u/SpirutualPirate

21M, 230lbs, 6ft 2.

I've been in the gym for a month but haven't gained any strength in my arms at all. I started with 10kg dumbell press and I still cant do 12 reps of a 12.5kg dumbell press.

The thing is, my arms have gotten noticeably bigger, I've been on 5g creatine daily for a month and I eat a minimum of 150g protein a day (i have had days where I couldnt reach that, but most lf the time I did reach it).

My leg strength has went up, and my back and chest are stronger too. I went from 40kg leg press to 100kg for reps.

Its just so demotivating that I want to quit. I've changed my diet and cut out all these bad habits for what feels like no reason. I've put so much effort in yet I've got hardly any of the benefit that I wanted. I dont mean to whine. Its just how I feel at the moment.

Any help?

So I've been trying to play Bloodhound recently, and I can't seem to get used to his ultimate at all.

Even when I use it out of sight of the enemies, I still get beamed as if im not invisible at all.

I know that you still make sound, and you are still somewhat visible, but from my experience facing it, it is very difficult to notice.

I only ask this as I saw a little of the ALGS stream recently, and 90% of the teams had a Bloodhound. So im unsure if this is just a skill issue or not lol.

So I've been at the gym for 2 weeks now and I can't seem to do anything with barbells. Bench press, squats, curls, etc. The bar is just too heavy.

Im 21m, 6ft 2, and 230 lbs, so I'm honestly a little embarrassed to do any barbell exercises because of it. I see a lot of people throw on multiple 20kg weights and seem to do the exercises I can't do with ease.

I'm only asking since I don't know if this is a beginner issue or if I'm just weak.

I'm completely fine when it comes to workouts now, but I really struggle to eat well. It's not that I don't know how to but it's just so expensive.

I'm male and weigh ~230lbs. So, to my understanding, I need around 200g protein to really gain muscle. On top of needing to reach a maintenance of just over 3000 calories.

Is there a way to achieve this on a budget? I assume that I'll have to do this by bulk prepping, but I'm not really sure what I could prep that gets me my daily protein + calories.

So I've been trying to do Push, Pull, and Legs, and today was the first time I did legs

Using all of the machines was fine, and I got the hang of them very quickly. My only major issue was squats.

I set up the barbell on the rack/stand without any weights (just the bar). Then, whenever I tried to lift it, both my arms and back cramped up like crazy and I wasn't even able to do a squat.

Has anyone else experienced this? Did I attempt a squat too early?

For context, I go solo, and I go quite late to avoid a crowded gym.

So, I finally overcame my gym anxiety and ended up going yesterday. I went in and did a bunch of 3 x 10 dumbell workouts targeted to my arms and back (just a bunch of random ones as my main focus was actually going).

I decided to have a good look around the gym before I left, and I realized that I had absolutely no idea how to use 90% of these machines. Not only do i not know how to use them, but i dont even know where to sit/stand/approach them from.

Im also so worried about Barbells. Deadlifts and bench presses mainly. I've seen so many videos of injuries relating to barbells from bad form to ego lifting.

Im honestly open to any advice, even if it's just a suggestion to a video or creator.

As much as I want to try and help out here, it feels impossible to do so when a post is just a huge wall of text.

There's nothing wrong with a long, detailed post. But it takes way too much time to actually address any problems when I need to spend the majority of the time looking for the problems in the post.

I see so many posts here with 0 comments because of this reason.

21M

I've recently learned a lot about dieting/"eating right," and it's got me really motivated to start going to the gym.

The only issue is that I just **hate** the social aspect of it. People trying to help me correct my form really bugs me. It's the main reason why I stopped before.

Dont get me wrong, I understand that form is important and all. Im just one of those people who like to be independent and learn on my own. I also just dont like being watched when I exercise.

I figured that I would try to do it at home, but there's only so much I can do with dumbells when I dont have a bench or the space to do it. It feels impossible to get an actual workout like I would in a gym.

I dont want to sound like im making excuses because I really do want to start. I just can't stand the social aspect of the gym.

Absolutely every game is full with scripters now.

Im not even just talking about light parrying. it's those players who always seem to throw the perfect attack at the perfect time so you cant do anything.

Its so fucking boring playing against someone who just throws perfect lights and HA heavies. I either stare and nothing happens or I try to open and get interrupted.

Then im meant to believe that these same people are so good that they can predict every single 50/50 i throw with the perfect counters?

I cant see the reason in playing this game when everyone just cheats or exploits to win. Like how the fuck is there "well known cheaters" in the only ranked mode in the game?

That's all the game is now. People use cheap and boring tactics to win rather than just playing normally.

Reaction players who only counterattack make the game boring. Light parrying doesnt take skill, it takes a 120 fps setup.

People who use externals in 1v1s are cheating. Offense that can't be countered + defense that cant be broken without feeding revenge **is cheating**. Im not sure why so many people act like this is a "tech", you are actively exploiting the game.

The OP heroes just make both issues significantly worse while actively ruining the game with bloated kits.

"I dont care about GTA 6"

"No disc? Im not buying it"

"$80 base edition? Content locked behind ultimate editon? If you pre-order, you're allowing them to get away with it!"

If you didnt care about GTA 6, you wouldnt be posting about it to tell everyone.

If you cared about physical discs, your game library wouldn't be 95% digital games.

