Physical Recommendations

Before I begin, I must first stress that I am not at all discriminating against any sex or weight class, I am merely describing my personal recommendations regarding physical specifications.

Well, word's going around that in a few months, there's gonna be a game of Assassins on campus. People are either excited to play, or excited to watch. You're planning on being in the game, but you're not in it for mere entertainment. You want to win. You want to be the guy/girl who makes kill after kill, ambushing from cover, chasing your targets down, tailing them to the point that they drop from sheer exhaustion, or simply give up. How are you going to do that? You're going to prepare.

I don't have to reiterate the old "ounce of prevention" adage. Most of you know it by now. I will, however, tell you my favorite saying involving the 7 P's: prior proper planning prevents pitiful performance. If you plan ahead and prepare, you will go a long way to staying alive and making your kills quick and efficient.The best way to prepare, better than buying the 'best gun' or making all sorts of gadgets to make carrying weapons, or reloading your guns easier, is physical exercise. It's that simple: get in shape.

Now, you may be thinking, "I'm overweight. I can't possibly lose that much weight in a few months." Hold on a second. Being in shape and being of recommended weight are two different things. By 'in shape', I don't mean operating at maximum metabolic efficiency. In my book, you don't have to be skinny to be in shape. What I mean is being able to operate your own body, moving it from place to place, with some degree of efficiency. Even for the skinny ones, this is a challenge. Have you ever watched the pencil thin guy on campus try to do a pull-up? It's amusing, nonetheless. I don't expect you to hit the floor and do 20 push ups off the bat, although it's definitely something to strive for.

What I would recommend, however, is some aerobic activity. Just 5 minutes of running a day to start, and increasing it by 2 minutes weekly will go a long way. If you think that you're more advanced than that, take a diagnostic test. Go run a mile or two, and then try to shave off a reasonable amount of time after that. Try shaving 10 seconds off your mile in a week, every week.

In addition, I would recommend some anaerobic exercises in order to increase your amount of explosive energy. Do as many push ups as you can, then try to increase that by 10% of your current number a week. It's the same with sit ups or box jumps. If you can't find a partner to help with the sit ups, do some crunches, hold for 3 seconds per repetition, and repeat. If you need something to jump up on, find a park bench.  Get some friends together and play a few games of basketball. All these things can go a long way towards being physically prepared for a game.

That's it for this section, if you have any questions, feel free to comment, I will try to respond to them as best I can. Happy hunting.