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Hello there fellow Rebels! For this challenge I'm going to (or at least try to) track my calories to help with some fat loss. Now I know that's quite a common goal amongst, well people in general! So I thought that making it a PVP style challenge might help to keep us all motivated! Despite the name of the challenge I've still got a way to go to get to my abs! I've used this webpage to help me find out how many calories I should be having everyday to help me lose some fat, but hopefully not too much muscle. I've set myself up on there already with my amount and the protein on there is to help retain muscle rather than losing it with the calorie deficit. Otherwise I might just end up getting smaller but retaining my pudginess. For anyone else wondering you should eat at least 0.75 grams of protein per pound of lean body mass daily if you don't do regular weight training. Or 1-1.3 grams of protein per pound of lean body mass if you are doing weight training. So I'm going to do some strength training (Weights and bodyweight) so I'm going for the higher amount of protein. If you want to sign up just shout out in this thread and sign your name up over here! If there's enough interest we could even split into teams to see who can do the best! So let's lose some fat!

Hello, fellow rebels! I've been training for a little while (but just registered here right now, I should probably write an introductory post later ), and have been experiencing a weird (but weak) muscle pain lately. About a day after a normal workout including a quick cardio warmup, some pushups and (attempts at) pull ups, I felt a slight pain in my left chest-area. Just for your information: I'm a 17 year old male, slightly overweight. Here's a picture where I've highlighted the (weak) pain: I let the muscle rest for a week and a half before slowly starting to rebuild it, but last weekend it started hurting again. I don't think it's my heart, the pain seems to be located above the ribs. The muscle/tissue doesn't hurt under normal use, but if I breathe in while stretching the muscle, it hurts a bit. Today, I felt like I was losing the strength in my left arm. I'm left handed. I checked with a friend, who said the grip of my left hand was weaker than that of my right hand.. I'm conflicted on what to do, should I just rest for a month or should I pay the doctor a visit? Thanks!

AHHHHHHHHRRROOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Little Red Riding Hood AINT GOT NOTHIN ON ME! Lol! It's good to be back for another 6WC, everyone! I'm pumped-up and ready as ever..maybe even more so then EVER before in my life. I just had a new little boy on 04/05/13: Declan Christopher Bell! (Pics of baby boy uploaded at the bottom!) And I have a WHOLE nother outlook on life w/ two boys! I want them to ALWAYS be proud of me and talk crap to the other kids about how much COOLER I am then their dad, lol, so if I haven't stepped up the intensity yet, now is the time with Summer fast approaching Most of you are probably wondering about the cool little pic I have up above? Does this strange, dark haired man look familiar? I'd hope so, cuz it's the mother truckin DARK KNIGHT himself, Batman. This is completely different from what I originally wanted to do w/ this 6-weeks, but this enlightenment was bestowed upon me... literally, 2 days ago. The Flash has to be my favorite superhero...cuz of his cockiness, humor and quick wit. BUT, The Dark Knight follows extremely close as the favorite...maybe even like the difference in a fraction of like/love for the characters, lol. Do me a solid, if you haven't already; Read that pic VERY carefully. OMG! Yep, you guessed correctly. That is a weeks worth of workouts from Batman, himself. Not Christian Bale, or Adam West, but the actual Bat! Whoa! You're prolly telling yourself... 620lb deadlift..525lb squat... an OFF DAY OF 20-MILES... HOLY HELL! My thoughts, exactly! Hahaha. So why do I have this awesome picture of Batman's workout? It's cuz I'm gonna be doing this workout for the NEXT 6-WEEKS!!!!!!!!! 100% of you are saying there's absolutely NO WAY I could...or really any able man or woman could complete such a rigurous routine without injury..or worse, death by laughing gas... And you're right.. 100% Plus the whole time factor, but thats irrelivant compared to the workouts haha. So, My goal is to simplify things a bit...or a lot lol, depending how you slice it. I'm gonna scale down each day to match my own strengths and design. This "design" of mine, will ulimately change me. For the good? The bad? I wish I knew... ALL I know is, that after this 6WC, I will no longer just be 'The Wolf'. I will have birthed something much scarier..much more menacing...much more terrifying. I pray for the hearts and souls of humanity...that and a little girl with a red hood (Not relating to our very own Red, haha. I got your back sir!) because at this point... there's no turning back. I will become.. THE BIG BAD WOLF! Starting Stats: (This is a first, but I really wanna track my progress) Name: Ryan "The Wolf" Bell Height: 6'2 Weight: Between 175-180lbs BF%: 7.7% last I checked Waist line: 32 Now...onto the goals: Goal#1: Becoming the Batman... NO! Becoming the Big Bad Wolf! His workout is straight suicide...so that's why I'm taking my creative side and doing something different. I cannot squat 525lbs...nor dead lift 620lbs...but I can do some heavy lifting The goal is to take WHAT I CAN DO...and DO IT. I love the fact he has '1 hour of Bouldering' on the Thursday evening schedule... THAT won't be an issue, lol. Yoga, meditation, kettle bells...REALLY? What's not to love about it? This will explore my creative side and test my will more than any workout I've done so far. Keeping the 6-day a week schedule is gonna be tough, especially with Decs and Racer needing their daddy to fight off closet monsters and the dark...but since I WILL NOT be doing EVERYTHING per the Bat's schedule, I'm gonna condense it to 5 days a week. Time to become a superhero! Possible points: +3 STR and +1 STA Reason: The STR is pretty obvious as well as the STA. SO I guess we'll have to see how I fare Goal#2: Slumber in the Wolf's Den...Zzzzzzzzzz *snore* REST! REST! and wait for it... SLEEP! Now to be honest, I don't have TOO much of an issue with this, but it's become a problem the last couple of weeks. With a badass schedule like I'm gonna have ^^^^, rest will become my best friend. I need to be consistently getting around 8hrs of sleep a night. With a new baby and everything, it's gonna be a challenge...but isn't that's what the 6-weeks is for?? Possible points: +3 CON and +1 WIS Reason: My body will need to heal..ALL the time, lol. So CON is the big one here. WIS is added in for the simple fact of sleeping makes you better, period. PLUS, it lowers cortisol, the #1 hormone related to stress... Honestly there are like a million positive things related the healthy sleep, so it's obviously really important. Goal#3: You might as well use what you got, dummy! Battle rope, sandbag, cold steel training weapons, bouldering membership, and soon to be gymnastic rings: Use what you got! I have access to these things all the time. There's absolutely no excuse for not using them week in and week out. Plus, it will all tie into the birth of the BIG BAD WOLF! Possible points: +2 STA and +2 DEX Reason: Stamina/Endurance from training with the weapons and battle rope-DEX for ALL the above lol, especially getting back on the bouldering wall! Goal#4: Protect the Wolf cubs! Little Declan entered this world with a cool attitude and a head full of hair; Race, my oldest is a beast and a handful, SO, I always gotta be on the lookout. I would protect my two boys with every inch of my life...now and forever. So the goal is to just BE WITH THEM. As many hours throughout the week. With Heather, Race and Decs staying over at my mother-in-laws, this will be a big challenge, but no distance will keep me from spending time with my cubs Possible points: +3 to CHA Reason: Let's be honest... I am happiest when I'm with my family. I love working out, eating right, and lookin sexy, but nothing compares to the smiles and warmth of the fam! I am still on the paleo path and eating clean, so I don't plan to change anything about that..just incase anyone was wondering! I will post certain meals from time to time WITH PICS for all my food lovers out there! Once the challenge officially starts, I will begin the intense workouts, Over the weekend I plan to have a breakdown of how I've converted Batman's training schedule to my own. That way it's clear as day and full-proof. I cannot wait to start this challenge and am excited to see what everyone thinks! Questions, comments, and concerns are ALWAYS welcome! WOLF