Where was the complaining when RE9 was released at $70? Or when UFC 6 was released at $70? Or when Farcry 6 GOTY edition was $120!?

The number of people pretending like they have always cared about these things is hilarious. If you dont want it, dont buy it. It's that simple.

I can guarantee that most of the people crying about these things are going to buy the game when it releases anyway lol.

I've started seeing Seer absolutely everywhere, and now im learning that he currently has the highest pick rate in the game.

I know he got quite a few buffs this update, but none of them seemed all that significant apart from the buffs to his tactical.

Why is everyone playing seer now?

Removing his side enhanced lights did literally nothing to him. His dodge bash is basically an option select. He gets HA, insane UBs, and guaranteed chains for simply parrying. His parry zone is still one of the best anti-gank tools in the game. He gets a mid chain bash as if his dodge bash isnt OP enough.

Everything about this hero is still braindead even after the nerfs. Yet LB players will still spam emote like they're the best players in the world.

I've been trying to learn Berserker for a while, but he just feels like such a bad hero.

He essentially has no openers. He has no bash, no soft-feint and no UBs. The only thing he really has is his heavy -> light hard feint but thats it. Ive came across plenty of people who can block every attack from it easily.

He has bad mid-chain offense. The only thing he can really do after he lands an attack is top UB heavy. His HA is only really useful when someone tried to dodge attack. Yeah, he has dodge cancels, but theyre once again only useful against dodge attacks + deflecting with side dodges isnt easy.

He doesnt have any defense either. Since hes an assassin, he has low health. So you cant even trade with his HA. His defense only really exists during his offense with his dodge cancels because of his Deflect and UD dodge attack

Overall, he just feels awful. Its pretty easy to beat berserker when you can just block and parry heavies.

Any tips?

The devs have made it clear that they dont care about making this hero fair.

Peace breaker is bullshit. HA light from neutral is bullshit. All of his dodges are bullshit. Heavy pin from neutral is bullshit. UDs, UBs, bashes, pins and HA all available after 1 attack is bullshit. Infinite stamina + health because of GB hold is bullshit. FB cancels and recoveries is bullshit. 18 damage forward dodge bash is bullshit. His Zone hold is bullshit. His running, UB heavy is bullshit.

Everything about this hero is OP meta slop bullshit. He quite literally has EVERYTHING is his kit all available from neutral, or 1 button press.

Every patch that Juren isn't nerfed, I see him played more which makes me want to play less.

I just refuse to fight this hero any longer. A minor nerf to his T2 does absolutely nothing. Especially since everyone is using thrilling comeback anyway.

Juren is genuinely ruining the game.

I've recently begun to learn Godot, and im really struggling to understand how to use code in my games.

I've watched a tutorial on the basics like sets, gets, constants, ifs, elifs, whiles, exports, etc etc. But im confused about how to use them in a game along with nodes.

For example, I watched a video on how to put them together, but im still really confused about how different scenes, scripts, sprites, child nodes, nodes and files all interact while being separate, if that makes sense?

Also, how would I organize everything when my project starts to get bigger? Having all these scenes, nodes, sprites, etc. It sounds so confusing to keep track of. For example, storing all my sprites in 1 asset folder will definitely be a pain in the long run.

It also sounds really bad for optimization to have, say, multiple coins, all with the same scene for every single one. (if that makes sense?).

Im honestly just looking for any tips to help me understand how programming works and the workflow for making systems/my game elements interact with the player and vice versa.

It's worth mentioning that im brand new to game development (and coding in general). Im currently 3 days into learning.

I honestly think that this is the worst map pool I've ever experienced while playing Apex. I completely understand that maps are subjective, but I genuinely can't enjoy Ranked with the current map pool.

Broken Moon is awful, Storm Point is sort of bearable, and Olympus is okay at best. All of these maps are so open with hardly any cover.

The fact that they removed Kings Canyon for Storm Point was such a frustrating change.

Literally throw in either E-Distict, Worlds Edge, or King Canyon (again) to replace Broken Moon, and Apex might be enjoyable.

Theres no maps that I can wait for in the rotation now. Every time I try to play, I just look at the Ranked rotation and go off.

I'm Plat 2 on console for context.

Whenever im in a fight, I am aiming and shooting. I dont understand how stopping shooting and performing a tech is meant to help me win. Every time I try to use movement to win a gunfights, I end up getting all my health erased regardless of if I pull off the tech or not.

Yet I see people online who are able to stop shooting, immediately gain max speed and momentum, and never get hit. Regardless of if they're fighting in huge open areas or a tiny container.

I feel like im either facing scripting cheaters or the people online are cheating themselves (smurfing for easy lobbies).

I've been really enjoying anti-ganking recently, but I want to change up who im playing. So far, I've had a lot of fun anti-ganking with Shaman, Warden, and Shoalin.

Im mainly looking for a hero with tools like Deflects, Superior Dodges, or CCs.

I've already played heroes like VG and Afeera a bunch and have a few reps with them. I'm mainly looking for a hero who's hard to master.

Pretty much everything about juren is broken and bullshit, but Peace Breaker is a genuinely unfair move.

It feels quicker than every unreactable bash in the game, pins you for a ridiculous amount of time and it does 14 dmg. Even when I predict this move, I still get caught when I try to dodge

Seriously fuck this hero. I dont even fight Jurens anymore. I run away, and if they catch me, I just AFK until I can respawn.