Ye Under Construction Ranger Guilde Hall: General Chatter

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On 1/15/2017 at 9:58 AM, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

The good news is, we are the Rebellion. The GREAT good news is, We are RANGERS! We will not yield, we will choose the good, we will lift and bend and run and walk and row and NEVER NEVER QUIT!

Fixed that for ya  

Amazing as always...thank you Tank, much needed...

[LordKronos87]

Hi all - I often get lost in this thread, but I try to come in and say hi every once in awhile.  Hope everyone's challenges are going well.

[tonbaldin]

On 15/01/2017 at 0:58 PM, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

You are not just working out to lose weight. You are not just working out to get strong. You are not just working out to get fast, or look better. You are working out so that when you are "old" you wont act "old."

 

I want to be the awesome grandpa! I want my grandchildren to brag about me in school!

 

[animuse]

Shirley Webb. 78, can deadlift 245x3. Hero

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[Emerald Eagle]

Hi! *sneaks in through a side door and finds somewhere out of the way to sit*. New to the forums but been following NF for nearly 3 years. Identified as a Ranger from the start.

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

19 minutes ago, EmeraldEagle said:

Hi! *sneaks in through a side door and finds somewhere out of the way to sit*. New to the forums but been following NF for nearly 3 years. Identified as a Ranger from the start.

Welcome to the Ranger Corps!

[x Valkyrie x]

Amen, Tank! This is the generation of rebels that will approach retirement age with vim and vigor, the group of people who take back their golden years and make the most of them! 

 

Speaking of making the most of things...I'm gonna sign up for the Boise Idaho Spartan Sprint, June 24th, morning heat. Does anyone want to team up for that?! @Marauder? Bueller...Bueller....? My mom and I are gonna road trip up on the 23rd, and probably go home the evening of the 24th or the morning of the 25th. 

[IslandGirl_Becks]

19 hours ago, x Valkyrie x said:

Speaking of making the most of things...I'm gonna sign up for the Boise Idaho Spartan Sprint, June 24th, morning heat. Does anyone want to team up for that?! 

 

I'm intrigued. What would be involved? Specifically, what "obstacles" are in the race?

[Jack Ryan- Rebel Recruit]

I am mostly onthe sidelines this challange...  but gathereed the curage to drop in a say hi.

[Elastigirl]

5 minutes ago, Jack Ryan- Rebel Recruit said:

I am mostly onthe sidelines this challange...  but gathereed the curage to drop in a say hi.

Hi there, thanks for stopping by. The Rangers  could use your help on the mini this week-https://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/93397-contractors-gonna-ranger-rebuilding-the-guild-hall-mini-challenge/

 

[Jack Ryan- Rebel Recruit]

Just now, Elastigirl said:

Hi there, thanks for stopping by. The Rangers  could use your help on the mini this week-https://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/93397-contractors-gonna-ranger-rebuilding-the-guild-hall-mini-challenge/

 

thanks for the invite- I may. I am accomplished if I make it to work- it has been rough lately. 

[Elastigirl]

1 minute ago, Jack Ryan- Rebel Recruit said:

thanks for the invite- I may. I am accomplished if I make it to work- it has been rough lately. 

Sorry to hear you've been struggling. Hope it gets better soon

[Jack Ryan- Rebel Recruit]

Just now, Elastigirl said:

Sorry to hear you've been struggling. Hope it gets better soon

Thanks

[bker1370]

On 1/17/2017 at 7:04 PM, EmeraldEagle said:

Hi! *sneaks in through a side door and finds somewhere out of the way to sit*. New to the forums but been following NF for nearly 3 years. Identified as a Ranger from the start.

 

 

2 hours ago, Jack Ryan- Rebel Recruit said:

I am mostly onthe sidelines this challange...  but gathereed the curage to drop in a say hi.

 

Welcome aboard both of you.  

[x Valkyrie x]

14 hours ago, IslandGirl_Becks said:

 

I'm intrigued. What would be involved? Specifically, what "obstacles" are in the race?

https://www.spartan.com/en/race/detail/1966/overview (Link to the Boise race!)

 

It's 3-5 miles long, with 20-23 obstacles. It doesn't say exactly which obstacles there are, but they provide some obstacle training resources. If you put in your email they send you a free training guide for 5 or 6 of the obstacles, plus there's loads of videos with tips on how to train for it. They also have a  Couch To Sprint training program that utilizes mostly bodyweight and a homemade sandbag (I can attest that the sandbag is cheap and easy to make!). 

 

https://www.spartan.com/en/training/how-to-train/obstacle-training-videos (Obstacle training videos)

 

I'm gonna say, based off what I've seen of the obstacles, that core strength, upper body strength/grip strength, and stamina are our friends! 

[Emerald Eagle]

What are people up to this weekend? It's Saturday here in Aus and I've been to the gym, and then spent the afternoon at our church helping out with the working bee. Tomorrow is domestic day - washing, cleaning, meal prep.

