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Hello all! I'm back! I missed not having my insane assassins around for December, and I kinda failed at keeping a battle log, partially due to moving stuff meaning less exercise happened and partially due to not having the full-on guild camaraderie. And I love me some mini challenges! So I'm getting back to basics with this challenge, and bringing back some quests from past challenges. Also going with a classic theme: Liz Lemon gifs. 1. Some form of exercise 3 days a week, plus 1 day of additional stretching: Ever since moving, I don't have a gym membership and it's cold outside, so I've had excuses to not get up and move. With not having a job, I have tons of time during the day, so I just need to use it well. The exercise sessions should be at least 25min+5min stretching, and the stretching should be 15min. This week I have a friend who I haven't seen in years visiting, so I'm allowing myself to lower it to 2 total sessions this week. 2. Only 7 servings of alcohol a week: Moving again got me into bad habits. Last time I made this goal it was a great reset, so I'm doing it again. I can't think of any exceptions for this month, so I'm being strict with myself. 3. Pushups: These are just so hard for me! I've been working on them for a while, but I lost a lot of gains in the move. But, I did gain a staircase, so I'm using it to get back into it. It will be super easy. Every day I'll do 5 pushups (1 day off a week allowed, just in case I forget). The first week I'll do the pushups with my hands on the 3rd stair, the second week will be the 2nd stair, until the end, when I'm hopefully doing them on the floor! (Subject to change depending on progress.) ^It's sad because it's true. My last push-up was last year. 4. Get a job: No real specific goals on this one, I just need to keep applying. I've had one interview and am working on scheduling another, but I need to not just sit around and wait for results on those. Tracking: Quest 1: 0/3, 0/3, 0/3, 0/3 Quest 1.5: 0/1, 0/1, 0/1, 0/1 Quest 2: 0/7, 0/7, 0/7, 0/7 Quest 3: 0/6, 0/6, 0/6, 0/6 Rewards and scoring to come later, I just wanted to get this up so I didn't miss the start of challenge, since my friend is arriving tomorrow. Happy 2016 everyone! Bring it on!

Let's jump right into this thing! 2016, prepare to be rocked! Mercilessly! Quests: So I'm working towards a goal of doing my first pull-up. I want to become master of my body, and how my body moves. In my mind, pull-ups are the next step. Towards that end: 1) Push-ups. Real ones! Let me just copy a little block from the wrap-up of my first challenge, since I feel I covered the situation well there: So originally I wanted my goal to be 15. I've decided I don't have a good way to measure that, so I'll do this instead: My goal for this four weeks is to do at least 1 push-up a day, a real one, and try each day to do one more than the previous day. I have altered this goal slightly: My goal for push-ups for this four weeks is to do at least 5 sets of three elevated push-ups and attempt at least 1 floor push-up. (Thanks to Joshua T. for the elevated push-up suggestion!) I feel this is really an "easy" goal, but it'll be hard for me to do really. I've been trying, and even one real push-up is a total struggle for me anymore. I want to change that. (Suggestions for other ways to help build my strength to help with this goal are more than welcome, and completely appreciated. I won't learn trying to sort it all out on my own.) 2) Real food! Woo! Since I started living on my own for college, home cooked meals have been few and far between. I've stuck to mostly microwavable food for a long time now, with the (admittedly and thankfully rare) trip to a restaurant. (Not counting the work cafeteria as a restaurant.) My mother and I agree this is likely why I feel like shit off and on. Time to fix that. My goal here is to cook at least one home cooked meal a week. This will get me started on the road to home cooked meals every night, without overwhelming me. I figure weekends are the best time to do this, since I'm really learning to cook at the moment. (Yet my youngest brother is amazing at it. So much for the "Girls are great cooks" stereotype!) I think this will help with my feeling sick a lot, too. I think the pre-made microwavables I've been eating are largely what's making me ill. 3) Planks! I've come to find I really enjoy planks. I get a great sense of accomplishment when I do planks. Thanks to the assassin bootcamp mini-challenge I took part in over the break, I broke my longest plank record and made it to 45 seconds, and have been able to do so decently consistently. I want to keep pushing that limit, go for more. For this reason, my plank goal is to do at least a 45 second plank every night and each night try for at least 5 more seconds of plank. And to help me with this, I have my cuddle monster: Meet Umbreon, my three year old baby boy, and my adorable little workout pest. (He's certainly not a helper!) I've discovered that he actually does help with planks. Without knocking me over, he'll walk up while I'm doing planks and rub against my face. Takes my mind off the difficulty and helps me get more time. And totally not cheating because I'm still holding the plank! Distractions are an assassins best friend, when used appropriately. (And kitties are such amazing distractions. 4) Life Goal: Write every night to help relieve stress. So I've remembered lately what I did to help keep my sane during my fight with depression in high school: I wrote. I enjoy writing, no matter what it is. An essay, just whatever pops into my head, a story, lyrics to a song I'm listening to, anything! I've decided I need to get in the habit of doing this again, and my roleplays don't count. (There's too much discussion going on for me to get immersed in the writing.) To that end, my life goal is to write every night, one page if hand-written, and two pages if typed. Preferably, I'll do this not long before bed to try to help me relax to sleep, but if I get really stressed during the day I can do it whenever, so long as I get at least one written or two typed pages. Why so low a page count per day? Because there are days I'll have trouble finding the time for this. I want it to be continuous, uninterrupted time to help with the immersion I mentioned. The stress-relieving effect comes from getting out of my mind for a bit, and to do that I need to be immersed. A page should at least help me relax if written (There's something really soothing about the feel and sound of pen on paper. (And yes, I write my stories in pen. Yes, I am crazy. Thanks for noticing!)) and two pages should start getting me immersed if typed. Update schedules: I intend to update every night when I get home. (Work blocked Nerd Fitness, so I can't on lunch. Boo.) I found this to be a good way to keep my mind on target during my last challenge, so I'll stick to that this challenge. At the end of the four weeks, on the last day of the challenge, I intend to do a write-up of how I feel this challenge has gone, what I did right, what I could do better, what flat didn't work, and my thoughts for the next challenge. This seemed to work well for me last challenge, so I'll stick to it. As my beloved mother always tells me, if it ain't broke, don't fix it!

