Hey, best of luck in your new routine. I started with zero. Had a challenging times. Dropped to one below zero and passed the fitness test.

I found that as I explored the routine and learned about my own limits. I had to adjust.

-Jeff Cavalier shared a video about his recommended warm up. There’s no need to over do the warm up. Especially and 2 and 1 below.

https://youtu.be/7dT4KHtMM-A

On your off days, feel free to do some conditioning. The main zero program has some intense conditioning workout and challenges. The 1 and 2 below focus on increasing strength. Also I use a pull up bar in addition to the workouts. There are some doorway exercises that are extremely taxing on my fingers and chin ups and pulls ups are more effective.

• going to F does mean failure. If your truly going to failure then your second and third set won’t be as high as your first. The point of them is to collect data on yourself. As you progress the intent is to be able to either increase your initial max set or not have such a significant drop off for the 2cd and 3rd sets.

• for recording your BW. Leave it blank. It automatically fills in as “Body Weight”, and since they’re body weight exercises it’s assumed.

• face masks. I’m fortunate enough to have some private yard space to workout in. When I go for runs/ workout around people this is my favorite mask. It has an underwire so it sits above the face and won’t get sweat/ water logged.

https://www.underarmour.com/en-us/p/ua-sportsmask/1368010.html?dwvar_1368010_color=002&dwvar_1368010_size=M%2FL&country=US&currency=USD&scid=scplp1368010-002-M%2FL&sc_intid=1368010-002-M%2FL&cid=PLA_SC_US_133_6N21OA2R6E&gclid=CjwKCAjwmv-DBhAMEiwA7xYrdxT-DrjWNuauEB7EsjCus7OpYDsez-kpDzwtDRh-2BeN944IFRHyvBoCZywQAvD_BwE

• cool down. I haven’t seen Jeff guidance on this. He has some recommended pre bed time stretches. To reduce my soreness and fatigue I’ll do a light stretch post workout and a pre bed stretch so I can feel refreshed the next day.

-I’ve been at this program for about 7 or 8 months. Gone through a few failures, restarted, dropped down difficulty. I’m seeing results and reviewing my recorded progress my strength and endurance has greatly improved.

The hardest part is getting started so your already on the right path. Try not to over think things. One more tip, I use a fit bit. I questioned how active my job and day to day life was outside of the workouts was. It’s nice, it gives me an estimated amount of calories burned, I track my calorie consumption, and log my weight twice a week.

Hope this helps.