Karma Akabane Workout Routine: Train like The Assassination Classroom Fan-Favorite!

Last updated on October 25th, 2022 at 11:06 am

We’re finally getting another Assassination Classroom character here at SHJ.

Our Korosensei Inspired Workout was getting lonely – so Karma Akabane was the obvious choice to keep him company as our next routine.

Although I do foresee Irina Jelavic landing on SHJ in the near future as well.

Korosensei came in as one of our most powerful anime characters of all time, so Karma Akabane is going to be a bit of a different twist, but still enough to give us a killer routine.

We’ll be basing this one strictly around calisthenics, so it’s going to be a lot of fun for our members to be able to get him as a result on our Anime Workout Placement Quiz.

Karma Akabane Stats:

Real Name: Karma Akabane

Height: 6’1

Weight: 132 lbs.

Anime: Assassination Classroom

Powers: No

Karma is actually quite tall at 5’9-6’1 (he’s 5’9 when we first meet him), when we compare him to other male anime characters.

He would only be considered short if we were to compare him to the gigantic monsters we have floating around our Anime Workouts Database.

Wolverine was the shortest spot among comic characters we’ve seen at 5’3, prior to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles coming in at 5’2, (and Gimli even shorter) – but Damian Wayne (Robin) is only 5’4.  Goku isn’t that tall either, though, standing only 5’7, with Miles Morales only an inch above him.

One Punch Man falls in at 5’9 right there with Ryu, Nightwing at 5’10, and then Spider-Man, Daredevil, and Green Arrow coming in around 5’11 and Beast joining them.

We’ve had Superman and Eddie Brock’s Venom at 6’3, and Captain America, Scorpion and Batman at 6’2, and Carnage at 6’1. Thor and Cyborg are towering over them at 6’6, Thanos and King right there with them at 6’7, Bane at 6’8, and Deathstroke right below at 6’5, and Black Manta at 6’4.

Ronan and Sagat are 7’5, and Doomsday came in at 8’10, and I doubt any characters are touching that anytime soon.

But, don’t worry if you’re not the same height or weight range.

We write these routines to be utilized by anyone and everyone.

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Karma Akabane Diet and Nutrition

**Keep in mind: this section will be nearly identical for each hero.**

Every hero needs to still have a good diet.

Unfortunately we can train like them, but I don’t think any of us are suddenly getting their powers, or the ability to magically stop caring about nutrition.

You can’t out train your diet, so I want to still give some pillars for nutrition.

You can start by checking out The Nutrition Pillars on the site, but I’ll break down some more information for you guys as well.

Guys like Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart incorporate 80/20 dieting with big weekly cheat meals, Hugh Jackman, Tom Hopper, Benedict Cumberbatch and Terry Crews utilize intermittent fasting (something I use daily as well), Ariana Grande, Mustafa Shakir and Madelaine Petsch are vegans, Brandon Routh and Frank Grillo opt for paleo, and tons of others utilize their own variations as well.

It’s all about sustainability.

AND, there are a thousand different ways to reach your goals, so finding the most sustainable way is what’s important.

Which is why our Academy utilizes multiple different Nutrition Classes (Greek Gods, Vikings, Spartans, Hunter Gatherers, Monks, Samurais, Minimalists, SuperHumans) to allow people to choose what is right for YOU!

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Karma Akabane Workout Routine Research

We’ve made it to “the fun part”.

And, if you don’t know by now, I say that every single time we get to the workout routine research section for character workouts.

To kickstart our research we’ll be pulling right from Karma Akabane’s Wiki Fandom page, which has his bio listed as:

Karma Akabane is a student in Korosensei’s Class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Junior High School who had been suspended from school due to his violent behavior and one of Nagisa’s closest friends.

From there we can even move on to learn about some of his abilities.

A big portion of what makes Karma an interesting character is his leadership skills and overall intellegence level – which is exactly what we’re going to lead off with:

Leadership: Karma is capable of utilizing and leading his classmates, making use of their abilities in the most suitable way to the corresponding situation. He demonstrates this ability in bits and pieces throughout the series, such as when he planned to subdue Itona at the natural pool, but only fully begin to demonstrate this in Chapter 145, where he guided each of his teammates to positions best befitting them.

Intelligence: Karma is one of the smartest characters in the series, being capable of maintaining top grades with little effort. He assets his cunning, mischief yet considerable objective nature to assassination attempts, as well as other scenarios that may require it, such as saving his classmates or others. He also is often the first person to notice any oddities that may occur around and within Class E.

Marksmanship: Karma is ranked third for marksmanship among the boys, and the fourth among the whole class.

Pair that with his marksmanship I added in there as well and he has a deadly set of abilities.

And that’s all prior to even discussing his actual combat skills.

Here’s how they break that down:

Combat Skills: Besides his intelligence, Karma possesses a knack for battle and enjoys it. He has good fighting skills such as having high mobility and reflexes, and also has a mind suited for pranks, and foul play. He is also the physically strongest student in Class E as he has no trouble subduing Terasaka who has the most muscular build in the class, and it took both Maehara and Isogai struggling to physically restrain him before he could have injured Nagisa. Karma is also stated by Kimura that no one could compare to Karma at direct hand to hand combat, to the point of fighting toe-to-toe with a full-fledged assassin like Grip, and his reflexes allow him to pinch down an enemy’s attacks, though he isn’t so stealthy as Nagisa.

Some of the main points we’re going to take from this section is the fact that he has high mobility and reflexes, and possibly most importantly the fact that he is the physically strongest student in Class E.

They also make specific mention to his muscular build, which is something else we’ll be shooting for.

As I mentioned above: we’re going to be building this one out using calisthenics, so we need to get strong, mobile (which will come quite naturally, but I’ll also add in some parkour resources), and keep the routine around staying muscular and lean.

