Most training programs published online are not written for you. They are written for the person publishing them — someone three to ten years deep into the work, eating with intention, sleeping like a job depends on it.
You, on the other hand, are squeezing a workout in between a commute and a real life. You have not slept eight hours since 2019. You have a body that has spent months mostly sitting.
The rule of half
For your first eight weeks, take whatever number a program tells you to hit and cut it in half. Half the volume. Half the load. Half the frequency. The point is not to win week one — it is to still be here in week twelve.
Progress is not how hard a single session feels. Progress is the sum of sessions you still showed up for.
