Reviews, Health, and Other Stuff: Core Training

Welcome

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, July 23, 2023

Product Review: Slendertone ab belt

If you are one of those people who want instant results without effort, do not waste your money on this. The only way you are ever going to see your abs is to get your body fat down. You can use this, or do 1000s of crunches and if you are not eating properly and doing some form of cardio and resistance exercise you are never going to get ripped abs. The sole purpose of this thing is to replace your abdominal workout.

The unit I have is the older version of this, which has 4 "workouts" (basically the amount of time increases each level from 20 min to 40 min, and an intensity setting from 1-100. I have never had an issue with it not turning on, aside from when the batteries drained. It does go through battery power pretty quickly, which is one of the cons. I can't really remember the manual that came with mine, but I do not remember it being all that hard to follow. I use it three days a week, and I definitely notice my core being stronger, my posture getting better, and my abs are sore after each use.