mat rep

8.2

One time you do an exercise on a mat

noun

Jargon

: repetición en el tapete

She completed fifteen mat reps of crunches as part of her workout.

Examples

It's important to use proper form for every mat rep to avoid injury.
His trainer asked him to increase the number of mat reps this week.
I completed one mat rep.
Don't forget your mat reps!
It's important to use proper form for every mat rep to avoid injury.
She completed fifteen mat reps of crunches as part of her workout.
His trainer asked him to increase the number of mat reps this week.

Synonyms

rep

vsmat rep

Jargon

24 4.1

One full movement of an exercise during a workout

is limited to movements performed on a padded floor surface

Surface Forms

mat rep singular

mat reps plural

Morphology

mat + rep

The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'mat' (a floor surface) with 'rep' (a counted repetition): it straightforwardly denotes a repetition performed on a mat. This noun–noun compound follows a common compositional pattern (location/modifier + event) familiar across languages and in gym contexts, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily understand it.

Etymology

Mat rep may come from gym talk. It joins mat, the soft pad you exercise on, and rep, short for 'repetition', so each time you do one complete movement on the mat it is a 'mat rep'.