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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. 

Sunday, October 29, 2023

Workout Update: Lift-4/645 Corrective and Foam Rolling Day 9

 Day 9 was corrective hips from the 645 corrective routines and Back and Biceps in Lift 4.

The back and biceps workout was one of the interval workouts. That means you just do resistance exercises with no HIIT component. The lifting consisted of two quad blocks of four exercises, alternating a back exercise with a biceps-focused exercise. You do each block for three sets and again have very little time between exercises or sets. After you do the quad blocks you have a final block of just two exercises that you do for three sets, back extensions for 30 seconds and bicep curls for 30 seconds. Then, you do the core component which consists of alternating bicycle crunches and low planks, doing each for 30 seconds for three sets.

The Lift 4 workout was tough, especially since my chest and arms were already sore from yesterday's workout. I had to lower the biceps curl weight that I intended to use (down to 12 from 15 lbs) because I knew there was no way I was going to keep good form. 

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