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THE ASSASSINS' GUILD Strength. Skill. Grace. Precision. Please subscribe to this thread by clicking the "Follow This Topic" button in the upper right hand corner of the page. and, Please include your Forum Name in the title of your challenge thread If this is your 1st Challenge on Nerd Fitness, it's not time for you to join a Guild yet. Head over to the Rebel forum by Clicking here. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS How do I join the Assassins' Guild? After you've finished your first 4-week Challenge with the Rebels, declare yourself an Assassin and then post your subsequent challenge threads in our guild. That's it!Do I have to be lean to be an Assassin? No. While extra bodyweight does make performing many bodyweight-based skills more difficult, things being difficult is not something Assassins shy away from. Assassins come in all shapes and sizes!How advanced in my training do I have to be to join? Assassin skill levels range from complete beginners to advanced trainees in a huge variety of interests.Do I have to do Parkour or be a Ninja Warrior contestant to be an Assassin? No! The Assassin Guild has an extremely diverse population. And most of us do far more than one thing! In here you will find people doing calisthenics, gymnastics, circus arts, dancing, parkour, obstacle courses, climbing, weight lifting, yoga, and more! What does it mean to be an Assassin if there's so much variety? We Assassins love movement and fluidity, thrive off both competition and cooperation, and prize enjoyment of whatever we are doing; but most of all we are determined to be the masters of our own bodies. We train anywhere, anytime, with anything, in whatever ways we think best (or are just plain fun). The world is our playground! If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to private message (PM) your Guild Leaders! The currently active Assassin Guild Leaders are: Hazard starsapart We only bite a little.

ASSASSINS' GUILD INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Please subscribe to this thread by clicking the "Follow This Topic" button in the upper right hand corner of the page. In addition to the informational threads, we will be posting Assassin-specific announcements here (e.g. mini-challenge missions, important threads, etc.) and by following this thread you will be notified when we post. Please note: These announcements cannot be found anywhere else on the forum. The only way to stay updated on Assassin-specific happenings is to follow this thread. JUNE 3 - JULY 15 NF CHALLENGE More detailed instructions can be found here, but a quick summary of the challenge rules are below. Signup for the current challenge. Choose a maximum of four SMART goals for the next six weeks. Three goals should be related to fitness/diet and one should be a life goal. Create a thread with your username in the title and post your four goals there. You may also choose to write an introduction to your challenge and craft an RPG story element here. Have fun with it! (OPTIONAL) Choose a class or profession. I'm assuming you've done this already as you're already hanging out with the Assassins... (OPTIONAL) Assign attribute points to each of your goals. You have a total of 15 points to assign for the challenge and each goal may have no more than 5 points assigned to it. (OPTIONAL) Sign up for a squad or Accountibilibuddy group. The subforum can be found here. On June 3, start working on your challenge. Update your thread at least three times per week, and participate/post in other threads. On completion of the challenge, grade yourself, gain a level, and reward (or not!) your attribute points.THE ASSASSINS' GUILD To the Assassins, the world is one giant playground. Every building can be climbed, every gap can be jumped, and every obstacle can be conquered. Assassins spend most of their time training with functional bodyweight exercises as that’s usually the only thing they need to lift. Fearless, calculated, and efficient, Assassins have low body fat percentages because extra weight could mean the difference between life and death on a mission. They have solid endurance as well, allowing them to progress through an obstacle-filled environment without breaking a sweat. Primary Attributes: Agility, StaminaTraining: Parkour, Free Running, Rock Climbing, GymnasticsReal World Examples: Parkour Traceurs, Free Runners, Rock Climbers, Gymnasts, Athletes on Ninja WarriorDo I have to be super lean and in shape to be an Assassin? Heck no! While being in shape is obviously beneficial (in both your everyday life and in your training), it is not necessary to be Al Kavadlo to join the Assassins' Guild. We have Assassins of all shapes, sizes, and skill levels here, and all are welcome. So if I don't have to look a certain way, what do I need to be an Assassin? Nothing is really required to be an Assassin, though a love of bodyweight training is definitely recommended. While many of us use equipment in our training, calisthenics are definitely at the core of it all. Do I always have to wear black? Yes. THE ASSASSINS' GUILD LEADERS Nuala 35-years-old, France, Robot Mistress of Pain I'm in a never-ending quest of getting better, I've never really had weight problems but I struggled for a long time with depression, low self-esteem, and lack of