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Yes. The 7-Day Starter Trial is free for seven days. A payment method is required when you start, and you are not charged during the trial. Unless you cancel before the trial ends, it automatically becomes Core Monthly at $25/month, renewing monthly until canceled. Separately, the free 12-week Home and Gym programs stay completely free — no card and no membership needed. Start the 7-day free trial

Cerebral Physique is an online fitness coaching and educational ecosystem created by Stefan Sweeting, built around Mind Over Muscle: training with awareness, intention, consistency and control. Think of it as having training guidance in your pocket — available on your phone whenever you visit the website — rather than a physical gym or an in-person trainer supervising every repetition. It supports free weights, dumbbells, kettlebells, machines, cables, bands, ab balls, bodyweight, mobility and cardio. Start with My Profile to record your goals, experience, available equipment and limitations. Programs offers structured training, including genuinely free 12-week Home and Gym programs, separate from the paid membership trial. The Workout Library explains exercises and their technique; its stretching and pain-protocol resources support recovery and safer decisions, without diagnosing injuries. Use the Routine Builder to turn library exercises into your own sessions, or the Program Builder to create a member plan around your training preferences. Your program and workout schedules help organise sessions, record reps and weights, and download your schedule. The AI Coach provides voice and chat guidance on training, routines and recovery, using your saved profile to personalise support; it does not replace a doctor or an in-person form check. Nutrition shares recipes, ingredients and preparation steps so you can learn to make more nutritious meals, with member tools for personalised meal and macro planning. Breathwork offers guided breathing, and Training Music lets you play a soundtrack while you train. Progress & Journal helps you review sessions, streaks, reflections and private progress photos; Chat Rooms connects members. About the Method explains the philosophy, and the Blog explores training and its supporting research. The Shop links to books and digital resources, including The Push-Up Blueprint Kindle eBook on Amazon. Your account tools bring together your training overview, membership, billing and purchases; Refer a Friend provides your sharing link. The FAQ answers practical questions as you go. Personal coaching lessons with Stefan are coming soon, not available to book today. Join the name-and-email waitlist on the coaching page for updates about learning to train smarter and use this ecosystem with the Mind Over Muscle approach. For a welcoming introduction to how the sections work together, we recommend listening to the guided voice tour. Some tools require membership, but the free Home and Gym programs require neither a membership nor a payment card.

No. Cerebral Physique is a website for fitness education, training plans and coaching guidance — it is not a physical gym, and a Cerebral Physique membership does not include access to a gym or provide exercise equipment. You do the workouts at a gym you have access to, at home, or in a suitable outdoor space. Choose a plan that matches your setting and what you have available. Gym workouts can use barbells, dumbbells, kettlebells, machines and cables; home or outdoor sessions can use bodyweight, bands or other equipment you already have. Bodyweight training can start with no purchased equipment, but you still need enough clear space, a safe surface and any stable support specified by an exercise. Do not improvise with unstable furniture or use equipment you cannot use safely. The free 12-week Home program needs no gym membership; the free Gym program assumes access to the equipment it lists. Both are genuinely free, with no payment card or trial enrollment. If you train between locations, record your equipment and setting in your profile so personalised guidance can reflect that. The guided voice tour explains how to choose exercises, build routines and use the site alongside your real-world training.

The Failure Protocol is a training principle from The Push-Up Blueprint: train with intent, approach technical failure strategically, recover deliberately, progress measurably. Technical failure is the point at which another repetition cannot be completed with safe, controlled form — that is the line you work toward, not past.

I eat two meals a day. That is not a rule for everyone — it is simply what works for me and what I teach in my own practice. The nutrition section shares recipes, meal structures, and principles, not dogma.

Every membership includes all programs, the full workout library (free weights, kettlebells, machines, cables, bands, bodyweight, mobility and conditioning), the routine builder, progress tracking, guided breathwork, nutrition recipes, and 60 minutes of AI Coach chat per month. Pro Annual adds priority support, early access to new courses and 10% off shop products; Founder Lifetime adds lifetime access, the members-only community and 5 AI Coach hours.

Core Monthly is $25/month, Pro Annual is $250/year (save $50 — 2 months free), and Founder Lifetime is $599 one-time. Founder Lifetime includes lifetime access to the core Cerebral Physique membership library and standard member content. Specialized future programs, certifications, live cohorts, premium coaching packages, and separately released products may be offered for an additional fee.

The AI Coach is a voice and chat coach that answers questions, programs workouts, and checks in on your progress. Every membership includes 60 minutes a month, and extra hours can be bought in packs: 1 hour $19, 2 hours $35, 5 hours $79, 10 hours $139.

Not right now. 1-on-1 coaching with me is coming soon — the coaching page lets you join the waitlist with just your name and email, and you'll be first to know when spots open. The AI Coach is available today.

Memberships carry a full 30-day money-back guarantee. Prepaid AI Coach hour packs are refundable within 30 days only while they are still unused — once minutes have been used, they are non-refundable. Shop products are sold and delivered through Gumroad and are refundable within 30 days through that Gumroad order. If you started with the 7-day trial, the 30-day membership guarantee runs from your first paid charge. Request refunds by emailing us from the address on your order. See the Refund Policy for full details.

Email admin@cerebralphysique.com from the address on your order and we will reply within one business day.