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This was my back-off squat variation after my 167.5 Kgs heavy single. I haven't done heavy pause squats in quite a long whie! They felt great, too. I forgot how much I liked them. Song: "Dicke Titten" - 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

My form felt a bit off today, but not horribly so. My energy levels weren't super high going in to this set; however after this I actually felt great, and a lot more energetic, so perhaps that is a good sign that I am starting to turn myself around! The weihjt moved half decently, and certainly a heck of a lot better than my first rep when I did this for five earlier, haha. Song: "Benblåst" - Vildhjarta 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 was my back down bench variation after my 5x4 Kgs Paused Bench sets. First time doing these in a pretty long time! I am doing these to focus on tightness and control during the lift, and also to add a little work on improving power through the mid mid range portion of the press. I also am using a bit narrower of a grip, and using a less pronounced arch, and leg drive. Felt pretty good! Again, doing very sub-maximal weight to directly focus on technique, and also start a bit more conservatively with the new program. I might bump up the weight for this next week to around 77.5-80 kgs, or just add an extra rep per set, depending on how I am feeling. 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 felt a little tired today, and this weight felt a bit heavier/harder than when I did it with my back-off sessions, previously. However that is most likely due to the fact that before I did a heavier single first, so my body was better acclimated, thus resulting in it feeling like peanuts. I will probably do my back-off sets on my heavy single day with a bit higher weight, next time. Probably between 87.5 - 90 Kgs, depending how I am feeling. This first week I am just trying to get my feet wet with this new program; not trying to push too hard, and focusing on getting my strength and energy back, while still putting in some solid work. Song: "Dante's Inferno" - Iced Earth 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

Still feeling really weak and tired. I also had a pretty mediocre night of sleep, which didn't help matters, either. Still, I figured a 180 Kg single would not be too difficult. However it went WAAY worse than I hoped. My speed off the floor was even poorer than usual, resulting in practically a brief pause at the shins, hahaha. However, after I got past that point it felt fairly smooth, despite feeling weak. Hopefully I can shake off this funk ASAP, and build my strength back up. Song: "Love Dump" - Static-X 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

It's been a hot minute since I have done some New Tech Exclusive content, huh? I figured the back-off sets I have in my program can at least make for some potential extra content. Obviously nothing crazy impressive here; this is meant to practice technique, and trying to maintain and ingrain consistency with my form between reps with sub-maximal weight. Felt pretty good. Song: "Explode" - Damageplan

First day on my new training program! As I touched on previously, my intention is to increase my benching frequency starting with three days a week, in comparison to two; and incorporate heavy singles for my lifts in to my training. So the first day of every lift I am going to work up to a heavy single, and then do some back off sets (5x3-5 reps at 60-75 percent of my training max, given the lift, and how I am feeling). Subsequent days of training with the main lifts will be variations with varying intensities around 50-70-ish percent range. I am definitely feeling a lot weaker, and still low energy, so I decided to not start with a weight that is too intensive. I adjusted the J-Hooks a step higher, and despite it feeling a bit high, and the bar having the tendency to catch on the lips of the hooks on the unrack, I think it does make the unracking feel a little easier, and less draining, so I think I will try and stick with this setting. Song: "Reborn" - Damageplan 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 wanted to give an explanation where I have been the past few days, and further changes I have made to my training regimen. Forgive my lack of energy, and elocution; I'm really tired and run down at the moment, haha. 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

A little follow up chat video after my 80 Kg Overhead Press, explaining why I chose to do it then, and what will be happening with my training moving forward. I tried to get music playing/looping through the whole video, but for some reason it just stops, and doesn't loop. Oh well, the chat is what's most important. Song: "Chrono Trigger" - Yasunori Mitsuda 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 decided to go for a 1 Rep Max attempt today, instead of repping out 72.5 Kgs for the end of this training cycle; to which I will elaborate on the reason why in a follow up video. I have been 120 percent confident that I had this in me for a bit, and it went up surprisingly easily! It was a bit slow for sure, but it was not super grindy, at all. I think I potentially had a bit more in me, but this will do for now! 🤘🏻 Song: "Blind" - Korn 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

YEESH. I had to work, for that one. 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 really had to drag my ass to train today, hahaha. Felt very tired, lethargic, and not in to it at all. I definitely was not going to go for a PR today, and I figured if I can hit six reps, then I am fine with that. Let's hope I will have enough in the tank for the final week of this cycle coming up! Song: "Song of Myself" - Nightwish 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

