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Living in a Gym Until I Lift 1,000,000lbs

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I'm locking myself inside this gym and I

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can't leave until I lift 1 million

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pounds.

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>> Yeah, that's a lot of weight. That's

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like four blue whales, 42 school buses,

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or 3,846 Dwayne Johnson's. No bed, no

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kitchen, no privacy. This gym is my new

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home.

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>> It's time to completely overstay my

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welcome.

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Once I officially open these doors, I

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ain't leaving.

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>> So, I began looking for what is going to

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be my base camp. And already the thought

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of constant fluorescent lights is

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scaring me.

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>> This could be a pretty good area, but

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it's still like right near all the

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action.

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>> Even right here is not bad, but a lot of

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windows.

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Not much privacy.

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>> I wasn't finding anything I loved until

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I realized they had an upstairs.

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>> Yeah, this is it. We get a great view of

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the gym here because I know with camping

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you want to be on higher ground so you

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can see bears and stuff coming, but I I

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guess the closest thing to a bear would

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be an IFBB Pro in my case. And they're

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allowed in my tent and me. The closest

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I've come to camping is the tent that I

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pitch every morning. Like imagine Yoda

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walking a Victoria Secret Runway. That's

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how far out of my element I am right

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now. But I got this tent off Amazon.

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I've watched Survivor once, so how hard

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could it be?

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The tent has been built and I am low-key

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proud of myself right now. Here's a

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quick little tent tour.

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There it is. That's that's literally it.

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There's nothing more to it than it's

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pretty crazy to think that my workout

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today is someone's entire training

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block. I think the ideal strategy is to

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take every set to like around an RP7,

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nowhere near failure, cuz if I go to

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failure, I'm going to crash and burn

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very, very quickly. Now, I also have no

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idea how long this is going to take me.

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I'm terrified. I always expect an early

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finish, but this is the first time I'm

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actually hoping for one. So, I have 135

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lbs loaded up on the bar. We're going to

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start with barbell rows. So, time to

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become a millionaire in my favorite

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currency. Start time 11:44 a.m. Here's

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how this is going to work. I have 135

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lbs on the bar, which means every rep

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gets me 135 lbs closer to my goal of 1

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million. For this challenge, there are

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three rules. One, obviously, I can't

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step foot outside the gym until I'm

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done. Two, I can't lift after 11 p.m.

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That's when the gym closes. And three, I

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can only count weight added to the

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machine, not the weight of the machine

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itself. I'm about to start my fourth set

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here and I think I'm going to start

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using straps. My hands aren't tired yet,

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but I think it's just the smart thing to

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do. This is a long game and I feel like

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this is going to help me right now. I

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just finished five sets of barbell rows

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and for this entire challenge, I'm going

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to be tracking all my lifts and weights

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in this ledger right here. This is like

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the only math I was ever meant to do.

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So, we're going to tally up and and see

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where we're at. We have lifted 11,025

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lbs so far. This gym has so many

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different amazing machines, it was hard

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to pick what to do next. But I think I

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found the perfect one. This road machine

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is absolutely perfect for my mission

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because I can change where I want peak

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resistance. So when I fatigue some spot,

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I can just switch the weight on one of

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these pillars here and it completely

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changes where most of the tension is. So

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I can get a ton of tonnage on here. I

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put the tension on the end range which

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definitely allowed me to crank out a ton

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of reps. I was stacking plate after

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plate and I was becoming increasingly

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more confident. Now I've lifted 100,000

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lbs before and that only took me an hour

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and 36 minutes, but I didn't have to

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repeat that nine more times. Just

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accumulated a total of 13,400 lb on the

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seated row.

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>> Since it was my first time at this gym,

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I thought the best strategy would be to

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ask members which machines would give me

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the biggest bang for my buck.

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>> If you're counting that in pounds, you

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know, the stack would be like 200. So

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you could say 400 each rep if you max it

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out. Let's just say

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>> Oh, that's

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>> Yeah. So

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>> that's smart thinking. Okay. Thank you,

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man. Appreciate it. He just showed me

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this machine right here and said it's

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basically a cheat code because there is

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two stacks on this lap pull down and

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it's in kilog. So I think I I feel like

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it's going to add up really really

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quick. He wasn't wrong. This is me

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moving 59 kg per handle, which is 130

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lb. And I just kept adding more and more

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weight each set. Seriously, make sure to

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comment down below. We love you, John

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Luca. I only did five sets of these pull

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downs, but I probably should have done

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more, and you'll see why later. I'm

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going to be using the trap bar to help

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me get out of this trap that I'm calling

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the gym. Trap bar is a great way to

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accumulate tonnage. It's also probably

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one of the more fatiguing things I could

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possibly do in the gym. So, I have to be

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careful with the weight that I'm pushing

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here. So, I searched on Chachi BT how

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much does a hex bar weigh because I had

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no idea. And apparently there's a bunch

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of different hex bars, but it says a

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standard one is 45 pounds. So I'm going

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to count this one as a standard one. I'm

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going to rack as much weight as

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possible. And basically I'm going to

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lift until I reach 100,000 lb

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and then we're going to go from there.

