GET SMART:
SLOW MAXIMUM RESPONSE TRAINING
SLOW: 15 degrees per second or slower. This controlled speed allows for isolation and focused muscle loading (significantly slower than the common speed of resistance training).
MAXIMUM: Unless a subjectively high level of demand is met, optimal exercise stimulation is impossible.
RESPONSE: Constantly loading a muscle through its range of motion using appropriate resistance to induce fatigue (muscle failure) for a physiologically determined length of time consistently
produces the desired metabolic responses.
TRAINING: Consistency and organization are mandatory in order to separate physical activity from formal exercise.
Productive resistance training is a form of exercise in which scientifically based intensity, duration, frequency and style are organized optimally in order to instigate optimal responses
(results). Resistance exercise has traditionally been used to develop the strength and size of skeletal muscles. Properly performed, however, resistance training can provide a
myriad of significant functional benefits and improvement in overall health and well-being.
The SMART™ exercise program, developed and patented by Dr. Bocchicchio, is a series of seven resistance training exercises performed in a specific sequence (usually completed in 15-20 minutes)
twice per week.
Established in a published IRB scientific study with 90 individuals ages 18 to 72 of all different fitness levels, Dr. Ben’s 7-part SMART™ exercise program was measured against cardiovascular
exercise. The SMART™ System utilized slow resistance training working major muscle groups for one set, taking muscles to momentary fatigue. The program was completed twice a week
with three days of recovery time in between workouts. Over five weeks, half of the individuals completed 3 ½ hours of cardio exercise each week and the other half completed the SMART™
exercise program twice a week (30 minutes, weekly total).
The results showed that when compared against the hours of cardio exercise, the SMART™ exercise program tested three times more effective. Both groups’ bodies were measured in a variety
of tests, including body composition, aerobic power assessment, upper and lower body strength assessment, trunk flexibility, resting blood pressure and resting heart rate. Across the board,
the individuals who exercised with Dr. Ben’s SMART™ program measured significantly more improvements and stronger results.
The Origin of the SMART™ Exercise System
The SMART Exercise System originated by Dr. Vincent (Ben) Bocchicchio was developed in 1974. It was the first slow training
protocol ever used exclusively in any facility. The idea came when Arthur Jones told Dr. Bocchicchio that he designed the then innovative Nautilus cams by going to a geriatric home and
plotting isometric strength readings. Dr. Bocchicchio then rationalized that ZERO speed would be an ideal way to maximize the potential benefits of his newly purchased Nautilus machines.
The practical application of that thinking was the very slow (originally “As slow as possible”) exercise speed, which has now been used successfully for almost 30 years.
Dr. Bocchicchio is not the first distinguished fitness and health expert to question time in the gym as it relates to weight loss. Notable Science Journalist and Best-Selling Author Gary Taubes
has challenged exercise’s role to weight loss for years. A Finnish study published 2000 found the relationship between exercise and weight is “more complex” than most would think, citing
that all subjects in the study who lost weight ended up regaining it. In some cases, the 20-year Finnish study showed some individuals even gained weight with regular exercise.
The MAIN OBJECTIVE of the SMART™ Exercise System is Productivity
• As well as humanly possible, the exercise exposure should provide the highest return for time and effort expended in a safe manner.
• Most exercisers waste MOST of their time exercising.
• Even the most efficient form of exercise has a major component of preparation and only a minor portion of that which is actually productive.
• The SMART™ Exercise System has a thirty-year proven history of productivity with an average of less than 40 minutes of exposure per week
The bases of The SMART™ Exercise System are SCIENCE AND APPLICATION
• Basic Physiology, Anatomy and Physics can NOT be eluded or ignored if an exercise system is to be considered legitimate.
• Once the scientific basis is reasonably established, the efficacy of that basis must be practically reproducible. Simply stated, “The proof is in the pudding”.
• Does it work? Why does it work? What is the safest and most consistent way to make it work? The specific techniques and observations incorporated in the SMART™ system are all based on
the answers to these questions.
Whenever you are exercising intensely YOU ARE USING FAT AND SUGAR FOR FUEL!!
• All of our physiological systems have evolved in a manner that indicates that they thrive on considerable physical stimuli in the form of muscle activity.
• Exercise should be considered a prescription for good health.
• As with the case of any potent medicine the dosage must be specifically determined.
• The expert trainer or practitioner must become familiar with the healthy and appropriate prescription of exercise for each of his/her client.
Productive exercise is not a hobby or a diversion. It is ESSENTIAL for reasonable health and function for ALL people of ALL ages. With a nominal time commitment -- 15 to 20 minutes twice a week
-- SMART™ Training can help you achieve your optimal fitness and a healthy body.
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