Should You Stop Doing The Kettlebell Clean and Press?
Posted: December 23, 2024
The adaptation response diminishes over time through exposure to a repeated stimulus.
In other words, if all you do is X, then X ceases to have a positive impact on you.
You can make phenomenal gains from doing “just” Clean + Presses.
For long periods of time.
But NOT if you do the “same” workout all the time.
Something must change - the stimulus must change.
But how do you balance the Law of Accommodation with the SAID Principle?
The SAID Principle is “Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demand”.
In other words, you get what you train for… You have to practice the “skill of strength” to get stronger.
A “dilly of a pickle” to quote Ned Flanders.
Well, consider changing the following:
The load
The reps
The sets
The rest periods
The tempo of the exercise
The order (All Cleans, then Presses - a complex)
Or, you can change the exercise altogether and use “specialized variety” - similar exercises “in the same family” that train the same muscles, but with a different stimulus.