Day 37 was Plyo-x. I found that I am getting to the point where I am able to keep up with the people in the video a lot more consistently. Some moves I still have to modify, even more than the modifier, Pam, does. However, for many moves, I can jump (not just the toes barely off the ground type jumps) for the entire 30 seconds. So, it is definitely a work in progress, but heading in the right direction.
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.
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.
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Workout Update: P90X Day 36
Day 36 was the chest, shoulders, and triceps workout, with ab-ripper as the warm-up. I still do not like 90% of this workout. But, the one thing I do like is that it is one of the shorter resistance workouts. That is always nice, especially when adding ab-ripper to it, which adds an additional 16 minutes to whatever workout you are doing that day. I must say that this round of P90X is going by pretty quickly. I have just one more week in the "regular" part of phase two, then will be at the next recovery week.
Monday, January 10, 2022
Workout Update: P90X Day 35
Day 35 was a shortened version of Yoga x. I basically did it up through the balance moves and then stopped when they transitioned to the stretches. I did this for a couple of reasons, the main one being I was feeling a bit queasy as I go toward the end of the moving asanas, and it was getting a bit late in the evening. It is still a very tough workout, mainly because it is so long and has some very advanced moves, especially when you consider there was no meaningful yoga workout in Power-90, but I am getting better at it.
Workout Update: P90X Day 34
Day 34 was legs and back along with ab-ripper x as the warm-up. I was finally able to hit 10-12 reps on the pull-ups using 95lbs. So hopefully, next week I can bump it up to 100 lbs. I want to be able to do 10-12 reps on all pull-up moves before I start doing bodyweight pull-ups. This will probably be in a second round of P90x where I will transition from using the bands to doing "regular" pull-ups.
Workout Update: P90X Day 33
Day 33 was x-stretch. I again had to mix up the workouts this past week because my schedule was thrown off. So, I changed up so the Saturday workout switched to Friday, so I was not doing resistance and abs two days in a row. Overall, the workout was fine. Nothing new to report about it.