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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. 

Friday, November 24, 2023

Workout Update: Lift-4/645 Corrective and Foam Rolling Day 60

Day 60 was lower body foam rolling and the final day of Round 1 of Lift 4. That meant doing full-body HIIT.

The Lift 4 workout had the same format as last week.  You do three rounds, with two exercises (one that is a lower-body-focused exercise and one that is an upper-body-focused exercise). In the first round, the duration of the exercises and the amount of rest between exercises are longer (60 seconds, 45 seconds, and 20 seconds rest between them). By the third round, the duration of the exercises is shorter (30 seconds and 15 seconds) and there is almost no rest (just 10 seconds) between the exercises. Each round has three sets. Once you are done with the three rounds, you do a single burnout round in which you do all of the exercises for 30 seconds with no rest between them, and then you finish out with three sets of core, this time alternating between three exercises.

The Lift 4 workout is tough, but not as bad as last week's version (mainly because there is no triple bear this time). The entire cast (minus Steve, who was on vacation) participates in this workout, as does Joel (for the vast majority of it). The workout goes quickly (it is just 32 minutes long), but you definitely work the entire time.

I have decided that I am going to do another round of Lift 4. My goal is to do as much unmodified as I can, then switch to the modifications once I cannot do the unmodified versions. I have been doing that for some, but not all, of the exercises during the HIIT and core portions, and this time I plan to do that for all of the HIIT and core exercises. For the next couple of days, I will do the recovery workouts and then start up with Day 1 on Monday (as well as continuing to do the Lift 4 corrective workouts.

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