The State of Male Character Creation

[Barraind]

This is definitely still a dude who works out. He's maybe not a dedicated gym rat but he probably still lifts regularly. At the very least he's a runner or something.

As a Warrior of Light, by the time we finish Stormblood, we have:

Carried the entirety of our inventory on our backs, which includes multiple sets of armor, rations, consumables, animal droppings and up to millions of coins.

Spent an inordinate amount of time running through cities, running through the desert, running through the forest, running around the plains, running around the beach.

Mastered the art of horsemanship.

Mastered at least one style of Martial, Spiritual or Mental combat. Each of those requiring physical endurance, the ability to take punishment, and the ability to sprint short distances regularly to avoid AE's.

Explored countless ruins, dungeons, outposts and hostile environments, each requiring us to run or sprint through them, dodge traps and environmental effects, and fight monsters, constructs or garleans.

Additionally, we have optionally mastered multiple professions that require mining, woodcutting, farming, or beating rocks into submission with a sledgehammer.


We're all in the top fraction of a fraction of a percent of olympic-level athletes in terms of fitness.