One of the biggest problems rampant among many types of fitness programs is that random training yields random results.
It is difficult to measure progress when the parameters are constantly shifting.
In order for the body to produce an adaptation for improved performance in life, sport, or martial art, we must apply specific stimulus as per the SAID Principle (Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demand).
This basically means that the body adapts with a specific type of fitness to any demand which is imposed on it.
When the same exercise is performed for too long, the body adapts to the stresses of each set and the adaptations or returns get smaller and smaller.
Once it has adapted to the stress, then it’s time to change or increase the stress or else we fall into that trap of diminishing returns.
Usually though it takes the body a period of 4-to-6 weeks to adapt and then it is advisable to begin changing exercises.
This does not mean that we need to completely throw away everything we have been doing; far from it. An exercise or drill can be changed by increasing intensity, increasing volume, decreasing rest periods, or increasing complexity or sophistication.
Warrior Fitness Training Principle # 9:
Instead of training randomly and getting less than ideal (random) results, a properly organized training program with incremental progression of increasing complexity and sophistication will actually prepare the body much better than a set of random skills strewn together with a nebulous outcome in mind.
How do you properly organize a training program for internal strength? <<==
