Have You Forgotten Your Pets

God bless you all on this wonderful day.

Bet you think that’s a funny title for this newsletter don’t ya? Yeah… it is. But these exercises aren’t. So if you were hoping to hear something about giving your dog some extra cuddle time, you’re outta luck. In fact if you were actually thinking the words, “cuddle time,” slap yourself really hard right now or recruit someone tougher than you to do it.

What I’m talking about is animal conditioning movements. When was the last time you took your favorite bear crawl out for a little stroll? Let me tell ya, it’s easy to forget or maybe block out how tough those simple movements are. I was out the other day doing a little playing/training with my son. I was showing him some basic grappling techniques… you know average, every day father-son stuff. So we’d been wrestling around for a while and I decide to finish off with a little workout. Nothing fancy, 10 sets of 20-yard animal movements. Couple of sets of bear crawls, couple of sets of side-ways bear crawls, lizard walks, kangaroo hops, duck walks, army crawls, dragon crawls and gorilla hops.

These are powerful conditioning exercises. They work every area of the body in an integrated way and they drive your cardio through the roof. Do them fast enough and far enough and they’re very, very hard no matter how tough you are.

WARNING:

Contrary to a popular opinion at the moment, animal walks will NOT give you the strength of an animal. You will not suddenly be stronger than a gorilla, faster than a cheetah, or suddenly able to identify people simply by the smell of their butt. You will however get in great shape. Don’t forget to put them in your routine from time to time. Or specialize in them for a short period and see how good you can really get at them.


You know sometimes people who sell strength and conditioning products treat you with a carnie and rube mentality. With the P.T. Barnum, “There’s a sucker born every minute,” intent to the way they do things. We think you’re smarter than that and should be treated with more respect. Just because something is hyped beyond belief doesn’t mean you should buy into it. It’s necessary to talk about your products in an excited way to sell them, to make a living. No one wants to hear, “Hey I wrote a strength and conditioning book,” and … well that’s it.

People need to understand exactly what that book is about and what it’ll do for them, but they don’t need to be treated like idiots. They don’t need to be sold the idea that one exercise style is the only way and anything else will kill you and most of your close family members if you even try it. That’s why we have created products that embrace all the hardcore tools for getting the strength and conditioning job done. To give you the flexibility to train with whatever you are interested in or whatever is at hand. (Sometimes even if there’s nothing around, i.e. animal walks). We haven’t tried to make you drink the Kool-Aid so-to-speak. We’ve just given you honest, down-to-earth, real result producing information that can be your key to being your physical best.

If you’re ready to embrace smart training that covers all the bases and treats you like an intelligent adult then get these books and DVDs.

Strongerman Products