Happy new year everyone!! This is my 4th official challenge and my first one with the rangers *waves* I hung out with the adventurers June through October last year and had great success with getting fitter and healthier. Then there was a huge gap due to a bad cold, a bad challenge concept and a resulting lack of motivation. Then christmas happened. Now I'm back and I plan on rocking it! I decided to join the rangers since the new adventurers description doesn't fit me anymore and I thought it's time for something new. My quests this challenge sound a lot like jack-of-all-trades so I hope I'll fit right in My overall goal/motivation This whole thing started last June when I saw a photograph of me that did not at all match up with my inner sense of what I feel/look like. I don't have a lot of weight to lose (I don't need to lose anything, but it wouldn't hurt, either) but I want to be fitter and slimmer and replace some of my fat with muscle. It's not only about how I look, though; I've realized during the last challenges that I feel better (physically and mentally) when I eat and act healthy. I want to feel that way again and I want to create habits that I can actually stick with. There's also stuff that I want to be able to do simply because it bugs me that I can't, but more on that later. If that's not tangible enough yet: I want to fit into several pairs of jeans I bought a few years ago and grew out of in a manner of months. I want to climb the stairs to my appartment without catching my breath. I want to be able to run to catch the bus without feeling completely winded afterwards (I'm getting there!). My quests for this challenge Get healthy again! - drink at least 2l of water a day (tea counts, too) - avoid industrial sugar and white flour - eat more servings of vegetables than the week before I have had good experiences with the first two during the last challenges to the point where they were second nature. I will use this challenge to get there again and gradually focus more on what I eat (instead of what I do not want to eat). The third quest is a step in that direction and will gradually get more difficult. I'm usually good on fruits, but my veggie consumption is something I can improve on. I'll track the liters of fluid-intake, the number of meals that were healthy to my standards and the servings of vegetables each day. Get moving again! - do some sort of fitness activity 3 times a week (running, swimming, badminton, rowing or workout) - do more yoga than the week before - do more push-ups than the week before I've had trouble with my knees recently so I'm not sure what kind of fitness I can manage and made the first quest here very flexible. I used to go running two times a week during the last challenges but my attempts to get back into this habit in December were not to my knees' liking. I'll see what I can do there (and get help from the doctor if I must). I'm not really in the mood for yoga right now but I know that it felt great during the last challenges when I made it a daily routine. I also think it might help with the knees, so it's in there. I'll try to find routines that fit into my daily routine, maybe post-running or before bed or something. The last quest here is something that's been bugging me for a while: I can not do one proper real push-up. I've tried many times, I've worked my way to knee push-ups last challenge but that progress is probably undone by now. I really really want to be able to do at least one, so I'll gradually do more and more knee push-ups each week until I get there. I'll keep in mind to do some pulling exercises, too (hence the rowing) and plenty of planks, but I didn't put up individual quests for that. I'll track the number of fitness activities, the minutes of yoga practiced and the number of knee push-ups each day. Life-Quests (since I haven't had enough, apparently) There are several things that I want to work on in the new year. I've already made a plan for all the household work I've been neglecting, but it's not gonna be part of this challenge (I tried to incorporate it all, it's just too much). There are some things I really need to focus on, though, and some things that I've been wanting to prioritize for a long while so that's what I'll do. - send out more job-applications than the week before - do office work at least 6 hours a week These are things I have to do. I currently work a 2-day-job that gets the bills paid and an office job (the second quest) that goes into paying back my student loans. There's not much left for me and I don't want to live on my boyfriend's money. I'll either find a second part-time job or a full-time job this year so I can finally be financially independent and have money left over at the end of the month. - take time for singing 4 times a week - read for work more than the week before I sing in a jazz-choir and take singing lessons, these both count for the first one. Additionally, I want to take more time to practice, learn new songs, learn ALL the lyrics of songs I know and so on. The reading for work is for my part-time job where I need some more background knowledge for some new areas I will work on in the future. I've been wanting to do this for ages but never got around to it. So here goes. I'll track the number of applications sent, the minutes of office work completed, the number of singing-sessions and the minutes of reading accomplished each day. I know this sounds like a lot, but I've already slimmed it down considerably and some of my quests will allow me to ease into it gradually. Plus, my goal is to reach a solid 80% instead aiming for perfect and giving up the first instance something goes wrong. I know I can do it if I prioritize right (and stop wasting lots of hours on facebook and the likes) and I want to do it, if only to prove to myself that I can get my shit together Fancy spreadsheet incoming!! I haven't thought about stat points yet (I've heard there'll be a new system which might make them redundant?) so I may or may not add these later. I added the stat points to the spreadsheet. I think I'm going to stick with this system for now. I also added a new statpoint category called "Willpower" because I realized I need one. It's like stamina for the mind *wooh* I have thought about what to do in case of sickness or other unforseen circumstances. I will allow myself to make some adjustments if I really need to, for example - reduce the number of fitness-activities if my knees give me too much trouble (e.g. if the only thing I can do is swimming, I will only manage to do that once or twice a week) - change the "do more than last week" quests to "do at least as much as last week" if I struggle a lot, get sick or find it unrealistic (this might happen in the job-application quest) - reduce the number of office work hours if there's not as much workload as expected I will stick to my water and food quests (the first two) in any case. I know this is something I can do even when sick (in case of the water, especially when sick) and something that became a habit in the past, so these are non-negotiable. That's all for now. I hope you all have an awesome start into 2016 and great success with everything you've set out to do. I'm looking forward to sharing part of the journey with you ) Edit: Mini-Feats!! Strength Feat: Complete a full body-weight workout, like I used to do; try my hardest to reach my old PRsAgility Feat: do at least one NF yoga mobility video each dayStamina Feat: go to the local pool again and see how many (all-out) lanes I can complete in a row without taking a restRanger Class Feat: Animal Companions: have two clicker-training-sessions with my cats

Main Goal: Not go shopping https://youtu.be/2EIFWjLYNWA?t=17s (The two gifs are basically this, I just couldn't find a single gif of this part.) I am getting too squishy to easily wear some summer clothing that was bought a size too small anyway. This is a size, not weight, goal. Goal 1: Routine -To bed on time -Out of bed promptly -Stretch -Push-ups -Wall Handstand This might seem like a big one, but stretch and push-ups are fairly habit-engrained now with going to bed not too hard. It is getting up that has gone to hell and I am starting a new job so getting up at 4am is necessary. The handstands I expect to be as easy to add as the push-ups were, maybe more so. Each item is worth 0.2 points, for one point per day, night being counted the next day. Goal 2: Fit Do something for strength 3x a week. A walk, a core bww (leg lifts, hanging leg raises, crow, hollow hold), squats and negative pull-ups, archery, driveway snowboarding, or just trying something new (push-ups in the wall handstands?) would all work, just get in the habit of moving more. Specifics can be next month, now I need to learn my limits while working full-time for the first time ever. Goal 3: Consumption -1L water per day -1 good food choice (no seconds, skip a snack, fruit instead of junk food, . . .) per day Life: Never grow up Keep learning, even if it is only a quarter hour per day. Judged by days, not time. Piano, maths, anything . . . Motivation: I haven't done well in my last few challenges and with the new job I just want to keep from drowning. I have been reaching with goals too big or too many things, without room for the smallest thing to go wrong attempting to take advantage of not working full-time. That is over, and now I need to concern myself with just not doing nothing while being busy with work. Starting measurements (cm) Upper arms: 25 Chest: 81 Waist: 69 Hips: 89 Thighs: 53

