Hey all! I know I usually leave reviews for Shorty, but being a part of my mind means she can only enjoy a little of today’s topic. Sorry, Shorty!

Pfft, you’re not leaving me outta this. Our whole dynamic was partially created out of things you did and learned in Rising Heroes.

Alright, we can tackle this together! Now, before we begin the real review, let me shout out the man, the myth, Rebel One himself- Steve.

Steve Kamb, specifically. He is the creator of Nerd Fitness, and comes across as a cool and caring dude. He takes the time to really explain things when he writes. His book, Level Up Your Life, is also very informative and useful. We recommend grabbing the audiobook form along with the physical/e-book copy. That’s what we did.

We’ll definitely do a review of Level Up Your Life eventually- I’m setting to re-read it soon here, so likely after that. After that super brief shout out to a man who deserves more, let’s head to the main content.

Nerd Fitness is exactly what it sounds like: Fitness for nerds, by nerds. Truthfully, it’s fitness for everyone, but built on all the nerdy references. Nerd Fitness calls its members the “rebellion”, as part of a sort of storyline to help you… Well, Level Up your life.

The rebellion is built on making getting healthy more fun and into an adventure. Your goal is as it should be: To “level up” your life. See what Steve did there? The things you can level are split into three important categories: Mindset, Nutrition, and Fitness.

Fitness and Nutrition probably sound pretty obvious: Getting fit, getting healthy, losing weight… Everyone tells you it’s all about diet and exercise. But Nerd Fitness ties it all together with the most important part: Getting your mind in order to actually keep the progress you see.

As Nerd Fitness will teach you, one of the big reasons diets and exercies regimens fail is a lack of habit building. You get to your goal, then go back to what you were doing before you started. Often, this will just bring you right back to where you were when you started, and make you unhappy. Keep in mind, using a generalized you here. For all I know, you specifically are a record breaking body builder or a ninja or something.

I really doubt any ninja other than myself are here.

You’re not even a ninja anymore, just a badass warrior. Hush. Anyway, the point is, Nerd Fitness doesn’t just teach you about how food works with your body, or against it, or how to move said body in a way that gets you those gainz- They want to help you build the habits that will keep those gainz. Or that weight loss.

Stop saying gainz, it’s not cool.

Hush. I wasn’t going for cool.

Riiiiight. Let’s move to what else Nerd Fitness can offer you: The forums and the programs. We haven’t hit the forums in quite a while, but we can still tell you there’s a lot of love and care there. Other rebels are there to encourage you, hold you accountable for what you say you plan to do, and especially to help you celebrate your wins- Big and small.

The programs are there to help guide you, in one way or another. I’ve got the Nerd Fitness Academy – Women program, personally, but I’ve tried a couple others as well. In fact, I got to be one of the intro folks given a free trial for the latest offering: Nerd Fitness Prime. Prime offers you access to several of the Nerd Fitness programs for one price, and also gives you access to Nerd Fitness Journey – A mobile app to help you on your way. _{(Side note: Anyone with academy at the time Prime released, if I remember correctly, got a free trial of prime. So don’t think I’m special, at least not like that. 🙂 )}

The Academy, one of the offerings included in Prime, is kinda what it sounds like: Courses designed to help you learn and grow in the three core elements. Instead of “classes”, you get Quests. Each quest will give your created character, representing yourself, experience points. Get enough points, you level up. And it’s all an “at your own pace” thing!

Nerd Fitness also offers other courses. During the course of our Prime trial, we tried the Yoga package. It’s similar to Academy, but it’s focused on yoga and what it can do for you. I never realized just how hard yoga could be until I tried that module.

It was certainly funny to watch.

You are so mean.

Next! We have the Rings and Handstand courses. The Rings course is for using, well, rings- Specifically, the kind you see gymnists using. The Handstand course, naturally, is to teach you to do a handstand.

These side courses are cheaper than the Academy itself, since they cover less material. I haven’t tried the Handstand one, and I really have no inclination towards the Rings set, but I hear good things about both. If I try them, I’ll give a separate review of them.

Really, we intend to do more in-depth reviews of Academy and Level Up Your Life later, anyway. Yoga, too.

Now, we move to the personalized offering: Nerd Fitness Coaching. It’s exactly what it sounds like: A personalized coaching program, tailored the the Nerd Fitness way of getting healthy! As you onboard, you’ll be asked various questions about your goals and your Big Why. Your Big Why is the absolute core reason, boiled down, that you want to achieve your goals. For example, my Big Why is to become a real ninja, master of my own body and everything it does. Your big why could be as simple as “I want to be able to play with my kids/grandkids without wearing out so darn fast” or “I want to be able to look in the mirror and love what I see” and so on. Here’s an article on forming your Big Why from Nerd Fitness, I recommend checking it out.

Once your goals and Big Why have been explained, you’ll be matched with a coach that the team feels will be most able to help you reach them! The coach will help you build habits, tailor workouts to your specific goals and body type and all, and help you stay on track by holding you accountable. Through the app they have for the program, the coach will reach out and check in on a daily basis, or more if need be, and you can report your progress. At about $197 bucks for a new client, it’s also a lot more affordable than some personal trainer programs, and can always be made to fit your schedule. I absolutely loved this, but my finances tanked and I could no longer afford it. I’ll be returning when, eventually, I’m more financially stable.

For all of these resources, you also have a huge community behind you. Facebook groups, the forums, and even a discord server for Prime, you have people all around the world going on the same journey as you and willing to support you and give you advice. You can share your big wins, your small wins, your ups and downs, and know that you’ve got a support group behind you.

Nerd Fitness also had a great story going, Rising Heroes, but they’ve since closed enrollment for that program. Kendra was one of the first couple of waves of enrollment for that offering, and it was amazing!

I had to stop when my finances tanked, as it was also a subscription service, but I did absolutely love the story. You became an agent of the rebellion, fighting a Shadow Organization trying to take over the world by making people lazy and unhealthy. The story was deep, and the outcomes changed based on what you and the other agents did in real life. You missions actually mattered, and doing your share helped the rebellion to succeed.

We expect much more amazingness to continue to come from Steve and the Nerd Fitness team for the forseeable future. They’re always working to help make your health more fun and potentially easier or less scary.

And I’ll be right there, the whole time, to experience everything I can. I hope that you check out Nerd Fitness as there’s really something there for everyone. Even if you only read their free articles or sign up for their toolkit, it will definitely help you get started or continue on your fitness/health journey. Keep an eye out for my separate reviews of the various offerings of Nerd Fitness on their own, since this was really kind of just an overview review. If you’re already a user of Nerd Fitness, leave a comment telling me what you like best! If you give it a try, let me know what part you tried and how you like it! And come back soon for more from Short and Scorch.