PSA: A guy at the gym in Cleveland told me to stop counting reps and just focus on the muscle, and it fixed my whole routine.

I was stuck on a bench press plateau for 8 months, always trying to hit 12 reps, until he said 'the number doesn't know when you're tired, but your chest does,' so now I lift until the muscle fails, not the count, and my gains are finally moving again.

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4 Comments

emma_flores2mo ago

Sounds like a fancy way to just stop tracking progress... not sure it's that deep.

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avery_ross2mo ago

Feel the same way honestly. I get what the other person is saying but sometimes you just need to put the numbers down and live. Maybe it's just me but tracking everything can make the fun stuff feel like a chore.

the_iris2mo ago

Ever tried to explain a sunset to someone who only looks at their watch? Some things just don't need a spreadsheet. It's okay to just do a thing without measuring it. Progress isn't always a number you can track.

victor_robinson2d ago

Man, I totally get what you're saying. It's like people wanna make everything this big philosophical thing when sometimes it's just... life, you know? I mean, not everything needs a spreadsheet or a whole system to be valid. Sometimes you just do stuff and that's fine. idk, maybe I'm just simple but I feel like overthinking this kind of thing takes the joy out of it.