You didn’t skip leg day. You did something quieter and more expensive: you turned a 90-second rest into a four-minute scroll, and did it eight more times. Here’s what that costs you, set by set.
The real reason your 45-minute workout takes 90. It’s not the crowds or the leg day dread. It’s the phone in your hand. Here’s how to train without the scroll.
A new study says you don’t need to overthink your rest between sets — a fixed 2–3 minutes works just as well as guessing. The catch? Your phone is the real thing wrecking your rest.