However, if you would really prefer something to be laid out for you with a general goal in mind, or you just really wanna train like Jeff, then getting the program is a good option. Personally, I would suggest sticking to the basics and learning about crafting the perfect program for YOU. However to be completely honest I made much faster progress in both strength and hypertrophy sticking to the basics and following a standard program. It's the first place I go to whenever I have lifting related questions. This made it almost impossible to properly track progress. Also, each week varied so I wasn't doing the same workouts week by week. It was difficult to set up, I thought i looked ridiculous doing it, and it was just a bit over the top when regular skullcrushers are just fine. The one that comes to mind specifically was a DB skullcrusher where I attached a band to the dummbells. I remember doing superset combos with strange set ups that I sometimes couldn't do properly because of a crowded gym or lack of equipment, and I sometimes was reluctant to try certain exercises because they just looked plain awkward and just seemed unnecessary. If you're familiar with his videos, which it sounds like you are, then you might see where I'm getting at with this. The thing I didn't like about his program was that the exercise selection can get a little overcomplicated in my opinion. They felt similar to how I would train for sports back in the day, not the typical strength plans or bodybuilding programs I do nowadays. So you're not just given a list of the same workout split to do every week and told "Go." While I was on the program I will admit I actually had fun doing a lot of the workouts. There's also a pretty logical progression with them and the intensity ramps up as you move along. That aspect I think is actually pretty cool. Each workout will have a video walk through, separate videos for each exercise, meal plans day by day, and there's challenges in each of his programs with leaderboards where you can compare your scores and times to other people who are on his programs. I wouldn't say that they're a scam, because for it just being a workout program it's actually fairly detailed. So I actually did one of the Athlean-X programs whenever I first got into lifting.
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