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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. 

Monday, July 24, 2023

Workout Update: 645 and XB Stretch Hybrid - Day 29

Day 29 was the start of Phase 2 in 645, which was the lower-body strength workout, and in XB I did the 6-minute total body flexibility routine.

The XB routine was pretty good, but I think it was more focused on the lower body flexibility than it was on the upper body (which was mainly the shoulders).

The 645 workout was tough and very tiring. It was much faster-paced, going back up to 15 total reps for each move. I found myself sweating a lot more in this workout than in previous workouts. Toward the end of the workout, they start running out of time, so it gets even faster in the last few minutes (although you do fewer reps for the final set of block 3). There are three blocks in the workout. The first is an EMOM block doing deadlifts. The second and third blocks both have three exercises that you do for three total sets. The format is the same as in Phase 1. There is no rest between the exercises and 45 seconds of rest between the sets. 

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