smedly

Just found this thread. Saw some posts about Krieg in Borderlands 2. I'm finally playing as him on my 4th or so playthrough. Totally different mindset to play and any air bosses or badasses are a pain. However anything on the ground is dead in a few hits. I've also been on and off with Civ 5 and the borderlands telltale game. Considering getting the Game of Thrones telltale game, anyone tried it?

Hello and welcome! Sounds like you are trying to be accountable for going to the gym? I'd recommend finding a friend to workout with at your schools gym or if you can't find anyone you can always post on here and find someone to keep you honest. In regards to having time to get to the gym I recommend setting it up like a class. I managed to stay healthy and earn my engineering degree this way by having 3 'credit hours' of strength training on top of my course load. Hope you like it here!

I'll be spending 3 months in San Diego starting in January, any rebel meet ups then or should we get one going? I'd love to make some new acquaintances while I'm in the area for work!

Hello rebels across the sound! I recently moved up to the Bremerton/Silverdale area and would love to meetup with some fellow rebels from the area! I don't know the area well but I'd be willing to take the ferry over to the big city.

Hello Rebels! I know this is a long shot but I'm looking for a workout buddy who lives in Kitsap County, WA. I workout onbase at Bangor but wouldn't mind meeting up at Naval Base Kitsap. Let me know if you're in the area and interested

Welcome! Your at the right place since most people here will get the Romanov reference! When you say you want to be healthy what does that look like for you? Do you want to eat better, exercise more or start exercising? Once you have a more specific goal getting there is much easier. I still struggle with setting good goals myself so I realize it's easier said then done. What kind of writing do you do?

Hello fellow rebels!!! Where to start... When I first joined the rebellion in 2011 I was a senior in high school. I have since gone to college and earned a degree in mechanical engineering last May. In June I moved up Washington for a job and to try out a new state and life since I have only lived in NM until now. I'm 22, single, and in a brand new area that's a hardcore Navy town. I don't have any family up here and there isn't much to do here without driving 30+ minutes away (Seattle is an hour ferry ride away). I've made some friends through work but meetup.com doesn't have much for the area and I without a local university I'm not sure there are many local people my age who I don't work with. Anyone go through this or something similar? It doesn't help that I will be going down to San Diego for a few months in January for work which makes any lasting relationships up here kinda hard/pointless. On to fitness: Throughout college I was doing fairly well fitness wise while working out with friends and even got up to 2 plates on the bench press and 3 for deadlifts. Turns out I took it too quick getting up there and pretty soon my back was bothering me big time. Doctors visits and physical therapy didn't fix things but it has gotten better over time. I haven't been lifting in that range since and currently I'm kind of lost with my goals. I don't know if I'd like to get into running 5ks again or just focusing on strength training or what. I've been working 50 hour weeks which really messes up my routing of going straight after work. Fitness helps me to deal with the stress but I don't particularly love any workouts I do. I do enjoy the good feeling after a run but getting myself out there is the hardest part. Most of my coworkers live in another town closer to work so getting a workout buddy would be difficult since I'm pretty sure I'm one of the few civilians at the gym that is packed with Marines and Sailors. Mostly I just wanted to get on here and vent. I generally don't open up very much to family/friends and being across the country doesn't help with that. I also know I'm not the best at getting my thoughts out in writing. I'm an engineer and writing has always been my week spot. I'm looking to get active on here and participate in the community again so any thoughts/advice is much appreciated! -Smedly Wandering Ranger

Burque/Socorro resident here. I've never been to Hooters or Twin Peaks but I was in Denver a couple of weeks ago and wandered into the tilted kilt expecting a pub or something and was most happily dissapointed!

This ammo shortage is still a killer. Now that everything has gone to production I can find .223 at on ok price now and then. On the other hand now that everything has gone to production I cannot find powder to reload with which is a real killer since I can reload .223 for about $.20 a round instead of buying it for $.40

Anyone here shoot service rifle or smallbore competitions? I've never hunted but do a fair amount of rifle competition shooting and will be looking into getting a pistol after I complete college.

