So I shave every morning, like first thing. I just got my blade and strop a few days ago, and I'll do the canvas side, at least ten laps, and then I'll start in on the leather side. But after like 20 laps or so, my arm, hand, and fingers are TIRED!! I'm in shape, workout every day, so it's amazing to me that I can do like 15 pull-ups, but can barely get out 30 laps on the strop before I'm beat!

What I'm wondering is, do I HAVE to strop right before I shave? Can I just, throughout the course of the day, strop when I get bored? Like say 10-15 laps here, 10-15 there, so that in the morning it's all ready to go? Or does the razor have to be warmed and straightened like right before you put it to your skin?

It just sucks, because once my hand and arm starts to get really tired, I don't want to strop anymore because I don't want to make a mistake (i.e. loosening my hold on the strop so it'll "hang through", slicing into the strop with the blade, lifting the spine, etc.), which I'm prone to do the tighter my hand gets. Any advice? Thanks in advance, I'm learning by the second here.