Ultimate Athleticism from Max Shank

Not only are most fitness programs boring and meaningless, but they leave people like you and me in more pain than when we started.

We get stuffed in the gym like caged monkeys and are prescribed meaningless reps of the same monotonous movement. Doing nothing to improve our athleticism.

Established strength experts kept telling me lifting heavy weights would not only get me stronger… but faster, more athletic, and leaner too.

This was precisely what I wanted to achieve through training.

Sadly, the opposite happened. My joints ached, my muscles cramped, and I was always in pain.

Not only did I become slower, but my entire body stiffened like a mummy.

I was frustrated, confused, and angry…

Not only was I falling for the workout myths and training lies, but I was injured more times than I can count.

I tried everything, and no matter what I did, something was always missing.

But I wasn’t willing to give up. I knew there had to be a better way to improve the way my body looked and performed while feeling better too.

I experimented for over 12 years, trying every training system imaginable. 

I poured more blood sweat and tears into this than anything else in my life.

I hope you’re ready, because today I’m going to tell you about my training system called Ultimate Athleticism that will change how you look at health and fitness forever.

To say I stumbled on this massive discovery would be a blatant lie. The only reason you’re reading this is because I’ve failed over and over and beat my body to bits.

I spent years developing this and since then, I’ve been tweaking, testing and growing it.

To this day it has changed the lives of thousands of people all over the world…

Years ago, when I first started to combine gymnastics, powerlifting, Olympic lifting, sprint training, yoga, and pilates all my peers laughed. They thought I was a joke.

“You can’t get better at EVERYTHING at the same time!” 

“You have to follow ONE system and stick with it.”

“That sort of training is dangerous!”

But I knew they were wrong because I was witnessing jaw-dropping improvements in my clients…

Knee pain disappeared. Chronic back pain was quickly forgotten. And suddenly they were able to perform exercises they claimed to be “impossible.’

Not only were my clients looking and feeling better, but they were enjoying training for the first time in their life.

While other trainers pigeonholed themselves by marrying one style of training, I created one where you share and enjoy the rewards of them all. 

I know what you’re thinking… “This sounds too good to be true Max. Give me proof!”

I agree with you 100%. It does sound incredible because it is.

Not only am I going to show you real-life case studies of how this worked people just like you, but I’m also going to explain how and why Ultimate Athleticism is thought to work like a miracle.

Today you can make a simple decision that will unlock REAL physical freedom in your life.

But first I’m going to reveal the three biggest fitness myths which are leaving you weak, frustrated, hurt and slowly destroying your athleticism.

A few years ago I was in LAX on my way to teach a workshop in Germany.

Suddenly, I spotted a family sprinting through the terminal to catch their flight but the father was almost a football fields length behind.

But he couldn’t do it. He had to stop which ultimately caused the family to miss their flight… all because this man wasn’t able to run — a basic athletic movement.

The interesting thing was, he looked like he spent time in the gym… thick arms filled his shirt sleeves, a big barreled chest, broad shoulders, and tall meaty traps.

Yes, he couldn’t keep running.

You can tell his training program included very little regarding overall athletic development, or that never would have happened. My heart ached and I knew there had to be a better way.

I couldn’t help but thinking, what if the situation was different…

What if he had to run to get away from something dangerous? 
What if a young child was running into the middle of the street with heavy traffic? 
What if he was in the ocean and the current pulled him out further than expected?

What would happen if the stakes were a bit higher than missing your flight.

Can you imagine how powerless you would feel in that situation?

I know I can.

Here’s the thing…

Even if you’re never going to play a sport, athleticism is something that makes your entire life better.

Sooner or later you’re going to find yourself in a sticky situation, and your athletic ability will help get you out safely.

The trouble is, most fitness programs aren’t meant to do this, and instead of improving health and longevity they hurt people.

Here are the three painful fitness myths that are destroying your athleticism and leaving you weak, tired, and frustrated.

These movements are rarely done, but are necessary for strong, healthy, and flexible shoulders. This is especially true for the scapular muscles, which are NOT adequately strengthened with traditional weight training exercises.

If the shoulder blades don’t work properly, they do not provide a solid foundation for the GH joint to move from–and you know how that story ends…

MYTH #1: 
You Must Follow A Traditional Bodybuilding Routine To Build Muscle

Most traditional bodybuilding workouts just puff your muscles up with blood and do nothing to create the long lasting results you’re looking for.

