![]() For example, walking and running in straight lines may be great exercises for general, cardiovascular fitness, but how can we help the agility competitor become stronger in their jumping abilities? SAID stands for Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands. This basically means that we will get better and stronger at what we practice, but in very specific ways. ![]() ![]() If we are cross-training for a sport, then we should also consider exercise that mimics the actions seen in the sport, but lessen the intensity or speed, while still challenging the athlete so their body can adapt and build strength. Does he have a job, run agility or herd sheep? Or, does he lie around all day, making occasional sudden bursts out the back door toward a squirrel who inadvertently makes it into his yard? An exercise program should be tailored to compliment the everyday actions that a dog does.įor an exercise to be effective, it should work the dog more than the handler, and it should be targeted to the actions seen in that animal’s daily life. Whenever I start a new exercise program for a dog, I first ask what the dog does in their everyday life. But, with all that’s out there, what really helps your dog be the best they can be? People have been exercising dogs for hundreds of years, and there are many techniques available to keep your dog in shape. Thus, optimal adaptations reflect careful planning, coordination and implementation of training/treatment.The SAID Principle of Exercise and Why it’s Important in Cross Training The training/treatment process can be defined as: applying specific physical stress via training/treatment stimulus, recovering from that stress, and thereby adapting to that stress by developing extra strength, capacity, function, etc. It is empowering to the trainer, coach, therapist, etc. Understanding that the body specifically adapts to stressors is CRITICAL to the success of any training or treatment protocol. Furthermore, it states that the human body can benefit from stressors (make adaptations build strength, capacity, etc.), up to its biological limit and the adaptations are SPECIFIC to the stressors. In effect the law says that stressors act as critical information for the complex biological system. Extra strength and capacity is developed as the body prepares for what has YET to happen, assuming a worse stressor is possible. In training terms, if you lift 100lbs (your maximum), a certain amount of additional strength and capacity will be added as your body predicts the next time you may have to lift 110lbs. The concept that the human body functions as a complex biological system which has the ability to adapt to stressors by building extra capacity and strength which are specific to that stressor, as the body predicts that it will be exposed that stressor again in the future. The SAID Principle is a law that fundamentally defines the process of training, treatment, and essentially life. It means that when the human body is placed under stress, it will start to (up to the point of biological limit) make adaptations which will enable the body to get better at withstanding that SPECIFIC form of stress in the future. Essentially this Principle means that the human body is always trying to get better at EXACTLY what you do. To attain optimal results (adaptations) in regards to the process of training/treatment, one must adhere to and apply these basic principles. One of the most fundamental principles is the SAID Principle S pecific A daptation to I mposed D emand. The human body is an adaptable complex biological system which adheres to biological principles. “In matters of style, swim like a fish, in matters of principles stand like a rock.” – Thomas Jefferson
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