If you regularly exercise - especially in busy gyms - in 3 sets of 12, 15, or 20 repetitions of exercises, you will be familiar with your brain going off course while the body goes through the sequences. Somewhere you suddenly realise that you have lost count and are in a quandary about whether you're on the second or third set!  How can you solidly concentrate to keep count?

Easily! Make an exercise of your counts too.

Reliably learn to count to 20 in 3 languages that you don't speak. Learning to count to 20 in each language will cover the number of repetitions whether they be 12, 15, or 20. Count in language 1 for the first set, language 2 for the second set, and language 3 for the third set of every exercise. You will see how sharp your brain will stay on counting!  Counting in a foreign language will force the brain to concentrate. If you count in foreign languages that you speak, counting will be more automatic [autopilot] than counting in languages that you don't speak. That is why I advise counting in languages that you don't speak.

But regardless of how automatic the counting be, the brain will still be forced to concentrate on counting. Hence you won't go off course. You may even find fun in seeing how quickly you can think of the next count word. And also whether you can master counting the sequence more smoothly the next time you count in this language...  After all, it's an exercise, right?:)

And you can be even more creative.

Learn the counts in 3 more languages that you don't speak. You will them have a stock of counts to 20 in 6 foreign languages.  Always vary the order of the languages. If you have only 3 languages in stock, you will be limited to only 3 variations. They will soon get automatic too.  If you have 6, you can play with more variations.  Again, it's an exercise, right? And in this case choice is better than no choice because you will force the brain to concentrate more. That's the point.

You can also add counting on fingers as your internal voice counts the words. You don't have to move the fingers. Just feel the finger of which it is turn. Counting on the fingers will add grounding and support.

Or if you are more visual, you can add visual counting. See an image of every number in the mind while the internal voice counts it in the words of the foreign languages. You can even see every number in a different colour if that makes it fun. So it can be an exercise of creativity as well as of the body!

Would you like to exercise your creativity in other aspects of life too? I would gladly be your personal trainer!