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Was feeling a bit tired and run down, and I could tell I wasn't feeling at my best. However, this is the last week of this block, so I committed to going for the prescribed goal today, and giving it my all. Top Set was not as pretty and smooth I would have liked it to be; but hey, it is an all-time PR, and I was not on my A game, so I can let it slide a bit. I was completely trashed afterwards, though. I had to drop the weight quite a bit for my back-off sets, because I was just totally pooched, and each one felt like absolute grinders. I did manage to snag another PR with Romanian Deadlifts though, as well. I'll probably play it safer from here on out, and do 2.5 Kg bumps, so I don't risk potentially overextending myself, or god forbid, overtaxing my lower back. I know I still have a lot more to give, but I gotta pace myself, too! All in due time. Milestone goal for me is to hit 140 Kgs for sets and reps, which would be awesome. One step at a time. Songs: "The Heartless" - HIM "Before I Forget" - Slipknot "1985/Thrasher's Abattoir" - Carcass "Kill It Skin It Wear It" - Man Must Die "Night Stalkers" - Megadeth Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

This is a clip taken from my recent Comp Squat and Comp Bench Press Session (Block 1: Week 4.) You can see the full video of the session on my channel 🤘🏻 This is most amount of weight I have moved for reps with Bench Press (Paused, or unpaused) so this is a big PR, and it was like it wasn't no thang. Big gainz on the horizon. Songs: "Ich Will" - Rammstein Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

This is a clip taken from my recent Comp Squat and Comp Bench Press Session (Block 1: Week 4.) You can see the full video of the session on my channel 🤘🏻 Song: "Gently" - Slipknot Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

Despite fighting some wrist pain/discomfort, this went quite well, I think. My 110 Kgs x 3 Paused Bench Press is also an all-time PR, in terms of weight for reps lifted, so that is also awesome. Songs: "The Shape" - Slipknot "Skin Ticket" - Slipknot "Gently" - Slipknot "Iowa' - Slipknot "Disconnect" - After The Burial "Nine Summers" - After The Burial "Ich Will" - Rammstein "Flesh and the Power It Holds" - Death Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

This is a clip taken from my recent Paused Deadlift and Tempo Bench Press Session (Block 1: Week 3). This is my first time ever going fairly heavy with Hook-Grip, and it went much better than expected. I'm hoping to keep pushing with this grip style, work out the kinks, and quite possibly, eventually change to Hook-Grip as my main grip for Deadlift. Excited to see where this goes! Song: "No Time to Bleed" - Suicide Silence Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

I remembered to bring my chalk this time, so I got to get some solid Hook Grip training in, today. Forgot my speaker, though 😩. I figured finally dipping in to Hook Grip Practice can be a nice way to regulate my training loads/RPE, for deadlift accessory work so I work with perhaps a bit less weight, while still challenging myself, and getting good work in. I think once I get a hang of it, and my thumbs build a good tolerance to it, I can start pushing it even harder. This overall went very well; better than expected. I was going to shoot for 170 Kgs, which would have been cake with mixed grip, judging how easy 165 moved with hook, but I decided to play it safe, as I have very very little experience with hook, and I am pretty sure the most I have ever done before this with hook grip is about 120 Kgs lol, as I basically have only practiced it every now and then with warm up weights. I think I could have easily done 170 today with Hook Grip as well, judging by how easy 165 moved. I didn't want to pull an Icarus and get too overconfident though, and risk tearing my thumbs, hahaha. I may very well transition to Hook Grip in the future, once I work out the kinks. We'll see! 🤘🏻 Songs: "Once Upon the Cross" - Deicide "Fish On" - Lindemann "Unanswered" - Suicide Silence "No Time to Bleed" - Suicide Silence "Custer" - Slipknot "I Wanna Be Somebody" - W.A.S.P. "Dragula" - Rob Zombie "Roots Bloody Roots" - Sepultura Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

This is a clip of my Top Set from my recent Comp Deadlift session. This is the most amount of weight I have done for reps, and without straps, so far. So a big PR, today Song: "Lost In The Static" - After The Burial Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

