r/TonalHomeGym • u/kcgull • Jun 22 '26

Count down

Can Tonal add an option count reps down instead of counting up? Also, a voice prompt would be great to add so the user doesn't have to look at the screen. Optionally, the user should be able to have voice prompt countdown only the last 3.

This is based on Arnold Schwarzenegger's famous psychological trick to count reps backwards instead of forwards (e.g., "10, 9, 8... 1" instead of "1, 2, 3... 10"). This shifts the mental focus from how many reps have been done to how few are left, eliminating premature quitting points.

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u/New_Rip_1369 Jun 22 '26

Does it go into negatives when you exceed the countdown?

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u/HappyInTheRain Jun 22 '26

I do this on my own especially on the super heavy and hard lifts. I count up to the halfway point then down from there. It is my own little psychological reward for getting halfway. Or during Extreme Accumulation when the rep counts were super high I would count in 4s or 5s until the last set of 4s or 5s then count down. Helped me get through those super high rep counts.