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Amen.
Anyone who wants to be half decent at anything physical would be well served to have a basic understand of SAID and linear periodization/progressive overload.
Humans have understood both principals since that Greek guy started picking up a calf everyday... supposedly he could still pick it up when it was a full grown bull.
Probably not the case, but it outlines both-
a. Specificity- pick up a bull to get better at picking up a bull.
b. Linear Periodization- slowly make something progressively harder/faster/longer to attain the results you desire.
It probably won't get you to the Olympics, but it's better than being lost in the sea of random exercise.
