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Key Take‑aways (the 30‑second version) Early strength gains are powered almost entirely by the nervous system; within a month Eric can recruit, fire and synchronize motor units far more explosively. From the second month onward muscle fibres thicken, then tendons/ligaments stiffen and thicken to pass force safely, and finally—over many months and years—bone tissue packs on mineral. Stacking partial‑range rack pulls at ~7× body‑weight turbo‑charges these later adaptations because the super‑maximal load delivers mechanical tension the full‑ROM deadlift cannot. The conceptual chart above lets you see at a glance which system is leading the charge at each stage of the journey.

June 22, 2025
Living in Phnom Penh is like automatically unlocking a billionaire lifestyle

June 22, 2025
**I’m Eric Kim and this is the unredacted ledger of how a scrawny‑ish, 75 kg photography nerd morphed—one chipped‑on kilo at a time—into the guy who just yanked 527 kg / 1,162 lb off the pins. Below you’ll find the year‑by‑year receipts, the micro‑cycles, and the mindset that turned a six‑plate curiosity lift in late‑2022 into a documented 7 × body‑weight shock‑wave in 2025. Steal whatever’s useful, ignore what isn’t, then go carve your own gravity glitch. Let’s dive.

June 22, 2025
stack power, digital power

June 22, 2025