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Better late than never I always say. Been feeling unmotivated lately and my exercising and challenge mojo has suffered for it. Gonna put that all aside for now and put this challenge together. I wanted to shift my format to something that changed things up week to week but I was drawing a blank, so instead of doing that I'm just going to commit to doing stuff and then go do it. enough of that, on to the good stuff: The Theme! The image should say it all for most of you (You ARE nerds right?) but for everyone else my theme this time around is gonna be Final Fantasy VII which is the videogame that opened the door to a whole world of new games that I'd been missing out on. Its impact on me is so profound in terms of my nerdiness that I still consider getting the meteor symbol as a tattoo. So my main quest is unchaged from last time but now rebranded to reflect the new theme: Earn my rank as Soldier, First Class. And without further ado the goals: Swing the buster sword: (+4 str +1 sta) No idea how he moved that thing with one hand but I'm guessing gene manipuation and mako probably helped. Having access to neither of those things I will instead need to move heavy things around. Gonna try a non-bodywieght workout this time and instead do kettlebell routines. The fact that most kettlebell exercises are full body will really help me get back into exercising my leg muscles, which have been feeling better but need to start moving weight again. I'm hoping that this route will be a good stepping stone towards lifting really heavy things when I finally get it together and get a gym membership. A: 24 sessions B: 20: C: 16 D: 12 Earn the premium heart: (+3 wis, ) Tifa's utimate weapon, looks kinda silly but she was a monster and the only one who really used something approaching martial arts. My goal here is to improve my consistency with my techniques. Not going to focus on speed or power purely on form. Making sure my techniques are smooth and refined in their execution. 1 day of practice a week outside of class. A: 6 sessions B: 5 C: 4 D: 3 Bulk of Barrett (+2 con, +2 cha) Seriously, look at that guy, he's massive. My frame can hold muscle well so I want to work to put some more on. I haven't done many diet things because I don't want to start using it as an excuse to be less paleo than I currently am (which is about 80%) My goal here is to increase my bodyweight without increasing my belt size. Not sure how to grade it yet, once I get some feedback I'll plug in some numbers. (Hint hint, please give feedback on how to proceed here) Current stats: 32' waist 169.1 lbs. A ??? B ??? C ??? D ??? Grace of Red XIII (+3 dex) Red is a cat... cats are graceful... stretching makes you graceful? ...They can't all be winners. This is a repeat of a goal from last challenge but it did me a lot of good so I'm gonna carry it through to this one. Do 30 min of yoga/stretching once a week A: 6 sessions B: 5 sessions C: 4 D: 3

That's right folks, here we are at challenge #2 and I have been excited about this theme forever! My favourite show in the history of ever: Archer! Change in format tripped me up a bit but here we go: Main Quest: Become the world's most dangerous secret agent, Codename: Duchess. Seriously, all my fitness goals of strength, endurance and flexibility are rooted in my desire to excel in my martial art of choice: Hapkido. So that's what I've translated into my main goal. Step 1 "Are you s**tting me? Bionic legs and you lifted with your back?" - Archer to Ray Season 4 Episode 6 - Do a full 30 minute minimum stretch or yoga session at least once a week. (3 DEX, 2 CHA) So I have been having knee trouble due to the high number of kicks we've been doing in class, to help work on my stabilizers I'm gonna focus on stretching and yoga. Improving my balance and lessening pain is the name of the game with this goal. A 8 sessions B 6 sessions C 4 sessions D 2 sessions Step 2 Archer "Wow Barry, you're crazy super strong." Barry "What part of 'I'm a cyborg' are you not getting?" Archer "Core concept" Season 2 Episode 13 - Do Advanced Bodyweight routine twice a week (Knee permitting) (3 STR 2 CON) This goal is a bit tentative right now for a few reasons, primarily being that my knee seems to have a limited amount of physical activity before it starts to give me grief and if I need to choose between kicks and squats I'm gonna choose kicks. Last challenge was focused on gains this time I'm gonna focus on consistency A: 12 sessons B: 10 C: 8 D: 6 - Do 100 Pushups routine (Knee not permitting) (4 STR, 1 CON) This is my plan B if my knee starts giving me trouble. A: 90 pushups in a single set by the end B: 70 C: 50 D: 40 Step 3 - Start Drinking an acceptable amount of water So I don't drink enough... Water. I never drink alcohol but I don't drink enough water so doing all the fitness stuff I do I'm often doing it at low hydration levels... Especially in this insanely hot summer. A: ~2L 30 days B: ~2L 25 days C ~2L 20 Days D ~2L 10 days Side Quests: Get my knee looked at Pass Fail Get a Gym membership Pass Fail Updated with my stat points! Hooray.