Ok, so we're about to run out for lunch, so maybe this isn't the best time to be posting my thread, but I'll just leave as a placeholder here. Quick note about the name change - being a mom is a really important part of who I am and while I am a huge Star Wars fan (hence original name of JK_Mom), I think Aquamom will fit me better as I rehab my two bad feet. My left ankle was sprained earlier this month and has not been healing well, while my right foot may have a stress fracture (I'll find out 11/2) or some more tendinitis. At any rate, this challenge period, I want to focus on mindfulness and upper-body strength. More to come later!

I completely fell behind, and stuff IRL is changing.

Welcome to the Strength, Nutrition, Adulting, and Creativity to Kickass (SNACK) Challenge! This is my third challenge on Nerd Fitness, and my first with the Assassins. I think that fitness should be functional (fun helps too), and that the best equipment I can use is my body (ignore that it's also the only equipment that I have access to). I recently finished losing the excess weight I was looking to get rid of. Now I want to focus on getting stronger. And hopefully my body fat percentage will go down as a side effect. (I'll post measurements at the start of the challenge.) Main Quest: Complete 10 push-ups in a row in good form. Currently, I can't do any push-ups. Not a proper push-up anyway. It's a bit embarrassing really. I want to be stronger all around, but I think this is a good measurable goal to start with. A lot more measurable than "kickass in life". And hopefully I'll get there sooner rather than later. Strength Goals 1. Complete a workout two days a week. Can be any kind of workout (that I can do at home without any equipment). I've been doing the Beginner Bodyweight Circuit, but I want to try different things. I like bodyweight exercises, but I'm getting bored with the same routine every time. I may throw in some yoga and other things. +3 points (what attribute(s) depends on the type of workouts that I do). 2. Push-up routine three days a week. Can be incorporated into workout or done separately. I'm still putting together the actual routine. Suggestions can be made here: Push-up progression routine?. +3 STR Nutrition Goals 3. 100g of protein, 5 days a week. This is more than what I get now, without being too intimidating of a goal. +3 CON 4. Veggies and fruit twice a day, 5 days a week. I've been a bad vegetarian lately in that I haven't been eating enough veggies and fruit on a daily basis. This ought to be a fairly easy goal, and this is more trying to make a habit out of it. +1 CON Adulting Goal 5. Unpack 2 large boxes or 3 small boxes a day (Nov 2 - 16). We moved at the end of August, and the majority of our belongings are still packed away in boxes. "Where is X?" "In a box..." "..." My wife's birthday is in November, and she has friends now so we get to throw an actual birthday party (hopefully)! But boxes occupy half the living room and kitchen. They need to be taken care of before the party. After the boxes are taken care of, this goal will become keeping the apartment clean and organized. You don't want to know how bad we are at this. Details to be figured out later. +2 ??? (I have no clue what attribute this would best fit. Ideas?) Creativity Goal 6. It's NaNoWriMo time! 1666 words a day (Nov 1 - 30). It's complicated, but I used to love writing. It was my job and life. Things happened and I haven't been able to write since. I miss that side of me, and I hope that by trying NaNo again I can get in touch with it. Link to my NaNo profile here: Zeroh13. +3 CHA Kickass Once I've completed this challenge, I'll be once step closer to having a kickass body/mind.

I'm trying to put together a workout routine that will help me work towards doing regular push-ups. A little background: I do not have access to a gym or weights. Currently, I can complete about 10 elevated push-ups (surface at waist height). I can also do about 5 to 8 box push-ups, except they hurt my knees. When I try to do a regular push-up, I can hold myself up just fine. But I can't push myself back up after lowering myself. Aside from doing sets of elevated push-ups, what other exercises (if any) would help me work towards doing a push-up?

Last challenge of the year, I've been off track for most of the year it seems and its time to get going again. +2 WIS-Read 6 books +3 STR Benchpress max to 60lbs +4 STA 1 set of 25 knee push-ups +2 CON clean out the extra stuff +4 DEX +15% improvement on NF flexibility benchmarks My schedule at work is up in the air and has been since July when I applied for a new position with completely different hours. I can't allow this to continue to be an excuse, so I;m just going to move forward until I hear otherwise. CampNF was a blast, but I haven't stopped moving and traveling since and now that I'm back at home with no other upcoming travels, I need to get myself back into my normal groove. My goals this year have not really been met, but I am ok with that, other things have happened and I have adjusted. Even my goals for next year are starting to look pretty different.

Greetings! I'm Grayspeed and this is my first challenge with the Assassin's Guild. I've been looking froward to this since I joined the forums. I'm gutted I missed out on the Lord of the Rings themed mini challenge! My first challenge with the Recruits in linked in my signature below if anybody wants a peek. My workouts focus on two areas: Bodyweight training - augmented with a few kettlebell drills and occasional dumbbell exercises.Cardio - usually using a stationary bike, but I recently started trail running which is a lot of funI enjoy the creativity and freedom of using your body and environment to get in shape, "weird" workouts are the best workouts. Anyhoo, enough back story. Let's jump in! Literally.. Main Quest: My main quest is to develop my confidence and physical health/fitness to the point where my low self esteem no longer holds me back from getting what I want out of life. Too vague..? Quest 1 - Resistance workouts at least 3 times a week. +3 STR, +2 STA Do at least 3 resistance workouts every week - these are usually a combination of bodyweight and kettlebell, but I occasionally use dumbbells as well. Quest 2 - The Push-up test. +3 STR Be able to do a total of 60 push-ups over 5 sets. My current best is 55 over 5 sets, but a more realistic average is more like 52 at best. Quest 3 - The world is my playground. +3 DEX, +2 STA This is a two-parter. Go trail running at least once per week, no matter what the weather is doing. Pretty self explanatory. Navigate 2 objects a day in an unusual way - jumping/climbing over/across obstacles, basically. Vaulting fences, jumping over puddles. You know, fun stuff. Life Quest - Be more productive. +2 WIS Or at least be organised in my lack of productivity.. Write down a To-Do list every day. Even if I only have one thing to do. General adulting is hard and I'm not doing myself any favours at the moment, time to get organised.

