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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. 

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Workout Update: Lift 4/Beginner Pilates Doubles Day 45

Day 45 was flow 1 in Pilates and the recovery workouts for Lift-4. I definitely needed the foam rolling workout to work some of the soreness out of my legs today. As far as Pilates goes, I did not feel as flexible this time as I did earlier in the week, but that is the nature of my flexibility level. I take a couple of steps forward, then regress a little, etc. I do think that the Pilates program would have been better to do two weeks of fundamentals, two weeks of flow, and two weeks of burn. The next time I do Lift-4, that is how I am going to set it up. Since I am getting toward the end of Lift-4, I think I am going to do another doubles workout, but this time doing one of the OpenFit yoga programs for the low-intensity, flexibility workout and P90X 3 for the "regular" workout. That will mean one day a week I will be doing yoga twice, and of course, X3 has a Pilates routine too so I will not be dropping that completely. 

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