RKC 365 X

If you are into exercise you've probably heard of a program called P90x so named because it's an "Extreme" 90-day conditioning program. One of the principles of P90X is something the author calls "Muscle Confusion". Supposedly, by constantly changing the exercises used your muscles never adapt and stay constantly challenged.

I prefer to think of it as, you don't stick with any one exercise long enough to get particularly good at anything. Sure you'll sweat and grunt and burn calories, but you'll stay relatively unskilled and in a constant state of muscle soreness.

One of the Principles of the RKC school of strength is that strength is a skill. In other words, to get really good (read "really strong") at any given lift you need to practice that particular lift a lot! As a result you get really efficient and really strong so that that you are at least as strong as you look if not stronger. So it seems, the principles of "Muscle Confusion" and "Strength as a Skill" are at odds with one another, at least that's how I see it.

If I were to design a workout video using RKC principles, I might call it RKC365X. In other words, Train daily, year long, at a small number of lifts and get  REALLY strong. Of course the X stands for extreme because the Hardstyle Kettlebell is extreme in the sense that it's extremely simple. That's right, I said simple.... not to be confused with easy.