I have been a Django fan for over a year and I used it to learn how to write web applications. I have written several web sites with Django although I have only published two. I think that I have learned a lot of things from my Django experience. However, most of the web sites that I run into and that I am involved with usually use applications written in PHP. A lot of web development work still revolves around PHP. So many web hosts support PHP while very few support Django. The couple of times I have helped with web applications issues, the work has revolved around PHP code.

I have learned enough PHP to be able to read other people's code but I have avoided writing any PHP myself. There was always the option to work with a PHP framework but I like working with Python much more. Anyway, I think that I should finally take the time to learn PHP again and develop some test applications.

I don't think that I have anything else to say. This is a really bad blog post.

Tomorrow will be the first day of my second round of P90X. In preparation, I did a warm-up workout with Cardio X on Saturday and I did the fit test today. The Yoga segment in Cardio X gave me more trouble this time than it did previously. I didn't really bring it during most Yoga X days last round but I will make more of an effort to really bring it during Yoga X in my second round.

Another thing that I will do differently this round is that I won't ignore X Stretch. During my first round, I took rest days on Sundays instead of doing X Stretch except for the Sunday before the Phase 3 recovery week; my Sundays were pretty much entirely consumed by Discrete Mathematics homework. I felt much less sore after doing X Stretch that night and the next morning than I would usually feel after a rest day. X Stretch is a critical part of P90X and I know that now. I will do X Stretch every Sunday during my second round even if other obstacles get in my way.

As far as the fit test goes, I didn't lose that much progress so I should be able to get back into the grove of things pretty quickly. The biggest drop was for the wall squat test. My day 91 round 1 time was 2 min. 20 sec. but my day 0 round 2 time was 1 min. 41 sec.. For most every other test, I was able to perform just about as well as I did for the day 91 round 1 fit test.

I really hope to have some great progress this round. I will likely write posts periodically about my round 2 experience. There will definitely be posts when I upload progress pictures and videos.

Tomorrow is going to be awesome. BRING IT!