Every Rep Counts
Ever noticed that crazy phenomenon where you don’t put any focus or intention into your warm-up lifts, and then your heaviest lifts are magically really good?
Yeah me either, because it doesn’t work that way.
Every single rep you do influences the outcome of your training.
Sloppy reps aren’t just a missed chance to get better—they’re actively making you worse. You’re practicing being sloppy and lazy and unfocused and unintentional.
The classic example is lifters who half-ass their warm-up lifts with soft, unaggressive overhead positions, a rush to drop the bar, minimal bracing, etc., and then wonder why, when it really matters, their overhead position is weak and unreliable and they can't stabilize lifts.
It's not a mystery—they’re doing exactly what they’ve trained to do.
The majority of your training volume is comprised of lighter lifts—that’s what makes up most of your practice. If you don’t get serious until the weights get heavy, you’re already way behind.
Every single rep matters—act like it.
You cannot do perfect reps every time… or likely ever. But you absolutely can put perfect effort into every single one.
Take every rep as seriously as a max attempt, or your max attempts are going to suffer from whatever you’ve practiced with your unserious reps.
Pay attention to the details in the gym and outside of it. Make notes and refer to back to them to stay on track. You shouldn’t be starting over again every session, and your coach shouldn’t have to tell you a hundred times to do the basics like brace, position your feet correctly, or hold the bar overhead like you actually care.
If you have goals, work toward them intentionally and consistently rather than wishing for success while you continue to do the same things the same lazy, unfocused ways.
Yeah me either, because it doesn’t work that way.
Every single rep you do influences the outcome of your training.
Sloppy reps aren’t just a missed chance to get better—they’re actively making you worse. You’re practicing being sloppy and lazy and unfocused and unintentional.
The classic example is lifters who half-ass their warm-up lifts with soft, unaggressive overhead positions, a rush to drop the bar, minimal bracing, etc., and then wonder why, when it really matters, their overhead position is weak and unreliable and they can't stabilize lifts.
It's not a mystery—they’re doing exactly what they’ve trained to do.
The majority of your training volume is comprised of lighter lifts—that’s what makes up most of your practice. If you don’t get serious until the weights get heavy, you’re already way behind.
Every single rep matters—act like it.
You cannot do perfect reps every time… or likely ever. But you absolutely can put perfect effort into every single one.
Take every rep as seriously as a max attempt, or your max attempts are going to suffer from whatever you’ve practiced with your unserious reps.
Pay attention to the details in the gym and outside of it. Make notes and refer to back to them to stay on track. You shouldn’t be starting over again every session, and your coach shouldn’t have to tell you a hundred times to do the basics like brace, position your feet correctly, or hold the bar overhead like you actually care.
If you have goals, work toward them intentionally and consistently rather than wishing for success while you continue to do the same things the same lazy, unfocused ways.
