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@0st I've been on minimalist workouts for like, a year or so now. For me, it's worked great. My goals aren't anything crazy: just longevity, general strength, and general muscle building. I find the routines (generally) easier to stick to, as they tend to take less time, and over all I...

@keith9duffy For what it is worth, looking at this as an outsider: this seems like a very solid, comprehensive safety/emergency preparation course. It seems to slowly amp up, getting you used to each individual aspect of it - the suits, being in the water with the suits, how they operate, the...

@jbsimmons FitNotes doesn't have a step counter but it does let you set goals and keeps track of all of your data that you manually put into it (except dietary, it has no place for tracking that unless you purposefully put it in your workout notes on your own). It doesn't prominently display...

@uticus I actually started out where fitness was only about getting strong. I was inspired by Korra from The Legend of Korra lol, girlie was buff as hell and that was all my brain needed to be like "Hey, nothing is stopping me from being strong as hell, too!" It was the lightbulb that I...

@ohyoupokedme If your job is a physical one, then 3 days may be too many at the intensity you are currently at. AMRAP and circuits are very taxing on the body and if your job is also physical, that is also very taxing, and your body does not have enough time to fully recover between your...

@alphatuff It's not even just progress is progress, but it's also you versus you. At the end of the day, you can compare numbers to others all you like, but it's not going to do anything except probably leave you feeling not great (unless you're doing better than the person you're comparing...

@gentoo Yes, cut back on the amount of sets/workouts you have programmed specifically for biceps. They'll be getting hit with those back exercises anyway, but a couple sets of bicep isolation work besides those back exercises should still be okay. Overworking muscles will stagnate progress for...

@gentoo If anything, you may be going too hard on your biceps. You have a lot of sets here, more than I think any beginner needs. Granted, now is the time to put in the work, but you have here...15 sets for biceps, and that's not including the chin ups. Assuming you are actually doing chin...

@flameinthesnow Best of luck with it! As for the trainer, I just meant you could ask him for suggestions or to come up with a program for you (like a walking program or other, small exercises you could do at home without equipment) that you could do on your own, not with him and possibly not...

@flameinthesnow See if your trainer is willing to give you something to do outside of a gym. They should be able to come up with a program that may work better for you. If you're already paying them, it can't hurt to ask. Another thing you can do, that is, in theory, easy to do, is just to...

@warriorinchrist14 Definitely look into creatine more to assure that it's for you - one side effect of it can be temporary water retention in the muscle, which can cause temporary weight stagnation. It usually passes in a few weeks, though! I use it because my goals are strength and muscle...

@warriorinchrist14 You absolutely NEED to invest your time and hard work, along with dedication to making incremental changes to both your nutrition, hydration, sleep (making sure you're getting enough!), and exercise. Fitness and health are a marathon, not a sprint, and you don't need anything...

@timotheus86 If your goal is to build more muscle mass, then you would be better served swapping out the leg press for a barbell squat. Your rep ranges are good for general hypertrophy, but just curious as to why you only chose two days and will be alternating between them for a three day...

@hellokitty One thing I think you should consider is adding more calories. I know in your last post you mentioned you noticed some gain with a high-calorie diet, though you attributed most of it to fat. That said, you don't have to go as crazy as 4500 calories like you did then. Try for...

@greatbuss I have two main, though ultimately minor, issues with this program. I'll start with doing deadlifts right after squats: people will recommend not to do them on the same day, but you certainly can. Just be aware that both are tough on the body because they are very taxing compound...