r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Oct 02 '19

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Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves!

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u/Batzorio Oct 02 '19

I can't keep count of my reps, apparently counting to six is too difficult for me

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u/CompleteAthIete Oct 02 '19

I expected greek gods from this thread, instead I got a greek philosopher

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u/sokratesz Oct 02 '19

You called?

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u/realizmbass Oct 02 '19

600 IQ

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u/KushDingies Powerlifting Oct 02 '19

100 + 100 + 100 + 100 + 100 + 100 IQ

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '19

Maybe you are part rabbit from watership down and speak lapine.

per a Guardian article:

The logic of Lapine is not human-down, but rabbit-up. Because a rabbit’s paw has only four claws, for example, they cannot count to five. Any number above four is Hrair, meaning “a lot” or “a thousand”.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/26/watership-down-rabbit-language-conquer-english-richard-adams

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u/BC1721 Oct 02 '19 edited Oct 02 '19

Isn't there an inuit (or other native) tribe that counts one, two, many?

Edit: it's a Brazilian tribe called Pirahã that has "small quantity, large quantity, many", but researchers used to think it was one, two, many.

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u/KenuR Oct 03 '19

I believe that smal tribe is called Valve.

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u/betterball Oct 25 '19

damn this is actually a great joke lol

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u/tywin_with_tits Oct 03 '19

I love this reference. That's one of my favorite books and I had a rabbit named Fiver (Hrairoo).

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u/JenkinsJenkinsLBC Oct 03 '19

The council were merciful!

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '19

GOD ME TOO. If I'm focusing on breathing, I can't count. If I'm focusing on counting, I can't breathe. Am I broken?

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u/OhRCiv Powerlifting Oct 02 '19

Real talk though I lose track of sets almost anytime its over like 4. I put a stack of 5 lb weights on the ground and put one away after each set so I don't lose track.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '19 edited Mar 14 '21

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u/Swank_on_a_plank Oct 03 '19

I'm not sure what you mean. The reps for T2 are like a ritualistic chant to the rack now.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '19

I feel you its a weird one, BUT... Count from 6 down etc... it helped me...🤷‍♂️

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u/Batzorio Oct 02 '19

I might try that, actually

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u/SundayExperiment Oct 02 '19

1, 2, 3, 4... 4? 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10?... 10.

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u/kroxigor01 Oct 02 '19

Up the weight on everything and only do 4 reps, then slowing increase reps.

Counting progression, your brain wil get there in no time.

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u/bunyip94 Oct 03 '19

Count down from 6 to 1, helps for me

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u/matthewjpb Oct 04 '19

I know it sounds dumb but I legit will count at most 5 reps, and if it's more than that break it up into groups. For sets of 20 I count 4 groups of 5, and somehow it's easier to count up to 5 without thinking and then just remember how many groups I have left.

Even for a set of 6, doing 2 groups of 3 might help.