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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, June 27, 2023

Workout Update: 645 and XB Stretch Hybrid - Day 1

This was my first day doing the 645 workout, which is essentially a full version of the 630 workout. The format is the same with six days of workouts, including 4 strength/resistance workout days, one day of flexibility/mobility, and one day of cardio. 

Monday's workout is lower-body strength, with a focus on the back, legs, and glutes. There is also some plank work in there as well, so you are also working your core a bit. You do each exercise either for 15 reps or 30 seconds (which amounts to about 15 reps depending on how fast you go). There are three blocks in the workout. In the first block, you do two exercises with no rest between them, and then you get a 45-second rest break, and then do them again. The second block is the EMOM (every-minute-on-the-minute block) where you do a single exercise for 15 reps, and your rest period is whatever is left in the minute, then at the start of the next minute, you go again. The final block has three exercises that you do back-to-back with no rest, then you get 45 seconds to rest, and then you do the same three exercises over again.

The workout flows very well, and even though it is 15 minutes longer than the 630 workouts, you really do not notice it all that much. Thankfully, the warmup and the cooldown are included in the 45-minute time frame, so it is not one of those workouts that you are really doing for 50 minutes because the cooldown comes after the workout ends. 

For XB, I did the mobility workout. Nothing new to report about that one. It was not really any better or worse than the last time I did the routine.

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