480: Do You Even Have to Count Reps? Timed Sets Rather than Rep Sets in Personal Training – Better or Worse? - podcast episode cover

480: Do You Even Have to Count Reps? Timed Sets Rather than Rep Sets in Personal Training – Better or Worse?

Aug 10, 201523 min
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Personal trainers used to have the job of counting reps, but these days I see more and more counting total time spent training. Is this a valid way to have clients exercise – timing set length and stopping when a certain time count is reached? Let’s examine a study. John always reviews the full-text of every article, but you may view the free abstract by clicking here http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1691&context=gs_rp

 

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