| The Said principle is one of the most basic, yet most | | | | you would not get any stronger. The body would not |
| important and fundamental of all exercise principles. | | | | recognize this as being any harder then what its been |
| The S.A.I.D principle is an acronym for Specific | | | | expected to do for the last several weeks, so it would |
| Adaptation to Imposed Demands. | | | | need to grow. Your body would have adapted to the |
| What this means in a nutshell, is that in order to | | | | demands you have imposed upon it. |
| improve on any specific skill or physical attribute, you | | | | Without sufficient stress your body will not adapt. The |
| must specifically train that skill or attribute. If you want | | | | other side of the coin is also true. If you impose to |
| to be a better kick-boxer, don't take up paintball. Yes | | | | much stress upon the body you are likely to make |
| paintball requires endurance, fast evasive skills and | | | | great progress for a short time and then, when your |
| agility but it wont make you better at punching hard or | | | | body can no longer keep up, you will suffer an injury. |
| accurately. It wont make you better at taking punches | | | | This is a big price to pay for the improvement you |
| or evading them either. | | | | made in the beginning. Injuries can last days, weeks, |
| For example Tai Boxers need incredibly tough and | | | | months or even permanently. |
| resilient shin bones for kicking. They condition them by | | | | So if you want to get stronger. Lift heavier weights. |
| kicking things and striking their shin bones with objects | | | | Want to run faster? Practice sprints and intervals. If |
| to slowly build the density and strength of these bones. | | | | you want to improve your combat skills practice |
| Over time the shin bones adapt to this demand that | | | | combat drills. |
| you have imposed upon them. Once they adapt, you | | | | A simple rule of thumb to follow is whenever you train, |
| must change things up by increasing the imposed | | | | always try to push yourself a little beyond your prior |
| demand or they will stop adapting and stop getting | | | | limit. Just a bit further than you went before. With |
| stronger. | | | | proper nutrition and consistency you will continue to |
| If you were to perform the same exercise, lets say | | | | make consistent improvements for a very long time. |
| bench press with the same weight of 200lb for the | | | | Then when you finally reach your plateau, its time to |
| same 8 reps, the same 4 sets for weeks, over time | | | | change something up. |
| you would become very good at doing just that, but | | | | |