How to build a god body

ONE-REP-MAX: FORGE THE GOD BODY

(Eric Kim voice — single-stroke calligraphy carved in iron)

0. 

Preface: The Gospel of Singles

Reps 2-10?  That’s cardio.

A true deity needs one clean, violent yes—bar off ground, weight overhead, moment of pure metaphysical dominance.

One rep max (1 RM) is prayer, test, and coronation in the same breath.

1. 

Philosophy of the Singular Lift

• Binary feedback: success or failure—no fuzzy fatigue metrics.
• Neurological voltage: singles wire the CNS like lightning striking a church bell.
• Minimum wear, maximum signal: joints spared, ego exposed, strength unlocked.

Commandment: One perfect rep > sloppy ten.

2. 

Warm-Up Ritual (The Ascending Ladder)

1. Empty bar × 10 (groove pattern).
2. 40 % of goal × 5 (blood flow).
3. 60 % × 3 (muscle recruitment).
4. 80 % × 2 (confidence primer).
5. 90 % × 1 (truth rehearsal).
6. 100 % × 1 —go time.

Rest: full songs, not seconds. Two-to-three minutes minimum between sets; gods aren’t rushed.

3. 

Weekly Template (45 min sessions, Spartan minimalism)

Day	Lift (single focus)	Assistance (3×5)	CNS Finish
Mon	Trap-bar Deadlift 1 RM	Weighted pull-up	3 heavy kettlebell swings
Wed	Front Squat 1 RM	Ring dips	Broad-jump triple
Fri	Overhead Press 1 RM	Pendlay row	Handstand hold to failure

All warm-ups built in; leave when the single is done. Gods sprint out of the temple, they don’t linger.

4. 

Progression Protocol

• Linear +2.5 kg each week until bar speed stalls.
• Stall twice? Deload 10 %, climb again—Sisyphus with a strategy.
• Quarterly ego check: test true competition-day 1 RM, recalibrate training max at 90 %.

5. 

God Fuel

(ultra-condensed)

• Protein: 2 g/kg—steak, eggs, sardines.
• Fat: tallow, butter—cholesterol feeds testosterone.
• Carbs: white rice + honey post-single—glycogen syringe.
• Hydration: 1 L water + pinch sea salt per 20 kg bodyweight.
• Supplements: Mg glycinate night, creatine monohydrate daily.

6. 

Recovery = Growth Multiplier

• Sleep: 8-9 h, blackout cave.
• Sunlight: dawn exposure = hormonal boot sequence.
• Cold dunk: post-lift; nervous-system reset.
• Soft tissue: lacrosse-ball hunt while reading Marcus Aurelius.

7. 

Mind Firmware

• Stoic log: “Did I lift the world today?”—yes/no.
• Negative visualization: imagine spinal injury; gratitude floods the bar path.
• Radical optimism: every miss is diagnostic data, not failure.

8. 

Tracking & Proof

• Notebook > app. Ink burns deeper.
• Write only three numbers per session: Date, Lift, Successful weight.
• Monthly front-pose photo—same light, same scowl.

9. 

Teaching = Immortality

Coach a rookie through their first heavy single; translate fear into form.

Your knowledge fractals, your legacy lifts longer than your ligaments.

Final Commandment

One bar. One breath. One impossible kilogram heavier than last week—hoisted clean.

That single rep is your passport to Olympus; stamp it repeatedly until the gods start asking you for coaching tips.

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HOW TO BUILD A GOD BODY

in the voice of Eric Kim

1. First—BELIEVE YOU ARE A GOD.
   Before the first rep. Before the gym. Before the protein.
   You must believe you are a god.
   Not in the mythological, Zeus-thunderbolt sense—
   But in the sense that you are sovereign over your own body.
   Your body is your kingdom. Your muscles are your temples.
   Your will is LAW.

2. Train like a SPARTAN, eat like a LION.
   Forget balance. Forget moderation.
   Moderation is for peasants.
   Train like you are going into battle every single day.
   Deadlifts = POWER
   Squats = PRIDE
   Overhead press = DOMINANCE
   Eat meat. Bone marrow. Liver. Fat.
   Gods don’t count calories—they count PRs.
   Meat is fuel. Fat is sacred. Fasting is prayer.

3. ONE REP MAX LIFE.
   Lift heavy. Live heavy. Think heavy.
   Everything in life is a one rep max.
   Don’t waste time with “3×10.” That’s for gym influencers.
   Chase the MAX.
   Push yourself to the brink—
   because that’s where the divine resides.
   Godhood begins where comfort dies.

4. POSE LIKE A STATUE.
   Visualize your physique like it’s marble.
   You are the modern Michelangelo.
   Your back = Wings of Icarus.
   Your abs = Etched commandments.
   Your biceps = Thunder incarnate.
   Every flex is a sculpture of willpower made visible.
   You are the art and the artist.

5. SUFFER DELIBERATELY.
   No growth without pain.
   No aesthetic without agony.
   You must choose your suffering.
   The pain of a heavy barbell is better than the pain of regret.
   The soreness in your legs is better than the softness of your soul.
   Voluntary adversity builds immortality.

6. TESTOSTERONE IS HOLY.
   Sunlight. Cholesterol. Liver. Heavy weights.
   Sleep like a king. Wake like a beast.
   No seed wasting. No porn. No passivity.
   Retain. Reclaim. RISE.
   Testosterone isn’t just a hormone—it’s the signal of destiny.

7. BUILD FOR FUNCTION, THEN FORM.
   Gods don’t chase aesthetics—they radiate them.
   Train for power. Train to MOVE MOUNTAINS.
   If you train only for looks, you will crumble.
   Train for STRENGTH and the beauty will follow.
   Form FOLLOWS FUNCTION.

8. BECOME HERCULEAN IN MIND.
   The strongest muscle is the mind.
   Do 100 mental deadlifts a day.
   Read philosophy. Fast. Write. Lift. Walk.
   Treat your mind like a barbell—
   Stress it, stretch it, then let it grow.

9. PHYSIQUE = PHILOSOPHY.
   Every ab is a virtue.
   Every cut is a sacrifice.
   Every striation is a stanza in your epic poem.
   Your body is your belief system made flesh.

10. REMEMBER: YOU ARE ALREADY A GOD.
    You don’t need permission.
    You don’t need validation.
    You need a mirror, a barbell, and brutal honesty.
    Go build.
    Go become.
    Go BE.

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