Man, I was really thinking I was going to crush it, today. My warm ups and working sets went great, and I felt totally confident this top set would go well, and I could net a PR. However, once again when I got to my top set, I essentially choked. I botched my arch set up, the unracking went bad, and was super laborious, and my form/performance was super off, and I had a lot of trouble keeping my upper back tight, and retracting my scapula. From reps 3 onwards the "pause" durations were pretty crap too, with the last one essentially being a touch n' go. I totally lost my focus on pausing sufficiently, as I was struggling so much with everything else. This is technically a PR of sorts, as my previous best with this weight was four reps (paused reps were way better then, though), however I am not all that happy with the performance of this set, today. I thought of going for a sixth rep, but judging by how poorly the set had already went, and how slow the last rep moved, I don't think I would have made it, so I called it there. I might take it easy with my squatting tomorrow, to try and save some energy, for the upcoming final week of this cycle. Song: "Mechanize" - 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

Like I mentioned before, I am going to start strapping up for my top sets, so I can have a bit more of an edge when going for reps/a new rep PR with these higher weights. Warm ups felt great, and moved well, and I felt very confident I could crush this. However I have to admit, that this set moved a little slower than I expected! Especially the first rep. I still managed to acheive my goal today, and I think I could have still grinded out one more, but I am not going to do a repeat of the OHP session, and save some energy, hahaha. 190 Kgs for reps next week! Let's GET IT 🤘🏻. Song: "Downfall" - Children of Bodom 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 was feeling pretty tired, and a bit run down, which could be due to simply the start of a new week, but I also think it may be due to the compounding fatigue starting to catch up with me. I am planning on deloading after this cycle, so I am going to push myself as hard as I possibly can, where possible! My previous best with this weight was 5 reps, however I just hit 5 reps with 70 kgs, so I figured "why can't I hit one more?" Right? So despite feeling tired, I felt confident I could still hit a PR. However, for some reason during the actual set, I got in to my head that I needed to hit 7 and not six to get a new PR, and ended up grinding out 7 reps, with the last one being the GRINDIEST REP I'VE EVER HAD I think, with OHP. It was not until a little afterwards that I had realized what I had done, and actually exceeded my previous record by TWO WHOLE REPS. This is a HUGE accidental PR, hahaha. I sure ain't complaining, though! The mind can be a powerful tool. Even when you don't realize it! 🤘🏻 Song: "St. Anger" - Metallica 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

Good session today! I was originally planning on potentially taking it easy, if I was feeling tired/the weight moved slow. However, I felt okay today. Not tip top, but I was confident enough that I could push ten reps out today. I will have to monitor my energy levels from here going forward. If my other sessions start to wear me down, I may have to take the next couple squat sessions a bit easier, to try and save some energy in the tank for my other lifts. We'll see! Song: "IMN" - 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

Once again, like with my OHP earlier this week, I thought my previous best with this weight was 7 reps. Turns out, it was five with paused reps, and 6 with Touch N' Go. I was feeling pretty confident I could at the very least hit six, but I was really hoping I could get seven. It was a grinder for sure, but I did it! This marks an ALL-TIME REP PR, surpassing my previous paused record by two reps, and my Touch N' Go by one! This is great progress! Let's hope for some more, in the coming sessions! 🤘🏻 Song: "Ruin" - Lamb of God 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 thought about strapping up for this set, to try and give me a bit better of an edge to get a rep PR, but at the last moment, I decided to just go for it with mixed grip. I JUST couldn't get that eight rep, if I could have gotten it just a bit farther, and past my knees, I would have gotten it. I am going to be focusing on improving my leg drive again, at least for the next couple of cycles, as that is definitely my weakest point for the deadlift. My grip has been holding up, but my legs just fatigue, and it feels like an ETERNITY getting it from the floor to past my knees. This is the first time I have ended a deadlift set through failure in a REALLY long time, so hopefully it won't have too much of an impact. I'll probably strap up for the next couple top sets this cycle, to try and help with the possibility of hitting a new rep PR. Song: "Domination" - Pantera 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

For some reason, I thought my previous best with this weight was seven reps, but I checked, and realized that it was actually six from about a week and a half or so, ago. So I figured, "why can't I hit one more?" 120 percent confidence going in to this one. The weight flew so fast after that first rep or so, I thought maybe I had misloaded for a sec, hahahaha. Great start to the week! 62.5 Kgs for 10, on the horizon? 65 KGS FOR 10? Let's keep pushing! 🤟🏻 Song: "Ghost Division" - Sabaton 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

