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, September 20, 2022

DVD/TV Series Review: House, M.D.: Season 2

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  +++Warning, this contains minor spoilers from season one, but no major spoilers from season two+++ The second season of House uses pretty ...

Book Review: Doctor Aphra

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  Dr. Aphra is a story set between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back when Vader is trying to find out who the rebel who blew up the Dea...

Blu-Ray/TV Series Review: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 2

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  +++Warning, this contains spoilers from season one, but no major season two spoilers+++ The second season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has a ...

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day 16

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Day 16 is the first new workout in Insanity Max 30, Tabata Strength. This is a difficult one. The workout follows the 20 seconds on 10 secon...
Monday, September 19, 2022

Blu-Ray/TV Series Review: Marvel's Agent Carter: Season 1

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  Agent Carter is set after the events of “Captain America: The First Avenger” and the 2013 “Agent Carter” Marvel One-Short short film. In t...

Book Review: Star Wars: The Old Republic - Deceived

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  This is a Star Wars Legends story (meaning not a part of the canon storyline of the movies and the books that have been put out since Disn...

Book Review: Among the Heroes: United Flight 93 and the Passengers and Crew Who Fought Back

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  Among the Heroes is a book about Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked in the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. It was the only one ...

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day 15

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Day 15 was the Cardio Challenge workout again. I made it past the twenty-minute mark today, maxing out at just over 21 minutes. The last two...
Sunday, September 18, 2022

DVD/TV Series Review: Parks and Recreation: The Complete Series

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  Parks and Recreation (or Parks and Rec) was another mockumentary show from the creators of the US version of The Office (Greg Daniels and ...

DVD/TV Series Review: American Dad Volume 10

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  Volume 10 of American Dad! is a MOD Amazon Exclusive DVD set that contains all the episodes of season nine of the show spread across three...

Supplement Review: Pre Workout + Weight Loss | Six Star Pre-Workout Explosion: Peach Mango

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  This is a good pre-workout that works well to give me an energy boost in the morning before I work out but does not make me too jittery or...

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day 14

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Day 14 was the back and biceps workout from p90x. Most of the weights I used remained the same from last week, but I was able to max out at ...

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day 13

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Day 13 was the Recharge workout from CE. I was not feeling very well yesterday but did want to get some kind of workout in, so I switched my...
Friday, September 16, 2022

Blu-Ray/Movie Review: Jurassic World

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  Jurassic World is the 2015 reboot of the Jurrasic Park franchise starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Nick Robinson, Ty Simpkins, Ka...

Book Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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  Obviously, people have wildly different opinions on The Force Awakens, which was the movie that brought the Star Wars franchise back to th...

DVD/TV Series Review: Castle: Season 7

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  +++Warning, this contains minor spoilers from season six, but no major spoilers from season seven+++ The seventh season of Castle opens wi...

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day 12

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Day 12 was the second time doing Friday Fight Round 1 in Max 30. It is still hard, but I was able to get farther into it than I did last wee...
Thursday, September 15, 2022

Book Review: Midnight Sun

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  Chances are, most people are aware of the story told in the Twilight series, either through reading the books, seeing the movies, or both....

Product Review: Midland XTC260VP3 High Definition 720p Wearable Action Camera

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  This came out at a time when not every phone had a camera capable of taking video or was as sturdy as they are now. So, for those who want...

DVD/TV Series Review: Hawaii Five-0 (2010): Season 5

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  +++Warning, this contains minor spoilers from the prior season, but no major season five giveawyas+++ The 25-episode fifth season of Hawai...

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day 11

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Day 11 is the last day of the Tabata Power workout. I was able to make it to the 24-minute mark, again maxing out during the tricep dip sequ...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Book Review: Star Wars: The Old Republic - Revan

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  Revan is a character that was introduced in the Knights of the Old Republic video game. He was a Jedi that turned to the dark side and joi...

Product Review: Reebok Men's CrossFit Nano 3.0 Tactical Training Shoe

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  I tend to prefer high-top shoes for when I am doing high-intensity cardio workouts, especially plyometric workouts that have a lot of jump...

Book Review: Star Wars: Into the Void: (Dawn of the Jedi)

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  Into the Void is a novel that is set thousands (about 25,000) years before the events of A New Hope, about the founding of the ancient Je...

Blu-Ray/Movie Review: Kingsman: The Secret Service

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  Kingsman: The Secret Service is a 2014 movie starring Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, and Sofia Boutella. It i...
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