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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. 

Friday, June 30, 2023

Workout Update: 645 and XB Stretch Hybrid - Day 5

Day 5 was the unwind routine in XB and the Total Body Tempo workout in 645.

The "unwind" routine went well. It really focuses on hip and neck flexibility. It is one of the routines that you are standing the entire time, and there is a little bit of balance work, but not much. It definitely helped work out some of the soreness that I had from the prior couple of days of 645.

The total body temp workout in 645, like the other workouts, have seven moves. This time, there are two exercises in the first block (dumbbell raises in which you raise and lower each arm separately) and then prone WY raises, in which you lay on your stomach, go into a cobra, and then extend and contact your arms. There is no rest between the two moves in the set, and 45 seconds of rest between each set. The second block does not use any weight and there are again two moves. The first is a Bear/Beast plank that you either hold for 30 seconds, or if you are not modifying you lift your arms and legs as Amoila calls out. The second move is a low-plank pike that you do for 30 seconds. Then, the final block has three exercises. The first is a kneeling shoulder press using one weight. Then you do a "deadbug" in which you lay on your back and bring your right arm and left leg to the floor, and then switch so your left arm and right leg go down as the other arm and leg comes up. The final move is a Farmer march in which you hold dumbells while you raise one knee, hold for a couple of seconds, and then switch. 

The workout is again very challenging. Even the exercises that do not use weight are not easy, and because you are doing 15 reps when you are using weight (and not resting between the moves), you will probably end up using much lighter weights than you think you will. 

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