Reviews, Health, and Other Stuff

Here you will find things about fitness and nutrition, mainly (but not exclusively) in relation to the Beachbody programs like P90x and Insanity. And, I will start adding reviews for Books, DVDs and Blu-Rays, and other products. All views and opinions on this blog are my own.

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Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Workout Update: Power-90 Master's Series Day 28

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 Day 28 was a stretch or rest day, so I did the T25 stretch video again. I can definitely tell that my flexibility, while not good, is impro...
Sunday, November 7, 2021

Workout Update: Power-90 Master's Series Day 27

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 Day 27 was the last day of the "recovery week" which was sweat 5-6 and ab-ripper 200. I still really like this workout and like t...

Workout Update: Power-90 Master's Series Day 26

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 Day 26 was the cardio core workout again. The second time around I thought the workout was a bit easier than the first time (although I wou...
Friday, November 5, 2021

Workout Update: Power-90 Master's Series Day 25

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 Day 25 was a new workout, UML, which stands for upper-middle-and lower. Basically, you alternate doing a push-up-based chest move (the uppe...
Thursday, November 4, 2021

Workout Update: Power-90 Master's Series Day 24

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 Day 24 was the rest day during the recovery week, so I did the x-stretch video (from p90x). It is a good flexibility workout that has mostl...
Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Workout Update: Power-90 Master's Series Day 23

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 Day 23 was the second day of the recovery week, which was the sweat 5-6 workout and ab-ripper 200. The workout went well and I was able to ...
Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Workout Update: Power-90 Master's Series Day 22

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 Day 22 was the core-cardio workout. It is exactly what it sounds like...a mix of core exercises and cardio exercises. Again there are some ...
Monday, November 1, 2021

Workout Update: Power-90 Master's Series Day 21

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 Day 21 was the T25 stretch workout. I again was getting a late start to my workout today and since this was an optional rest day, I decided...
Sunday, October 31, 2021

Book Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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  This is the seventh and final book in the original Harry Potter series of novels. It, of course, has the final confrontation between Harry...

Workout Update: Power-90 Master's Series Day 20

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 Day 20 was the plyo-legs workout again. Overall, I really like the workout. I would even say that it is a bit more challenging than the p90...

Workout Update: Power-90 Master's Series Day 19

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 Day 19 was the sculpt 5-6 workout again. I was able to hit the 11 rep max on a few more exercises, so the weight on those will be increased...
Friday, October 29, 2021

Workout Update: Power-90 Master's Series Day 18

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 Day 18 was the T25 stretch workout again. I had planned on doing x-stretch, but I again got a late start to the day and my workout was push...
Thursday, October 28, 2021

Workout Update: Power-90 Master's Series Day 17

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 Day 17 was cardio intervals again. It is definitely tough to get through both rounds of it, and I still cannot do the intense version of ev...
Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Blu-Ray Review: Carl Sagan's Cosmos: Ultimate Edition

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  This is the Blu-Ray set of the original Cosmos series, also called Cosmos: A Personal Journey, that was hosted by Carl Sagan, and written ...

Workout Update: Power-90 Master's Series Day 16

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 Day 16 was the sculpt 5-6 workout again. I definitely like it a bit better than the 1-2 and 3-4 workouts in the base Power-90 set, but I st...
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Book Review: Star Wars: Light of the Jedi (The High Republic)

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  Light of the Jedi, published in 2021 and written by Charles Soule, was one of the first canon novels in the Star Wars series after Disney ...

Workout Update: Power-90 Master's Series Day 15

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 Day 15 was cardio 5-6 and ab ripper 200. Both workouts went well. I was able to get through each one without taking extra breaks and again ...
Monday, October 25, 2021

Workout Update: Power-90 Master's Series Day 14

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 Day 14 was a rest day from the regular workouts. I had planned on doing x-stretch from p90x, however, I had to get some work done for my da...
Sunday, October 24, 2021

Workout Update: Power-90 Master's Series Day 13

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 Day 13 was the plyo-legs workout and ab ripper. No big change from the first time I did the workout, but I felt like I could get a bit deep...

4kUHD Blu-Ray/Movie Review: Close Encounters of the Third Kind 40th Anniversary Edition

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  Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 film written and directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffau...
Saturday, October 23, 2021

DVD Review: Bull Season 5

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  The 16-episode fifth season of Bull aired during the 2020/2021 TV season. It is the first season that aired post-covid-lockdown, so it is ...

Power-90 Master's Series Day 12

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 Day 12 was the sculpt 5-6 workout again. I did it a bit later in the evening than usual, but managed to get it done, and did hit 11 reps on...
Friday, October 22, 2021

Blu-Ray review: Young Sheldon Season 4

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  The 18-episode fourth season of Young Sheldon aired during the 2020/2021 TV season. It is the first season of the show after the COVID-19 ...

Workout Update: Power 90 Master's Series Day 11

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 Day 11 of the Master's Series according to the calendar I am following was a rest day. So, instead of doing nothing, I did the modified...

Workout Update: Power-90 Master's Series Day 10

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 Day 10 was my second attempt at the cardio interval workout. That is the one where you do two rounds of the same 11 moves. Each move is a m...
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