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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. 

Thursday, November 2, 2023

Workout Update: Lift-4/645 Corrective and Foam Rolling Day 38

Day 38 was upper body foam rolling from 645 and the week 5 shoulders workout in Lift 4.

The shoulders workout was a tough interval workout. So, again, we did three blocks of two weighted shoulder exercises and then a 30-second HIIT exercise, back-to-back, without any rest in between the exercises and minimal rest between the sets.  I was able to increase the amount of weight I was using for each exercise in each block for the first set, but in the second and third sets I had to drop the amount of weight I was using down (as most of the cast members were doing). For the shoulder flys in the third block, in the third set, I had to drop the weight entirely for the last few reps. The workout finishes with three sets of two core exercises (weighted drivers and prayer crunches). Ultimately, it was a short workout, but very tough. 

The upper body foam rolling in the morning was okay. I feel that I get more benefit from the lower body foam rolling than I do the upper body foam rolling. I do have knots in my lats and pecs, but not nearly as many as I have in my legs on any given day. But, I still do the upper body routine because I do think it is helpful.

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