please help me understand what is REPS and SETS?

babybellyfat
babybellyfat Posts: 1,102 Member
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
SORRY I never count reps and sets all i do is just Workout lol what is reps and what is sets?



Adding:
Abdominal Crunches

Number of sets:
Repetitions per set:

Weight per repetition:
pounds

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  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    1 crunch would be a rep (repetition.)

    A set is doing "x" number of reps in a row.

    Examples:
    Doing 25 crunches with no break would be 1 set of 25 reps.

    Doing 8 crunches, resting for a minute, then doing 8 more, resting another minute, then doing 8 more would be 3 sets of 8 reps.
  • cdstadt
    cdstadt Posts: 311 Member
    This is how I think of it:
    Say you work out for a minute and rest a minute.

    You did 20 "reps" of whatever you did for that minute and if you continue at that machine, people generally try to keep the same pace to keep track. So maybe you did 5 "sets" of 20 "reps."

    (right?)
  • titletown
    titletown Posts: 377 Member
    A set is how many times you do a specific exercise in your entire routine.

    A rep is how many times you do a specific move or exercise like a situp. curl, etc
    .
  • Laurayinz
    Laurayinz Posts: 930 Member
    Reps is how many times in a row you do/repeat a lift/move. Repeating until you either stop/pause/change to something else.
    Sets is how many groups of those reps you do in a whole session/day.
  • MochaMixAZ
    MochaMixAZ Posts: 844 Member
    Rep = Repetition of a movement.
    Sets = A group of repetitions

    So, if you do 10 bicep curls = 10 reps
    If you do 10 bicep curls, take a break, then do 10 more = 2 sets of 10 reps
  • penelofur
    penelofur Posts: 81 Member
    This is how I think of it:
    Say you work out for a minute and rest a minute.

    You did 20 "reps" of whatever you did for that minute and if you continue at that machine, people generally try to keep the same pace to keep track. So maybe you did 5 "sets" of 20 "reps."

    (right?)

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  • babybellyfat
    babybellyfat Posts: 1,102 Member
    Thank you guys. Now i understand what that meen and what to put. I will go try to workout. Today is a yuckky raining day im sooooo tired and sleepy. :(
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