This strategy will help you get through any circuit workout that is based on
high rep counts or time.
If you are beginner, you should reduce the number of sets to two or three, but maintain the
same rep count.
Negative reps: slow down the negative, lowering part of the lift to an approximate 5
seconds rep count.
I've added a couple additional sequences you could make out of these below with a
specific rep count.
A better method of weight selection is to use a resistance that allows the
desired rep count or time under tension using perfect form.
If you are lifting 90 % + with an
optimal rep count of 4, you will want to do 4 sets of 1.
Lift heavy with a
shorter rep count; stick with three sets of six, eight or 10 reps and avoid going higher.
* When the
prescribed rep count becomes too easy with bodyweight, add resistance in the form of a weight plate or medicine ball.
Start slowly with lighter weight and above all, don't sacrifice your form for a
higher rep count.
It also applies the principle commonly referred to by the bodybuilders as a reverse pyramid, where you do 8 reps in the first set, 10 in the second, and 12 in the third, as opposed to the standard pyramid which takes you from lower to higher
rep count with each set, but by decreasing the weight at the same time.
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By simply changing up the format (like pyramid
vs. rep counting), it keeps me from getting bored and tends to make the workout seem to go faster!
On the 5th workout, add a rep. Continue to add reps until you double the
initial rep count.
If you're using the burpee penalty, for every rep on every exercise you don't hit your
previous rep count, you have to do a burpee at the end of the workout.
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electronic rep count.
Bodyweight squats are great and can be very difficult if you do
high rep counts.
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rep counting.
At the top during the 7
reps count to 1 second at the top, at the top during the 5 reps count to 3 seconds and at the top during the 3 reps count to 5 seconds.
If you find this too easy, don't increase
the reps count, but take heavier weight.
Getting a good pump is mostly about
the rep count and how much time your muscles spend under tension.
This should be repeated 4 times, which — combined with the 8 positive reps — takes
the rep count to a total of 12.
The lower
your rep count, the more accurate your 1RM estimate will be.
For motivation, you get to fill circles for weight moved,
rep counts and time spent as well as a heat map of muscle group engagement.
Based on muscle fatigue by group (derived from your previous sessions), Fitbod will suggest a workout of the day, all with suggested sets,
rep counts and weights based on A. S. Prilepin's famous powerlifting chart.
Combine body - weight pull - ups with assisted pull - ups by doing body - weight pull - ups to failure, then shift immediately to assisted pull - ups to reach a higher
rep count.
Second, since we are going to increase
the rep count by 200 reps, we will need a few exercises which are very rapid.
These are going to let you catch up in
the rep count so the workout does not take an hour or more to complete.
Then as you finish each set just scribble down
your rep count.
Every rep counts when you swing a kettlebell — from rep 1 to rep 20 — each one should look as fluid and as powerful as the very first one.
That if we've plateaued with heavy weight or if our joints are screaming at us, we can continue to make progress by upping
the rep count, for at least several months to give the joint adaptation a chance to catch up.
Of course, this is still better than inactivity, but it is not an effective way to progress unless you keep adding resistance and making sure you push yourself so
every rep counts.
Didn't quite make
the rep count on a few of them (wide pushups, pull ups, and supermans)
When it comes to
the rep count, for fat burning I would do time instead.
With a light weight, unless
the rep count is high enough, you won't reach failure.
Instead of maintaining the same
rep count through the set, you will change the intensity and rep count accordingly.
I target every exercise specifically to your goals, progress, and equipment and time you have available — using evidence based research to choose every set and
rep count I give you.
When you're operating at the highest possible intensity you can muster and tolerate, there's no reason for you to increase your set and
rep count.
While I may vary the exercises,
rep count, set structure and schedule, I still fall into ruts.
The most important part of these workouts is to make
every rep count.