Welcome

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. 

Sunday, March 18, 2012

P90x2 Day2 Plyocide

Today was the second day of my P90x2 journey. The X2 version of plyometrics. The best description of it is a cross between P90x Plyo and a month 1 Insanity workout. There a 5 mods, that contain 4 exercises. You go through all exercises without stopping, then you rest. A couple of them use the medicine ball, and one uses a step or plyo box. But like in all of the X2 workouts there is a non equipment modification demo if you need it. My heart rate topped out at 187, which is as high as it got in an insanity workout, so this one definitely gives you a great cardio workout. I am going to post a before pic on the message board thread on team beachbody that I linked to a few posts ago if you want to check that out. Tomorrow is an "active rest" day for me. I have my walking class at school, and will probably do a couple miles or so for that. I will post again sometime Thursday after the total body workout. Thanks again for reading.

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