Day 42 was the rest day in X3, which I took advantage of. Tomorrow will start up the doubles workouts again incorporating in month 2 of PIYO so I can finish up X3 and PIYO at the same time.
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Workout Update: P90X3 and PIYO doubles workout- Day 41
Day 41 allowed for a choice between Total Synergistics or Complex Lower. I decided to do the latter since I was not a huge fan of TS and had not done CL in this round of X3 yet. In CL, you do four rounds of the same five exercises. All of the exercises are some version of a squat or lunge and some of them require you to balance on one leg as you do the exercise. So, it is another one that is very challenging, and if you are doing the workout for the first time, depending on what kind of shape you are in, you will probably need to modify most of the moves, at least during the first round until you figure out what you are doing.
Workout Update: P90X3 and PIYO doubles workout- Day 40
Day 40 was the Tiometrics workout and the first time since block 1 that this workout is on the schedule. Like Agility X earlier in the week, this one is still challenging, but a bit easier than the last time I did it. I still had to modify most of the moves, but there were a couple in which I could finally do all three versions, which was nice to see.
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Book Review: Star Wars Timelines
"Timelines" is what I would describe as a coffee table book. It is not a novel that people are likely to read word-for-word, cover-to-cover. It basically summarizes the Star Wars canon, incorporating material from the novels, comics, video games, animated series (e.g., Rebels, Clone Wars, and Bad Batch), live-action series (e.g., The Mandalorian, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and The Book of Boba Fett), and the movies. The book has multiple "main" timelines that set out events in relation to The Battle of Yavin when Luke blew up the first Death Star. The first timeline summarizes the early history, starting about 25,000 years before the Battle of Yavin (abbreviated BBY). Then the last timeline is the rise of the First Order, which ends with the battle of Exegol (basically the end of The Rise of Skywalker movie) 35 years after the Battle of Yavin (abbreviated ABY).
Each of the main timelines has several "sub-timelines" that flesh out details of events that happened in the main timelines. For example, in the Fall of the Jedi timeline, events like Order 66, Obi-Wan and Anakin's battle on Mustafar, hiding Luke and Leia, etc., are all detailed. The sub-timelines for the High Republic timeline summarize the events in the various High Republic novels, such as the hyperspace disaster. The sub-timelines also provide short character profiles for the various characters, and the major characters like Anakin, Luke, Leia, Obi-Wan, etc., get their own dedicated timeline that summarizes the major events in their lives.
Overall,
the book is good. As I said above, it is not one that most people (aside from
the most die-hard of die-hard fans) are likely to read in full, and definitely
does not read like a novel. But, if you are one of those people who does not
read all of the books or have not played the video games (like Fallen Order),
it has some of the detail and information on some of the characters that you
may not be familiar with. Also, it does not include the events of the most
recent seasons of The Bad Batch and the Mandalorian, since it was written
before those were completed. But otherwise, it is very comprehensive and is worth
getting for anyone who is more than just a casual fan.
Monday, April 24, 2023
Workout Update: P90X3 and PIYO doubles workout- Day 39
Day 39 was X3 yoga again. There is really nothing new to report about this workout. I do not think I had any flexibility gains or losses from the last time I did the workout. The only thing of note is that I could get a little closer to doing crow (which has always been very tough for me) for at least a few seconds.
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