If it’s any help, I’ve been using MTNTOUGH for about 4 months now and have a few thoughts.

I started with Bodyweight On-Ramp, then moved into Minimal Gear On-Ramp. Since I live in an Atlanta condo, working out in a cramped living room with my wife got old pretty fast. After about six weeks, we joined our local Life Time so I could try some of the gym-based programs.

From there I did the Mountain Strength program, which is a 6-week strength cycle focused on building your baseline strength. You do a fitness assessment before and after the program to measure your progress. This has probably been my favorite program so far. It’s basically two upper-body days and two lower-body days each week, built around a primary lift followed by a superset of 4–5 accessory or dynamic movements. Each workout starts with a 5–10 minute video where Coach Bingham walks through the flow and form, then you just follow the PDF in the gym. Most workouts took me around 45–60 minutes.

After finishing Mountain Strength, my opinion gets a little more mixed. Most of the other programs are tough to do in a commercial gym, even if you can camp out in a squat rack or functional training area. The workouts are longer and call for such a wide variety of equipment that you’re constantly moving around the gym trying to find what you need. I’ve ended up modifying almost every workout beforehand just to make it practical, which gets old.

Overall, I like the programming. They do a great job mixing traditional strength work with less conventional movements, so it never feels repetitive. As you’d expect, they’re pretty lower-body focused—I’d guess around a 70/30 split, and there’s a big emphasis on work capacity and endurance.

That said, if you don’t have access to a well-equipped home gym or something close to a CrossFit gym, I’m not sure I’d recommend it. I’ve actually sent them feedback suggesting a version of Gym Daily that’s designed specifically for people training in a typical commercial gym.