?

When you're on a program, you do your best to get the most out of it or at least continuously follow the protocols and discover the means to keep going. Sprint Training is awesome in its own right and it allows the body to obliterate fat like nobody's business. Doesn't take long either and they can be fun, I'm talking just Sprinting (bipedal) style here. Animal Movements however, take on a whole other style of training that is just as fun if not more so because you're constantly working the whole body to move in awkward positions.

Personally, moving like a beast in the wild is actually a lot harder than just pure sprints for reasons many don't want to discuss. Yes it's a full body unit to just Sprint but what if you traveled the same distance in a Bear Crawl? Which one hits the most muscles? Quite frankly, the Bear Crawl takes the cake. Both are natural to us humans and we were meant to be explosive, powerful and strong in order to be hard to kill. To be honest, I get more out of doing 20-5 yard Bear Crawl Sprints than 10 regular hill sprints, mainly because I feel like it kicks my ass more yet at the same time, my energy levels are better. 

Animal Exercises are a great alternative to Sprint Training because for one, to get the most out of Sprints, you need some level of distance and I don't think sprinting back and forth in your living room is going to do the trick. You can do shuffle sprints or wind sprints outside but Animal Moves can be done both inside and outside. I love variety and when I play my animal dice game, it's a lot more interesting and feels way different in a good way. 

You can create games with both especially for kids, but I believe for the most part, because of our fascination for animals we can utilize our imaginations in a broader spectrum than just running around. Overall whether we're young or old, we need to be able to run around because as we age, our legs are the first to go. Why not make an adventure out of it and establish a level of enhanced imagination to reach greater potential for fitness? 

Experiment with both and see what makes them do for you. Both are incredible conditioners and will make you a rugged SOB. Just be careful and use them optimally and not carelessly.