Dungeons & Dragons may not seem like the obvious place for fitness inspiration, but tabletop RPG writer and fitness enthusiast Steve Hine says he’s drawn two of his favorite hobbies. I found a way to combine them into a new workout guide.
Manual of Gainful Exercise is a new fitness guide written by Huynh, featuring workouts named after various subclasses of Dungeons & Dragons 5e. Workouts are organized by these subclasses and a Challenge Rating (“CR”) on a scale of 1-20. Recommended regimens vary widely, from beginner-friendly training that involves just being outdoors for a period of time, to more intense body movements and lifts.
Huynh is a Toronto-based TTRPG writer and designer who has been playing Dungeons & Dragons since high school. However, his passion for exercise did not develop until he joined his fitness group after college.
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“I realized I was finding community and that really motivated me because I was on a certain level [and] They were at a certain level and we kept pushing each other,” Huynh said of his exercise manual in a recent interview with Polygon.
While this manual was written with Dungeons & Dragons fans in mind, Huynh hopes it will help bridge the gap for anyone struggling to reach their fitness goals .
“My personal experience is that most people have a fitness background. […] But I would say a lot of people are missing something,” Huynh said. “My hope is that this text will help people understand where that gap really lies.” am. […] Hopefully something like that helps people get out there and start achieving their goals. ”
Huynh also hopes that beginners will be able to learn to find joy in their bodies, so many of his manuals focus on accessibility across body types and experience levels.
Mr Huynh said: He believes that, especially for beginners and relative outsiders to fitness, his manual is “their fitness journey, their goals, their joys – they are their own and they may not fit this mold that people want.” I hope it helps to kind of inspire you to understand that there is no
Huynh also hopes to use Dungeons & Dragons as a lens to examine the world of fitness more critically, making it more accessible and even more enjoyable for others.
“I think we can use Dungeons & Dragons to keep talking about the toxicity of fitness culture,” he said.