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Call me Pablo lifts everybody cuz I'm

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moving weight rather quickly. I'm like a

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freaking human forklift. So I'm 50 reps

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in with the trap bar deadlift. Taking a

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quick break by the exit sign for some

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motivation and to remind myself that

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there's actually an outside world that

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I'm striving to be released into. Even

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doing the trap bar deadlifts with the

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straps, it's still very taxing on my

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hands. Like, my hands have not gone

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through this much since 15-year-old me

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learned how to clear a freaking browser

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history. You know what I'm saying? So, I

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definitely don't think I'm going to hit

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100,000 lbs with this. I'm going to do

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as much as I can, strive for 100 reps,

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and then probably move on to some of the

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leg stuff. Might be here a long time.

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I didn't realize that if I wanted to get

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my total up to 100,000 lb, I needed to

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lift this 225 lb trap bar 250 times.

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>> Well, that was 100 reps

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with this thing. Quickly, I made myself

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some electrolytes, which is going to be

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incredibly important to help me with

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hydration, fatigue, and preventing

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muscle cramps. The next thing that I

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want to do is the hack squat. And there

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are so many different options of squat

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machines here. I don't know what to

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pick. I'm kind of overwhelmed. I feel

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like I'm the bachelor and it's the row

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ceremony right now. But what I'm going

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to do is probably what every bachelor

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wishes that they could do. I'm going to

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hit them all. First one is the Atlantis

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hack squat. It was so smooth. I

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absolutely loved it. I'm going to give

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the Atlantis an A tier. Next one is

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Watson or Atson. I don't know if that's

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just a cool logo beside it. It had this

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neat lever on the back that allows you

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to change the angle of the squat. I

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loved this one. It was beautiful on the

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knees. S tier. Third one was the Prime

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Machine. I also loved it, but not as

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much as the one before. A tier. New

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tech. This one was by far the easiest to

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move two plates per side. I did 25 reps,

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but I didn't love it as much as the

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other three. B tier. Then onto the more

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old school one, the Cybex. This one was

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extremely humbling. Like way harder than

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the rest because of that C tier.

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Natella's hack squad I would also give a

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C tier.

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>> Well, I hit them all and there's at

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least four of them that I want to bring

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back to the tent with me. I just

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finished three sets of the Cybex leg

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press. 8,100

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lb total per set. Volume right now is

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reaching Dragon Ball Z training montage

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levels. It's getting insane. Like the

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chances of me getting an overuse injury

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is as likely as me getting caught

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looking in the gym class showers. But

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with all that said,

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we are now at over 100,000 lb. Every

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100,000 lb is just going to feel like a

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mile marker

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in a marathon through hell. Like it's

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226. This is taking me a long time. So

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this is a battle between me and gravity.

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Gravity is starting to win. So, I'm

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going to take a little bit of a break

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and then we'll start on the next

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training block.

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>> So, we have an entire fridge full of

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energy drinks. I'm going to call this

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the nurse's office. And I'm a sick sick

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boy.

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Oh.

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Okay. So, meal one, we have beef

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lasagna, which is apparently 450

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calories, which I'm calling cap on. Look

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at all that cheese. But I'm just going

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to believe it for now.

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Caffeine is going to hit lethal levels.

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I know it. But I absolutely need it. I

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got a raw protein shake because

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going to swallow a little bit of seabbum

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to give me some extra push in this next

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training block here.

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So good. The fact that this is like

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macroofriendly lasagna is ridiculous,

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man. It tastes like it failed the

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background check the calories, which is

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a very big compliment. Now, in an ideal

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world, I hit 333,000 lb today minimum.

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Spread that over 3 days, that's

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basically a million pounds. I don't want

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to be here 3 days. That's just like my

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minimum goal today. 333 lb. I feel like

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we can do it. I'm striving for 400,000.

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It sounds terrifying,

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but hopefully after this meal, we get a

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second wind. And I got some tricks up my

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sleeve coming up. Some very clever ones.

