Harlowe wrote:It's awesome to see companies actually recognize this and take some constructive action. Our company posts healthy eating articles from the internet on the door (whoopdy-doo). Though I do have healthcare that reimburses you $20 a month for a club membership if you go 3 x's a week. It's an awesome thing if you choose one of the good local community centers - they are around $35 month. So for $16 a month you get a membership and some motivation to go. Not like $20 is much, but anything is incentive. I use it in the Winter. Summers are for OUTSIDE!
Costco sells 24 Hour Fitness Super Sport (Huge Club) All Club access, 2 years for $600 (Breaks down to $25 a month). I work for a fortune 500 company, in fact it's in the top 100 for profits, has a gym ON SITE and not only doesn't give free access, but doesn't have the fucking thing 24/7 when it's main business is done over night. It completely boggles my mind. Especially considering the majority of their employees are fat unhealthy fucks who's poor health has got to be costing them a shit ton. How stupid is it that this gym they have, which isn't nearly as good as the Super Sport 2 miles away, is $25 a month but the one that they already pay the fucking bills for & would cost them zero more is $33??? Shit is bananas.
I should start a company that goes into big businesses & hosts gym/diet/motivation sessions. You guys have heard me talk before about how enormously beneficial it is to have other people involved with your fitness life. Most people just need to be taken by the hand & pulled into motion. Most people are like a locomotive & once they get going there's no stopping them. I believe doing that with a group of co-workers at the same time would have a multiplied effect.
Fallakin Kuvari wrote:Because laws that require voters to have an ID (Something they are required to have anyway) are bad....
Most people are like a locomotive & once they get going there's no stopping them. I believe doing that with a group of co-workers at the same time would have a multiplied effect.
This is so completely true. When I worked for a company that had it's own fitness center they had a crazy participation rate, especially when they offered free trainers and fitness testing periodically. Add to that some events, contests, challenges...it was a huge success. It was pretty awesome. I miss it, even though I prefer the outdoors.
I'm now down to 14.5% body fat from 27% or so ~4-5 months ago. I've lost a total of 32 lbs (and obv gained some muscle).
I'm prepared for Winter with a Treadmill in the Basement (I do everything but running in my own house anyway). Though I do want a pair of Merrell's for running outdoors in the winter (cause I imagine I'll still do that, I love the cold).
Congrats on that Fall, you've really accomplished something - oh and I'm SOOO happy with my Merrells, I just bought another pair. They have definitely become my go-to shoes any time I'm putting on any kind of mileage. I never get any toe pain even when I do 6-8 miles - my second toe is a little longer than my big toe, not to the extent of a "Morton's Toe" situation, but having the a good toe box area means the difference between some toe discomfort about mile 3-4 (which recovers as soon as I stop running) or having zero discomfort.
I tried a new Vivobarefoot running shoe (I think it's called The One) and the second and third toe on my right foot HATED them hardcore. I had discomfort and even a little pain in them at the 3 mile mark. I never get that with Merrells or even my old tried-and-true Asic Gel Kayano's
Took these today for this fitness contest I'm involved in on another forum. (Hence the Watchmen face). I have 25 days left. My goals are to drop another 2-3% body fat & develop my long tricep head more. And as usual my legs, which are really hard to do considering my injuries. You guys should hear me go up the stairs. It's disgusting. Sounds like someone ripping fabric & snapping oak trees. I'm a 300 year old man yo.
Fallakin Kuvari wrote:Because laws that require voters to have an ID (Something they are required to have anyway) are bad....
Alluveal wrote:You know what's funny? I saw those pictures and w/o even seeing the face, I said, "Oh yeah, it's Minute."
And I know what your face looks like, so yeah. I'm awesome.
Or maybe you're the awesome one.
Either way....
You just recognized The Watchmen button & knew it had to be me from my love of good movies
P.S. I won my competition!!! Got some cool prizes too!
I'm going to skip the next one because I'm out here on the Best Coast with the fam for Thanksgiving & Xmas so I'm probably gonna get fat, but next January I plan on coming back and going hard core. Plan on hitting sub-8% & chasing that aesthetic build more.
Fallakin Kuvari wrote:Because laws that require voters to have an ID (Something they are required to have anyway) are bad....
Just got them Sunday and couldn't get out and about in them. Did a mile and half on the treadmill while my daughter was napping, though, and it was amazing!
Yep, Vibram soles ftw! I just retired my Vibram Fivefingers with just over 60 miles on them, the inside started to come up in the toes and it was gonna cause blistering (no thank you).
I am crazy for these shoes. I'm on my second pair with the Vibram soles, not because they wore out, but because I wanted to keep a pair at work for lunch hour walks so I picked up some Mary Jane versions. I just have never experienced such an absolute absence of any kind of foot or toe sensitivity/achiness/blisters than I do in these shoes. I decide to add a couple miles to my 6 mile loop - it's like nothing. With my second toe being a smidgen longer than the big toe, these shoes are just amazing. Top that off with the Vibram sole, that gives more of a barefoot feel - it's freakin amazing. I feel like my toes and feet are really strong. You develop muscles and flexibility in your feet you never knew you could have.
Merrell have really become "My Precious". Though I've been told I now have hobbit feet - because lately I log so many miles a week walking or jogging during the day time, I have a weird tan across the top of my foot from the Mary Janes. Never.. hear... the... end... of... it.
Yeah. I've been out of the running game for a week and a half cause of Athlete's foot (first time ever and I never want it again). I jump in these right off after having used the Fivefingers for the past few months and its like theres nothing on my feet.
