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HELLOOOOOOOOO NERD FITNESS You are welcome here tonight to witness the second bout between these two fighters.... in the Red corner weighing in at 122kg we have Good Rich, he is brimming with confidence and a sense of achievement in the first bout. In the Blue Corner we have Bad Lazy Rich who wants to weigh a lot more, he is still a bit on the ropes after the firs fight but he knows his opponent has the additional stress of buying a house and moving during this challenge Lets see what challenges these two fighters will be competing on............ Tops Gun(s) Chest, right I finished the first challenge and in a classic RPG fashion the boss is beaten and it is time to loot the Chest. I look at my chest and it needs vast improvement, so do my biceps. So this goal will be to complete 2* 60 min Chest and Bicep workout plans each week I have a 6 week lifting goal for reps for each exercise and will be supplementing this with creatine. Simple maths on this one its STR +2 CHA+2 A = 12 plans B = 10 plans C = 8 plans D = 6 plans E = 4 plans The Dark Knight Rises (and falls and rises *repeat*) So the other thing I am not a fan of is Abs workouts, the planking from last challenge is still part of my plan and I have gotten used to it, one thing I am bad at is sit ups. So one of the guys I train with has forced me to start super sets of an exercise then 15 sit-ups on a decline bench this means I total out at over 150 sit-ups a session, this is mad I know but I have suggested doing it Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. I know i will never have a six pack until i deal with my food issues but my core lifting is the target here. A very very mad Goal I know! but my abs need work STA+2 STR +1 DEX+1 A = 18 sessions B = 15 sessions C = 12 sessions D = 9 sessions E = 6 sessions Sophie's Choice I am having a serious issue with my food intake and the management of what I eat, add to this the stress of mortgages and moving over the next 6 weeks I am going to struggle. My goal here is to make the best of a bad situation (I need to credit DeathorGlory for the idea) Each food choice I make in a given situation will have either a positive or a negative outcome, If i am stuck in a situation I am going to choose the mostly healthy option I can I will track my progress with my fitness pal. 2+CON 1+CHA 1+WIS Basically I am going to go by the number of weeks where my diet was focused on the positive choices in a given situation. A = 6 weeks B = 5 weeks C = 4 weeks D = 3 weeks E = 2 weeks Look Who's Talking This is a suggestion from DeathorGlory again as she knows me pretty well, I tend to bury things and go off radar quiet a bit when the pressure mounts, I tend to go to ground and appear a few days later having done a lot of work. This hiding and lack of talking/venting/ communication makes me more stressed, the idea of this goal is to drive me to communicate while i move house rather than do nothing and let the stress build up and impact my other goals. In order to combat this I will spend a minimum of 2*30 mins talking to someone. I seems like a poor goal but it will work for me very well I am only giving this 2+ WIS 1+CHA A = 6 weeks B = 5 weeks C = 4 weeks D = 3 weeks E = 2 weeks Please tune in three times a week to see how our fighters progress through the next six weeks of challenges, sweat, gym sessions personal endurance and will power. Rich

Hey everybody! Ok so here we are, round 2! This challenge is all about resetting, restarting, not from square one but from where I have managed to get to so far My first challenge was very...challenging! It was far from perfect, and because of that was, in hindsight, exactly what I needed. I am a perfectionist by nature, and have a frustrating tendency to overreact to mistakes. This was something that negatively affected my last challenge, so something that will be tackled this time around. Last challenge I gave myself no wiggle room at all, so it was very demoralising when I failed once in a goal, as it instantly dropped my grade. This time around I'm going to be more realistic, take smaller steps and be more practical about melding the challenge with my life. So, let's get down to it. Goals are as follows: #1 Reduce body fat percentage from 29.4% to 27% Since joining NF and starting with a personal trainer I have dropped my bf from 32% to 29.4%. It has made such a difference to how my body looks already that I am bringing this goal forward from the previous challenge. It may seem like a random goal number, but if I get to 27% that will be a 5% drop since late January 2013 A - 27%-27.5% B - 27.6%-28.5% C - 28.6%- 29.4% F- 29.5% or higher 1 DEX - 2 CON - 2 CHA (less fat = greater mobility, better health, looking good) #2 Complete either a 5k or 10k row once a week - ALTERED TO AT LEAST ONE ROWING TRAINING SESSION PER WEEK I've become increasingly passionate about rowing since my trainer incorporated it into my sessions. I have a rowing machine at home, so there's no excuse about not completing additional training on my own. I have a very active job (dance teacher) so teach 17 classes a week, plus participating in 2-3 classes a week for my own training, and 2 personal trainer sessions, hence why its only a once a week row! A - 6 rows, B - 5, C- 4, D - 3, F - 2-0 1 DEX - 2 STA (work on speed, but also boost endurance) #3 Choose to get back on the wagon and track the journey Last challenge I set myself a very difficult diet goal, and have found that the more I tell myself I can't have something, the more I want it - classic. So this challenge I am cutting out cake, sweets, crisps and soft drinks completely, as I have done this before and don't eat these things very often anyway, but I am not tying these to a grade. Other than that, I can choose what I eat, and I'm hoping that this freedom will encourage positive choices as it has in the past. The second part of this goal is accountability - food will be logged daily on my Daily Battle Log. It doesn't have to be logged on the day itself, but each day must be recorded, and obviously, the sooner it is done, the more accurate it will be. My grade will drop when I miss 2 days a week food recording. A - 7/7 logged, B - 5/7, C - 3/7, F- 2-0 3 CON - 1 CHA - 1 WIS (better diet = better health, looking good and greater self awareness from recording foods) #4 The to-do list This 6 week challenge will cover an extremely busy work period, probably the busiest so far in my entire career (eep!). To help my head not explode, the goal is to complete a to-do list of what MUST be done tomorrow before leaving the office. This will be a short (hopefully) and very specific list of things that are the most important for that next day. I will also post these on my Daily Battle Log. Mon-Tues, Tues-Wed, Wed-Thurs, Thurs-Fri, Fri-Mon A - 5/5, B - 4/5, C - 3/5, D - 2/5, F - 1-0 2 WIS - 1 CHA (better organised, more efficient and not turning into a raving stress head!) Ok so there they are, thought about them a lot, but they may well be tweaked over the next six weeks. Looking forward to this new challenge, and to reading all about yours as well. Here we go! Emily

