Image by jhhwild Hey guys,I’d thought I’d end this week with asking you guys what you think of my new layout. This new layout is approximately three weeks old (I think). I’ve been tweaking it steadily, and I believe it is finally where I want it to be. Here is why I decided to change the layout and focus of the site:

1. I felt that the old site was TOO hardcore, and scared away the average joe. In all honesty, my goal is to get regular people to start exercising and living a healthy lifestyle. This was never intended to be just another hardcore fitness site.
2. I felt that the old site was not user-friendly. When people came to the home page, they were subjected to read whatever was on the home page, or specifically my latest post. If the latest post was about kettlebells, but someone wanted to read about bodyweight training, then what would they do?
3. The header was so big was that I really limited to the information I could put over the fold. With this new layout, I can feature the last few stories that I have written, and also devote the sidebar above the fold in trying to get new subscribers to my site.

So, what do you guys think? Do you think this layout is fine, or should I revert back to my original? Is there anything else I can do to make the site more user-friendly?