PSA: "Quick" way to earn Gym Rat badge (NG)

[ThePointForward]

So as you might know already, to earn Gym Rat badge you need to earn 3 star rating on 50 gym workouts.

Which means you can earn it in 10 weeks earliest. 5 different workouts, then you earn the physical bonus for a week and you can't work out anymore.

Except... Gatorade reflex drill. It's repeatable and counts. I screwed up my sprint drill (rip my weekly bonus) so I was at 4/50. Now I'm at 8/50, gaining 4 drills by running the gatorade drill.
It still will take time - but considerably less than waiting 10 or more weeks.

EDIT: Finished it, got the badge. Took a while, sometimes had to wait for one person.

[Andrew]

Good looking out!

...though I'm guessing it'll be patched sooner rather than later.

[ThePointForward]

Hope not, because the requirement is just... mental. Reportedly the good old way of winning a ring works too even though it's not mentioned. But 10 weeks? More like 11 or 12 if you screw up couple times? That's like 20% of the game's life cycle.

If they do patch it I'd say lower the requirement and add laternative ways.

[Andrew]

Agreed. I'd be concerned though because historically they're quick to patch exploits without addressing issues that affect us, so I could see them closing the loophole and leaving it as is.