OK…first something I’m doing this 6-week period that’s not exactly part of the challenge… Run 2 marathons ("double down" ). I’m running a marathon at the end of week 1 and another at the end of week 6. I’m really out of shape now, so the second marathon should be much better than the first. Recovering, building back up, and tapering will be tricky. I have a lot of experience and I know what I need to do. This is my most important fitness goal right now, but I’m still thinking about how to work it into a specific challenge Why am I doing this to myself? Reasonable question. I’m on a quest for 50 states (these would be #17 and #18). I’m doing the first because it was planned with friends a while back, before I knew my training would be interrupted by travel. I’m doing the second because it’s a good opportunity to knock out a state with a friend. Actual challenge goals Run 160 miles (including an attempt at 2 marathons). This goal is a little light, but it will force me to keep running. 500 pushups! These are scaled. Negatives count as 1 point, full pushups count as 3. Cross train – Goal is at least 10 times at the gym, typically alternating push and pull workouts. My normal plan would be to go twice a week, but I wanted a little flexibility with the marathon travel. Also I’m allowing full (1 hr+) vinyasa yoga classes to substitute. I think all this stuff is valuable, but I can’t do all of it at once. Swab the deck! This is a sort of “adulting challenge†based on two types of chores: “House elf†This is a list of 5 simple chores to do each morning. One point per day. “Dreaded tasks†I have a list of 30 things of all sorts (some aren’t particularly dreaded). One point per task. In theory 72 possible points, but I’ll be traveling for some of this. Going to set 50 points as the goal.

Welcome everyone old and new ~~~ INTRODUCTION ~~~ I'm 25 years old, male and from the UK and was never good at physical things except for high jump and sprinting, which I stopped at age 18. At age 23 I got interested in sports once again and now do: gymnastics / flips / handstandsbodyweight exercisesweightliftingclimbing / boulderinggymnastics ringsThis August I compiled a training video of my favourite things I'd been working on - it's here if you'd like to see: ~~~ NEW CHALLENGE ~~~ Last challenge, I dropped off the wagon in many places, so this challenge is designed to ensure I jump back on again if/when that happens. Rules: for everything in the list below, there's +0.25 stat points available bodyweight training:pull-ups: 15pull-ups: 17pull-ups: 20weighted pull-ups @+15kg x6weighted pull-ups @+20kg x5weighted pull-ups @+25kg x4weighted pull-ups @+30kg x3weighted pull-ups @+32.5 x1weighted pull-ups @+35kg x1ring dips: 15ring dips: 17ring dips: 20weighted ring dips @+10kg x8weighted ring dips @+20kg x5weighted ring dips @+30kg x3support hold for 90 secondssupport hold for 120 secondspistol squats on RHS: 20pistol squats on LHS: 20diamond push-ups: 23diamond push-ups: 30ring push-ups: 301-armed straddle push-up (LHS)1-armed straddle push-up (RHS)1-armed push-up (LHS)1-armed push-up (RHS)gymnastics skills: ring forward roll on my ringsstraight cartwheel on both sidesconsistent round-offfront handspring on floor (no crashmats)front handspring on floor (no crashmats) bonus celebration point!frontflip on floor (no crashmats)frontflip on floor (no crashmats) bonus celebration point!backflip without spotters, not in foam pitbackflip without spotters on proper floorhandstand walk in a circlehandstand walk in a figure-of-8upstartupstart: bonus celebration point!weightlifting goals: overhead press 1RM: 50.0kgoverhead press 1RM: 52.5kgoverhead press 1RM: 55.0kgoverhead press 1RM: 57.5kg = 75% bodyweight!overhead press 3RM: 45.0kgoverhead press 3RM: 47.5kgoverhead press 3RM: 50.0kgbench 1RM: 70.0kgbench 1RM: 72.5kgbench 1RM: 75.0kg = 100% bodyweight!deadlift 1RM: 140.0kg = old PRdeadlift 1RM: 145.0kgdeadlift 1RM: 150.0kg = 200% bodyweightback squat 1RM: 100.0kgback squat 1RM: 102.5kg = old PRback squat 1RM: 105.0kgback squat 1RM: 107.5kgback squat 1RM: 110.0kgback squat 1RM: 112.5kg = 150% bodyweight!back squat 3RM: 100.0kgother achievements: 5 km run for fast time 1 mile run for fast time 800m run for fast time (02:55) 400m run for fast time (01:06) study form for bench press study form for back squatworkouts: As well as these, I will also count any workouts (up to a maximum of 35) for a point in the challenge. The workouts have to be the following: a solid weightlifting session (counts double!)10 minute-long decent-intensity exercisesRunning total of workout points: 12 (08 Dec) Recently I've tried choosing 6 exercises, and repeatedly rolling a 6-sided die to determine what I should do next. I'll probably do this for lots of the workouts this challenge. ~~~ SUMMARY ~~~ Okay, that's 100 potential points in total, and I have 15 stat points to collect, so a perfect challenge would be to complete 60 of these. A good challenge would be to complete about 45, and an acceptable challenge would be to complete about 30. Hopefully this time I can have a solid challenge, and I look forward to watching everyone else doing well too

I know it's not much, but hey, I can finally do ten push-ups. Not "girl" push-ups, not wall push-ups. Proper, good form push-ups. Now to work on harder versions.