Great progress, today! I was debating whether to do the prescribed/calculated weight for my Top Set, or play it safe and go a bit lower. However, I decided that I needed to stop being a COWARD, and JUST DO IT. In the end, it went even better than I expected; with definitely 2-3 reps left in the tank. Mixed Grip pulls are coming back with a vengeance 🤘🏻. Songs: "My Own Grave" - As I Lay Dying "Eternal" - Bury Tomorrow "No Name" - Alpha Wolf "Drifts" - After The Burial "Lost In The Static" - After The Burial "Suggestions" - System Of A Down "War?" - System Of A Down "The Philosopher" - Death Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

Aside from messing up the weight and rep range for my bench top set, this session went well, overall. Go easy on me, haha. This is a new program style I have to get used to, and I was in a rush, reading it off of a tiny Excel Spreadsheet on my phone, and I am already terrible with numbers to begin with 😅. Songs: "The Oath" - Mercyful Fate "Gypsy" - Mercyful Fate "Ich weiß es nicht" - Lindemann "Rip & Tear Motherfucker!!!" - Mathew Shezman (Matteo Delli Zotti) "Brotherhood of the Snake" - Testament "It's On!" - Korn "Fix" - Static-X "SOY AGE PSYOP" - 10SCOOPS Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

Despite feeling a bit tired, and out of rhythm a bit, due to life circumstances, I am pretty happy with how this went. I think this is technically the most weight I have ever pushed for reps with High-Bar squatting, as I have usually only done this variation with lower weight, and higher volume. Nothing crazy, but a sort of PR I suppose nonetheless, haha. Let's keep pushin' 🤘🏻 Songs: "Blessed in Contempt" - Testament "Greenhouse Effect" - Testament "Flame Thrower" - Judas Priest "The Ballad" - Testament Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

Decent session, overall. Not the most ideal circumstances, with these bars not being that great for heavy lifting, and forgetting my chalk at home. However other than that, today was nice and productive. The body seems to to be adapting well to the increased benching frequency (knock on wood), so I am really anxious to see how the lift progresses, in the coming weeks🤘🏻. Songs: "Chtulthu" - Quincas Moreira "Oxidizer" - Fear Factory "6:00" - Dream Theater "Caught in a Web" - Dream Theater "Voices" - Dream Theater "Lifting Shadows Off a Dream" - Dream Theater Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

My Comp Deadlift session ended up being a bit disappointing, today. I thought it was going to go well, but my strength and energy just dropped between my last work up set, and my top set, so I made it a bit lighter, to be conservative with fatigue/RPE. These went pretty well, though. I would like to do these with dumbbells, as the program calls for, but I only have one adjustable dumbell at home with not much weight, and I didn't feel like going all the way to the gym just for this one exercise, haha. Plus our dumbells only go up to 36 Kgs, lol. I'll try and increase these by 2.5 - 5 Kgs per week, while also focusing on keeping it in the max RPE 8 range. Let's boost dat posterior chain 🤘🏻. Song: "Metallic Division" - Fear Factory Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

First session of my second week into the new program; starting off with le skwat. I'm definitely feeling better than last week, and overall this session went quite well. I don't find this rack at my work place to be the most ideal, as I have stated previously, and much prefer my home setup. The rack is horrible for unracking heavy weight (Bench Press right after this with this rack was a lot more difficult because of this. I would have liked to have filmed that too, but the gym got too busy to feasibly do it), and for some reason, I feel much more off balance squatting here, than at home, like I am going to fall backwards, sometimes. Might be the position/angle of the floor, I am not sure. I am also trying a new video format, which is something I have wanted to do for a while, by making a montage/movie of my session with my working weights,/back-offs, etc, and then maybe upload the top set as a separate short, if I think it is worth doing. I figure this can diversify the content a bit, while giving me a method to upload training footage aside from just top sets, while helping keep uploads more frequent-ish; as I said I won't always be hitting crazy rep and percentage PRs and stuff, with this type of program. Songs: "Giftig" - Rammstein "The One to Sing the Blues" - Motörhead "Ghost Division" - Sabaton "Blood, Sweat, No Tears" - Jeremy Korpas Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

I'm REALLY FEELIN' IT. Song: "Under My Skin" - Mudvayne Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

First time doing Paused Deadlifts in quite a while. This is also by far the most amount of weight I have ever done paused, and for reps, so I am pretty pleased with this. I think I had another 2-3 reps in the tank. I couldn't do my back-off sets, though, due to being rushed to get to work right after this, lol. I have to say, these felt really good; especially since I don't have a ton of experience with them, and have not done them in a long time. I'm looking forward to doing these more 🤘🏻. Song(s): "Flying Whales - Gojira + "Eruption" - Van Halen

