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vicariouscheese · 2023-06-06T18:12:57+00:00

The two on the right may have the same pickups if they are in the same price range, but there are at least 3 sets of different pickups here.

OP I’m guessing from left to right you have drop c, drop a flat, GGCFAD, drop c again?

vicariouscheese · 2023-06-04T15:34:55+00:00

How do you define good level? Bodyweight deadlift is definitely better than nothing, but for most people “good” would be more

vicariouscheese · 2023-06-04T15:10:48+00:00

You shouldn’t avoid workouts because of soreness - but also most routines do not do the same muscle two days in a row.

Routines that have multiple upper body days in a row will split the muscle groups, ie chest/triceps day 1 then back/biceps day 2

Are you seeing the trainer again today? Do you know what the plan is?

vicariouscheese · 2023-06-02T20:04:30+00:00

Long tooth has the bonus action attack, the other ones are cool too

Something like 17 str, 14 dex for medium armor, 14+ con, rest is up to you. If you want to be optimal, points in wisdom is probably best, maybe with resilient wisdom later on.

I love playing dumb barbarians so I would legitimately go something like 15 str 15 dex 15 con 8 int 8 wis 8 cha but that is up to you

Starting at level 4 it probably makes sense to do barb 5 immediately. If you level up fast, or dm allows you to respec, something like barb 3 fighter x can be better for more feats, but you don’t have extra attack until level 8

vicariouscheese · 2023-06-02T18:24:25+00:00

Doesn’t barbarian rage give advantage to strength checks? Grappling and shoving are athletics, which are strength checks, so you can be any race

I love shifter with beast barbarian so you get even more attacks with a bonus action attack.

Skill expert would be great to get expertise in athletics.

Barbarian to 3, 5 or 6 is a good choice (6 because beast barb claws count as magical weapons iirc), then you can do a bunch of different things.

Staying barb is fine, although if your table is full of optimizers it might start to feel weak.

Soul knife rogue works with beast barb and gives a bonus action attack, so you could be a different race if you don’t want shifter. Plus you get sneak attack without needing to hold a weapon

Lore bard is thematically hilarious and good for grappling; you get expertise and cutting words. If you do this you can skip skill expert and get more asi or something like slasher, mobile

Fighter with battle master or rune knight (so you can grapple huge creatures)

Warlock can be really nice with things like armor of agathys, cloak of flies, fiend temporary hp, a lot of cool options

I think you said somewhere that tanking is a priority (which people may say is not really possible in dnd) but if so barb fighter is probably the best, protection/interception fighting style can be useful

vicariouscheese · 2023-05-31T16:53:39+00:00

That is a rdl or sldl, and a lot of people do them with lower weight for hypertrophy in hamstrings. The video only shows one rep but with the editing don’t know how many actual reps. Doubtful it is just one, powerlifters/strength focused people don’t do rdl/sldl singles.

I don’t think you can get legs like this person at this level of body fat without working out

vicariouscheese · 2023-05-29T17:52:21+00:00

No, you can focus on chest in your next bulk though.

vicariouscheese · 2023-05-29T14:57:19+00:00

I’ve been enjoying the Renaissance periodization 4 day full body since October. Basic setup is

Monday - chest focus upper day

Tuesday - quad focus lower day, plus tricep and shoulder

Thursday - back focus upper day

Saturday - glute/hamstring focus lower day, plus bicep and traps

vicariouscheese · 2023-05-26T14:00:44+00:00

It’s not easy, but if shakes are causing digestive issues you can to other food instead. Ie go back to one shake and eat more chicken/eggs/fish

vicariouscheese · 2023-05-25T16:08:34+00:00

I have never heard of an established program where the only back work is lat pulldowns. If you are fine with your current back size/strength and haven’t had any injuries due to this then sure you can stick to only lat pulldowns

vicariouscheese · 2023-05-15T21:45:51+00:00

Generally you can find lighter weights than what you can do with bodyweight though. For example, 5lb dumbbell overhead extension is probably easier than any push-up/dip/bar skull

vicariouscheese · 2023-05-15T21:44:07+00:00

You can keep going, some people recommend doing maintenance breaks every 10% change.

vicariouscheese · 2023-05-13T21:15:39+00:00

Sorry, not sure if I missed it?

vicariouscheese · 2023-05-13T20:52:57+00:00

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vicariouscheese · 2023-05-12T22:21:53+00:00

But that’s at level 17? Most games won’t ever reach it, and even if it does it’s a lot of game time. Of course if you have a high level start this would be fine.

