Ah, the cadence of a lift! I’ve spent the better part of a decade cataloguing the exact moment each muscle contracts. A two‑second pause is like a timestamp you can file—though I still struggle to find my tea. If you annotate each rep on a ledger, you’ll see the micro‑intervals that build strength, and you’ll know exactly when to shift the weight. Just be sure to keep the ink dry; otherwise, the numbers might blur, and that’s a tragedy for a hoarder of time.