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**Title:** Simplifying Fitness for Beginners
**Key Takeaway:** Mastering a few exercises is more effective than overwhelming yourself with variety.
**4 Essential Exercises for Beginners:**
1. **Push-up**: Focus on proper form, aim for 100 perfect push-ups.
2. **Bodyweight Squat**: Master form, aim for 100 perfect squats.
3. **Bent Over Row** (using resistance bands or dumbbells): Track progress by counting rows per minute.
4. **Hand Plank**: Hold for 90 seconds, progress to elbow plank.
**Action Plan:**
* Work on these 4 exercises, 4-5 days a week, for 20-25 minutes.
* Record your baseline and track progress every 2 weeks.
* Prioritize improving your nutrition alongside these exercises.
**Goal:** Master these exercises, then progress to more advanced stages of fitness.
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1. **Website Mentioned**: Bricks Fitness (bricksfitness.com) offers meal plans, online coaching, and merchandise.
2. **Program Mentioned**: "12-Week Transformation Jumpstart" - a fitness and nutrition program.
3. **Proceeds Usage**: Proceeds from the program support the creation of free content.
4. **Recommended Exercises for Beginners**:
* 5. **Exercise 1**: Push-up
* 6. **Exercise 2**: Bodyweight Squat
* 7. **Exercise 3**: Hand Plank
* 8. **Exercise 4**: Bent Over Row (or Resistance Band Row)
5. **Alternative Equipment**:
* 9. Dumbbells (15-25 pounds) can be used for rows.
* 10. Resistance bands can be used as an alternative to dumbbells.
* 11. Gallons of milk or water can be used as makeshift dumbbells.
6. **Goal Setting Guidelines**:
* 12. Focus on mastering the four exercises.
* 13. Work on these exercises 4 to 5 days a week.
* 14. Record your current level and test it every two weeks.
* 15. Set a clear goal and prioritize improving nutrition.
7. **Specific Exercise Goals for Beginners**:
* 16. **Push-up Goal**: Achieve 100 perfect push-ups.
* 17. **Bodyweight Squat Goal**: Achieve 100 perfect bodyweight squats.
* 18. **Hand Plank Goal**: Hold a hand plank for 1.5 minutes (90 seconds).
8. **Progress Tracking**:
* 19. Measure progress by tracking the number of exercises done in a set time (e.g., push-ups in 5 minutes).
* 20. Modify goals based on individual progress.
9. **Daily Time Commitment Suggestion**: 20 to 25 minutes per day, 4 to 5 days a week, to master the exercises.