Setting up the days differently..

Instead of 2 days on and 1 day off on the newbie routine I was wondering if I could do 1 day on 1 day off? Would that make a difference?

I’ve wondered the same thing. Because of my work schedule I can either go for One on/one off. Two on/two off, or three on/one off. I work 24 hours every fourth day. This gives me plenty of time off during the month, but on that 24 hours, my time belongs totally to them so PE isn’t a possibility at all.

I would focus on the consistency. When you get three months in without missing a workout, then start to worry about the minor details like frequency. You need to build the base conditioning and base skill competency in the exercises before worrying about that.

To make it consistant it would be easier to do that, with the 2 days on and 1 day off it’s difficult.

Do that then. Don’t worry so much about the rest day. If you ease into things it is a poor bet that you will risk overtraining. I do recommend feeling it out though. If you have a hard time getting hard enough for jelqs, for example, go easy that day. You don’t need to get each 100 reps in exactly the same way each day; expecting that kind of consistency is no logical. Rather target making a good effort each time, putting the time in that you want. Don’t ever hurt yourself going too much, but don’t artificially hold yourself back.