O.K., so the last challenge may not be my most excellent of accomplishments. Crashed and burned, and the flames were spectacular . Lessons learned: I bit off way more than I could chew. As a result, I've stepped back to see what when wrong and where, and decided I need to fix a few foundational issues in order to reach my bigger goals. First off, I need to remember my bigger goals: 1: Strong Arms: I want those Deltoids to be showing all the time. I'm getting there... 2. 20% body fat. I'm not currently overweight, but I've got the typical mom sqiggliness (and yes that is a technical term). I want lean and hard. 3. To feel good about myself. This one is a bit more ephemeral, but it would be damn nice to wake up in the morning and like who I am, and feel proud of what I choose to do with my life. I don't exactly know the benchmark for this one, but I'll know it when I get there. . So on to this challenge's goals: In order to get to that magic number of 20% body fat, I've got to eat right. The last challenge, I didn't count my calories, and tried to schedule making recipes when in fact I just didn't have the time. I ended up stress eating, and deviating from my gluten free - vegan regimen. I've paid dearly as a consequence. So I'm eating some humble pie, and going back to the basics: Goal 1: 1410 calories per day. (Vegan and gluten free) and only ONE new recipe per week (probably during the weekend). Moving on... Last challenge, I tried to schedule using the gym. My mistake was to focus on the where rather than the what. The point is that the location doesn't matter, I just need to get the cardio in. Guess what, my gym was too far away to be useful. And it turns out, I don't particularly enjoy going to the gym to exercise like a hamster in a wheel all the time. My workout routines have a pretty set schedule, but I only have a few precious windows of opportunity to get my cardio in. I'm still struggling with this pesky tendinitis issue, so the cardio is going to have to remain light on my feet. Goal 2: 20 minutes of cardio 6 days a week (from past challenges I've learned that I need at least one day off). My time is extremely limited because of my work schedule, classes I'm taking, soccer schedules for my son..... My wish is that using my lunch break to get my cardio in will be a good habit, both for my physical strength, and as a good method for dealing with stress caused by work. So, I've joined a gym that is closer to my work BUT I also want to be able to spend some time outside. The town I live in just recently finished a walking trail close to work. The plan is to spend my lunch break either going for a walk, or going to the gym. If all else fails, I can use my treadmill at night before going to bed. Ultimately it's about the what I do, and not about where I do it, that is important. And just because I would feel totally bad ass if I could do it: Goal 3: I want to be able to do 20 push-ups (knee) for each of my 3 sets during my workouts. This is just a nice and simple physical goal that is easy to work on (since my workouts are already scheduled anyway), and it will get me closer to having those deltoids I so covet. Currently my "A day" I do 16 push-ups per set, and my "B day" is 12 reps of triceps push-ups per set. And last but not least, my life quest goal... I think the biggest lesson learned during my last challenge is that my life is a mess. A great big physical obstruction to my goals. Last challenge I was supposed to vacuum every day, but I've got so much crap in my way that I couldn't get anything done! As I said above, my time is extremely limited right now, and I don't have the hours it takes to clean my house as it stands in my current state. So this challenge I'm getting rid of a whole bunch of crap I don't need! Goal 4: I'll be participating in the PVP minimalist game. It's only is supposed to last for 30 days, but when it's done I still want to get rid of something every day. I don't think my home will be minimalist in a true sense, but it should be a lot less cluttered when this challenge is all said and done. and THEN I can start thinking about keeping my house clean and vacuumed . So that me, miss eager beaver, ready to start this challenge, like NOW , I'll be using this "off week"as a test run for my schedule to see if I'm being realistic with my goals... Good luck everyone! Happy challenging!

3 skills and 3 for improvement of self and non-procrastination (Archery falling in both) Archery 2 hours a week (~20min a day average, if one day is missed per week) That is a total of 12 hours for the challenge It may not arrive until the second week, but I plan to make that up with initial excitement. Push-ups Average 20 a day Which is 140 a week and 840 total Sewing I plan to level up this skill so that I can forge high charisma points. I have 3 started but not finished projects, and mending for a total of 4. -all mending by end of challenge, including new articles -finish making a jumper -fix an old dress project -corset After those I have some easy-ish ideas for further skill leveling before I start with the awesome attire ideas. Studying I was at 88% last challenge, so I won't up the amounts. Average 2 hours per day that is 14 hours a week and 84 total Maths, physics, certifications, languages, vocabulary, music, whatever Read/Write/Draw I had this as two separate goals in the last challenge. I did well at doing some of both each day but I want to work toward finishing stuff. 40 total books read, chapters written, or pictures drawn finishing a previously started one counts books can include small or large (there is a mix for my pile for deciding to give away or keep) pictures do not need to be digital nor coloured, just in a state of completion (shading, backgrounds, . . the full idea)

Main Quest: Achieve the next belt level in my martial art It's 12:45 on a Saturday. I'm sitting at my computer in my underwear, gut bulging forward, hunger rumbling in my stomach, planning for the near future. I start by browsing through my past challenges, trying to capture the essence of the few successful ones, and two things jump out at me: What motivated me to originally start paleo and then challenge 1 was a weight of over 170, and now I'm at 180.2, and even if I know I have more muscle mass than back then, I can't fit into many of my clothes, and I want to slim down. Second, during my first successful challenge, on July 2, 2013, I wrote that I aced my martial arts belt test...for the same belt level I'm currently at (green-and-a-half). That's two years with no progress, and even discounting the year and change I took off from training, that still shocked me. So now I have a main goal, and one that's not as head-in-the-clouds as "achieve CW star body" (I'll save that one for later), so how can I achieve it? I'll need to build stamina and flexibility, and lose fat, oh and of course actually train in the martial art (Kuk Sool Kwan). Through my morning investigation I learned some personal recipes for success by going back through my challenges: Establish a consistent routine (Safely) Push myself Allow for some flexibility in the routine Eat a low- or no-carb diet Keep fitness on the mind (When I was in shape I would always be thinking of what fitness thing I would do with my free time that day) Don't be derailed by a weekend trip -- hiking or bodyweight workouts can be substitutes July 2015 Challenge GOAL 1: Diet Why is it so hard for me to jump back into paleo? My main weaknesses are still hamburger buns, fries, and pizza, and the inability to say no to bread when ordering. For this challenge I'm going to try something different. I'm going to try to build a habit month to month, so for the first four weeks, NO FRENCH FRIES. Then, after that I'll add NO HAMBURGER BUNS/BREAD. But this time around I'll allow myself one cheat meal per week. Still, though, I think french fries should just be completely out of my diet, cheat or not. They have no nutritional or taste value. I'm also trying to eat less calories over-all. I've been cutting out breakfast to see what that does to my energy level and waistline. Grading: +3 CON. +1 CHA GOAL 2: Fitness Plan I have a spreadsheet! The capital-P Plan currently consists of the following: OPTIONS Mon – Kuk Sool or HikeTue – Weights or HikeWed – Yoga ChallengeThu – Weights, Kuk Sool, or HikeFri – Kuk Sool or HikeSat – Yoga Flexibility (morning), Weights, and/or Hike (evening))Sun – Yoga Flexibility (morning) or Yoga Strength (evening) and Meal Planning WEEKLY RULES At least one 3-5 mile hike Attend 2 yoga sessions Yoga Challenge on Wed or Sun Attend 2 Kuk Sool sessions At least two lifting workouts Something every dayGrading: +2 STR, +1 CHA, +3 DEX GOAL 3: Active at Work There are two main ways I (can and mostly do) stay active at work. I'm lucky to have a boss who really doesn't care when I come and go, as long as I get shit done. Walking: 2 miles a day around noon 4:00 Fitness: For months now, a group of coworkers and I have come together every Mon, Wed, and Fri at 4:00 for a half-hour LEGIT fitness session. I'm talking max-rep push-ups (and then I do an extra set at the end); planks (front, or front and sides); wall-sits, lunges, and or squats; and some occasional extra core work, followed by stretches. An army reserve coworker and I pretty much spearhead 4:00 Fitness, and while he's out at some training right now, I've been leading the group and changing Friday's workout to a short but intense yoga session. Through 4:00 Fitness I have set and shattered multiple personal fitness goals: 50 push-ups? BOOM! 3-minute wall-sit? BOOM! 3-minute plank? BOOM! My new push-up goal is 90 in two sets. So far I'm at 72.My goal here is to keep on doing those two things to stay active at work. #2 is already a habit. #1 used to happen occasionally, but last week I made the decision to do it every day. ​Grading: +3 STR, +1 STA, +1 CHA MOTIVATION: Martial arts progress and fitting into my clothes. I think that's enough for this challenge. Yep, it took me an hour and 15 mins to write this. WTF! Where did my Saturday go? Well...here goes nothing something!

