How simple it sounds, is not it? "Train Cleverly and Everything Will is OK!", "It is enough to train smartly and achieve your goal!".

Yes, but behind these two words is a material for life, because everyone understands what is smart training for him as he goes on his way.
One thing is to read something, and another to try it on your back.
Well, there are a few "rules" that can be defined as more common, and we will stop on them right now.

Train according to your experience

Very often there are absolutely start-up enthusiasts who go to the gym for the first time and go to advanced programs. We usually see teenagers training in a muscle training group, because that's what makes a favorite professional bodybuilder.



The opposite of this is the people who train for 5, 6, 7+ years, but ... do not change anything in their training program - neither order nor choice of exercises, nor series and repetition, nor even weights. If we have to be honest when you hear that someone has been training for 7 years, you think he's advanced, but actually, their reality and behavior does not meet expectations.

To train smart, we need to choose our program according to your experience, goals, and recovery options.
 
Train according to your purpose



Explain what you want to achieve and train so that you get closer to your goal, not the other way round.

Specific example: Many women want to have a tight look, raised buttocks and shaped legs, but they are thrown into infinite, daily and monotonous cardio.
In this case, they should look for appropriate information to see that their purpose imposes other means (or to say it straight away - in a large percentage of cases this is precisely the weight training).



To train smartly, we must use the right weapons for us and our target.

Train according to your own peculiarities
Yes, it is true that people do not differ much in our anatomy. Yes, it is true that many people want to pick up muscle mass and many people want to lose fat.

But this does not mean that each of the groups should train identically.



Because, however, we are different and, although, with the same anatomy, there are many other factors that require a specific approach.
There are people who do not realize that because of their lifestyle they have weak muscle groups and distortions (a result of daily, multi-day sitting in a chair and staring in a screen with a poor posture, etc.).



Instead of working on these units, they deliberately avoid them, "because it is more important to have big hands than to work for a healthy back."
To do our workout smart, we need to train according to the features of our own body.

Train the whole body

This scar we will know if our training is smart is a consequence of the above point.
It happens that some people think they only have biceps and abdominal muscles. Day after day, week after week, month after month (or for the entire summer season).



Remember that in order to train smartly, we need to train the whole body adequately.
Whether it will be in a workout or split - it does not matter. It is important to pay enough attention to all the units, not deliberately reinforce one and weaken others.

This leads in addition to a non-harmonious vision, and a lot of imbalances, which affect reflexes, distortions, and other unintended consequences.

Train first not because of the goal, but because of the movement itself

Or else - train with love! Love what you do in the hall (or where you practice your training).
Very often people start a type of workout "just to lose weight", "to get better for the summer," and so on.



This, in the long run (in our eyes), is doomed to unsatisfactory results if the desire for training is not dictated by the pleasure of the movement.

If someone goes to the hall forcibly, it is very likely to give up soon, because how will you last a long time with negative thoughts and negative attitude?
Whenever you prepare your training jacket to say "Ouch! ... I still have to go to the gym, but I just want to look like X".

No!

To work smartly, change your attitude. Find the movement you like. Find the program that pleases you.



The goal will be achieved later if ...
... we train smartly.

Work hard, but pay attention to self-regulation

There is a nice story that if we want something we never had, maybe we should do something we have never done.

Or another - we cannot expect different results if we do the same thing every day.
Let's take these things to the training area - we can not want to get rid of excess fat, but continue to stomp food and not move enough. We need to change something in our habits to make progress towards the goal.



Many people set goals that require training outside the comfort zone.
They have decided what the program is going to follow, and the approach is clear - a healthy workout at maximum.

And right here is the stumbling block, which could prevent smart training if we do not know how to jump it, namely through self-regulation.
Self-regulation in practice means making decisions during your workout no matter what the preliminary plan was. These decisions are based on how you feel - have you fully recovered, have enough sleep, and so on?



Sometimes it does not mean better and if you exercise hard every time, ignoring the signals of your body, you risk falling into a standstill that you could avoid by self-regulation.

To train cleverly means to be attentive during your workout and if you need to - today you have to run the series 5kg less than planned because yesterday you had a hard work and you did not sleep well at night.

Progress is not the ideal right. Often, to get from point A to point B, we have to deviate. It depends on us how long this deviation will be and with what consequences.

So ...
... Are you a smart training person?