Train Hard or Train Smart? So often I come across people who over train and train like every session is an Olympic Games Finals. Now my theroy is that you should always put in maximum effort to a session. This can be so different depending on the sessions desired goal and your overall goal. Here are a few examples; Example 1: Maximum effort in a session which is 12 x 30m Hill Sprints with 1 Minute walk back recovery between sets means you go absolutly eye balls out up that hi