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Researchers tricked people in a study so they wouldn't guess what was being tested, which helped get more honest results about predicting exercise reps.
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“Just One More Rep!” – Ability to Predict Proximity to Task Failure in Resistance Trained Persons
Cross-Sectional Study
Human
2020The study used a trick to hide its purpose from participants, but it still found they were bad at guessing how many reps they could do, which goes against the claim that the trick worked well.
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