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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. 

Saturday, July 8, 2023

Workout Update: 645 and XB Stretch Hybrid - Day 13

 Day 13 was the Refresh routine in XB and Cardio 45 in 645.

The Refresh routine is the one I was supposed to do on Thursday, but looked at the calendar incorrectly. This one felt a little easier than the last time I did it, but it is still not easy for me. It has a mix of sitting and standing poses/stretches and has a big focus on hip and lower back mobility and flexibility. Which, along with my hamstrings (which some of the stretches work on as well), are definitely where I am tight. 

The cardio workout followed the same format as last week. After about a 10-minute warm-up, you do seven moves basically with no rest between them. Then you get a 45-second break and then do the seven moves again. There are four rounds in total. For the first three rounds, you do each move for 45 seconds, and in the last round, you do them for 30 seconds. You do a bit of jumping, a bit of forward, backward, and lateral movement, and even one core-focused move. Again it is challenging, but not impossible even for a beginner or someone who is out of shape.

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