The rooftops flew beneath my feet, each one passing faster than the last, swift leaps closing the distance between each. Today marked my first assignment as an Assassin. The kill was high profile, too. A very big deal. ​ One of the state senators was a very corrupt man, embezzling the very state he was meant to serve into poverty. The people had suffered enough for his greed, and today he would repay them with his blood. I was almost there, almost to my destination. The moment of truth was so close that I could practically smell it. Just one more rooftop... My foot caught on the edge of the roof, and I went tumbling down the side of the twenty story building, thin air the only cushion I had from the pavement below. The pavement, looming closer, closer, closer... "Otaku! Get up, girl. You've got to be the hardest sleeper in the camp..." My eyes snapped open, a sheen of hot sweat making my entire body feel sticky, ill. It was just a nightmare. I wasn't ready to go on missions for the assassin's yet, I was still an initiate. I'd only dreamed of the fall. I took a deep, steadying breath as I threw the wool blanket off of myself and swung my feet over the side of my small cot. Reality was coming back to me along with the stiffness in the muscles of my back and arms. I shook away the fatigue as I rose, making my way out of the cabin I shared with twenty or so other assassins. I didn't bother to dress, as I'd fallen asleep in my clothes the night before, too bone weary to change. Porridge would sit wrong on my stomach after my night terror, so I skipped past the line of familiar, groggy faces waiting for their hard earned morning meal. Instead I made my way 100 paces to the north, where the bare bones of a once great estate stood. The Villa di Auditore, which once loomed over the village of Monteriggioni, was being restored to it's former glory. The Italian branch of Assassin's hoped to utilize it, just as our ancestors had, and I'd traveled to Italy with some of my American comrades to take part in the occasion of rebuilding it. Because no one could know exactly what was going on outside of our forces, the entirety of the villa and adjoining town were being reconstructed by sheer manpower. Once construction was complete, I would be one of the newest assassin's to be staying on, training here. But that was farther off. I pulled on a tool belt and made my way to the structure to help some of the other early birds set up support beams. 'This is what will hold up the Villa later on, in all it's splendour and glory. Simple beams and a strong foundation.' Much the same was true for me. I knew what the assassin's were, and I was a part of them. My feet were officially wet, but it was the strong foundation I needed to build now that would take me into the future... Woohoo, challenge 2!!! I'm glad I signed on today and saw it -__-; So, can you tell I've been playing Mirror's Edge and Assassin's Creed 2? =D I can't help myself. Okay, now to update these things and add more details to them. GOAL 1: Make good on that gym membership I've just dished all that money on. I'm thinking three times a week isn't too much to ask for, and if I can't make it, reciprocate with BW training at home. While I'm there my main focus is going to be to work up a nice sweat and gradually inch my way over to the free weights. Yes, I'm intimidated by the free weights. I know, bad Otaku. =D Haha. I go to a commercial gym (Planet Fitness has a damn good membership deal and I'm cheap XD), so after reading Steve's article, How To Work Out Properly In a Commercial Gym, I just had to laugh at how spot on he was. Rows of treadmills, stationary bikes, ellipticals (sp?), and stair climbers in front of tons of weight machines in front of a HUGE wall mirror. And the free weight section? I'm going to assume it's that little square platform up those stairs in the corner? Yikes. But hey, at least most of the machos are checking themselves out in the mirror downstairs. STR:2 DEX:2 STA:1 GOAL 2: Burpees! Yes, I've gone insane. I'm going to do the Burpee progressions throughout the duration of the challenge. Personally, I just don't think I could make it through 100 days yet. XD So, for this challenge, the idea will be to start with 1 and continue for six weeks without missing a day. STA:3 GOAL 3: This is going to be a general "eat healthier, and more consciously" kind of goal. Usually, when I look at dieting, my focus is on the things I can't have (which means I look at them more, and then I WANT them more. Hello, chocolate, okay?) This time around I'm just going to say, "Okay is there something healthier I could have instead?" and "Wait, what's the right portion for this?" Also, last challenge, I was trying to cut out coffee, thinking naturally that when I was thirsty, I'd reach for more water instead. Sometimes, this was true. Other times I didn't drink ANYTHING and wound up dehydrated a lot more frequently. This time I'll be consciously taking in more water. The ultimate point will be to reduce my overall body fat percentage, which is currently at 21% (according to a DIY method from online, but hey it's good enough.) I'd like to reduce the percentage by 2% a week, which is how I'll be measuring this goal. I don't really think this is too much, but it's a start at least. CON:2 CHA:2 GOAL 4: Driving. I hate driving. It's quite possibly the least pleasant thing I've ever experienced. However, I'm almost twenty, dying to be independent, and... my permit expires is three months, which will leave me with no legal form of ID, so a driver's license would be kind of handy. Specifically, I want to drive at least once a week, even if it's just around my neighborhood (which is quite extensive.) If I pull this off, I will drive more in the next six weeks than I have in the last year. WIS:3 So this time around I'm also going to utilize LexPhoenix's consistency list. so its like: Goal 1: X/X Goal 2: X/X etc. Hopefully this will help me to keep on track a bit more this time around. (Edited for details in the goals.)