So now that my home gym is up and running I've paused working with my trainer and instead I tried using Google Gemini over the past month to help me design my workout program and it's surprisingly good at it. I started with the following prompt:
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I want to design a 4 day workout program that breakdowns the following way:
Day one: Pull/Legs
Day two: Push/Cardio (exercise bike)
Day three: Pull/Legs with a focus on single leg or isolation exercises.
Day three: Push/Cardio
I want to incorporate 1-2 core exercises each day as part of the program. Exercises like a bosu ball mountain climber or a wall sit.
I am working from home with a squat rack and a cable tower. I do not have equipment to do a lat pulldown.
What are some suggestions for how to program the 4 days?
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The first result was pretty solid - it included a number of things that my trainer and I had added to our program that I'd consider out of the ordinary like plank with knee taps, cable flies, and cable wood chops.
I went back and forth with it a number of times and it did a great job remembering (and updating) my requirements, offered tips for each exercise (including links to videos showing techniques), reminded me when I dropped something that was important to my goals, and challenged me on some of my choices (and offered alternatives). In some ways it was better than working with my trainer to build a plan as it knew more than my trainer.
As it stands this is where I landed with it:
Might be worthwhile to bounce your plan against it and see what it has to say based on your goals.