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A few days ago, I wrote a post called “Train Hard”. Today, I want to look at the flip side of that coin and talk about training smart. You will never achieve your goals without both. So while training hard and pushing your self is critical to making significant gains, training smart is just as important because doing an exercise wrong or just plain doing the wrong exercises will not only hold you back, they could very easily injure you. I see guys doing exercises wrong really “hard” and know that they are eventually going to get hurt. This is really pretty common in gyms. Once again, look for the people in your gym who look good. They are the ones who are most likely to know what they are doing. Ask for help and learn. Read some of the good blogs and content out there and don’t be afraid to change your workout.
Finally, if you are battling an injury- say, a sore shoulder or elbow, be smart and don’t do the exercises that bother it. Usually, switching to a different exercise or even just changing the angle that you are pushing or pulling at will take the pressure off or the sore area. If not, give it a week to rest and do the standard things to speed healing like icing it after working out and taking some Ibuprofen or Aleve to reduce inflammation.
If you are going to train hard, you have to train smart as well.
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