shittydwarf

Yeah it all depends on how your current diet looks. Maybe cut out something that’s high carb and substitute for something that’s high protein.

And that’s fair enough, the whole thing can be overwhelming. But I will mention that what I’m suggesting here does not require a huge diet shift at all. For the low low cost of $0 I believe you can make one substitution in your current diet that would enable you to build muscle. If you drink pop or eat chocolate daily, drop those in exchange them for a protein shake, or an additional egg (or two) or whatever you preferred cheap additional protein would be. It does not have to be a drastic change

As someone mentioned elsewhere in the thread, there is a baffling array of complex workouts, an infinite number of exercises, etc. But IMO the simplest way to get started is using the four basic compound lifts. Squat, bench, deadlift and overhead press. These are by far your best bang for the buck exercises that each work a large group of muscles. Ideally these are done using a barbell but you can still make good progress with dumbbells if that’s all that’s available. They Are quite simple to learn and a trainer is not necessary. Once you get in the groove and get really into lifting you will want to refine your technique and you will most likely find yourself watching more instructional videos for tips. But anyway it’s not rocket surgery. These basic compounds could carry you for two years and build an amazing physique.

If you only had two days per week, you could do squat/bench on day one and deadlift/overhead press on day two. If you can manage three days a week that would be a little better but anything is better than nothing. And many roads lead to Rome.

If you want to talk specific routines or apps to track them (apps make is very simple to organize this, and have illustrations/links to video instructions for all the exercises) let me know.

I started at age 40 so it may not be the most drastic transformation but this is me before compounds:

And this is me after 2 years+ of compounds:

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170lbs ish -> 210lbs

How tall are you and how much do you currently weigh? What is your overall goal? Just loose fat? Or build muscle and loose fat?

If you strictly want to lose fat then doing some cardio and making some diet modifications is the way to go.

HOWEVER.

If you would consider strength training there are some pretty amazing benefits. If you were to add muscle, and maintain the same body fat, your overall body fat percentage would drop, since there is now more muscle in the equation. Extra muscle Increases your base metabolic rate, as in you burn more calories just existing. So if nothing else changes, your body fat will begin to be burned off, double whammy.

Also, being strong is awesome. And the trick to building muscle is that there is no trick. It is way simpler than the fitness industry makes it seem. If you want to know more let me know, you’ve triggered my special interest and I will nerd out on you

It’s been a few years since I worked in the field so the virtual three-way is a little bit more advanced than I’m used to. But yes I was suggesting a continuity test. One way to do it is that if the boxes are grounded you can test continuity to ground by touching the wire to the box on one side, and then using a meter check to see which wire has continuity to ground on the other side. Power off both circuits before grounding any conductors

It’s a little hard to imagine without a diagram like the other poster mentioned. But what might be happening is that the ‘travellers’ (What you were calling the two neutrals) feeding each switch may have been mixed up. Try swapping two of them, or if you’re confident using a meter check that the two travellers for each switch are attached to the corresponding switch on the other side