If you workout on your own, do you use any resources to make sure you’re actually making progress?

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  1. The internet is a wonderful resource. Honestly, one of the easiest ways to track your progress is you see the results with your own eyes. It’s also pretty neat as you get stronger because you’ll see yourself lifting heavier and heavier weights.

  2. I don’t, but when i did work out i did jump rope and pushups. Aside from the cost of the jump rope, everything else is free

  3. Friends. Get a work group, becomes a social event sorta. You push each other some friendly competition. Maybe a single girl in the group u can go get some coffee with later.

  4. You could go to r/orangetheory and check out the daily workout templates.

  5. Built my own from various “muscle gain” workout programs I found online.

  7. honestly, i just follow chloe ting. i barely have the motivation to work out. i’m not making my own program or paying for one 😅 and i don’t wanna go to the gym either. it’s worked out well for me. i lost 70 lbs in a year with that and eating healthy.

  9. The internet is a double edged sword. There’s so much good info out there, but there’s almost too much. If you’re new, look for beginner workouts. As you get more experience, you learn which exercises to what, you cater the rep ranges/volume based off your goals, and you can tweak the routines to what you want to do.

  10. Circuit 1 (dumbbells): Skull crushers, hex press, dumbbell press, chest flys, pronated wrist curls, supinated wrist curls, hammer curls, over head press, squats, lateral delt raises, dead lift, bent over rows, shrugs, calf raises, concentration curls, one handed rows, goblet curls, inclined dumbbell press

    Circuit 2 (body weight ):

    Pull ups (pronated grip),
    Push-ups ,
    Diamond push ups ,
    Sit ups ,
    Crunches ,
    Glute bridges,
    Neutral grip chin ups,
    Squats with alternating knee raises,
    Side lunges ,
    Calf raises,
    Close grip Chin ups (supinated grip),
    Dips ,
    Body weight rows,

    I alternate circuits in between rounds of halo mcc

  11. I was doing sports in high school. We had a trainer. I just do that. I haven’t changed my work out routine in 16 years now i think? Maybe a little less? Just doing a lot less now since i’m doing maintenence instead of building my body

  12. Step 1. Lift weight. Step 2. Lower weight. Repeat
    Step 1. Move body Step 2. Move back. Repeat.
    Step 1 eat healthy. Step 2. Sleep more. Repeat
    Step 1. Stretch. Step 2 meditate/recover. Repeat.

    It’s all about setting habits and following them. If you need help with motivation, do a reward system (do not use food or drink as rewards!) Friends or family always help to do it with.

  14. There is a metric ton of knowledge written down by guys (and gals) who are experts in working out. Deep Water, Super Squats, Smolov, Stronger by Science , 5/3/1, westside, the list goes on forever.

    Pick any of those plans, or any other popular strength programs written by (and this is key) strong people or their coaches. Do what they say and you won’t have to worry about measuring progress, it will be *very* obvious.

  15. Doing some research on anatomy and nutrition and of course logical thinking is all you need. It’s not rocket science.

  16. I have a self-made daily log where I track every lift, number of sets, number of reps, identify supersets and drop sets, the weight used for each set and I take progress pics once per month.

    Not only does this track progress, it allows me to figure out what exercises and set/rep range/type works best for my body.

  17. I have some dumbbells and a bench at home I use once a week

    I run once a week

    The only thing that cost me anything is hot yoga which I do pretty sporadically these days

  18. There are plenty of good programs out there. I did a variation on Starting Strength. Ensuring you’re making progress is easy : Are you adding weight to you lifts or distance to your runs regularly? Are you taking time off your mile time? THen you’re making progress. It’s that simple. Keep pushing yourself every week, if not every day. Even if it’s just adding 2.5lbs to a lift. Just keep pushing yourself. If you aren’t making progress, tweak something. Maybe eat more to gain muscle. Get better sleep. Maybe you’re working out too often and need more recovery time.

    I went from a standard 5×5 lift schedule to 5/3/1 when my lifts stalled. Stuff like that. I got that from fitness forums.

  19. 1. Years of practice with working out where I started with some pretty simple stuff and slowly added complexity.

    2. Getting both professional and amateur guided training from time to time and incorporating what I learned into my body of knowledge so I could keep making use of it without a trainer present.

    3. Being the one offering amateur training in a few different circumstances forcing me to consciously think about things I had been doing subconsciously.

    4. Doing thorough research on training and diet techniques from a large range of sources ranging from fitness blogs to peer-reviewed scientific research papers.

    5. Finding specific things that I can quantitatively track about my fitness so that I can have a very solid basis for assessing progress.

  20. I use the JEFIT app. It’s got a learning curve but once you set it up the way you want, it’s great. If you need ideas about what excercise to do, google or watch the loners at the gym (the people not socializing or on their phones) and do what they do

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