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by mikepurvis 1662 days ago
Not a Darebee user myself, but I'm very sympathetic to this perspective— I'm mid-thirties, and a few months ago got interested in losing 10-20 pounds and building up a bit of mass, but without significant time or money commitment. It couldn't be a "crash" thing that would require many hours per week in the gym; it had to be stuff that would integrate naturally into a long-term daily routine.

I ended up settling on lane swimming combined with a ~20min routine cobbled together from YouTube videos and other sources, mostly arm workouts built around a pair of 10lb dumbbells and then ab stuff like the dead bug exercise. I try to do the routine most days, sometimes twice a day.

Something like Darebee would have been valuable when I was just getting off the ground.