Sunday, 21 February 2021 19:11

Why Advanced Hill Training is modeled on the mighty JAGUAR

And not so much my favorite animal (well, favorite BIG cat I should say) - the tiger. 

Favorite animal are the mighty GRIZZLY and the tiger both! 

Both find a mention in my courses, of courses - one in the course on building massive "Shoulders like Boulders!" and the second in the classic and immensenly popular Animal Kingdom Workouts. 

Jaguars and leopards too - I love 'em, especially the former, and more on that later. 

Cheetahs for some reason I never took a fancy to. Many bestselling authors have though - most notably James Hadley Chase who wrote the classic book "The Vulture is a patient bird" about a madman recluse deep in South Africa (the jungle) - and a diamond that a group of city slickers along with a gorgeous dame attempt to retrieve. 

The Jewel of Borgia, or something it was. A jewel into which you could insert poison and then twist, and within 12 hours the person would die. 

Or pass, on, whichever. 

But the madman in the book had a cheetah right next to him - and this seems to have been copied by many a Bollywood potboiler too, where the baddies for whatever reason seem to love cheetahs. 

Dont get me wrong. 

It's a bad ass, sure. It can run like the wind!

And I could have put the cheetah on the cover of the book and made a ton more sale sthan I do now, but I WON'T. 

Why? 

Well, first a bit on the much over hyped in my opinion LION. 

My buddy Vincent and me have an ongoing argument about who would win between a tiger and a lion. 

I say a tiger any day of the week. 

He used to say that too, but he saw a match in Thailand or someplace where the tiger got it's butt kicked, but that was just one match, I keep telling him. 

Tigers are the KING of the jungle in my opinion, lions a distance second - and the male lions are downright LAZY, I'd say. 

They don't even live int he jungle! 

All looks and no "roar" (against the tiger that is, of course!). 

But anyway, I still remember a visit to the zoo back in the day. 

Mr White Tiger was sleepily staring at visitors through the enclosure. 

(but dont be fooled - a madman jumped into the enclosure, and he was a goner almost instantly - true story in India). 

Mr. Lion was a huge male lion literally snoring after a massive meal I'd imagine. And he was least bothered or interested by the visitors gaggling at him. 

But the jaguar. 

Locked up in a steel cage for whatever reason, and I felt for this magnificent BEAST !!

The tiger is the KING. 

The lion is proably the laziest. 

The Jaguar though my friend is just a MEAN mean cat - and you can see it in its eyes!

Even BABY Jaguars look like they're ready to pounce and do what they do best - KILL!

The tiger has a spiritual look to it. 

The jaguar - nothing doing!

That damn thign roared at me through the cage, and I felt awe and a CHILL (in a good way) go up my spine. 

NOW THATS what I BE TALKING ABOUT! 

The real deal! 

And jaguars, my friend, are probably the perfect example of strength, speed and stealth in a small(er) package - not to mention I believe they have the strongest bite force amongst the big cats ... 

And the speed ... the DEMON SPEED!

I dont know. 

But the "mean come GET IT!" vibe I get off those lovely jaguars is in part what caused me to name it after these royal beasts. 

And that, my frind is that. 

Train like a cat and do the uphill sprints - and YOU too will understand what it means like to be SUPREMELY fit - and feeling like a WILD CAT ready to pounce all day long! 

Best, 

Rahul Mookerjee

PS - Not to mention, if you're one of the types that loves to burn the candle at both ends, then you absolutely DO NEED that course!