Anyone here ever had a back injury? I think I overtrained and/or had bad form with squats last semester and after resting during finals week I could no longer get through my warm up set on any of my lifts without pain and loss of energy stemming from my mid back around the spinal region. I am going to see a physical therapist in a month and will wait to see what their diagnosis is but I was wondering if anyone had any stretches or remedies that might help out here?

Found it and subscribed. We probably should establish where the subreddit should go and what the Rebellion wants from its own subreddit

Right now I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. Trying to balance school with healthy lifestyle and personal stuff is getting to me. It wouldn't be so bad if I could get my head in the right state of mind but my thoughts keep wandering to random places that aren't helping me get stuff done.

I do some archery with a 30lb recurve I have when I have some free time.

Speaking of relationships I have a question of you men. Given that this is a fitness site do you guys care about the fitness of your SO or if your single are you attracted to girls who do not workout? Personally I don't have anything against people with a little more on their frame but it's more about what the person is doing about it. Sounds shallow but I'm not finished. If someone does not respect themselves or their body how can they expect me to? As long as someone is trying to improve themselves I find that attractive even if they aren't at a high level of fitness as long as they are trying. I am terrible at putting my thoughts into words so I hope that made sense

I've gotta say I have pretty good respect for the coordination zumba requires that I lacked. I might go back for fun even though I am already tied down at the moment. The main thing I noticed is that you can't take it too seriously. I was laughing at my self and my friends along with everyone else and did not care what they thought of my moves, I just was there to have a good time.

So I went to a Zumba class last night... Now before everyone grabs a torch and pitchfork and marches over here demanding my man card let me tell you why- A good friend of mine teaches the zumba class at my school and lately she has been coming to my Insanity workouts that I lead so I figured what the heck I'll come check out her Zumba class. Long story short I grabbed 2 of my other friends I do Insanity with and we went. We were all dreadful but had a blast. Besides us there was only one other guy there and a lot of girls who were quite amused with our attempts at Zumba. TLDR- went to zumba, had fun, no regrets.

Thanks for all the support! Also here is my initial no shave november picture- My date went pretty well and it looks like I'll be seeing her again next week. Now if I could just focus on something else this weekend... Edit- Sorry for such a large image, not sure how to downsize it in imgur....

Nobody else wants to revive the man thread? Nobody? Ok fine. *Gets defib paddles* *Clear!* Good to see everyone again in this lovely month of November! I shaved this morning for no shave November and took an initial picture. Also, I got a date tonight! I've known this girl about 2 weeks and we have really hit it off. She plays volleyball and wow does she have some legs. She has stayed over for a night already and though my morals kept our pants on we still both had fun. So far no red flags. I'm just sure if I want to ask her out tonight to be my girlfriend or not. I guess I'll have to wait and see how the evening goes. I can't say I've been on a real date for 2 years... Also though I know this idea was hit and miss in terms of support I have not looked at any porn or masturbated for 9 days now. For some that may be a no big deal but for me it's an accomplishment and I'm quite happy. If that was TMI, well too bad this is the man thread and it's been quite for too long in my opinion.

Completing a marathon is a hell of an achievement! The Marine Corps Marathon is on my bucket list, Semperfi carry on!

Obligatory pics or it didn't happen. But seriously good for you! Also a happy belated birthday. Keep up the good work!

Stay safe and keep up the awesome work!

Another Monday and I'm feeling great! My friends and I have completed an entire month of Insanity and we have all noticed changes. I met an awesome girl this weekend who is into me and I'm not gonna lie, I'm pretty into her. I need to tread carefully here and not rush into anything though. I know she's good at kissing but I don't really know much about her as a person. It's time for the recovery week of insanity and I have a Statics test this Tuesday that has me pretty nervous. Time to put my hardhat on and keep school my priority.