18 times around a basketball court is roughly 1 mile.
My first wrestling coach made us yell out our lap count.
1-18, occasionally 1-36.
I even brought the practice to JROTC PT trying to hold slackers accountable. Nothing pissed me off more than a kid claiming done at lap 3 just ahead of my honest lap 4, and the instructor being a weakling without rigid standards, turning a blind eye to obvious slacking.
A Prison POV video recently reminded me of this practice, saying in the video “a loud count and sound off every burpee made it even harder, an even better builder of the wind”.
Pressing in the yard, instead of burpees at planet fitness I did the practice. I’m sure the neighborhood heard me, they were my first heavy presses in a length of time (the 26th).
Sounding off, hard and soft counts, regimented reps, it can all be useful.
I’ve noticed when I do pushups as a 4 count exercise that I get more militant minded.
Militant things build the war ready mentality. And that’s where training is most effective.
Persistence & Tenacity