Been building a beginner fitness program and kept running into the same problem researching what's already out there: almost every "beginner" workout plan is actually written for one specific body type — usually someone moderately fit who just wants abs.

That leaves out three huge groups who all get labeled "beginner" but need completely different plans:

The skinny beginner — told to "just eat more" with zero structure, ends up frustrated after months of no visible change because they were never actually in a calorie surplus.

The overweight beginner — handed a HIIT plan designed for someone 40lbs lighter, gets hurt or exhausted in week one, and internalizes it as "I'm just not a workout person."

The out-of-shape-but-not-overweight beginner — sedentary for years, given a plan built for someone with an existing base of conditioning, can't finish session one, quits.

None of these are motivation problems. They're plan-mismatch problems. The workout was never built for that person's actual starting point.

The fix isn't more willpower — it's matching the plan (calorie target, exercise selection, intensity) to where someone is actually starting from, not where the program assumes they are.

If you're building anything fitness-related for beginners, worth checking: does your plan assume a starting point that doesn't apply to most of your audience?