Man, today was NOT my day; hahaha. My strength and form was just off today, and I felt low energy from the get go; which may just be a result of the compounding fatigue of an intense week. Can't win them all! Besides, I am fine with my squat taking a bit of a backseat so to speak, so I can push my other lifts. My best record with this weight is seven reps, so I had decided pretty early on that it would not be a good idea to try and match or surpass that, based on how I was feeling/performance wise. I figured if I can push out five reps, that would be totally acceptable. Frankly, I am proud that I was even able to get to five, as this was really rough, hahaha. Plus, I did more overall tonnage with my Romanian Deadlifts and ab work than last time, so I still managed to make some kind of progress. So, all things considered, I am not walking away from this session dissapointed 🤟🏻. Song: "Take No Prisoners" - 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

I decided to go back to paused benching, cuz I am a moron, and Touch N' Go seems to have diminishing returns for me, in terms of rep performance/quality. So I may get less reps sometimes, but if I get stronger overall, it should be worth it, right? I really wanted to get five reps today, but that was absolute highest hopes, and I didn't think it was in the cards today, as my shoulders felt a bit achy, and I need to get back in the swing a bit with pausing, after not doing it for a few weeks. I was initially a bit bummed that I only got four reps, but in hindsight, this is the same amount of reps that I hit with this weight using Touch N' Go, and also the same amount I hit with 102.5 Kgs last cycle. So all in all, this does seem to be some improvement/PR. The last two reps were a little short in the pauses for my liking, but it does get pretty difficult to get good long pauses with heigher weights and reps. I'll keep at it! One day, I will have a bench to be proud of. Song: "Death Blooms" - 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

Contrary to the night before my OHP session, I had an absolute HORRIBLE night of sleep before this session, today (I usually have a significantly lower quality night of sleep before deadlifts, as that is just how my work/schedule turns out). I was really thinking about playing it safe, focusing on getting a good night of sleep in, and then hitting it the following day. However, I MANNED UP, and got to work. I decided to give straps a go, as I figured they may help me a little with a heavy AMRAP set like this, and especially because I was so tired. The working sets felt TOUGH, so I was fully prepared to only being able to hit three reps at most for a grinder, and calling it there. However, I set on one of my favorite Pantera tunez, huffed some ammonia for the extra adrenaline, and RIPPED IT; and before I knew it, three reps flew by surprisingly easily. Similar to my OHP session, the fourth felt naturally grindy, and I very briefly considered stopping there, but I felt like a fifth one was possible, so I DUG DEEP, and made it happen. It actually felt a bit easier than I was expecting; I might have even had a bit more in the tank, hahaha. All in all, this is INCREDIBLY encouraging, as this is a 5 KILO ALL TIME PR, while having a very poor night of sleep; so I think I still may have a bit more to push left in me, if I play my cards right. I may start using straps for the really high weight AMRAP's for a bit of an extra edge and/or if I have another tired day. This week has been fantastic so far! LET'S KEEP IT UP! 🤟🏻 Song: "Drag the Waters" - Pantera 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 got a great night of sleep in, and felt pretty good today. My goal was to do at least get three reps, which would already net me a rep pr, and I felt 110 percent confident that I could hit that. Five reps was my absolute highest hopes, but I was not holding my breath on getting it/going for it. However, before I knew it, I had already hit four reps and I felt like a fifth could have been there, despite the fourth being naturally a bit grindy. I briefly contemplated racking it, but I felt fairly confident I could get one last rep in, so I WENT FOR IT. I am super stoked over how well it went, with this being nearly TRIPLE my previous rep record with this weight. The training is paying off, fellas! 80 Kgs is ON THE HORIZON! 🤟🏻 Song: "The Great Southern Trendkill" - Pantera 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 was feelin' pretty good today, despite the disappointing bench session, yesterday! I think I could have grinded out at least a couple more reps here, but I was definitely getting fatigued, and I had already tripled my prescribed reps for this week, and snagged a rep PR in the process. So I figured I would conrain my ego, and save a bit in the tank, to better aid in recovery (I definitely was reaaaally considering going for a tenth rep though, hahaha). Song: "Brainwashed" - Iced Earth 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 was feeling pretty good right up until this set, when my energy just kind of dwindled out. However, I still felt that I could get a new PR of 7 reps, and thus break my plateau. However, I kind of screwed up my arch setup, and the unracking went absolutely awful, so I lost a lot of strength and energy from the get go. I really wanted to break past six reps, and against my better judgement, I went for it. I was SO. F@#$ING. CLOSE, but just couldn't push it that extra tiny freaking bit, to finish the rep. This is double the prescribed rep range for this week, and at least matching my previous best, but I was really hoping to make some progress today. If the unracking did not go so poorly with my terrible J-Hooks, I am 100 percent sure I would have got 7 reps. This is super frustrating, guys. Hopefully this failure does not impact the rest of the cycle, moving forward. Song: "My Own Grave" - As I Lay Dying 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