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

Rangers,

Week 2 has fallen, failing utterly to derail us. Week 3 is coming. How will you respond?

Some days fancy words aren't enough to get you going. Some days no matter how many videos you watch, how many articles you read or how many wise thoughts you think, it just feels like there's nothing in you to keep going. I don't mean the feeling you get when your body needs rest, I mean when you've got the physical energy but not the emotional energy. Sometimes that's from burnout, and there are steps you can take to fix that. But some days you just don't give a crap and don't want to do anything. That can come from a number of places, but the truth is no matter why you don't feel like doing anything, you have a choice before you. To give up, or to move.

 

Days like that you have to dig deep, and think about what you want to become. Days like that, you draw from discipline rather than motivation, because motivation is fickle and unreliable. Days like that you look within and see who you really are. 

 

Here's the good news. You get to decide who you are when you look that deep. At that level, who you are is what you decide to do when you feel like crap, when all the excuses pile up, when your giveacrap gland stops producing moveacin and starts dumping cantbearsedetone. If you, despite feeling horrible, decide to move, you've won. On those days, it doesn't matter how hard you work out, how far you walk, how heavy you lift, it matters that you decide to do something, then do it. 

 

Week 3 is going to come alongside of you and try to say that it's ok to give in and remain sedentary. You've worked hard enough, or alternatively you can never work hard enough, so why bother? Week 3 is a filthy liar, week 3 plots your destruction and demise, week 3 stands too close to the baggage carousel at the airport so no one can see their luggage. Somewhere deep down inside of you is a decision, to move or to quit.

 

What do you decide?

[Rhovaniel]

I think this is up there with one of the best battle speeches you've given yet, Tank! Definitely keeping a screen-shot of this to return to when I need it

 

[maegs]

Gonna be thinking about this battle speech when I have to haul myself out of bed tomorrow morning to hit the gym before work  

[Emerald Eagle]

Didn't hit go for a run before work as planned, but I still have the rest of the day to smash things! 

 

[DJtrippyT]

This is what happens when you are cutting and your training partner isn't:

 

 

 

Also for general amusement (mostly for @Sloth the Enduring) :

 

Saturday my boyfriend and I were in the kitchen and he was playing with our (my) cat and I went up into the cabinet where we keep the kitty treats and pulled down this packet of treats that are shaped in long thin strips - kind of like a jerky stick - and unwrapped and gave to boyfriend saying, "here you go" and he apparently thought it actually *was* a jerky stick and before I could stop him he took a huge bite out of it and started chewing and then his brain caught up with his taste buds and oh my god you have never seen such a facial expression. He spit out the treat and was gagging all over the place.

 

He was so mad and completely convinced I had done it on purpose (I was rolling on the floor laughing which probably didn't help) and now every time I hand him something he gets this suspicious look in his eyes like I'm trying to poison him. You'd think he'd never been accidentally fed cat food before.

 

The cat ate the leftover treat with no problem.

[NeuroPunkNonsense]

DJ, you lead a more exciting life than I do.

[Rhovaniel]

2 hours ago, DJtrippyT said:

he took a huge bite out of it and started chewing and then his brain caught up with his taste buds and oh my god you have never seen such a facial expression.

No, but I can imagine it. That's hilarious! I also have some of those for my cats, but I'm fairly confident my boyfriend would realise I wasn't giving him the treat... maybe.... ok now I want to test this...

 

[DJtrippyT]

2 hours ago, Atrytone said:

DJ, you lead a more exciting life than I do.

 

It's certainly more ridiculous. I don't know that I'd argue more "exciting"

[Dav Ghtroc]

Hey, Rangers!

 

It's Robyn, but I've decided to change things up and have a more adventure-y Star Wars name this year.  Thought I'd mention that if anybody remembers me from--what?--six+ months ago when even back then I frequented the hall infrequently...

 

Anyway, I've been busy finishing up my last few semesters at school (finally in my last semester of classes), but still keeping up with the fitness stuff and making it a priority (although the holidays were a bit tricky and it took me about two weeks to get back from that backsliding).  Looking forward to getting back on here eventually.

 

So, quick question for you guys: has anyone here started doing any running and dealt with some heel pain?  I've been doing running on and off since last Spring and have started to have a little heel discomfort for the past--I dunno--three months.  I am pretty sure I can narrow it down to when I got new shoes and tried to do the minimalist thing with some Feyues.  I've since gotten some shoes that are a bit better, but still have light padding.  (OLLO Sapiens and some K-Swiss ones--I've never had this many pairs of shoes in my life, hahaha.)  All of them are better than the steel-toed ones I was running in before, but at least with those I wasn't having any heel trouble.  I have noticed that I definitely grind the heels on my shoes before anything else, but I'm not really sure how to correct this.  Anyone else have a similar experience?  I'm still getting a kick out of the fact that I can run without wheezing like crazy, and I don't want to stop doing it because it's a nice thing to do on off days when I'm not doing bodyweight stuff.  Any suggestions you guys have would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks!

 

Dav