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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. 

Sunday, April 14, 2024

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Lift 4 Day 1

For the next workout, I decided to go back to Lift 4 but continue the 645 cardio routine with cardio exercises from Lift 4 swapped into the workout. So, on day 1, I did the Lift 4 chest and triceps workout in the morning and the 645 cardio workout in the evening. In the Lift 4 workout I dropped the amount of weight down so I can focus on form (and get me room to increase the amount of weight over the course of the program). I also got some of those magnetic microplates that you can add to the end of non-coated dumbbells to get another 2.5 lbs. That should help me increase the weights on some exercises where a 5lb jump will be too much. In the 645 workout, I added mountain climbers to the mix of exercises so I can get better at them and, hopefully, by the end of the 8 weeks of Lift 4, be able to actually run for the entire 30 or 45 seconds. 

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