Eight members, eight very different weeks
Nurses on rotating shifts, a teacher at 44, a runner who kept getting hurt. Every result here is from a member who logged the work, told us their name and let us share the numbers.
+100 lb
deadlift in 26 weeks
Deadlift from 185 to 285 lb in 26 weeks
I work twelve-hour shifts and my schedule changes every week. Andre rewrites my plan around it on Sunday, and I have not missed a planned session since March.
Dana Whitfield
ER nurse, Columbus, Ohio
Strength Foundations
5
strict pull-ups at 44
First pull-up at 44, five in a row by week 20
I could not do one pull-up when I started. Maya had me doing slow negatives for six weeks, which I hated, and then one day the first rep just went up.
Marcus Bell
High school teacher, Raleigh, North Carolina
Strength Foundations
205 lb
squat, up from 135
Squat from 135 to 205 lb, and no more desk back
My lower back used to hurt by 3 pm every day. It does not anymore, and I think that matters more to me than the squat number. The squat number is nice though.
Jenna Park
Product designer, Denver, Colorado
Barbell Intermediate
-22 lb
bodyweight in 9 months
Lost 22 lb in 9 months while his bench went up 40 lb
I train in my garage at 5:30 before work. The plan fits the plates I own, and when I skipped a week for a family thing, the next week was already adjusted.
Luis Ortega
Electrician, San Antonio, Texas
Garage Gym Strength
2:04
first half marathon
First half marathon in 2:04 and kept her lifts
Every running plan I tried told me to stop lifting. Sam moved my heavy days away from my long runs and I finished my first half feeling strong at mile 12.
Hannah Cole
Attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Run and Lift
0
missed weeks during shoulder rehab
Trained through shoulder rehab with his PT's notes in the plan
My physical therapist sent Maya her notes, and the plan worked around my shoulder for eight weeks. I kept training the rest of me the whole time.
Tom Reyes
Accountant, Tucson, Arizona
Strength Foundations
38 of 40
sessions logged in 10 weeks
38 of 40 home sessions logged with two kettlebells
I live in a one-bedroom with thin floors. Ben picked movements my downstairs neighbor would not hear, and I actually did the sessions because they were 35 minutes.
Aisha Grant
Graduate student, Chicago, Illinois
Kettlebell at Home
90 s
under the fitness test cutoff
Passed his department fitness test with 90 seconds to spare
Our annual test came up in November. Andre built the last eight weeks around the test events and I beat my time from last year by almost two minutes.
Kevin Doyle
Firefighter, Boise, Idaho
Barbell Intermediate
Results vary. These eight members trained three to five times a week for at least 10 weeks. We asked every member who reached 26 weeks in 2025 for permission to share, and these are the ones who said yes.
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