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. 

Thursday, January 19, 2023

Workout Update: Lift 4/Beginner Pilates Doubles Day 25

Day 25 was Fundamentals 2 in Pilates and Shoulders in Lift-4. I actually really like Fundamentals 2, even though it is the harder of two Fundamentals workouts. It is getting easier as time goes on, but as I have said in prior posts, my hips, hamstrings, and back are all very tight, so a lot of the moves are extremely hard for me, and I get almost no range of motion. But, I can tell that it is making my core stronger, especially when I get to the core exercises in Lift-4.

Speaking of Lift-4, today's workout was shoulders, and it was an intervals workout. So that means, three blocks, with each block having two resistance exercises and then a 30-second HIIT exercise. And, of course, you do each round three times. Then you finish with three rounds of two different core exercises. The workout goes very quickly, mostly because you get very little break time between the individual exercises or between the rounds.    

No comments: