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the currency of getting stronger — you can't negotiate with the barbell, only earn it.
means repetitions of an exercise, the basic unit of physical training, but slang has stretched it to mean any deliberate practice done over and over to improve.
from short for repetitions, gym-speak since strength training got systematized in the early 1900s; escaped the weight room in the 2010s to mean practice of any kind, from stand-up comedy to cold emails.
strength training5 reps or fewer builds max strength
hypertrophy zone8 to 12 reps grows muscle size best
beyond gymsput in the reps means practiced relentlessly
diminishing returnsquality reps beat sloppy high-volume ones