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<blockquote data-quote="exile" data-source="post: 7649930" data-attributes="member: 20068"><p>This is a topic that's near and dear to my heart. First, a little about myself. I am 37 years old. I have been a fantasy geek for as long as I can remember. I started gaming with the D&D red box when I was 8 years old. I still game on an almost weekly basis. When I was young, I played outside a lot. As I got older, I studied Tae Kwon Do and played some tennis in high school. By no means, was I ever considered an "athlete," but I wasn't in bad shape either. During college, I started getting pudgy. Then, during my junior year, I decided to do something about it. I signed up for a 'training for the mini-marathon' class, and I fell in love with running. I ran regularly for the rest of college and the first couple of years of medical school. I also biked and swam pretty regularly, even lifted some weights. Unfortunately, toward the middle of medical school, I decided that I wanted to be a general surgeon, and that I needed to work harder at school to get a general surgery residency. My working out fell to nothing... and stayed there for the rest of medical school, five years of residency, and the first 4+ years of private practice.</p><p></p><p>As I was preparing for my oral board exam, I noticed that my weight had ballooned from 155# to 230#. I decided that I had to do something about it (and that being in better physical shape might make me sharper for said exam). At present, I play a lot of Pathfinder, specifically Pathfinder Society, so I asked myself this-- what would I have to be able to do to be a member of a real-world Pathfinder Society? The first step, I decided, was that I would have to be in better shape.</p><p></p><p>February 2012, I started running again. At first, I couldn't do much more than two miles at a time, and that was slow (For the record, I'm still pretty slow). To motivate myself, I would pretend that I was being chased by a troll, specifically the one on the front cover of the Pathfinder Bestiary. When I passed the aforementioned exam, I felt like my life was finally my own again. I signed up for a Warrior Dash. Shortly after that, a friend from college talked me into signing up for Tough Mudder. I did both races and loved them. Along the way, I started adding calisthenics to my runs-- pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups.</p><p></p><p>I've lost from 230# down to about 210#. I'd like to lose a lot more (but I have a love affair with food). I don't have to flee imaginary trolls anymore, but I have signed up for many more races. I did a plain old 5k last December. I ran another 5k obstacle course yesterday. My longest run since getting back into this has been 18-20 miles. I'm able to do a long run about every three-four weeks. Unfortunately, my work just doesn't allow me to do it as frequently as I did during college and the early years of medical school (i.e. every other week).</p><p></p><p>As an aside, I've also decided that a real-world Pathfinder would need more than a fitness baseline. Along those lines, I'm forcing myself to read at least one book every month; I'm learning to shoot and hunt, acquiring guns, even took a concealed carry class. Next on my agenda-- read even more and work on some specific fitness issues (climbing and swimming).</p><p></p><p>Now, I'm off to check out fitocracy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exile, post: 7649930, member: 20068"] This is a topic that's near and dear to my heart. First, a little about myself. I am 37 years old. I have been a fantasy geek for as long as I can remember. I started gaming with the D&D red box when I was 8 years old. I still game on an almost weekly basis. When I was young, I played outside a lot. As I got older, I studied Tae Kwon Do and played some tennis in high school. By no means, was I ever considered an "athlete," but I wasn't in bad shape either. During college, I started getting pudgy. Then, during my junior year, I decided to do something about it. I signed up for a 'training for the mini-marathon' class, and I fell in love with running. I ran regularly for the rest of college and the first couple of years of medical school. I also biked and swam pretty regularly, even lifted some weights. Unfortunately, toward the middle of medical school, I decided that I wanted to be a general surgeon, and that I needed to work harder at school to get a general surgery residency. My working out fell to nothing... and stayed there for the rest of medical school, five years of residency, and the first 4+ years of private practice. As I was preparing for my oral board exam, I noticed that my weight had ballooned from 155# to 230#. I decided that I had to do something about it (and that being in better physical shape might make me sharper for said exam). At present, I play a lot of Pathfinder, specifically Pathfinder Society, so I asked myself this-- what would I have to be able to do to be a member of a real-world Pathfinder Society? The first step, I decided, was that I would have to be in better shape. February 2012, I started running again. At first, I couldn't do much more than two miles at a time, and that was slow (For the record, I'm still pretty slow). To motivate myself, I would pretend that I was being chased by a troll, specifically the one on the front cover of the Pathfinder Bestiary. When I passed the aforementioned exam, I felt like my life was finally my own again. I signed up for a Warrior Dash. Shortly after that, a friend from college talked me into signing up for Tough Mudder. I did both races and loved them. Along the way, I started adding calisthenics to my runs-- pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups. I've lost from 230# down to about 210#. I'd like to lose a lot more (but I have a love affair with food). I don't have to flee imaginary trolls anymore, but I have signed up for many more races. I did a plain old 5k last December. I ran another 5k obstacle course yesterday. My longest run since getting back into this has been 18-20 miles. I'm able to do a long run about every three-four weeks. Unfortunately, my work just doesn't allow me to do it as frequently as I did during college and the early years of medical school (i.e. every other week). As an aside, I've also decided that a real-world Pathfinder would need more than a fitness baseline. Along those lines, I'm forcing myself to read at least one book every month; I'm learning to shoot and hunt, acquiring guns, even took a concealed carry class. Next on my agenda-- read even more and work on some specific fitness issues (climbing and swimming). Now, I'm off to check out fitocracy. [/QUOTE]
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