What's 'Smart Training?'

Training Beginners
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Hey guys, I keep seeing the phrase smart training being used but with no actual explanation to its meaning.

Am I just not smart enough?
What is this crazy smart training palava?

Any ideas?

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Like always to trying to progress in some way, be it reps or weight or intensity. Getting adequate sleep (which I suck at at). Stuff like that. Making sure not to just focus on one or two muscle groups (chest and bicep guys) unless you’re already well built and need that “extra” attention to a spot.

Pretty much if it’s striaght to the point and makes a lot of sense you should be doing it. No overanalyzing shit.

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Honestly man… if you have to ask, you’ll never know.

j/k

I have no idea what you’re talking about, but it probably involves not making dumb beginner mistakes but instead doing the following

  1. follow a training regimen written by a reputable coach
  2. eating enough
  3. measuring your progress
  4. eating breakfast
  5. eating enough protein.
  6. doing heavy compound lifts (see point #1)
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[quote]Otep wrote:
Honestly man… if you have to ask, you’ll never know.

j/k

I have no idea what you’re talking about, but it probably involves not making dumb beginner mistakes but instead doing the following

  1. follow a training regimen written by a reputable coach
  2. eating enough
  3. measuring your progress
  4. eating breakfast
  5. eating enough protein.
  6. doing heavy compound lifts (see point #1)[/quote]
  1. Lifting with proper form even if it means reducing the weight
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USE YOUR BRAIN

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[quote]Otep wrote:
Honestly man… if you have to ask, you’ll never know.

j/k

I have no idea what you’re talking about, but it probably involves not making dumb beginner mistakes but instead doing the following

  1. follow a training regimen written by a reputable coach
  2. eating enough
  3. measuring your progress
  4. eating breakfast
  5. eating enough protein.
  6. doing heavy compound lifts (see point #1)[/quote]

#1; nah not really man. you don’t have to ‘follow a program’ in order to make progress. Once you get some experience you’ll know what works for you and your goals. In college I didn’t follow shit for a while and I went from a 400 to a 525lb deadlift.

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[quote]B rocK wrote:

#1; nah not really man. you don’t have to ‘follow a program’ in order to make progress. Once you get some experience you’ll know what works for you and your goals. In college I didn’t follow shit for a while and I went from a 400 to a 525lb deadlift. [/quote]
Good for you, when I was in college I didn’t follow shit for a while and I got nowhere. The point is that without a program, you’re much less likely to succeed then if you have one, and as a beginner you don’t know what works for you and your goals, so following a program designed by a pro can help keep you from waisting your time while you figure out what works.

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Do not just lift shit for the sake of lifting shit.

1 - Research
2 - Plan
3 - Execute
4 - Evaluate
5 - Learn
6 - Modify

Repeat process till HOOOOOGE, or sherededededed or both.

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[quote]ninjaboy wrote:
B rocK wrote:

#1; nah not really man. you don’t have to ‘follow a program’ in order to make progress. Once you get some experience you’ll know what works for you and your goals. In college I didn’t follow shit for a while and I went from a 400 to a 525lb deadlift.
Good for you, when I was in college I didn’t follow shit for a while and I got nowhere. The point is that without a program, you’re much less likely to succeed then if you have one, and as a beginner you don’t know what works for you and your goals, so following a program designed by a pro can help keep you from waisting your time while you figure out what works.
[/quote]

That sucks for you man. I’m sorry to hear you wasted so much time.

But I did preface my statement with “once you get some experience”

My statment was just to say that you didn’t need a program to make gains. Yes, having something well thought out is optimal; but not 100% needed.

I’m lifting from a custom program made for me right now and it’s working.

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[quote]Otep wrote:
Honestly man… if you have to ask, you’ll never know.

j/k

I have no idea what you’re talking about, but it probably involves not making dumb beginner mistakes but instead doing the following

  1. follow a training regimen written by a reputable coach
  2. eating enough
  3. measuring your progress
  4. eating breakfast
  5. eating enough protein.
  6. doing heavy compound lifts (see point #1)[/quote]

I thought that was just common sense. Shit, my trainings pretty smart then.

Apart from my program is my own. It seems to be working, check my photos see what I looked like before I started. Although did have to alter it after a while like the man says experience, Not to say im massively up on things, just whats working/not working for me.

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What I would consider smart training is HAVING A GOAL. Then specifically shaping your training to fulfill that goal. Without a goal, what is the point? Alot of people don’t have goals, they just ‘want to stay fit’ which isn’t one. Sometimes ‘getting big’ isnt what you want for some sports.