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Welcome to my ever-evolving blog. It started out as a blog on Beachbody workouts and products, mainly when I was a Beachbody coach. I no longer coach, not because I don't believe in Beachbody's programs (I subscribe to Beachbody on Demand and use their workouts every day), I am just not a salesperson and hated that aspect of it. I am more than willing to answer questions about my experiences with their products and the various workouts, and I feel freer to do so without the appearance of giving a biased review of something.

I have also started adding reviews for various things I have purchased like movies, books, CDs, and other products. This was brought about by a fight with Amazon in which all of my reviews were removed over a completely bullshit allegation that I posted a review that violated their terms of service. After going back and forth with the morons in the community-reviews department (even after they admitted that my posts did not violate their guidelines) they restored my account (which took them six months to do), but I have been posting my reviews on my blog to have them preserved in case something like that happens again. And here, I will post uncensored reviews so I will swear from time to time and post reviews that may be longer than Amazon's character limit. Everything I post here on any topic or product is my personal opinion, and I take no compensation for any product reviews I post. I am a member of Amazon's vine program and because I get those products for free, I keep those reviews on Amazon only, but everything I have purchased with my own money, whether from Amazon or some other store/website/outlet, I will post here.  

I also plan to do some longer blog posts on various topics, such as how to learn physics, how to get through calculus, and longer reviews of workout programs as I do them. Basically, whatever strikes me as interesting at the time.  As you can see if you navigate around the blog, I had many years in between postings. During that time I was going back to school to get an engineering degree, and learning material that I avoided my first time through college was a different experience and one that gave me a lot of insight into how to do well in those classes, which I will try to impart here for those who are looking to get a science or engineering degree. 

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Day 1 of P90X2

Hey everyone I just finished with X2 core a little while ago. I love that workout. I found it to be very challenging in spots. And for those who are worried about the lack of traditional cardio in X2, my heart rate maxed out at 159. The ones that were hard for me were the med ball Dreya Rolls, and the burpees, both on the med ball and on the stability ball. The med ball ones I had to do on my knees...basically jumping back with both feet, going to my knees to do the push up and then standing back up. On the stability ball ones I had to again jump back with both feet as opposed to doing them on one leg, then attempt a push up, and come back up. Overall a fun workout that I look forward to getting better at. Here are my measurements taken right after I got up this morning: Weight - 178.8 Chest - 43" R arm - 12 in L arm - 12.2 in (or so) Waist 39.5 in Hips 40 in R thigh 22.5 in L thigh 23 in Bodyfat, approx 22% The last few weeks I have been having lower back issues, which have finally started to go away. So I was not doing ab ripper, so my core is definitely not as strong as I'd like it to be, but from the feel of that workout, that will improve a lot in this first phase. I will post a before pic later today. Until then, thanks for reading!

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