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I was gonna sit out this challenge, but what the heck … I'd miss this forum. A little bit of background. I did gymnastics for a few years in early adulthood - roughly from when I was 19 until I was about 22. I wasn't very good. Eventually I got discouraged by my lack of progress, and was losing my nerve as well. So I stopped. Fast forward about 10 years, and I'm fitter, stronger, more flexible and a little lighter, missing gymnastics and wondering if a fitter and smarter approach might yield better results. So I signed up for a gymnastics class, which started last week. And it was AWESOME. And thus I've decided to make it the theme of this challenge. I can't promise that this thread won't devolve into a place to post gymnastics gifs, but I'll try. Okay, goals. I'm keeping them simple and vague this time around. My last two challenges were very quantitative - lots of "do x, y times per week". My exercise habits are fairly well established at this point, and I need to provide myself with the flexibility to work around both my body's limits, as well as the limits of what might be a fairly hectic period. Anyway - goals! 1. Do gymnastics. 2. Be smart, listen to body, listen to instructor. 3. Over the next six weeks, research and try out progressions or drills for the following skills: -aerial cartwheel -front tuck -back handspring -glide kip -back tuck -cast straddle squat onto low bar (let's be reasonable and start with the most basic variation) Together, these goals are worth 2 STR, 3 DEX, 1 CON, 1 WIS, 1 CHA That's it. No side quests, no life quest. Not taking the full attribute points as this is a fairly scaled back challenge. Really, I just want a place to hang out with assassins and revel in the awesomeness of gymnastics.