confidence. Well, I still have the last two, but at least I'm doing better for the depression part! I'm also in a journey to be healthier. Since I discovered Nerd fitness, I learned how to do push-ups, pull-ups, started bouldering and Chinese pole and got rid of most of my back problems. I have embraced the assassins way of life and don't want to go back to my weak self! I'm also a video games/Programming nerd. I started playing video games 31 years ago, back when the dinosaurs were roaming the earth! I'm more a 80-90' video games fan and I have a huge backlog (GoG is threatening my wallet :x). My favorite games are the "Might and Magic" RPG series (MM6 & MM7 >*) and the fantastic "Planescape: Torment". I used to play MMORPG too, but most of them are lacking the RPG part that I enjoy so I stopped playing them. RandomWanderer 34-years-old, USA, Proud Assassin I'm two years out of weight loss surgery and doing all kinds of crazy stuff to keep myself active including Gorucks, mud runs, parkour, runs at 6 am, and just recently climbing trees. This has lead my body to reject it's host and request a new owner recently LOL. I also do Kung Fu. I found NF about 8 months ago and between Steve's blogs and this community I found a focus and a drive that took me to new heights of fitness. I was at the beginning of my barefoot running saga when I found NF (in fact a Google search on barefoot running is how I found NF) and I had never done and never thought I'd BE doing hand stands and burpees and all kinds of crazy exercises. I love this community! I work child protective services, which keeps me out late many a night. I also have a photography business on the side and I'm a Theravada Buddhist who does some meditation teaching and Buddhist education stuff as well as talks. I'm looking at the possibility of becoming a monk in the near future. Life's been crazy lately and I've allowed that to control my exercise priorities. I pushed my body past it's limits and i'm still trying to work back from that and find a happy medium. I'm a bit "lost" these days... but I feel i'm making progress finding my way back out. Wolverine 31-years-old, USA, Lover of Spreadsheets I was an athlete (soccer, water polo, swimming) until my sophomore year of college when I decided that being lazy and drinking beer was of a higher priority than training and competing. I hit 175 lb. at my heaviest, got down to 155 lb. on my own before finding Nerd Fitness, and am now at 143 lb. 135 lb. working my way to 135 lb. and my first set of chiseled six pack abs. I'm a smaller guy (5'7") and am PASSIONATE about bodyweight training. This is the first time in my life where my size is actually to my benefit in an athletic endeavor. I'm currently messing around with Prasara Yoga and TACFIT. I also climb a couple times a month and have been known to hurtle down mountains on a bike now and then. Nerdwise, I love comic book/graphic novels (and their movie equivalents), The Hobbit/LOTR, Star Trek (all forms), Star Wars, Firefly, Game of Thrones, and have recently started BSG. Basically, sci-fi and fantasy. My wife is a huge Disney fan, so some of that has worn off on me over the years as well. ​MINI-CHALLENGES Mission 1: A Difficult ChoiceMission 2: Where is my Pac? Maaan...Mission 3Mission 4Mission 5Mission 6PVPS Meditation for Life Participating Assassins: Milythael, Kibcy, TheHuntsman, Rymmare, CobaltSword, Lexphoenix, ThatGirlJJ, Anim07734, AquaDash Poses in Unusual Places Participating Assassins: Drsloomis, Wolverine, Sea Level, Elastigirl, Milythael, AZSF, CaraStarbuck, KB Girl, BlackWidowEowyn, Amiacon Pull-up Challenge​ Participating Assassins: SweetAlex52, Ashish Naresh, The Silent Ninja, Lothig, VengefulPear Carving Abs of Marble and Buns of Steel Participating Assassins: VengefulPear, Brutus SQUADS/ACCOUNTIBILIBUDDY GROUPS Coming soon!MOSTLY ACCURATE LIST OF ACTIVE ASSASSINS 0x4d482a 48cent Abc Aeryn Akaix AloofPenguin Amiacon Amuo AncientReborn Anim07734 Annepere AquaDash Archangel Arock10 Ashish Naresh Asnyder Azurecat Baralien Barmacral BatmanFitness BDiz Beck Fallowhide Bigben BlackWidowEowyn BrockLee Brutus Caelonna Cait Caladluin Catspaw Chris_de_maas ChrisMcl Church Cielle Cnidaroid Cobaltflash Cobaltsword CragHopper Croman Red CyborgNinja Darkazeura Deker Devyn Drsloomis Elastigirl Elder Emissary2ornjs Empeg9000 FalseAesop Feronasu Fizzyorange Geochip HaliS Hatenick the Barbarian Hewhowishestoimprove Heylookitsjenny Interrobang Jamilyn121 K1gamer Kawatan KB Girl Kibcy Kimsquared Lampitos La Tigresa Leslaz Lexphoenix Littlebean Lothig Manveru Masked_Shrike McG Merddyn Milythael Ms.Fire Muffin87 Nanako Nardi Norgaard Nuala Nymeria Nyxy Obax Olkeencole OtakuBosatsu Paradigm Paradoxic PaulG Pretzle Raikas Red1263 RiotInferno Rivanariko Rohan Rooks Roshua Ruckus RunRight Runwithscissors Rybo Rymmare Ryoryo SambieWlks Sammiejune29 SarahStaples ScubaSteve85 Sea Level SeeingRed SelinaKyle Serjr Shatyr StarGazer StephaneLandry Steve Stooshie Sunwukong Superstars SweetAlex52 Talos Thatgirljj TheHuntsman The Queen Athlete The Silent Ninja The Wolf TiberiusNightrise TimidBerserker Tom Kenobi Torpedotor Trailbeater Trousersocks Tudou93 Twitchy_Squirrel UberTumbleweed Vector Vengefulpear Violet Wonderpants Waldo Winterbones Wolfaron Wolfhorde Wolverine Wyn Xena_Warrior Princess Yuen Zebarah Zego

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