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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. 

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Workout Update: Lift-4/645 Corrective and Foam Rolling Day 35

Day 35 started Week 5 in Lift 4 and the corrective shoulders routine from 645, which means Week 5's Chest and Triceps workout.

The Chest and Triceps routine was a 50/50 routine so there were three blocks of resistance exercises followed by three blocks of cardio. In the resistance blocks you do one chest exercise followed by one triceps exercise, again trying to increase the weight you used the past two weeks. In the cardio blocks, you again do three exercises (single-leg plyo jumps, dual mountain climbers, and high-knee sprints) for 60 seconds, 45 seconds, and 30 seconds respectively. The dual mountain climbers has two regular mountain climbers followed by two twisted mountain climbers. Then, you finish off with three sets of core, alternating between weighted crunches and windshield wipers.

The lifting portion of the workout went very well. I was able to increase the amount of weight I was using for each exercise and maintain that weight for all three sets in all three blocks. Cardio and core were harder today and I had to modify all the moves, but I got through them. 

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