I sucessfully completed my first challenge and discovered my race... A monkey! However half-way into my second challenge, I completely lost track and didn't finish the challenge. This is my respawn at a second challenge again. Not awarding myself any points from the last challenge (except for a life quest I completed..Yay) Without further ado, here is my second challenge: MAIN QUEST To kick it up a notch from the previous challenge. Incorporate more dexterity-building exercises. Compensate and make up for failures from previous challenge. QUEST 1: Continue with Strenth Training in gym/Convict Conditioning on alternate days: Three times a week each STR 3, STA 1, DEX 1, [A: >15, B=12-15, C=9-11] QUEST 2: Include atleast one dexterity based activity per week: Examples: Yoga, Other bodyweight training, DEX 1, STA 1 [A: 5-6, B:4, C=3] QUEST 3: Atleast one stamina based activity per week or climb stairs upto 10th floor atleast 4 times per week: Tabata, HIIT, Zumba, Aerobics at the gym DEX 1, STA 2, CON 2 [A: 5-6, B=4, C=3] LIFE QUEST 1: Get research papers written and ready for publication. WIS 1 OPTIONAL LIFE QUEST : Since I didn't complete my life quest of jounalling last challenge, scaling it down for this challenge. Journalling atleast once a week WIS 1, [A:>5, B=4-5, C=3] RATS TO SLAY -- Sleeping late at night and waking up late in the morning -- Lack of privacy for journalling -- I hate writing papers Here's to another hopefully great challenge! :onthego:

Last night I decided what my goals are going to be for this challenge. I'm still working on meeting all the required reps and time of the Beginner Body Weight Workout. So that's my Main Quest: to perfect the Beginner Body Weight Workout (BBWW). To do this, I will practice the BBWW workout 3x a week. Measurement: working out 3x each week: STR +7. Working out mostly 3x, but sometimes 2x: STR +6. Working out mostly 2x but occasionally 3x: STR +5. Quest 2: Participate in the Rebellion. To do this I will update my challenge thread 3x a week and participate in the Guild Mini's. I will also participate in Accountabilibuddies and encourage new rebels. Measurement: Update challenge 3x a week AND do all the guild mini's: WIS +3. Update challenge 2-3x a week and do some of the guild minis: WIS +2. Update challenge 1x a week or less, and not do any of the guild minis: WIS +1. Life Quest: Clean up the yard! I have alot of brush to get rid of, leaves to rake, small trees to cut down, and bushes to prune. Measurement: Complete all 3 items (brush, leaves, pruning): +5 Charisma for my property. Complete most things (some brush, some leaves, some trees, some pruning): +3 Charisma for my property. Complete only a little of each: +1 Charisma for my property, as in "E for Effort". I have a high motivation to get this life quest done by the beginning of week 4, because my husband's parents and siblings are coming for a week's visit. I also need to not get bogged down in tiny details, like sifting all the volcanic rock and replanting all the daylilies.

The Dead City of Aku'Mah Part I The black stone river port squatted solemly in a miasma of fog and entropic despair. No wind blew. The river laid still, its opaque water as lifeless as the metropolis through which it coiled. No star or moon was visible, yet the city was dimly illuminated by some unpreceptable light source. The slick hewn stone banks of the river and canals seemed to almost glisten in the unatural twilight. In one of the city's market squares stood a cowled man, dressed in worn, grime caked garmets . His hands were loosely wrapped in dirty bandages, stained by the same black grime found on his clothing and deep under his finger nails. His gaze tumbled across the breadth of the square. There were no carts, no merchants, and no sign that there had been in any recent amount of time. The lamps stood unlit, their glass sconces encrusted with a black film of filth and neglect. At the centre of the market lay a well, its shadow filled orifice emiting the stench of a foul bog. Each connecting street at the market's perimiter gaped at him, dusky paths that seemed to only lead deeper into the sprawl. As he took his first step, the sound of his bootheel fell flat on the wet cobblestones. Its sound was audible but hollow, devoid of all resonance. After a few more paces he stopped and abruptly yelled aloud. No echo. He didn't need to be a scholar to know that the physcs of this place were all wrong. Every building facade he examined, every grime coated window he eyed, like the intersecting streets, were all lifeless. Nothing to indicate the presence of another. Nothing to give hint at a path for... escape? Was he a prisoner here? Was he leaving, or just arriving? Did he choose to be here? He couldn't remember. ...to be continued. Challenge V Goals To improve my strength to bodyweight ratio. To improve my running speed and endurance. To improve my ability to enjoy life. To find more adventure. To be more patient. To be more content. To be less frustrated. To be less scared. To connect to my inner self and to discover who I am. Motivation Still unclear. Quest I - Improve my bodyweight to strength ratio Strength train 3/week focusing on push-ups, pull-ups, and bodyweight squats. Award: +4 STR Grading: 1 point per workout completed. 13 = C, 14 = B, 16 = A, 18 = S-Rank Routine A: Deadlift, Push-ups, Squats, Pull-ups/rows, Split Squats/Lunges, Dips, Planks/Leg Raises Routine B: Squats, Push-ups, Split Squats/Lunges, Pike Push-ups, Bridge Work Routine C: Squats, Push-ups, Romanian Deadlifts, Pull-ups/Rows, Split Squats/Lunges, Dips, Planks/Leg Raises Quest II - Improve my running endurance Increase my weekly long run each week. Award: +4 STA Grading: 1 point x number of the week. 15 = C, 17 = B, 19 = A, 21 = S-Rank Long run distance goals: W1: 11km, W2: 12km, W3: 13km, W4: 14km, W5: 15km, W6: 16km Quest III - Improve my flexibility Perform a simple yoga routine 3/week. Award: +3 DEX Grading: 1 point per yoga session completed. 13 = C, 14 = B, 16 = A, 18 = S-Rank Yoga routine: Will start by learning and performing sun salutations. Number of "rounds" to be determined but I am thinking of starting with 8. Bonus Quest - Find stillness and connection Meditate daily, starting at 10 minute sessions and increasing duration by 2 minutes each week. Award: +4 WIS Grading: 1 point per day that I meditate. 30 = C, 34 = B, 38 = A, 42 = S-Rank WEEKLY TALLIES WEEK 01: Bodyweight 2/3, Running 1/1, Yoga 3/3, Meditation 2/7 + Assassin Mini-Challenge (+1 STR)WEEK 02: Bodyweight 1/3, Running /2, Yoga /3, Meditation 1/7WEEK 03: Bodyweight /3, Running /3, Yoga /3, Meditation /7WEEK 04: Bodyweight /3, Running /4, Yoga /3, Meditation /7WEEK 05: Bodyweight /3, Running /5, Yoga /3, Meditation /7WEEK 06: Bodyweight /3, Running /6, Yoga /3, Meditation /7 TOTAL SCORE: Bodyweight 3/18, Running 1/21, Yoga 3/18, Meditation 3/42 UPDATE 01: Awards, grading, and routines added. UPDATE 02: Weekly tallies added.