You don’t need to follow a traditional bodybuilding program if you want to add muscle. Especially if the program was created by someone who regularly uses performance-enhancing drugs.

The truth is, the amount of lean, strong, functional muscle you can build correlates to your use of the Integrated Strength Spectrum.

The Integrated Strength Spectrum is an often-overlooked strategy. It uses low, moderate, and high repetition exercises to build muscle and become more athletic without destroying your joints.

Incorporating both, low reps (3) and high reps (25) are extremely important for full athletic development. The Integrated Strength Spectrum allows you to do that while forcing your body to adapt to the process.

One of the biggest mistakes people make is letting their ego and enthusiasm get in the way of their results. The Integrated Strength Spectrum is a surefire way to avoid that mistake.

These movements are rarely done, but are necessary for strong, healthy, and flexible shoulders. This is especially true for the scapular muscles, which are NOT adequately strengthened with traditional weight training exercises.

If the shoulder blades don’t work properly, they do not provide a solid foundation for the GH joint to move from–and you know how that story ends…

MYTH #2: 
You Must Bench, Squat, & Deadlift Like A Powerlifter To Get Strong

Hardcore powerlifters have the agility of a Semi-truck.

Semi-trucks dominate in a low and slow gear but it takes too much time, energy, and fuel to get moving.

Which makes it difficult change direction with any sense or urgency. This happens because powerlifters get so strong but fail to build an equal amount of balance, coordination, and range of motion.

If all you want to do is complete in powerlifting, you’re going to trade your health, movement, and quality of life for serious joint pain.

When you focus on combining the right tools (like the ones you’ll learn about today) not only will you mold an outstanding physique, but you’ll be able to perform impressive physical feats.

High repetition training (like high-rep push-ups) gets laughed at by hardcore powerlifters.

Little do they know, this is a secret I use to improve my client’s form, posture, and joint health. With high repetition exercises, we’re able to flood your body with nutrient so you experience faster recovery while building stronger bones, and connective tissue.

So, not only is high repetition training beneficial to getting strong, but it makes your body more resilient.

… As I like to say, “it makes you harder to kill.”

MYTH #3: 
You Are Getting Too Old For This

Did you know most ‘age-related’ health issues are from inactivity, not age?

Your body adapts to the stresses and positions you put it in. This is the perfect example of the popular saying “if you don’t use it you lose it.”

Do you remember when you were young you could sit on the floor contorted like a human pretzel, roll around the ground, and swing from bar to bar on the playground?

Now most adults can’t even save themselves from rolling their ankle on an uneven surface or slipping and falling without breaking their wrist, fracturing their tailbone, or cracking their skull?

Your body adapts to the demands you put on it, which for most people is sitting, standing, and a few boring exercises.

If you’re anything like the majority of clients who come to my gym, you have limitless potential because your body is functioning like you’re driving with the emergency brake on.

Sure you can still move, but you’re just holding yourself back.

Are you familiar with a ‘governor’ on a motor? 

It’s a device used to regulate speed. It keeps the engine safe by preventing you from causing serious harm to the motor.

Your brain is the governor of your body. It controls how strong you are, your flexibility around each joint, and determines when you feel pain.

The problem is, most people don’t perform to their full potential because their governor is ‘off.’ Your governor won’t allow you to perform your best until we align your body properly and stimulate your nervous system.

The good news is, when you train the right way this happens automatically.

You’ll be able to play sports, go on challenging hikes, take adventurous and action-packed trips, quickly learn new skills.

And most importantly, you’ll feel fantastic doing it!

There’s more to becoming strong, athletic, lean, and healthy than bench presses, deadlifts, and squats.

Although powerlifting is a great sport, it’s only one small piece of true athleticism.

To build a level of athleticism which lets you do anything, you need to forget everything you know about weight training because being the ultimate athlete isn’t about how many calories you burn, or how many pounds you can deadlift…

Being an athlete is about energizing your body and making it resistant to whatever life throws your way. 

Athleticism is everything.

Sprinting, jumping, swinging on monkey bars…

L-sits, handstands, front levers, skin the cats, and so much more… all while being able to dominate the iron.

