1. Take a couple weeks off from the gym due to... let's go with "extenuating circumstances."
(read: work events, study sessions, plague of happy hours, and a comfy couch. Wait, forget those last two.)
2. Finally get back to the gym. Make it count.
3. Too much counting; proceed to be sore for about a week.
4. Take some time off to heal. Take some extra time off because... well, you know.
5. Repeat.