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Just ran/walked (75/25%) 5.2 miles in the pouring rain. I'm soaked to the core, my clothes weigh 10lbs, but in spite of all of that, I shaved nearly 20 minutes off my previous 5mi time. One year ago today I never would have considered walking, much less running in the rain.

But you know what the best part is? There were 7 people at the track. When it started raining, all 7 of them took shelter under the overhang of the bleachers. Not me. I kept fucking running. It's just some rain, who cares?

This community and my fraternity brothers have been my biggest inspirations to stop making excuses and just fucking do it. I hope everyone else here can take something inspirational away from this

All of us here are here to lose weight, right? Well, I feel like far too often we get caught up in the process of weight loss and lose sight of the overall picture. My idea behind weight loss isn't simply just to lose the weight and look healthier (though that is my main goal), but to see the period as an overall reinvention of myself. By that, what I mean is that I'm trying to analyze myself as a person and become a better man than I was yesterday.

So, here's my idea: I want each of you to take a hard look at yourselves. What drives you? What brings you down? Write these things down. You don't have to share them with the community here if you don't want to. But work on these things.

Let

I've always been the chubby kid. Five years of college and eating like shit had me up to 190lbs at 5'6". After I graduated and moved back home, I decided that it was time for a change. The first thing I did was cut out soda and junk food, cold turkey. Then, I came here. I read the FAQ and downloaded MyFitnessPal. I counted calories (estimating in some cases where the nutritional info wasn't available) and did bodyweight workouts 3x a week. I ran twice in the month of June. Unlike a lot of people here, I didn't care what I ate, as long as I got a decent amount of protein in. It wouldn't be uncommon for me to get a chicken quesadilla from TBell for lunch, for example. The fat melted off in the

I don't have a whole lot of experience with this kinda thing, but I have a brick wall lining my driveway that I want to tear down and preserve the bricks in order to build a fire pit instead. I was thinking the way to go on that would probably be to chisel out the mortar... are there any easier ways that I haven't thought of?

Since I didn't see any posts to this effect in the FAQ, I thought it might be helpful to newcomers to the realm of fitness (generally speaking, not this specific subreddit) to post some of the common misconceptions beginners have about working out and why they're wrong. I'll try to start us off; please contribute anything that you think should be included, but make sure to give an argument about why it's wrong!

I should note beforehand that my post is geared towards complete beginners that are interested in strength-training.

• Misconception: "You have to keep switching things up to keep your muscles guessing in order to improve!"

• Why is this wrong? To put it in simple

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I own a pair of the darker brown ones and THOSE are easy to figure out, but I've never owned a pair of red pants. These just look awesome, though, and I'm probably gonna pull the trigger. I just have no idea what the hell would go with them shirt-wise. Help please!