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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, October 28, 2023

Workout Update: Lift-4/645 Corrective and Foam Rolling Day 5

Day 5 was a full-body HIIT workout in Before Lift-4 and the lower-body foam rolling routine from the 645 corrective workouts.

The HIIT workout was short (just 20 minutes), but tough. You do two blocks, each with two exercises that you do for three sets with basically no rest between the moves or the sets. In the first block you do sumo jumps (or sumo squats with heel lifts) and then cross mountain climbers, which are like regular mountain climbers/plank runs but you bring your knees toward the opposite elbow as you run. Then, in the second block, you do squat jacks and then triple bear (which is the hardest move in the program). Triple bear is basically holding a beast position (on your hands and knees and then lifting your knees off the ground two inches) and then either hopping or stepping to the side, back to the middle, and the other side, all while trying to keep your knees just two inches off the ground. Then you finish with the core component which is rope climbers into bicycles for three sets. It i again very much like the regular HIIT workouts in the program, just shorter.

The foam rolling routine was another good one. This one is 20 minutes and works your entire lower body starting with your quads and ending with the arches of your feet. Some of the moves you roll (or hold) for one minute, and others for thirty seconds. 

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