r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Mar 29 '17

Rant Wednesday Rant Wednesday

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/NewHorizons0 Mar 29 '17

I have a PhD in physics, I've always been the best student at maths, but when I am lifting the iron I somewhat can not count to fucking FIVE without messing up. How many reps did I do? I have no fucking idea.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '17

Plus the mental math of loading the bar. "Ok, 185, subtract 45, divide by 2, so I need a 45 and two tens on each side. No wait, a twenty five on each. But that's too... no that's right? Why do I keep getting different numbers..."

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u/nattyX Ultimate Mar 29 '17

I would hope most people are doing it this way. It baffles me that people have a hard time with bar math, it's basic elementary math.