Adaptation: Period, Persistence, and Prioritization

by MAJ Damon Wells

“The recent surge in the quest for a “well-rounded” and/or “functional” training program (and
visible abs) has become the greatest inhibitor to effective training programming. The current trend
in “fitness” training involves a complex array of what most perceive as balance of fitness parameters:
strength, flexibility, skill specific, and high or low intensity endurance training. Becoming proficient
in many skills or modalities is an attractive proposition and has become the fashionable gold standard
for flashy, trendy workouts. Often, these techniques are applied haphazardly or in a method that
emphasizes variety over consistency and progress. Terms like “muscle confusion” and “broad time and
modal domains” are common and many will tell you that these are sound exercise principles. In fact,
they are useless techniques that are the opposite of progress and are often gimmicks promoted by greedy
entrepreneurs.”

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