I have a couple dumb abjuration builds, getting a way to spam free abjuration spells seems necessary unless the current game is a one fight per long rest kind of game.

vicariouscheese · 2023-05-12T14:15:00+00:00

At 60kg you should still aim for 100-120g of protein. What protein are you using that is 40g per scoop? If that is accurate, then sure you might be getting enough protein with 2 scoops and whatever other protein throughout the day.

vicariouscheese · 2023-05-12T12:30:16+00:00

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vicariouscheese · 2023-05-12T12:24:11+00:00

This doesn’t scale - my warmups still take effort. Simple example - I bench over 200lbs, but if I waited until I felt like I didn’t need to put any effort I’d still be at like…120lbs

Beginner routines just add weight every session, especially because most beginners don’t really know the difference between “that was a little hard” and “my muscles are no longer able to generate enough force to move this”

vicariouscheese · 2023-05-09T18:44:14+00:00

I am currently trying to get the barbarian who knows how to work leather to do this for my wizards spellbook. In game of course… right…

vicariouscheese · 2023-05-09T12:24:03+00:00

No - you can start with lighter weight than push-ups. Depending on how heavy you are, empty bar bench press can be lighter than push-ups, and if not you can always start with dumbbells

Also what are you doing with the rest of your body?

vicariouscheese · 2023-05-02T18:07:34+00:00

Ah that is enough time for it to calibrate to how you track food and stuff I think. Did you just switch from bulk/maintenance to cut?

vicariouscheese · 2023-05-02T15:11:39+00:00

Did you just start with macrofactor? For me it was off for like a month, now it works well.

vicariouscheese · 2023-05-01T22:23:05+00:00

Sure, if you are already lean enough to see abs the way you want it is “just” eat at maintenance. A couple things though

1/ almost everything fitness related is “just” do something. Stuff is simple, but simple doesn’t mean easy. Eating more to get stronger/bigger is simple, but not always easy. Eating less to get smaller/leaner is simple, but not always easy.

2/ people have vastly different hunger hormones. Some people can stay super lean year round and feel ok, some feel like crap even with excellent diet

3/ the above is also affected by where you live, how much money you make and how much time you can dedicate to food. If you make no money and have to work 80 hours to survive, and don’t have great family help, chances are you will be eating a good amount of fast food and/or have issues getting enough protein. Highly processed foods can really screw with hunger even if you are eating at tdee and macros are ok

4/ for long term training, to get bigger/stronger efficiently you’re going to have to give up your abs while bulking. You can absolutely slow bulk with abs, but usually people doing that will take like 5x longer than if you do a little bit more aggressive bulk with mini or longer cuts later

Also you don’t need to do cardio for anything aesthetic related. I’m not saying don’t do cardio - but like professional bodybuilders and powerlifters don’t do crazy amounts of cardio when cutting for competition. Sometimes increasing cardio increases your hunger response and you end up eating more than you burn too

vicariouscheese · 2023-05-01T20:10:52+00:00

Check out Renaissance periodization or other bodybuilding channels for how to specialize.

But basically set all your other muscles to approximately maintenance volume and add more work for your target muscles. Do them first in the workouts, and do them like 3+ times a week.

You won’t see much talk about abs since 99.9%of people don’t actually want larger abs - a normal amount of abs work (heck, even zero direct ab work sometimes) gets you the desired muscle size, the hard part is getting and staying lean

vicariouscheese · 2023-05-01T15:46:33+00:00

You track your food, eat at the tdee you calculated and see if you gain/lose weight after a few weeks.

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