Here's the deal: I'm in school, and I can't afford

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>>39958457
You're honestly better off doing bodyweight exercises in the forest

>>39958482
I'm still new to exercise and thus thoroughly retarded. I need a set plan telling me what to do or how to progress to train my body and lose body fat. I don't know what I'm doing

>>39958457
PF is a pussy shit gym. That being said, it isn't that bad for someone who isn't incredibly serious. You can definitely run SS5x5 in that hole for a long time until you can move. PF's price is pretty good honestly so unless you're looking to be a powerlifter, don't worry about it for a while. Start at PF, save some $, and move on when youre more advanced.

>>39958520
I should be graduated and working full time by the end of the summer, but until then, I really can't afford to pay $30+ a month on my current salary. I can still make SOME progress though, right? I want muscle, but my first priority right now is losing body fat first. Like, I wont be wasting my time doing strong lifts or starting strength with a Smith machine for now?

>>39958497
And being new to exercise you definitely shouldn't worry about it. As much as I hate to say, PF will most definitely have all you need to get started and stay on track for a while. I'd run Starting Strength 5x5 or some other linear beginner's program (there aren't barbells at PF but you can redneck it and do a lot of the movements prescribed in 5x5 on their purple smith machines). I'd do cardio at least 3 times a week, doesnt matter what it is, just do something to get your heart rate up, and i'd start eating a diet with more whole foods in it rather than junk.

>>39958457
If you're not very strong, you can do dumbbell routines in PF. PPL would be good.

If you're dead set on doing SS, you should really join a better gym. There's other gyms that are $10 a month with free weights in most areas. I go to one. If you swear you've looked and there's nothing, you could use the smith machines just make sure to not take form cues from SS then and research smith machine form.

I spent my first 6 months lifting in planet fitness, and after joining a real gym I made more progress on the big compounds in 2 months than I did in 6 months with noobest gains on smith machines. So I obviously recommend a real gym.

>>39958581
Maybe I'm not looking hard enough. I'm in Bentonville, AR, about 35 minutes outside of Fayetteville. The only 4 real options for gyms I'm seeing are PF, Anytime Fitness, Bentonville Community Center, and a Walton fitness center which is just for Walmart employees and their families (I don't work at Walmart)

>>39958581
Yeah he'll for sure lose out on some steamy noob gains without barbells, but it is what it is. Something is better than nothing