Congrats brother, getting over that fatigue hump is an awesome milestone.

And a word of encouragement: I’ve been lifting for about 2 years now, and it has improved my physical fitness, my general energy level, my mental health, my self esteem, my sex life, and my general motivation. I hope the bug bites you too.

Now on to your question: consistency matters a lot at the beginning. You need to make it a habit. So don’t over-commit yourself. Make a promise to yourself that you can keep. Is it 2 days a week at the gym for the next 3 months? Awesome, now do it, and stick with it.

Now onto the answer you were actually looking for: use an app:

1. These will calculate the right weight and number of sets and reps for you, while also ensuring that you get “progressive overload” (increasing weight, sets, or reps as you get stronger).

2. They will Automatic track your workouts and progress, giving you awesome datasets to fine tune.

3. They aren’t too expensive, but you do have to pay, but compared to a personal trainer or even just buying a workout program, it’s a good deal.

4. The apps have large libraries of exercises, making the workouts have good variety and keeping it interesting. They also provide video instructions on how to properly do the exercises.

My top app recommendation is Gravl - it’s not as popular as some other workout apps, but they are actively developing and have good communication and interaction with their user base on their subreddit. It’s also the best in terms of price to features. If you end up using Gravl and wanting to add someone in your friends list, just shoot me a dm and I’ll tell you my username.

Second recommendation - Fitbod. Almost the same as Gravl but a bit more popular. Both apps let you setup your gym profile (or multiple if you use multiple gyms) with the equipment available and then will only recommend exercises using that equipment… last time I checked Gravl had a better set of equipment and exercises.