Omaha Elite Kettlebell: Get in Shape without Pain, Muscle Confusion or Muscular Failure

Training to muscular failure and training with the express goal of making yourself sore for days to come is what most people associate with getting in shape. To make things worse people have gotten the idea that confusing your muscles with random exercise selection will get you strong. I’m here to tell you that is not only possible to get in world class shape without feeling like you’ve been defeated by your workout but people are doing just that every day and they are doing it with Omaha Elite Kettlebell.

Intelligent Training?

Most people simply don’t understand what it takes to get in shape so they assume that what they see on the Biggest Loser, a late night infomercial or a Rocky movie is what it takes. It’s easy to create a random workout that makes someone sore, induces muscular failure or makes them puke so that’s what most uneducated and unskilled trainers will do to their clients. This approach is nothing more than ignorance masquerading as toughness and sadly most people will gladly pay good money for just such an experience.

Here’s an example of how simple it is to create a “Killer Workout of the Day” that trains you to failure, makes you puke and leaves you sore for days:

30 pushups, 20 squats, 10 Box jumps, 5 wind sprints repeat for maximum reps that you can achieve in 30-minutes. Go!

Let’s throw in some muscle confusion down the road and replace your workout with

30 TRX suspended pushups, 10 (pistols) single leg squats per leg, 10 jump rope double unders and 5 backwards wind sprints.

This workout literally took me longer to type than it did to conceive. I know some people will think this is a great workout, and it very well could be for just the right individual under the just the right circumstance, but for the vast majority of people out there 99.99999% of them it would either be too hard, too easy or too unsafe.

A bad exercise selection.

The truth is, there is no such thing as a one-size fits all exercise program that is appropriate for everyone. Using the example above most people don’t have the core strength for effective pushups or simply do them with such bad form that they are injuring themselves for reps. Most people don’t know how to squat correctly without hurting their knees and back. Most people have no business attempting high rep box jumps. For most people with tight hips, bad shoes and poor form, running causes more damage than it does good.

Most people get good at something (read get strong at something) by doing something repeatedly and getting better at the skill of doing it. Muscle confusion may be good for something but what it’s not good at is building strength as a skill. If you want to be an Olympic discuss thrower you better make tens of thousands of high quality discuss throws, not confuse your muscles by throwing a discuss one day, a manhole cover the next day and a cat the day after that.

Hot Sauce:
An approved source of pain.

While training to the pain or failure is as easy as selecting a random Workout of the Day and doing a lot of it, training to succeed takes a lot more thought and planning. Training for success mean learning proper technique to keep you safe and give you the best possible leverage. It means repeating the technique enough that you get highly skilled at it. It means selecting the right exercise progression or regression that is challenging but doable. It means using the appropriate load or intensity to stimulate adaptation. It means finding the right amount of volume and knowing how much to increase it from one week to the next. It means using an appropriate work to rest ratio. It means knowing when to stop. Finally, it means knowing when your program will cease being effective and when to switch to something else entirely.

Practice Quality over Quantity

When it comes to fitness, why would you want to confuse your mind and body or teach it that you will always fail on your last set and rep or worse: get injured? At Omaha Elite Kettlebell we do just the opposite. At Omaha Elite Kettlebell you’ll learn that strength and endurance are skills that require diligent practice. We adapt each movement to the individual. We teach you the skill and then create the opportunity for you to practice and succeed. Our goal is to teach your mind and body that regardless of the task put before it, success is within your grasp.

Sounds to good to be true? Don’t take my word for it read what our clients have to say

“Best workout in nearly 15 years…with safe, easy-to-understand instruction...and it was honestly fun.” - Janine Theiler / Bennet,NE
“After five weeks of pre-season kettlebell training 3-days a week, Liam has gained 12lbs of muscle. Not only has he gained size but it’s real functional strength! While Liam’s previous personal best in the shot put was 43ft with the 8lbs, Scott has helped him beat last year's personal best… using the 12lb shot put.” - Geri Hennessy / Plattsmouth, NE United States
“Best workouts I've ever had including personal training for NCAA Division IAA football!”
- Rev. A. David Paul / Omaha, NE

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RECOMMENDED READING
For an example training program that builds strength without muscle confusion or muscle failure I recommend "Power to the People"

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