The three core powerlifting exercises only strengthen a specific and short range of motion.

Yes, you’ll be able to dominate the iron but true athleticism starts with being able to move and control your body in thousands of positions.

‘Multiplanar Exercises’ Will Make You 
More Athletic Than You’ve Ever Imagined

If you want to become more athletic than you’ve ever imagined, you must be able to move through ‘multiplanar exercises’ with fluid-like control.

Multiplanar exercises involves movements in an infinite number of directions and movement planes.

Once these are a staple in your program, you’ll make massive strides in your athletic abilities.

Mainstream training programs do nothing to improve these skills. Which is why too many people end up in the hospital when life throws them a curveball.

Which is why people are blown away by how well my ‘Compass Drill’ relieves pain, improves flexibility, and skyrockets performance. 

When you think about it, doing multiplanar exercises makes a lot of sense, right?

Your shoulder is an extremely mobile joint that’s designed to move through infinite ranges of motion.

Most people only train one or two of these directions which makes you tight and robs you of strength, power, and function.

Here’s what people don’t realize…

Not only is implementing multiplanar exercises is MORE efficient for building strength, mobility, and athleticism, but it’s also a critical piece of the puzzle for improving posture and joint health.

The Simplest Gymnastics Movements Are A Key Ingredient To Discovering Your 
Ultimate Athletic Potential

Gymnastics movements can take years of practice to pull off.

With Ultimate Athleticism, I’ll show you how to accomplish the most beneficial movements, almost immediately… no matter what your current fitness level is.

For example, in the core gymnastics position called ‘hollow body,’ your abs are crunched tight, legs squeezed together, toes pointed like an arrow, and your arms reaching overhead.

This teaches you how to control your body in one smooth, stable, and strong unit instead of weak, broken pieces.

Think about it, you can have all the power in the world, but if you can’t direct your strength and force in the proper direction, it’s useless.

It’s like trying to shoot a cannon from a canoe! The cannon has the potential to blast off and cause bone-shattering damage, but not without a solid base.

If your core is weak, your shoulder is suffering the same detrimental effects. …

Wobbly handstands, weak overhead presses, unstable bench presses, sloppy L-sits, dangerous muscle-ups, and the list goes on.

Luck for you, I’ve found a way to fix this problem….

By prioritizing the key gymnastics movements you’ll find in Ultimate Athleticism, your body automatically engages your core into all your upper body movements.

You don’t even have to think about it! 

You’ll finally have a stable base to seamlessly flow through infinite ranges of motion and build strength in every direction.

Not only will your strength skyrocket, but the chances of you getting injured are slim to none. And it only takes a few minutes per day.

Mobility Splicing: 
Supersets Performed The Right Way!

Do you want to know how I’m able to get my clients stronger in just one workout?

I’ll admit, I still get excited when I see the look on my clients face when they add 20+ to their deadlift within 10 minutes.

Using ‘mobility splicing’ you’ll be able to pair the perfect exercises together to increase your strength within the same workout. When I first discovered this my mind was blown.

Here’s why this is important to you…

Most programs try to save time by using supersets, but they do it all wrong. They pair exercises together that use the same muscles groups. If you do push-ups and overhead presses, you’re going to burn out your shoulders rather than prime yourself to move better and get stronger.

Not only does this decrease the effectiveness of each exercise, but it increases your chances of getting injured. Plus, you’re letting tons of athletic potential go to waste.

I’m sure you’ve heard how important it is to balance pushing and pulling exercises, right?

But, very few people know how to use a mobility movement to ENHANCE a strength exercise.

Here’s a mobility splicing sequence I often use to add 20+ pounds to my clients deadlifts in the same session.

Rinse and repeat.

First, you start with thoracic mobilizations since it’s a tight and restricted area for most people. This improves shoulder mobility, strength, and core stability.

Since we add new ranges of motion to the thoracic spine, so we need to strengthen the new range of motion. Now we do handstands to work the surrounding muscles and to lock in the stability. This gives you strength and mobility that lasts.

Next up are glute activations. Glute activations are often viewed as being an exercise for sissies. But, an intelligently placed glute activation can be one of the best things to protect your spine and boost your deadlift.

Now you’re finally ready to move to the deadlift, but this time your body isn’t relaxed and unprepared when you grab the bar.

