Strength and Conditioning Megathread!

There are multiple options; I went with the mid-range $10k/yr. All online, though the app...

So far it is working as promised - for me. I don't think secret sauce exists. Eat right, sleep 7hr, lift heavy weights, min 5.5k steps/day, track everything.

What is different for me is the gap between knowing and doing. With significant amount of money committed, both me and my coach takes it seriously. They have the promise "do these things and we guarantee the results, or your money back". For me $10k to "get" six pack is a good deal, as long I have reasonable confidence that it can happen. For them, I'm pretty sure they don't want to give back the money to a lot of customers. :)

Now you might not agree with the "six pack" goal, and I have been said the same thing before I spent even more than this on a trainer for in-person training. Even though I had pretty good athletic results, the nutrition part was not take seriously, so I still felt and looked like a fat person. I totally ran out of motivation after almost a year of hard work. This time around I focus on food too, have DEXA every 6 months and shoot for 12% body fat with no loss of muscle. Might take 3 years to get there, but so be it. Skinny people with high visceral fat % are still unhealthy, with high cholesterol and all - so looks is not everything, but for sure makes the work easier.