Subject: Three-year affair with allowing adaptation

 

If Tuesday’s newsletter on allowing adaptation left you wondering what programs other than Kettlebell Axe would fall into that category, then today is for you.

 

Before we begin, I have a question: What was the last program you followed for three years?

A Three-Year Affair with ETK

Your first response might be skeptical. Who follows a program for three years? What about muscle confusion and the need to switch exercises every few weeks?

 

Inconceivable, you say? Well, that word might not mean what you think it means…to paraphrase the famous Princesses Bride meme.

 

While no one blinks an eye at practicing a musical instrument for years, following the same training program seems crazy.

 

Os Aponte, StrongFirst Certified Team Leader, followed Pavel’s ETK Rite of Passage program for three years. In his article, “A Three-Year Affair with ETK”, Os describes how he pursued ETK and allowed adaptation for an extended period.

 

Os begins:

The year is 2006, and one of my personal training students was inquiring about my next training plan.

Student: So, what’s your next routine, Os?

 

Me: I’m doing a program called Enter the Kettlebell (ETK).

 

Student: What is that?

 

Me: I’ll be doing kettlebell clean & press three times a week, snatches once a week, and swings twice a week.

 

Student: Wait. So, you’re only doing three exercises? That’s it?

 

Me: Yeah, that’s it.

Even then, being a hard style rookie, I knew my student was painfully oversimplifying what I was about to embark on and the profound impact this protocol would come to have on me as a fitness professional and human being.

 

This is the account of how my love for ETK started, how my practice evolved over three years, and how its end marked the beginning of a paradigm shift that I proudly continue to nurture today.

Click here to read the article.

 

And remember to get your copy of Kettlebell Axe for the latest in StrongFirst A+A programming.

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