Wherever you go, there you are... and here I am!

[Samaritan]

So, I have to confess I hadn't heard of NF until recently via a friend's Facebook post.  I had been a member of Fitocracy for a few years, and I'd keep starting up some kind of attempt at getting fit again and finding the discipline I had when I was in the Marines... yet something keeps bringing me back to the whole, "Sit here, drink soda, maybe hit the gym once or twice a week" routine.

 

I hate that.  I used to be in such better shape.  The really irritating thing is that I can still 'see' the old me sometimes, like he's struggling to shed whatever the hell it is I'm wearing now.

 

So- current weight is about 215, looking to get to about 185 (or, say, the middle of cruiserweight; I don't think getting down to light heavyweight's healthy for me, despite having been just there right out of boot camp).  Looking to get my 3 mile run down to sub-21 minutes (my best time), increase body strength to pump out 10 dead hang pull-ups, and... well... fit back in my dress blues. 

 

I enjoy running, and really enjoy martial arts- studied TKD as a kid, picked up some muay thai and BJJ along the way in addition to MCMAP, got into boxing and MMA a few years ago, and have been trying to get into krav maga (full-time job and being a new father to twin girls- the impetus for my really wanting to get into shape- kind of strangles free time).  If there were anything I'd like to try one day it'd be parkour, or perhaps bouldering or even rock climbing, just to do something different. 

 

So, that's the fitness me... the 'nerd' me... is a gamer through and through.  Video, tabletop, board, PC, and loves comic books (though I've dispensed with actually collecting comics), Transformers, Lego, 80s cartoons, and the gamut of sci-fi, fantasy, sword & sorcery, and Lovecraftian horror.  Music tastes have a fairly wide range, though shoegazing/blissrock/dreampop is by far my preferred genre.  Also've been known to pen a decent poem or short story now and then.  I'd probably try my hand at cosplay (I dream of pulling off Urban's Dredd) if I had the time and money or.... y'know... talent. 

 

Hello to everybody out there! 

[Guzzi]

Hey! Welcome on board. You've come to the right place, everyone here is so supportive and there's just so much motivation. We'll help you find "you" again, don't worry about that.

See you around

[Samaritan]

Thanks!  Nice to find a community of like-minded folks! 

[Valerius]

Welcome!

[auro]

Welcome :-)