Hi, I don't know where to ask this, but I've been stuck in my pull-up and my push-ups progression. I have been doing startbodyweight weight loss program for a while now, and I hit 6/6/6 on my half pull-ups and 8/7/7 on uneven push-ups. From there I can't seem to move on. My body just can't follow. Is there anything I can do? Here are possible factors that I considered: I've been eating less for a while nowI'm training boxing/kali in my off daysI'm not quite sure what to do from here. Thanks for helping me out.

So, I just realized I have less than a month to my Spartan race. Holy crap, ya'll!!! Since that is coming up in just about 4 weeks I decided my Spartan training shall be the theme of this challenge!Luckily, my regular training for aerial already is good training for the Spartan race, but I really need to ramp up my running! I can hike and walk long distances easily so it's just a matter of doing run/walk couch to 5k (Zombie style, of course) to work on getting my legs used to impact again. Here are my specific goals: 1. Prepare for those burpees! (aka push up time!): I am pretty confident that I will own most of the obstacles, but who knows what may go down race day so I need to be ready for those 30 burpee penalties for any incomplete obstacle. To do this I plan to work on push ups every other day until race day. 2. Keep on hanging on! (aka climbing/aerial/"pull" related exercises): Along with my push ups I will also work on pull ups/ climbing/ aerial related skills every other day. I took an aerial conditioning class last week and realized how much I haven't been doing enough work in this area. 3. CHARGE!!! (aka running training): I need to get up my running distances. For this I will continue working on Zombies, Run! C25K training every other day (alternate days from my strength training days) 4. Let's turn the world upside down! (aka ab work to improve my aerial inversions): This isn't directly related to Spartan training, but strong abs will help in all of the other areas of my challenge. I plan on working that plough pose a ton + working on inversions in aerial class and on my pull up bar + a bunch of upper ab and oblique stuff in addition because muscle balance is good yay! I will work on this every other day (same day as my strength training days.) Life Goal: Declutter and streamline! I am leaving this semi open to interpretation. This can both be things like physically cleaning and streamlining my room/house as well as mental stuff. All part of building my batcave for continuing improvement and habit change!!

WARNING: the following post contains pictures of a culinary and violent nature. "The Devil is in the details." Having not partaken in the last couple of challenges to better look after my recently born daughter, I’ve decided that I should probably make a return before it becomes too late and I forget all about these challenges. Previously, my most favourite have been themed so, since the second series was recently released on Blu-ray, I’ve made the morally questionable choice of doing a ‘Hannibal’ challenge. Goal 1: Nourriture “It’s a… protein scramble.†The food on Hannibal is astonishing (providing you don’t think too hard about where the meat comes from). So it’s not too much of a stretch to realise that I couldn’t do this without some sort of food related goal. Over the last couple of months I’ve been a lot less strict with my diet than I have previously and, whilst I’ve not piled on the pounds, my % body fat has gone from 15 (reaching which is one of my goals for the year) up to just over 17. It’s not a disaster however my suspicion is that I’ve put on some fat, and more importantly, lost some muscle mass. So, for this goal I shall be tracking my food, or to be more precise, my protein intake. I’m not hugely concerned about overall calories as I appear to be eating comfortably to maintain my current weight, however I am concerned that I’m not getting all the protein I should. Long term I’d like to drop some more fat and gain more muscle, but right now I’m still in the best shape I’ve ever been in my life so my efforts would be best spent working on tweaking my diet to sort out my macros. As an extra mini goal, as the appearance of the meals on Hannibal is such a big part of the aesthetics of the show, I’m going to attempt to produce a few elegant-looking meals of my own and I might post pictures if I’m very proud of my work. Goal 2: Variations “He is an intelligent psychopath. He is a sadist. He will never kill like this again. So how do we catch him?†I’m not an intelligent psychopath or a sadist and not killed at all, however I am getting bored with my current exercise regime. Whilst I’m happy sticking with the same four basic exercises (push-ups, pull-ups, squats and leg raises) I think I’m going to try out a wider range of variations of these so that no 2 work-outs in each week will be the same. My hope is that by changing things around each sessions, it will not only keep me focussed on what I’m doing by forcing me to think about each movement, but it will also work my muscles in slightly different ways each time and therefore tax them just a little bit more. Previously at this time of year, I’ve found it increasingly difficult to get up in the mornings and exercise so, by continually having to create variations on my standard workout, my expectation is that I’ll have some much needed extra motivation. Goal 3: Musique “I've always found the idea of death comforting. The thought that my life could end at any moment frees me to fully appreciate the beauty and art and horror of everything this world has to offer.†Putting Brian Reitzell's haunting score aside for one moment, Hannibal is overflowing with sumptuous classical pieces and, thanks to a tumblr that lists the music from each episode, I've put together my very own Hannibal playlist. For this goal however, I think it would be educational for me to delve a little deeper into the music and read up more about each piece and it's history. Hannibal is an educated erudite individual which sets him apart from other screen villains do it feels fitting that I dedicate some time to enlightening myself, and the unlucky readers of this thread, about the tunes that you get to enjoy whilst Dr Lecter serves dishes of dubious origins to his dinner guests. Goal 4: Imitateur Lecter: What are we looking for? Graham: At this stage, anything really, but mostly anything peculiar. I’ve found it quite hard to think of a suitable fourth goal, so as a novelty I’ve decided that, like Hannibal occasionally flirts with replicating another killer’s modus operandi, each week I shall copy one of my fellow assassins’ goals to try it on for size. I'm not sure what I shall be looking for in each of these goals, just anything interesting or peculiar which takes my fancy.

