There’s no bad way to get ahead as long as you’re not hurting anybody while doing it. If you find a way that gives you an advantage in something that your method might not ordinarily be associated with, and it works for you, then all the more power to you.
But the uncommon training method is not so uncommon in professional sports. There’s actually a long history of professional athletes using unusual means to pursue improvement in their sport. Najee Harris does yoga. Lynn Swann picked up ballet. And for the Pittsburgh Steelers, inside linebacker Robert Spillane is seemingly willing to try just about anything if it works.