How to Build More Muscle With Cheat Reps
When and why “cheating” can be a good thing
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3 min readApr 22, 2023
A reliable way to assess your progress in the gym, especially on a week-to-week basis, is to standardize your reps. Make the last rep look like the first — just moving more slowly.
If you did 5 reps on Week 1 and 6 reps on Week 2, all with near-perfect technique, you’re objectively making progress.
