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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, November 18, 2023

Workout Update: Lift-4/645 Corrective and Foam Rolling Day 54

For Day 54 I just did the two Lift 4 recovery workouts. But, the twist was, for the foam rolling workout I actually used my rumble roller. For those who do not know, the rumble roller is a hard foam roller that has protrusions on the surface. The idea is that it helps with trigger points and myofascial release.  Because I already had a regular foam roller, when I ordered the P90X2 kit years ago I paid a bit extra to get the rumble roller. But, since I did not foam roll regularly, I could not use it (there is a reason Tony Horton is groaning throughout the X2 mobility workout). This time, I figured since I have been foam rolling every day for 7 weeks straight, I would try it. It was definitely tougher than the regular foam roller, but it was not as bad as I thought it would be. And, since the Lift 4 foam rolling routine is so short, it is the perfect one to try it out on. Once I got through that I did the stretch routine which went pretty much the same as it did on Wednesday.

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