Summary
- Ubisoft has published an Assassin’s Creed-inspired workout plan designed by The Bioneer.
- The workouts are bodyweight-based and are meant to simulate the workouts of various series protagonists.
- Thankfully, you won’t have to scale the Sistine Chapel to get in shape.
Gaming has had its fair share of interesting marketing strategies over the years, and Ubisoft is no exception. I haven’t forgotten the strange search engine that Ubisoft released for Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, the one that provided fascinating advice on how to become a nineteenth-century pimp. Thankfully, Ubisoft’s most recent marketing ploy for Assassin’s Creed Shadows is much healthier and above aboard (nice spot, Automaton).
Ubisoft teamed up with fitness YouTuber The Bioneer to create a five-week fitness routine designed around the occupations of past (and future) Assassin’s Creed protagonists. Think clambering into windows like an assassin or throwing around barrels of grog like a pirate. The Bioneer is known for creating content based on the workout routines of fictional characters, making him a natural choice to design an assassin-inspired workout routine.
Jump Rope Like An Assassin
Each week is themed around a different era of Assassin’s Creed. Week one is Assassins (Altair, Ezio and so on), week two is Pirates (Edward), week three is Spartans (Alexios/Kassandra), week four is Vikings (Eivor) and the final week is Shinobi and Samurai (Yasuke & Naoe). There’s quite a range of physiques there, but every single protagonist is in commendable shape.
Each of the five different workout routines has some commonalities. You’ll be jumping rope and doing a set of dynamic stretching for each character. Kassandra may not have had a skipping rope, but you know for a fact that she could skip rope forever if someone handed her one. Bioneer emphasises the need for additional attributes in addition to strength, like stamina, agility, grip strength and so on. The characters in Assassin’s Creed regularly perform feats of elite athleticism, showcasing their well-rounded abilities. Personally, I don’t know how Ezio can free-run over rooftops forever when his training routine is nothing but drinking wine and philandering.
The workouts are primarily bodyweight-based, so gym equipment isn’t required. If you survive four weeks of tactical pull-ups and push-ups then you’ll be well-equipped to tackle the Assassin’s Creed Shadows-inspired workout. You’ll need a good balance of strength and agility to match the duo of Yasuke and Naoe, so you’ll be doing pull-ups, push-ups, crawls, jumps and squats – a good balance between upper body, lower body and core strength.
Even if you complete all five weeks, I still wouldn’t advise scaling Kyoto Tower or leaping into a pile of hay from a great height. Assassin’s Creed Shadows releases on March 20 for PC, Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- Released
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March 20, 2025
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language