Along with all that we also need to recognize that his mobility and combat skills also require endurance and overall stamina, which will also be a goal of ours.

For that reason we’ll have some high volume, but I’ll still be sticking to a beginner-intermediate level for this one – which can be scaled down even further if needed.

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Karma Akabane Workout Routine

Training Volume:

3-5 days per week

Explanation:

For this one we’re going to be training with 3 days of semi-basic calisthenics programming that can be scaled down quite easily, 1 day of endurance work (which can be subbed for parkour or MMA training with resources I’ll provide at the bottom of this article), and 1 day for a Korosensei Circuit Test, which you can complete once every couple weeks (or every week) to test your skills.

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Karma Akabane Workout Routine: Sample Schedule

Monday: Assassin Calisthenics A

Tuesday: Korosensei Circuit Test

Wednesday: Assassin Calisthenics B

Thursday: Combat Endurance Work

Friday: Assassin Fusion Calisthenics C

Saturday: Rest or Optional Additional Work

Sunday: Rest Day

Karma Akabane Workout Routine: Assassin Calisthenics A

Warm Up: 

Walk/Run for 5-10 Minutes

Workout: 

Air Squats (Scale with Chair)

3×25

Push Ups (Scale to Knee or Pause Push Ups)

3×20

Mountain Climbers (Scale by Slowing Down and Using Breaks)

3×15

Dips (Scale with Chair)

3×10

Pull Ups (Scale to Pike Push Ups, or Assisted Pull Ups)

3×8

Optional Core Work:

Sit Ups (Scale to Crunches)

3×20

Lying Leg Raises (Scale by Bending Knees)

3×20

Hollow Hold (Scale with Breaks)

3×30 seconds

Karma Akabane Workout Routine: Korosensei Circuit Test

In a perfect world our Academy members or 90 Day System members will use this day to work in our Benchmark Workouts to continue testing and improving scores and tracking them against other members; especially our SHJ Core Benchmarks (although our Hero Benchmarks are just as awesome).

If you are not an Academy member or you don’t have access to a 90 Day System, you can also sub in different circuits here from some of the HIIT resources I provide.

(Another note: You should continue coming back and re-trying to workout every so often to see how much you can improve your score!)

Korosensei Circuit Test: Complete For Time

Complete 5 Rounds:

10 Jumping Jacks

10 Push Ups

10 Mountain Climbers

10 Dips

10 Box Jumps

10 Pull Ups

10 Sit Ups

10 Push Ups

10 Jumping Jacks

1 Minute Rest

Karma Akabane Workout Routine: Assassin Calisthenics B

Warm Up: 

Walk/Run for 5-10 Minutes

Workout: 

Glute Bridges

3×25

Decline Push Ups (Scale to Knee or Pause Push Ups)

3×20

Plank to Push Ups

3×15

Dips (Scale with Chair)

3×10

Chin Ups (Scale to Pike Push Ups, or Assisted Pull Ups)

3×8

Optional Core Work:

V-Ups (Scale to Crunches)

3×20

Lying Leg Raises (Scale by Bending Knees)

3×20

Superman Hold (Scale with Breaks)

3×30 seconds

Karma Akabane Workout Routine: Combat Endurance Work

For your endurance, HIIT or MMA/Parkour days you have quite a few options.
You can utilize enforced endurance training that I will program for you based on your fitness level like we do with other workouts here at SHJ…OR you can do 45-60+ minutes of varied cardio (bike, treadmill, elliptical, stairs, row, swim, etc.)…OR you can even use the HIIT resources I’ll provide.

I’ll break it down in that order:

Option One – Run Based on Overall Fitness Level:

Beginner: 1-3 Miles

Intermediate: 3-5 Miles

Advanced: 5+ Miles

Endurance Work Resources:

• Constance Wu Workout Routine and Diet Plan
• Ewan McGregor Workout Routine and Diet Plan
• Kid Flash Workout Routine and Diet Plan
• Grant Gustin Workout Routine and Diet Plan
• How To Continue Training After Your First 5K (Workout Included)

Option Two – Varied Cardio for 45-60 Minutes:

Split your cardio up however you’d like but complete 45-60+ minutes using:

• Treadmill Walk/Run
• Rower Machine
• StairMaster
• Elliptical
• Swim
• Bike

Option Three – Complete HIIT Training Using SHJ Resources:

• The Best HIIT Workouts
• Jump Rope Workout Database
• Academy Members: Insert a Benchmark Hero Workout (Circuit) or SHJ Core Circuit Test

Karma Akabane Workout Routine: Assassin Calisthenics C

Warm Up: 

Walk/Run for 5-10 Minutes

Workout: 

Lunges

3×15 each leg

Wide to Close Push Ups (Scale to Knee or Pause Push Ups)

3×20

Donkey Kicks

3×15 each leg

Skull Crushers (Calisthenics Variation)

3×10

Wide Pull Ups (Scale to Pike Push Ups, or Assisted Pull Ups)

3×8

Optional Core Work:

Sit Ups (Scale to Crunches)

3×20

Lying Leg Raises (Scale by Bending Knees)

3×20

Plank Hold

3×60 seconds

Karma Akabane Workout Routine: Optional Additional Training Resources

Parkour Training Resources:

• The Nightrunner Parkour Workout Routine
• The Assassin’s Creed Parkour Workout Routine
• The Robbie Amell Parkour Workout Routine

Main MMA Training Resources

• Anna Diop Workout Routine and Diet Plan
• Ryan Potter Workout Routine and Diet Plan
• Frank Grillo Boxing Workout

Other MMA Training Resources:

• Deathstroke Workout Routine
• Daredevil Workout Routine
• Moon Knight Workout Routine
• Sagat Workout Routine

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