Last Back-Off set after my 155 Kgs x2 Top Set. These felt reaaaally good. Like buttah 🤘🏻 Song: "Internal Primates Forever" - Mudvayne Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

Getting back to some good ol' Paused Squatting! Weight felt a tad heavy, today, but hey, it's paused reps; they are going to be br00tal regardless, lol. I think this may be the most weight I have ever done to date with Pausing; so not too bad, all things considered. Song: "Happy" - Mudvayne Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

Just checking in to let you know what's been going on recently, and that I have started a new training program, courtesy of Benjamin MacIntyre! (Go check him out, btw 👀) Benjamin MacIntyre: https://youtube.com/@benjaminmacintyre349 Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

Since I have used this album many times to help get me hyped for my lifting sessions, I figured this would make a good candidate for this series. Today's subject: SLAYER Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

100 Kgs x 3 was my first milestone goal with Incline Bench Press, so I am super stoked that I hit it on my first try (first time ever incline benchong with this weight, too). I sincerely thought I even had a fourth rep in me, as the 3rd felt easier than I expected. However, looking ar the footage, it looks more clearpy apparent that I did not, lol. Still was VERY, very close. I'll get it, eventually. Great progress! Especially considering how I have been feeling lately. Hoping to keep the progress going, after deloading/resetting my fatigue levels 🤘🏻 Song: "Dig" - Mudvayne Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

Everyone has lifts/exercise that we find particularly hard, and/or exhausting. We are all different. Different people have different challenges and struggles. So I thought I would spark a discussion and pose the question: What lifts do you particularly struggle with/find challenging? Sound off, below! Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

This is something that I find myself struggling with every once in a while in my training, so I figured this would be good advice to pass on to others, and to serve as an important reminder: Don't get too carried away with the little things to the point where the bigger picture can suffer! Always try to think ahead, and keep focused 🤘🏻. Song: "Check Yo Self" - Ice Cube Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

Considering how I have been so drained lately, I am actually really quite pleased with this session. I felt a bit better than during yesterday's bench session, but definitely still feeling weak. My explosive strength/speed in particular was just not there, today. My original goal was 5 reps, but that was based on me going in to the session feeling good, and strong. I thought I would be lucky to hit 3 reps in my current state, so I initially decided to play it safe, and shoot for that. However, this went better than I expected, so I pushed it a little harder. I am 100 % sure I could have hit five here, but I could feel my lower back was starting to feel funky/fatigued, so I decided to call it at 4, and not risk over-exerting myself. 5-6 reps at the very least would have been there, if I didn't sabotage myself with fatigue. This is still the most weight I have repped with the deadlift to date, so far; so all in all I am really happy this. I got in some good solid work, while still leaving some in the tank, to preserve myself. Song: "Sail" - DevilDriver Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

I think I've gone too hard with the training/accessory work lately, and it has come back to bite me, haha. I have been feeling super exhausted and weak, the past few training sessions, which is why I didn't upload anything from my recent squatting session. Felt totally weak and drained, and didn't do anything exciting. The weights felt incredibly heavy today; everything was moving slower, and my shoulders (particularly my left one) were feeling pretty creaky/naggy. I believe my previous best with this was only 4 reps, so this is technically a pretty good PR; especially considering my state, in this session. I maaaaaaybe had one rep in reserve, but that is a big if; and I definitely wasn't going ro chance it, already being so tired. It is a miracle I got to six, as I was, lol. I am sure I could hit one or two more, when feeling better. I am going to have to play it by ear, and potentially take it easier/take the foot off the gas a bit, if this exhaustion continues. Don't want to risk beating myself up too much; and god forbid, hurt myself. Song: "Intensive Battery Brooding" - Carcass Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA

Got five, this time! Let's keep pushing! Song: "Bulls On Parade" - Rage Against The Machine Follow me also on Bitchute, Odysee, and YouTube! Bitchute: Liber_Primus https://www.bitchute.com/channel/liber_primus/ Odysee: VENDETTA https://odysee.com/@VENDETTA:9e YouTube: VENDETTA https://youtube.com/user/9VENDETTA