Hey everyone, I have a question for you all. I bought the Rebel Strength guide a while ago, but I never ended up using it. I've been running a lot recently and really enjoy it, but I'm not getting the bulk I'd like. I'm wondering, if I can do weights and what not, but still run without getting rid of whatever muscle bulk I'll make up? Is it possible to do the two in harmony? Thanks all, Brooke

Hello all, I am new here but not new to trying to lose weight. Since I was a little kid my family forced fed me to make me fatter, thinking fatter is healthier. Wow, right? As I grew older, obviously my stomach was huge and I had very difficult time eating less. I joined a few gyms, but always lost the motivation when i didn't see results fast. I once asked my good friend if he believed I will ever lose the weight, he said he doesn't believe so because I am a super lazy man. To be honest, that hurt me a lot but I appreciated his honesty. I somehow knew deep inside that he was wrong and that I was only lazy because I was obese but did not know where to start. When I turned 25, I weighed 325, and I decided that enough is enough and something has to change. I always wanted to be in shape and I knew I wanted to be stronger and more energized but it took me a while to learn that food is not my best friend, especially when I am sitting on my ass all day. I started making my meals smaller which helped me shrink my stomach, meaning I get full faster. After about a month, I developed enough motivation to join the gym again and actually started going there for a change. I finally was determined to change myself to the healthier more energized version of me. I started by going to the gym every other day for about an hour to do full-body workouts. I have been working out(mostly machines with heavy weight levels) for about 11 months now and I am VERY PROUD to announce that today I officially have lowered my body weight to 225 lbs(100 lbs loss, with a lot more fat than that lost, but hey I got bigger muscles now).. I plan on bringing my weight down about 45 more pounds. Now I go to the gym about 4-5 times a week for about an hour to an hour and a half each time depending on how tired I am from my regular job. So far I went from wearing pants size 50 to pants size 38. I used to wear XXXL shirts, now I wear XL, sometimes I even find Large shirts that fit me well. I am much stronger and can move a lot faster and more often than I used to. I still got a long way to go, but this is for sure something worth celebrating. I don't plan on stopping what I'm doing ever. It takes some motivation, keeping that motivation over time and pair it with strong determination to become healthier. Trust me, if I can believe in myself after what I been through and do it without anybody's help, then anybody can do it. I still got a long way before I can walk shirtless on the beach, but at least I am 100 lbs closer than I was a year ago. My goal is that by next summer, I want to have no more than 10% body fat.

Ok so for pretty much my entire life, whenever I stepped on a scale, I weighed about 155lbs (I'm 5'11 and female). Since January, I've focused more on lifting and less on LSD cardio (Long, Slow Distance). Sometime back in February, I randomly stepped on the scale at the gym (new-to-me scale, so I don't have a good baseline), but the reading was 162. My thoughts were, "hmm, interesting, more than I normally weigh. Whatever" Today, I stepped on it again - 167. I'm pretty sure I'm not just gaining weight because I do watch my calories. And also, I notice my clothes fitting differently and I can see tons of definition in my arms where there was none before, and a lot more definition in my legs. It feels strange to be like, "Woohoo! I gained 10 lbs!" But... WOOHOO, I GAINED ~10 LBS! It also feels strange to look like I weigh less and yet I weigh more.