As you set-up, you’re stable, primed, and strong in the most critical areas.

Your body finally knows what it’s like to activate the proper muscles with precision timing.

The result? You’re safer and heavy weights move faster and easier.

To this day, there are very few trainers and programs that know how to achieve the benefits of mobility splicing.

Luckily this program shows you exactly how to do this on your own.

In fact, in Ultimate Athleticism I’ll give you the perfect progressions based on your current fitness level.

With this simple method, you’ll be able to plug-and-play your favorite exercises into the perfect template and make progress in every movement imaginable.

How A Powerful, Explosive, And Springy Lower Body Will Dominate Your Competition 
And Keep You Feeling Young!

Speed, power, and explosiveness is the foundation of athletic movement.

If you’re playing a sport, this gives you the upper hand. Whether you want to run faster, jump higher, punch or kick harder, it all starts with your hips and core.

Unfortunately, most training programs claim to be training power when they aren’t.

Power exercises must be performed at the beginning of your workout, not when you’re tired.

When you train for power this way, you also ‘prime’ your body to lift heavier weights than usual during your workout.

While we’re talking about speed and power, I have to mention my all time favorite exercise.

I’ve been in this industry for over a decade, and one of the most common questions I get is… 
​“Max, what’s your favorite exercise?”

You expect me to say deadlifts or squats, don’t you? 

I believe hill sprints are THE BEST lower body exercise if you want to be stronger, healthier, and burn fat at the same time.

Hills sprints are a superior choice to normal sprinting because most people’s bodies are NOT prepared for the high forces their body is put under from normal sprinting.

If you’re not used to sprinting and you jump right into maximum effort sprints on flat ground, you’re begging for a hamstring strain or a ruptured achilles tendon.

Not only are hill sprints safer, but you’ll still get the incredible physiological benefits like increased growth hormone production, boosted testosterone, and a fired-up metabolism.

If you are not sprinting twice a week, you’re missing out on monumental improvements to your athleticism.

… But, the real magic comes from combining hill sprints with the single leg deadlift.

The single leg deadlift is one of the cornerstone exercises of this revolutionary training program. It’s a key player in building well-rounded athleticism by fixing imbalances, preventing injuries, and enhancing your ability to move like an athlete.

Think about it, when you’re sprinting, you’re on one leg, right?

As a matter of fact, you’re on one leg often, so only doing bilateral exercises (two-legged) like squats and deadlifts limits your athletic potential.

But there’s one ‘magic exercise’ that will build your glutes, quads, and core better than any other.

Not only is this magic exercise more efficient than the squat, but it’s the most effective single-leg exercise variation there is.

Do you know what it is?

If you guessed the pistol squat (as many do), you’d be wrong. The pistol squat is a neat party trick, but it’s nothing compared to the REAL king of single leg strength and power exercises.

Aside from building devastating leg strength and power, this exercise will simultaneously develop your mobility and balance in a big way!

Unfortunately, I can’t give you all my goodies today.

I reserve my best secrets for people who invest in themselves by grabbing a copy of Ultimate Athleticism…

What If You Finally Had 
All The Tools You Needed?

Most people identify with a particular style of training…” I’m a bodyweight training guy, a powerlifter, an Olympic lifter, a yogi, bodybuilder”

It’s like a carpenter saying that he’s a hammer guy

… could you imagine!?

When you label yourself into one of these camps you’re leaving an unlimited amount of potential on the table.

The truth is, These are just tools. What’s most important is what you do them.

Let me ask you…

Ultimate Athleticism is the training system that can you help you do all of these and so much more.

Simple, fun, and rewarding… you’ll develop skills that last through your entire lifetime.

In just 2-4 days per week will help you become the most athletic, healthiest, and strongest person you can be.

On top of it all, it will leave you with an impressive physique that matches your impressive athletic abilities… without boring cardio!​

​Introducing Ultimate Athleticism

The secret to dominating any athletic endeavor

Ultimate Athleticism pulls the BEST pieces from different training methods around the world and seamlessly blends them into an efficient training system.

With this new style of training, you can navigate all of life’s adventures with confidence, ease, and without fear.

Here’s what to expect after a couple of months training with Ultimate Athleticism.

In just a few weeks you’ll see tremendous improvements in your athletic abilities. In most cases, the results come even faster than that.

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