Feeling bloody good again and fired up for chest day. I’ve been using AI to write my workouts for ~7–8 weeks and learned a hard truth: when you over-engineer the prompt, the training gets worse. Simplicity wins. Today’s a push focus (chest/shoulders/tris), with a stretch-first approach, wave-loading on bench, and a 5km run to close. Here’s why I’m shifting from fiddling with prompts back to principles and manual planning.

Key ideas:

Overprompting breaks the plan; simple targets work best.

Manual planning improves recall and execution.

Push day structure that actually moves the needle.

If this resonates, drop a comment with your take on AI-written programmes vs writing your own.

(00:00) I’m finally over being sick & ready to rip
(00:26) I used AI for my workouts (7–8 weeks)
(00:52) Constraints: time, recovery, mixed modalities
(01:11) Stacking too many details ruins the plan
(01:41) The lesson: simpler prompts = better results
(02:09) Basic first week worked; over-tweaking didn’t
(02:32) Push day flow: stretch first, not heavy bench cold
(03:09) AI didn’t save time; manual wins for me
(03:45) Writing it yourself = stronger recall
(04:06) Today’s lifts (wave-load bench, flies, laterals, rows, tris)

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