To understand why Animal Moves is so important, you need to first understand something about Darryl Edwards, its author. Darryl is a recovering analyst programmer, technical team lead, data architect, and technical architect who had a wildly successful career in Silicon Valley. After having a serious personal epiphany when he realized going to the gym to workout may result in the appearance of fitness, but doesn’t translate into functional fitness.
Thereafter Darryl approached the subject of fitness with the same detailed and comprehensive analysis he had been professionally trained to do in tech: He went through every commonly practiced form of exercise, everything from Crossfit to Movnat, in an effort to discover the most functional form of fitness there is (the most practical and broadly applicable to a new unique real life scenario). Having independently discovered that when we eat what we are naturally inclined to eat, our bodies perform at a much more healthy and optimal level, he applied this analysis to fitness and - after repeated disappointments with other ways of exercising - had another epiphany: when we go out into the world and do what we would naturally be inclined to do, play with each other, we gain a much more optimal level of functional fitness.
Make no mistake, for Darryl, playing doesn’t mean that there is no intelligent design to the sessions. Having studied so many different methodologies and theories of fitness, he has had the benefit of being able to integrate the aggregate knowledge and overall take-aways into his planned play sessions. The end result is you go out and have fun like you did when you were a child and, losing yourself into the pleasure of the experience, you unwittingly exercise all the major muscle groups in your body. It is no coincidence he also used to perform magic as a hobby: he has managed to disguise a serious intense workout as a game, misdirecting you into having a blast all the while you are actually enhancing your functional fitness level.
Although Animal Moves falls short of disclosing his entire secret playbook, given only to those who complete his certification course, Animal Moves does give you a healthy dose of FORTY functional movements, and provides you with a simple and easily accessible four-week fitness improvement plan, applicable to *all* ages, *all* lifestyles, *all* ability levels, and *all* fitness levels - with photos showing you how to do the moves. It also explains why movement is so important - for the entire generations of people sitting in front of their workstations for 40+ hours every week - even summarizing the latest up to date research on this issue.
Let me make this clearer: For a mere ten bucks, you get the electronic version of Animal Moves for kindle (an app is available for iOS devices) so you can carry the Animal Moves in your pocket for easy access when it comes time to do the exercises - making it both extremely affordable and extremely practical - and a detailed guide for you to do very time-efficient workouts with no equipment or gym membership cost. Both the electronic and the 196 page paperback include the same color photos guiding you to a new level of personal health.
There are therefore no more available excuses. Thanks to Darryl and Animal Moves, workouts are now fun, easy, extremely time-efficient, and are available at almost no cost to *everyone*. And, as analyzed in this book, the costs to the alternative sedentary lifestyle are far more expensive.
Animal Moves comes with my highest recommendation for those needing to get off their @$$es as much as for those who are at what they think is a peak fitness level, who I would encourage to pick up the book to put their fitness to the test, if not to discover a more fun way to get there. Having finished the online Animal Moves course while the Animal Moves book was being written, simply reviewing Animal Moves has motivated me to do another four weeks. I strongly suspect it will do the same for you.
As with all my reviews, no one paid me a penny. Enthusiasm for things that are excellent is its own reward.
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Everyone wants to be a BEAST... until it's time to do what BEASTS DO!
Phenomenal book!! Mr. Edwards is a genius! I have been a personal trainer for 5 years, a boxing trainer for 2 years and a gym rat for 21 years and I love the simplicity but challenge of these movements.
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- Miroslav KecReviewed in Germany on July 13, 2018
Great guide into unconventional fitness program
- SkotieboyReviewed in the United Kingdom on February 25, 2022
Reminds you that movement can be fun and doesn't have to be a chore!
Absolutely love this book. The movements are clearly explained and illustrated and the moves, while at first look appear easy once you dig into them you realise how challenging they can be. Darryl does a great job of varying the difficulty so all levels can access this.SkotieboyReminds you that movement can be fun and doesn't have to be a chore!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 25, 2022
As someone who grew up hating exercise. Stood in stuffy gyms doing the same strict isolated movements that often had little to no use in the real world. This book is a real eye opener. It shows just how much fun it is to move, play and have fun. You will get a full body workout which leaves you functionally fit and genuinely strong and you will laugh the whole way.
The toddler climb and komodo dragon are two of my personal favourites.
Pick yourself up a copy. You will not be disappointed!
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Amazon CustomerReviewed in the Netherlands on August 4, 2023
Dit boek gaat niet over animal flow
