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A lot of people think of building muscle and burning fat as the same thing, but they aren't; as my expertise is in building strength, I'm probably not the best person to answer this, but I can give you a general answer. The best way to burn fat is to find some activity that gets your heartrate up and keeps it there for an extended period. Running (or even walking), swimming, biking, and the like. My understanding is that the important thing for this is not so much intensity as duration (EDIT: though gibbo dissagrees with me on this) As far as diet, I have no idea.

http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?p=644688

If I'm going up against Kaijin, I'd be happy to take either Yoshi's Island or Tetris Attack, or my previous choice of Beyond Good and Evil.

So we've done this a couple times now, and it seems to be a pretty popular idea. I'm not going to strictly organize it this time around; this is just a thread to post your goals, methods, etc, and to trade fitness advice and discuss progress. SO, if you're trying to get in shape, stay in shape, or whatever, post here! If you need advice on workouts, diets, etc (or if you would like to share your own advice), post here! I am a high-level gymnastics coach and will be happy to offer my expertise on the subjects of strength and flexibility training, and I know we have some other fitness experts in the community. To be clear: my own expertise is fairly narrowly focused, and comes primarily from gymnastics, though I do know a number of non-gymnasts who have incorporated gymnastics-based exercises into their workouts to great effect. Also feel free to post pics, videos, etc. Have at it!

I would LOVE to take on Kaijin

Actually, it may be more possible now than it was a year ago. I don't actually know if he's still banned.

Wait, what?

So would this be a remix soundtrack or a soundtrack consisting of ORIGINAL tracks by OCR artists?

Congrats, Jimmy!

So nobody wants to take the DomZ? Such a shame.

An excellent take on a source which I... well, actually, I hated the source; I thought it was one of mitsuda's weaker pieces. ANYWAY, nice mix.

Haha, wow! Nice basswork! Excellent mix

.... OCRE? I didn't know you EXISTED outside of IRC.

Haha, I'm surprised the piano at the end is so popular -- I thought it was a weak point for the mix.

Excellent....

Happy birthday!

I'll take Jade if somebody takes the DomZ (been talking to kunal about this, if nobody takes him up on GoW He has disappeared off the face of the earth. Seriously, I'm not joking at all.

http://www.geoffreytaucer.com/wips/lullabye2.mp3 I actually started on this awhile back, and haven't touched it in well over a year; I'm hoping that feedback might motivate me enough to get it finished. The piano stuff at the end is just random screwing around -- I have no idea what I'm actually going to do there.

Dirty meaning....?

This is amazing and beautiful on so many different levels. It's utter believability makes it utterly unbelievable.

Oh shit! I LOVE IT!

Sadly, I wasn't around for that thread.

Whoah, I thought I'd already posted in this thread, but evidently not. I cannot even imagine where my life would be without OCR. I'd taught myself to play a few VG tunes on piano long before I found OCR, and even threw together a few half-assed MIDI arrangements, but nothing more serious than that. I figured that was all there was to do. I first found out about it in '03, when somebody mentioned it on the Starmen.net forums. First mix I listened to was Radical Dreamers Angelic by Kaijin, and that moment, in all seriousness, changed my life. The idea that music on this level could be made by some amateur with his computer at home was completely inspiring to me, and I spent the next couple years honing my musical skills. Somewhere along the line I started playing guitar, and later irish whistle (my first submissions to OCR were made long before I learned to play either one -- these early subs were all rejected). But this community has effected my life in far deeper ways than simply inspiring me to become a better musician and producer: this site has introduced me to many of my closest and dearest friends. I don't even keep in touch with most of my highschool friends anymore, but the friends I have made here I'm positive will be friends of mine for life. Dave, you have created something truly wonderful that has brought together people who thought they were freaks, outcasts, misfits, into a community of wonderfully close friends, and for that I cannot thank you enough.