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Photo essay / Feb 28, 2023

Nano Reps

I have this new concept which I call “nano reps“. That, full range of motion is for suckers. The better strategy is to move the maximum amount of weight physically possible, once, even a …

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Photo essay / Feb 28, 2023

The Sun

I think I have a passion for the sun. When I get direct light, and can soak up maximal UV radiation on my body, especially when I’m walking around topless, it is like demigod …

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Photo essay / Feb 27, 2023

How to Become More Vascular

Veins — To become more vascular means that your veins are larger, have higher bandwidth for blood, and are also more visible. Currently speaking, this is the most vascular I have ever been. My …

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Photo essay / Feb 27, 2023

Everyone is Scared of Me Now?

At the gym, now doing my HYPELIFTING … over 8 plates … everyone is scared and confused by me now? Everyone … during my one rep max hype up, is scared of me?

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Photo essay / Feb 27, 2023

I WILL EAT YOUR FLESH

“And eat your liver.” My sinister thoughts when about to hypelift my new 8 plate and 10 pound atlas lift. Low back bar position.

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Photo essay / Feb 27, 2023

Review of New MacBook Air

I don’t like how dark and dim the display is– seems like a compromise? Still prefer the OG design of the 13” MacBook Pro Touch Bar.

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Photo essay / Feb 27, 2023

American

I was born in America, and I was raised here. Morphologically, I look Korean. But I am not. Thus the funny thing; I look Korean, but, I was born here, and raised here. Therefore …

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Photo essay / Feb 27, 2023

How to Augment Your Ego

Some people say that the ego is bad, however, I think that the ego is good. The ego might be one of the most useful things that we have. The first way to augment …

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Photo essay / Feb 27, 2023

How to Bench Press 4 Plates (Easy!)

It seems that an insanely audacious goal of a lot of people is to benchpress over four plates. The hilarity is that it is extremely easy to do as you do it off the …

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Photo essay / Feb 27, 2023

How to Work More

It seems that in today’s cult of work, we all want to work more. Why? And towards what? What is “work”? *Werg— it literally means to make. Therefore, I think the most pragmatic way …

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Photo essay / Feb 27, 2023

With Great Strength, Anything is Possible.

Assuming you go to the gym every single day, lift very heavy weights, eat 3 to 4 pounds of meat and beef a night, preferably beef ribs, beef liver, beef neckbones, ground beef, and …

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Photo essay / Feb 27, 2023

Speculation vs Investing

What is the difference between investing and speculating? For example, for me, crypto, cryptocurrency, etc. is all about speculation, predicting some sort of aberrant future. I think investing is more putting your money on …

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Photo essay / Feb 26, 2023

Why I Love America

Certainly there are lots of downsides of America, however, at the end of the day, I love and care for America, because it seems it is the best place in the world to live …

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Photo essay / Feb 26, 2023

Unorthodox Life Strategies

The point of life isn’t to “look cool“, or do things “properly. Rather, the point of life is to win, however you determine that. It doesn’t matter if your approach is ugly, strange, or …

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Photo essay / Feb 26, 2023

Muscle “Quality”

Perhaps it is not muscle size which is important, but muscle quality. For example, having a low body fat percentage, and having your biceps bulging with veins, being able to see tree like vein …

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Photo essay / Feb 26, 2023

NEWS: How to Seize Today

Some fun thoughts: The first thought is in regards to clothing. I truly believe that if you have the right clothes, you can do anything and everything. Especially during the winter months, what is …

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Photo essay / Feb 26, 2023

How to Seize Today

video Some fun thoughts: The first thought is in regards to clothing. I truly believe that if you have the right clothes, you can do anything and everything. Especially during the winter months, what …

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Photo essay / Feb 26, 2023

10X GAINS?

A simple power approach to financial investments and speculation: Better to commit 10% of your life savings on a speculative investment that can at least 10x, than put money into a medium risk investment. …

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