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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. 

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Workout Update: Lift 4/Beginner Pilates Doubles Day 9

For the Pilates workout today it was Pilates flow 2. This one is mostly a seated core-focused workout doing a lot of leg lifts, leg circles, etc., mostly in combination with a crunch. Even though the workout is shorter than Flow 1, it is more challenging, and I found myself having to skip reps during more than one exercise, especially toward the end of the workout.

For Lift-4,  it is back and biceps day again. This is another 50/50 workout with weights first, cardio second, and again finishing with core exercises. For this workout, you again do three circuits, for three rounds. In the first circuit, you do two back exercises. Then in the second circuit, you alternate between a back exercise and a bicep exercise, and in the third circuit, you do two bicep exercises. Again you do ten reps of each exercise with no rest between the two, and you get 30 seconds between the rounds. Then, once you are done with the resistance exercises you do three different cardio exercises for one minute, forty-five seconds, and thirty seconds respectively, and do three rounds of cardio. The workout then ends with two core-focused exercises that you do for two rounds. 

This is a tough workout after the chest and triceps workout. Even though I used lighter weights in that workout, my arms are very sore today, and I suspect they will be again tomorrow. It does go by quickly, at just over 35 minutes, but it is probably the hardest workout of the bunch that I have done to this point.

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