We can clearly understand that modern methods are not functionally useful for lethal purposes. The essential question when it comes to training is what is the better method. It might sound counterintuitive but swinging is the most practical way to achieve lethal patterns. To best accentuate your muscle group in a functional manner swinging any object is the optimal practice. Swinging incorporates 4 phases of mechanical movement.

The Push, Pull, Swing & Static Hold.

These four actions force muscle contraction in 4 dynamic ranges. This increase in variability provides more tensile tension as opposed to the simple push or pull of standard lifts.

Each of these motions is an integral part of human motion. By completing a revolution in swinging mechanics replacing your muscle under greater strain. This strain is known as the tensile condition. You can find such a strain in a simple pull-up. Notice you can easily squat or bench press your body weight. But most of the population can’t pull themselves up. This is because the gravitational effort of your body being pulled down creates a much more difficult task. The same can be applied to swinging, you’re not merely allowing your skeleton to hold up your weight. Your entire body is under contractions during the tensile conditioning of your muscles. This adds a 5th variable while training. As a result, you are getting a higher volume of work for less amount of time. So not only are you building muscle mass, there is a strenuous strain on the cardiovascular system. It’s the greatest 2-for-1 a human can achieve for training. Now tell me, would you make that trade-off? Absolutely yes.

Another component of swinging is how your muscles begin to develop. Through swinging, muscles must adapt to handle the strain of such rigorous activity. The result is you begin to build upon the natural structure of your skeleton. As stated in the previous chapter, your skeleton is not carrying the load like modern lifting methods. As you grow the muscles are much smoother and adaptive to your skeleton indention. You start developing muscular curvature to your body that allows for greater flexibility and functional strength. 

As my Biology professor always stated. 

“Structure determines function”. 

The result is a far more suitable muscle development pattern as opposed to the bulky bodybuilder structure. This is important because as you gain flexibility, speed is easier to obtain. And with speed comes power. With power comes greater lethal force.  

Remember the end goal of training is to remain functional, flexible, and injury-free. Flexibility inherently creates speed because of the range you can cover. The greater the range of motion available to you. The higher potential energy you can transfer into kinetic force.  Thus power is amplified just by being flexible.  

The goal of any training routine is to be able to routinely perform for as long as possible with gradual improvement in strength and endurance. 

Safety above all should be the highest concern. Modern training methods become far riskier as you become ‘stronger. A major problem with the big 3 lifts is the amount of weight being utilized. Since the strain is coming from utilizing the skeleton more so than your muscle groups. Failure has a more devastating effect.  While under tremendous strain there is no way to relieve yourself before hitting critical mass. For example, if you’re squatting a heavy amount of weight, there is no way to escape failure. As opposed to swinging, if you hit critical mass, the release mechanism is simply letting the weight drop out of your hands. 

This built-in mechanism provides you with an easier way to save yourself from an injury. While also increasing workload without fear of hurting yourself when you hit failure. This alone makes it an optimal training method for older and younger humans alike.