Day 29 of CE is the first day of the Push phase, with the Push Circuit 1 video. Like the Burn Phase, there are 9 total moves in the workout, so it is relatively short (about 32 minutes including warm-up and cool-down). None of the moves are compound, so you are just focusing on one muscle group at a time. This workout mostly focuses on arms (biceps and triceps) and then has a couple of squat moves and a set of push-ups at the end. In the push phase, you lift heavier weights and max out at between 6 and 8 reps. The last six exercises all have an extreme set at the end (three ultra-slow reps). For the most part, I guessed the weight correctly. For some of the exercises, I could only get to six reps, and for a couple, I was able to hit the 8 reps, but barely. The only exercise I greatly underestimated the amount of weight on was the heel squats, so I will be bumping that up pretty significantly next week. In the Push videos, Skip and Toni replace Mike and Donna, with Skip using the SelectTech dumbells along with Chalene, and Toni using the bands. Skip is not as annoying in this one as he is in the Burn Intervals workout, but there are times when he feels the need to reply to everything Chalene is saying, and I just want to punch him through my TV.
Here you will find things about fitness and nutrition, mainly (but not exclusively) in relation to the Beachbody programs like P90x and Insanity. And, I will start adding reviews for Books, DVDs and Blu-Rays, and other products. All views and opinions on this blog are my own.
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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.
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