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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, October 30, 2023

Workout Update: Lift-4/645 Corrective and Foam Rolling Day 19

For Day 19 I did upper-body foam rolling from the 645 corrective routines in the morning, and Week 2 legs in Lift 4. This week the legs workout is a HIIT workout with no resistance exercises.

In the HIIT workout, we do three blocks of work, doing the same 4 exercises in each block. You do high-knee runs for 60 seconds, rest for 30 seconds, Triple Bear for 45 seconds, rest for 15 seconds, catcher jumps for 30 seconds, rest for 10 seconds, and jump lunges for 15 seconds.  So, the "easier" moves have a longer duration (which is debatable because the triple bear is hard as hell) and the harder moves have a shorter duration, but the amount of rest you get between moves decreases after each move. After you do the three regular rounds, you do two burnout rounds. In those rounds, you do all four moves with no rest between them for 30 seconds each, then you get a 30-second break. Once you are done with that, you finish out with three rounds of core, alternating between bent windshield wipers and floor-to-ceiling leg lifts. 

The HIIT workout is tough. In the second burnout round everyone in the cast (who are all in great shape) is modifying the moves. So, it is definitely possible that you may need to modify and/or take unscheduled breaks throughout the HIIT portion. I do notice that I am starting to get more flexible because I can get deeper into some of the stretches during the cooldown at the end of the workout.

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