u/honestlai

I made a post about needing to get back into shape and how I decided on doing KBs for this, but turns out at planet fitness, they only have 15 and 20lbs KBs.

I was trying to avoid going back to 24HF because the facility is old requires paid parking, and is always crowded, but went and checked it out just to see what they have. Turns out their selection wasn’t much better, they have 10, 20, 40, 65 and 80lbs KBs

So I’m thinking of sticking with PF and using dumbbells for lifts that need heavier weight. What do you guys think?

Hey everyone! Last night I decided to be brave, face my fears and stepped on the scale. I clocked in at 308lbs!!! MF!! I knew I'd ballooned over the past few months w/ those late night vibe coding sessions, but wtf!? I had no idea I'd joined the three plus club!

Anyways, tldr is I'm 46 y/o and desperately need to loose weight.

I use to be relatively fit in my late teens, wrestled, lifted, played soccer... and got back into shape around 8 years ago, I was about 120lbs lighter @ 20% bf. But during/after covid, for a number of reasons, I let myself go and am starting to have mobility (& mental health) issues that I need to get under control.

I decided kettle bells would be my new fitness playground and started to put together a fitness plan and goal last night. When I'm capable again, I'll add (speed) jump rope to the mix.

Wondering if there is anyone in this community that's faced this hill I'm about to attempt to climb and if they got any words of wisdom or encouragement for me.

For everyone else, do you have any tips before I start, or things you'd change to the program i'm starting? https://www.jefit.com/routines/1768808/kettlebell-beginner-workout

P.S. For dieting, I'll probably go back to what I did before, which was a high protein flexible dieting style. I've done almost every diet, except carnivore, have had good results on almost all of them, but nothing worked as well for me as flexible dieting while tracking macros.

--- Update ---

Hey guys, thank you all for your recommendations and encouragement. After looking at the recommended Wildman TOI and a few other resources, I started putting together the below. I'm putting it all into my JeFit plan builder now, which I'll be able to share once it's complete. Based on everyone's near unified allergic reaction to the example KB exercises in Jefit, I'm replacing most of them with reference images and links to good references on youtube.

Once I get my plan built, I'll post it here for review to see what you guys think. I'm basically planning on doing a progressive simple 4 week MTThFr plan that incorporates a warmup and cooldown at the beginning and end and the below for the meat of the workouts.

This is just for Phase 1 of getting back into shape:
Week 1: 2 sets
Week 2: 3 sets
Week 3: 4 sets
Week 4: 5 sets

Monday:
- Kettlebell Suitcase Deadlift
- Single-Arm Kettlebell Floor Press
- Kettlebell Suitcase Carry

Tuesday:
- Box Squat
- Supported Kettlebell Row
- Farmer Carry

Thursday:
- Kettlebell Deadlift
- Half Turkish Get-Up
- Suitcase Carry

Friday:
- Goblet Squat
- Kettlebell Press
- Kettlebell Row