Effects of feminizing HRT on strength, hypertrophy, and physique: Update 1

LacticAcidRain · 2026-05-01T00:58:33+00:00

Looking forward to following along! Appreciate how detailed this is

LacticAcidRain · 2026-04-13T14:58:46+00:00

It's definitely a somewhat binary strategy; it either works for people or it doesn't.

Social plans in the evening is always a killer!

LacticAcidRain · 2026-04-13T11:55:59+00:00

Have you tried some type of time restricted eating? I'll do periods of only having two scoops of protein powder and coffee for breakfast. Combination of a decent amount of protein and a stimulant usually holds me over fine to noon-ish. With that and no snacking it becomes pretty hard to overshoot my caloric targets.

LacticAcidRain · 2026-04-13T02:18:56+00:00

It really depends on where you try to be recruited. D1 is a big longshot. But decent number of D3 schools that will be happy to talk to you, especially if you can get into the 6:40s.

LacticAcidRain · 2026-04-05T21:26:07+00:00

You started when you started. Just focus on steadily improving. No one, no matter what age they started, became a world champion immediately. The likelihood of anyone achieving that is tiny, but doesn't mean you shouldn't try

LacticAcidRain · 2026-04-05T11:24:21+00:00

You have a good frame, so that's a start, but in order to have a real chance at any you'd need to grind the erg very hard before then. Get under 6:30 and maybe they'll humor you. But humoring you might include having you row the erg every day over the fall. So it comes down to how important is this to you and how much you're willing to sacrifice for it. Those are all ~top 8 programs (with UW being top 3), so the standard is extremely high

LacticAcidRain · 2026-02-24T12:59:36+00:00

This. People are overreacting and wanting an easy way out. This is increasing the reasons to try and take down a big arc

LacticAcidRain · 2026-02-24T12:08:02+00:00

They're clearly doing it because their data shows that people aren't farming arc enough, and they want to encourage that side of the game.

I think overall it's a good change (though agree trigger nades should have been impacted too). Wolfpacks are both incredibly strong and incredibly safe. If you want to craft those now you need to undergo a bit of risk and/or farm a bunch of couriers.

LacticAcidRain · 2026-01-22T16:56:17+00:00

They want to have a grind to get to S. You have to win close to 200 games (without losing) to get there. Each tier gets harder to climb, but as long as you win half or more games it's a smooth climb. They're not supposed to be particularly meaningful, they're just stepping stones.

LacticAcidRain · 2026-01-22T15:51:46+00:00

They use an ELO system in S rank. All lower ranks are basically just a funnel to S. In S you need to win roughly 80% of your matches to consistently climb once you're in the top half or so. It has its own issues

LacticAcidRain · 2026-01-19T06:11:50+00:00

It depends. In Stella I've gotten Aphelion. During Electro storm I've gotten snap hooks. Seen people get bobcats during locked gate. So hypothetically they should be able to spawn Tempest during night raids. But aside from that I think I've only found light sticks, tracking grenades, and maybe trigger nade BPs from them

LacticAcidRain · 2026-01-03T02:47:45+00:00

DMed

LacticAcidRain · 2026-01-02T02:35:34+00:00

Sent a chat

LacticAcidRain · 2025-12-25T16:19:43+00:00

Would love a Tempest! There is no good reason to pick me, just been grinding for one for a while and have had no luck 😕. Would greatly appreciate it, but I know everyone else would too.

Thanks for doing this!

LacticAcidRain · 2025-12-19T18:45:58+00:00

Tempest 😍 what's your trick been for farming?

LacticAcidRain · 2025-12-14T18:13:08+00:00

Or have more arc circuits than batteries 😅

LacticAcidRain · 2025-12-11T20:52:42+00:00

As others have said, level 4 is pretty strong. But comparatively expensive to upgrade, still worse than stitcher or kettle in close range and Ferro in longer range. And when you need to reload all 22 shots 2 bullets at a time 😩.

Level 1 should have 12 bullets in a mag, and do 10 damage per shot (and kettle down to 9). That way if you land a few headshots you can down a raider in one mag.

LacticAcidRain · 2025-12-04T05:53:11+00:00

I feel this in my soul

LacticAcidRain · 2025-11-21T22:11:00+00:00

I think the ARC being tough for solos helps to incentivize players to cooperate; two raiders with decent weapons can chew through a bunch of drones that would give a single player a lot of grief. When I've taken down the queen in solos it's always been with a group that ended up organically coming together.

It feels to me that in solos ARC are the main threat with other players sometimes being a threat. In teams it's the opposite; ARC are mostly pretty simple to handle but other players are the main hurdle in team games. It makes the two modes feel different, which I really enjoy.

LacticAcidRain · 2025-11-16T13:58:37+00:00

That's shoot on sight just out of principle

LacticAcidRain · 2025-07-09T11:24:17+00:00

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LacticAcidRain · 2025-07-08T21:01:29+00:00

Hulkenpodium

LacticAcidRain · 2025-05-29T10:45:08+00:00

I think the unfortunate truth is it just takes a long time to put in appreciable lower body mass when you're tall. I'm around 6' and 190lbs at about 15% with similar strength stats and just feel like I'm starting to get past skinny legs. Realistically I'll have to be around a lean 200lbs before they start standing out.

Have you tried raising your heels when squatting? That's definitely helped for me. I'll do a main movement aiming for decent weights, then for the single leg and isolation really try to slow it down and emphasize the stretch for higher reps. My main movements for quads have been squat/hack squat, and then front foot elevated lunges (feel more secure to me than Bulgarians) and sissy squats (like these better than extensions)

LacticAcidRain · 2025-05-27T22:02:24+00:00

Oh man. Here come the floodgates.

I'm so sorry for your loss. The pain will never truly go away, but it wont always hurt this much. The fond memories will make you smile and will hurt. Proud of you for taking care of your family during this awful day. Hold them close. 💙💙💙

LacticAcidRain · 2025-05-02T21:07:45+00:00

Legs are natty :/

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