Name: Hammlin "Hammi" Race: Wood Elf | Class: Footpath Ranger Leader Level: 18 (STR):44.25 (DEX):37.25 (STA):30 (CON):31.25 (WIS):31.5 (CHA):25.25 Motivation: New job, new schedule, new coworkers. I don’t handle change well… Also, still upcoming is GORUCK Challenge next June… Main Quest: Defining a New Normal. (Nov 10 – Dec 21) Missions: 1. Schedule. Get into new routine- this will be hard. I have no idea what my future holds and I have been at the same job for the last almost 8 years... it's all that I know and it's what I'm used to. I need to make a schedule as best I can, once I see what the workflow of the new job seems like, and then work in and figure out how training can work in it. 1 Point for making the schedule that includes November Project (DEN) and a ruck each week. 1 Point for getting to bed by 9 at least 4 times per week. 1 Point for blocking AND using time Sunday for meal prepping. (+3 CHA) 2. Push Ups. Short and sweet. Need to do push-ups daily, in order to get better! Will decide on a plan by the time the challenge starts. 36-42 days = A 29-35 days = B 22-28 days = C 15-21 days = D 0-14 days = F (+4 WIS) 3. Water. Water, water, always water. Water goals always go by the wayside when the weather gets cold. Using. I need to be drinking 3 a day... 36-42 days = A 29-35 days = B 22-28 days = C 15-21 days = D 0-14 days = F (+4 STA) Life Quest: 4. Debt. Cruel evil four letter word. The new job is very timely, because Mr. Ham and I have been treading water… The plan is to use the snowball method to pay off the things that have been accumulating over the last couple of months. 2 Points for making the plan 2 Points for paying down whichever, according to the plan, fall in the challenge time line (+4 DEX) Tracking will be done on my closet calendar this time. My Story (challenge history- it's lengthy, feel free to ignore...):

The Twelve Labors of Salivanth Part One: The Nemean Lion Hello Assassins! I'm not sure how many of you remember me, but I was participating in Nerd Fitness a couple of challenges ago. I stopped mid-challenge, because my challenge's storyline had become divorced from what I wanted to achieve. But lately I've been skipping one too many workouts, and I figured, who better to keep me accountable than you guys? I like the idea of having a long, epic storyline for my challenges, but what I want is a more flexible one. A long storyline where each piece can be adjusted to fit my goals at the time. So what better way to get fit and strong than to follow in the footsteps of one of the strongest men of all time? He may look like a Warrior, but I bet there weren't many weight rooms in Ancient Greece. Thus, following in the footsteps of Hercules (or Heracles...I've really never been sure of the difference.) my first task is to kill the Nemean Lion. The Nemean Lion's hide is impenetrable by mortal weapons, making it quite hard to kill. Hercules killed it by strangling it to death, but I don't think I'm strong enough for that. Fortunately for me, there's a cliff near the lion's lair. If I push the lion off that cliff, it should die from the fall. Unfortunately for me, the lion isn't stupid enough to set up it's lair right next to the cliff. It'll take a lot of pushing to get that lion where it needs to go. Quest: Perform at least 5,000 push-ups during the challenge to get the lion to the edge of the cliff! (+3 STR, +1 STA) I'll be performing this task with constant effort; doing many small sets throughout the day. (I'll definitely be helped by the PvP challenge I started.) That'll work to get the lion near the cliff, but eventually it'll realise what I'm doing. Once the lion's at the edge, it'll fight for its life. It's going to take one last, massive effort of strength to push the lion to its doom. Final Effort: Perform at least 20 push-ups in a single set to defeat the Nemean Lion! (Current Max: 15) (+1 STR) Bonus: Perform at least 25 push-ups in a single set! (+1 STR, Lionhide Armor) So aside from lion-slaying, what are the other things I need to do this challenge? Goal One: Do each Foundation exercise twice per week (4 workouts total), and Handstand work 3 times a week. (+2 STR, +1 DEX) 42 workouts: High Distinction 40-41 workouts: Distinction 36-39 workouts: Credit 30-35 workouts: Pass (-1 stat point) 0-29 workouts: FAIL (No stat points) Goal Two: Do at least 20 minutes of mobility each day. (+2 DEX) Goal Three: Go to sleep by 11:30 pm and wake up by 9:00 am each day. (+1 WIS, +1 STA) 42 days: High Distinction 40-41 days: Distinction 36-39 days: Credit 30-35 days: Pass (-1 stat point) 0-29 days: FAIL (No stat points) Side Goal: Do at least 18 hours of study each week. (108 hours total) (+2 WIS) 108+ hours: High Distinction 99-107 hours: Distinction 90-98 hours: Credit 72-89 hours: Pass (-1 stat point) 0-71 hours: FAIL (No stat points) In order to succeed in the challenge and level up, I have to at least pass every goal. To get all my stat points, I need a Credit in each goal, and a set of 25 push-ups at the end of the challenge, after completing a total of 3,000 during the challenge itself. That adds up to 75 per day, including workouts, assuming I take a day off to recover before the final effort. That should be doable; I've been doing about 60 per day over the past few days, and my endurance is already increasing. Best of luck to all in the coming challenge, and may the spirit of Hercules be with us!

I dropped out last challenge. Nothing to talk around it. This time I will do way easier goals: 1. No Booze for 42 days (Joker for October 11th.... the wedding of my uncle) win/lose (+ 1 CON) 2. Work up to do "guy" push ups (+5 STR) http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/02/15/proper-push-up/ Goal is doing at least one proper push-up at the end of the challenge. So it's a win/lose goal but the goal is still passed (with a bad grade) if I can do at least 4 sets of 5 knee pushups. 3. Leave the house every day... even if it's just a 10 min walk - 42 points (+5 STA) 4. Wear my glasses: week 1 and 2 at least 30 min, week 3 and 4 at least 1 h, week 5 and 6 at least 1,5 h a day - 42 points (+2 CHA) These goals seem totally easy but I need to set goals that are sustainable for 6 weeks. I totally suck at that.