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Keeping count
haibu
Posts: 67 Member
I'm terrible at it, I lose count constantly.
What do you do to keep track of your count?
What do you do to keep track of your count?
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I’m fortunate in that my mind wraps around numbers and holds them. I count as I go, and when I stop, I mentally register what I have. When I start back, I start at one, and so on until I’m done. At the end, I can tell you exactly how I broke up each exercise and if I look at the clock while working, I can tell you the split times as well. I know I’m weird.0
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I usually dont have issue with keeping track of reps it but a lot of people at my gym use poker chips if they do. For example if the workout is 100 snatches and they they think they could do ten snatches at a time they would take ten chips, do ten snatches and move a chip, ten snatches and move a chip etc. until all of their chips are moved. I sometimes use the chips for AMRAPS to keep track of my rounds.0
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If it's an AMRAP, several people at my box (*including me) use chalk marks on the floor or rig to count/tally the rounds completed. Other than that, I just do my best to keep count OR by breaking it down into sets to reach the total needed (ex. 50 wall balls: I'll count-off 2 sets of 25).0
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I have used poker chips but as a 50 year old woman, I figure it's good brain exercise to apply myself and get it done. Some days are better than others with brain performance...0
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Yep, I cant count beyond 10 without getting lost, so use chalk on the floor/wall, pen & paper if around, or if someone has counting beads.0
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I get REALLY stupid during a WOD, so I use a white board and rub out a number for each round in an amrap.
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Most people where I go use a small white board and dashes.0
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I lose all mental capacity when trying to keep count so I use chalk on floor0
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I'm usually a really good counter during WODs. It's what I focus on to avoid the pain. But if I think I'm gonna fall out, then I use a white board with lines, and use my fingers to mark off the reps or rounds.0
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I'm AWFUL at it, but I'm trying to get better so people don't think I'm That Girl who always "loses count." Our box has a stash of poker chips that I use, and that helps. I also met a girl from another box who had a counting bracelet made with plastic beads and a shoelace, I think. I thought that was super awesome and keep meaning to make one for myself.
Side note: drawing on the floor with chalk is a PITA to clean up. Not recommended.0 -
I'm terrible at it, I lose count constantly.
What do you do to keep track of your count?
I have the same problem, I have done the chalk on the floor and pen & paper. Last Thursday I totally screwed up. The WOD was 5 rounds FT 10 KB Thrusters and 10 Pullups, I did 4 rounds and thought I was done yet everyone else was still going at it. Sometimes I do finish first so I was drinking water watching then I looked over at the board realizing I only did 4... I went and finished my last round went from a time of 6:32 to 10:02... oh well! I find myself checking the board constantly!0 -
One thing that I do that really helps is to try and estimate how long it's going to take before I start. How long the whole thing will be and how long the first round will be. Then, if I'm way under on time, it makes me think about it.0
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The MyWOD app has a counter on the timer so i just use that. Every time you complete a rep or round you just tap the screen and it registers the rep/round. I am terrible at keeping count so this helps a lot. If it is a WOD that has a lot of counting then sometimes I just use a good old pencil and scrap paper.0
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I hate that feeling when you think you've finished and then realise you still have another round to do. Or ... when you smash a session and are one of the 1st to finish and then do another round just for the hell of it and then finish last
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