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[Scott Stevenson]

Hi y'all from Finland!

Doing my first cycle of the FT training and loving every second - even though how brutal it can be. Been working out for roughly only 3-4 years now, so I wonder if FT is too advanced program for me... But so far at least so far it's the only program that shares the same philosophy and ideology that I have about "optimal" training.

Wonder if you guys have talk a lot about the "fortitude" part here in the forum. For me counting the exact amount of reps has been a bit of a problem... I think I can push myself further, if I can just concentrate purely on the performance, without bothering the exact amount of reps done. But that would mean quite clumsy notes on log book, which seems to be relatively important part of FT training, isn't it?

Anyway, now mainly doing my duty of saying hi, so... Hi everyone!

Hey Bud!

You could ask someone spotting you to help with counting reps.

Doing so is also a skill that comes with time - I sometimes do a set and lose track (most often if how many sets of an MR I've done if it's a new exercise and I don't have a PR I'm focused on beating that day).

I would put into you mind's eye the number of reps you want to get, visualizing the set before you do it, rep by rep, in as much detail as possible (what you see, think and all the things you feel during the set, especially during the last grueling reps). This can help performance (assuming you're setting a reasonable # of goal reps and it's a PR) and having the rep count built into your strategy means you'll be much more likely to not lose count.

When it doubt, I always "round down," so to speak, and note this with a "?" to remind me that I those reps may not be accurate and I shouldn't drop that exercise (if doing a Loading Set) simply because if that.

-S