The #1 Benefit of Not Counting Reps With Calisthenics
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- Rep counting is an important part of strength training, but there are times when it can be in your best interest to stop counting to overcome habitual plateaus.
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I personally use rep counting as an indicator of when to progress. If I can do X number of reps in a certain exercise, it's time to move up. But sometimes I do fall into the trap that Matt talked about. If that happens, I address it immediately.
Since I've stopped counting reps and concentrated on tension to failure I've had great results. 3 or 4 sets per exercise 2 exercises per muscle group. Twice a week. Sometimes light Sometimes heavy and what ever exercise takes my fancy and really like to rest pause and drop set. enjoying my training without boundaries, solely about the tension.
Exactly. I hope we get a study on how much time under tension is needed per muscle group some day.
@@mikakoivisto6504It depend of the person doing the exercise.
Better to do your best every day than to do specific number counts. The body isn't a computer. There's a lot of factors at play that will make your capabilities fluctuate from day to day or training session to training session and in "real life" you don't do things for specific sets and reps, you just do them in varying ways in varying situations for varying amounts of time.
Fantastic advice Matt 👏
It was one of your earlier videos that got me to stop counting and focus on QUALITY
That was like 6 months ago and you were/are 100% right!
Great video Matt. Minus the Gym also made a video about this recently. He suggested recording oneself while training and to later count reps by rewatching the video. I’m going to do the same. Will definitely help with improvement in form too.
I generally stopped counting reps a good while ago in my training. There's a time and a place for it. But I rather go by feel.
I've been doing that and just thinking form.... focussing on form, muscle activation and awareness of it
That's very interesting Matt,I like that approach because sometimes I get caught up on telling myself I gotta reach this rep count and where as it should be all about time under tension Excellent stuff
Since I’m doing timed isometrics every day, focusing on that muscle sensation, people are noticing my gains… or the pump I have idk… Anyway I feel I’m progressing.
Thank you Matt.
6 years of training and feel I’m really starting only since a few months
Smart tip. I’ll definitely try it tomorrow
I'm going to try this out for couple of weeks. Then see if I end up doing more reps on wk 3..👍
I always count but it only helps me to have the oversight and there are days when I´m cutting, where I´m so powerless that it helps me to chase a number.
What in case of for example single leg exercises? I like Bulgarian squats verry much. Right leg is not as strong as left. How to track progression to catch up with the otter leg. Alternating takes too long to fatigue.
Totally agree.
Certainly true but, at the same time, i feel our brain/body is lazy by default, and without the 10-12 rep target, we'll probably fatigue sooner and end up the other way around - doing much less reps due to not having that phycological target and focusing too much on that initial fatigue that one might (conveniently) mistake for muscle failure.
Thoughts on how to make sure that progression is happening? Or does progression naturally happen if you just take every set to a very high state of fatigue?
This would be such a relief but how can i ensure to follow linear or at least any kind of progression if i dont count reps and weight and document it?
I think if you really concentrate and put in a lot of good effort then you will progress over time naturally without needing to worry about the numbers. Some days you'll be able to do more and some days you'll do less but with hard work (and good recovery) then you should trend upwards overall.
@@folksurvival Thank you very much my friend!! I guess you are right. From what i have read going close to failure should be enough to gain wirhout worrying about much else 🙂
I push VERY NEAR failure every time, works like a charm
Same here. I count reps, but I don't target reps. The rep count I do achieve becomes data for charting.
So, we should focus on what feels good to do and not follow a strict workout routine.
My only concern is unilateral work?? For example I could end up doing 20 on one leg and 15 on the other. Does anyone have experience with this?
Same here. Id say count unilateral exercises
Since day 1 never counted reps 💪
Gold
Makes sense
Great thing, I think counting is great when you have a set goal. But once you have that set goal, it can become nothing but a diminishing return.
Same thing goes for calorie counting too.
Sir, how to track progress then
Buffness....
@@raggedbreath lol
I think maybe if you want to track progress try for a PR, like do max pushups and compare to previous.
But once u start a workout and ur muscles get fatigued I wouldn’t continue to count bc I don’t wanna over think it and get less stimulus bc I’m thinking about numbers
@@PurpleTurkeyPatty thanx man☺
What's an ideal way to determine progress with this method?
With this, the best thing is to maybe focus on how well you can perform the reps and technique. You can also go by time and try to use the technique for longer periods of time.
But i suppose the opposite can be true also, doing LESS than the i.e 10 reps....
that's my concern also
If you honestly try your hardest but still fail at the number of reps you were aiming for then it's better than doing those extra reps sloppily and have them be ineffective at best, hamper recovery, or cause an injury at worst. Some days your best effort will be lower than other days even though you're gradually getting stronger over time. The body and mind are not machines that can perfectly and mathematically progress in a linear fashion.
Quiz
What is bad habit often occur when you count your reps?
Good question, I've got a video coming out soon on counting reps vs time.
@@RedDeltaProject awesome.
Romeo Delta Papa ~ looking good Matt. Lets go Brandon