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After my meal, I didn't want to waste

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any time while digesting my food. So, I

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found some cal machines and did 100 reps

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of each with 140 lbs. Now, I didn't want

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to do too much volume because I don't

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want them to get too big. I mean, look

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at them.

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>> I found this leg press machine, and the

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cool thing is it's signed by Chris

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Bumstead. And apparently this is the leg

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extension he used for prepping for his

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sixth Olympia. So when I do this, I feel

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like the only chance I ever have at

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signing something with like a special

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meaning like this is like signing

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somebody's like cheat day crispy cream

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box. To think that Seabbum has been on

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here sweating

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and moaning in agony from the doms that

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leg extensions gives you is giving me

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hella motivation right now.

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Pretty

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[Music]

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[Applause]

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cool. I'm using the same machine as the

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goat, which makes us officially anabolic

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Eskimo Bros. I definitely took it a bit

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too far with this leg extension, and I'm

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starting to pay the price.

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>> What I'm going to do, biceps, then do

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triceps, biceps, triceps. Hopefully by

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the time the arms are done, I can go

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back to doing things like leg press and

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stuff. But right now, I know that if I

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push it, I'm going to like puke.

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Oh. So, I did a bunch of sets with this

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preacher curl, and while I was doing

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them, I realized I was running into a

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pretty big problem.

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>> All right, guys. I found myself in a

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little bit of a pickle because there's

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pros and cons to doing what I'm doing.

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The pros are I'm recovering. I'm

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starting to feel better. Oh, and also my

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pump is getting pretty gnarly. The cons

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are because the weights are way lighter,

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I have to push the sets way closer to

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failure to actually get some respectable

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tonnage to add to my total here, which

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is starting to fatigue me. I just did

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the prime creature curl. Four sets, only

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7,650 lb. That is not time efficient, my

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friends. That is not time efficient. So,

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I I I really underestimated this

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challenge and I'm starting to get really

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scared.

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Okay. Well, that was 25 reps. Felt

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pretty good. So, we're going to set up

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shop here for a little bit and uh get to

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200,000. And setup shop I did. These

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dips were game changer. Each set of 25

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gives me 5,000 lb to add to my total. I

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thought I was winning, but little did I

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know this was a monumental mistake that

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would hold me back later on. After the

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dips, I did some more curls before I had

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a genius idea.

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>> I found another Chris Bumstead machine

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that he used for his Olympia prep. Now,

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I have a really stupid idea that's

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potentially going to be my downfall for

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this challenge, but I feel like the

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outcome could be so cool, I'm going to

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do it anyways. I'm going to do 300 reps

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and we're going to compare the pump

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every 100 reps and we'll see my my delts

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blow up. This might be the only way the

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naughties can get big shoulders. Who

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knows? Oh yeah, this is easy.

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Oh [ __ ]

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Oh, so we got a long 300 reps. Okay, 100

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reps in. How we looking?

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It's pretty crazy so far.

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200 reps in and I can barely hold this

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camera up right now. I'm also feeling a

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little bit homesick.

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So hopefully homesickness is a is a

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symptom of hypertrophy. Oh yeah. This is

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by far the most doritoshaped I've ever

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been in my life.

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That was just a 30 rep set.

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You know what they say sometimes,

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confuse the muscle to get it to grow. I

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think my shoulders are like past

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confused. They're just straight up

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pissed right now. But 70 more.

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Oh my god. This is like some David

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Gogggin shoulder workout [ __ ] man.

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Freaking going to puke from laterals.

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What the [ __ ]

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This plate loaded incline press machine

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by Newekch is wonderful. It's like the

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best incline chest press machine I've

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ever used in my entire life. Like, I

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have not had a mind muscle connection

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like this since the week I hit puberty.

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It is like, you have to try this thing.

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And you can load a lot of weight.

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My eye is starting to twitch.

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>> Eye twitching during a workout is

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usually a temporary and harmless

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condition. Thank God. Often caused by

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fatigue, stress, eye strain, or

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dehydration from exercise. All the ways

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to alleviate it, I'm avoiding, which is

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why it gets so much worse later on. My

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triceps are absolutely fried from all

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the dips. So, I can't push my chest

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anywhere near as hard as I'd want to or

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I could normally do because my my

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triceps are just so fatigued. They are

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fatiguing before my chest actually gives

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out, which is really holding me back

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right now. So, the tricep dips, although

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great in the moment, that was that was a

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huge mistake. I don't know if you can

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see this, but my arm is cramping so bad.

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Like, it hurts to extend.

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Like, if I just curl, I instantly cramp.

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After four sets of the pec fly, we are

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officially a quarter of the way finished

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this challenge. With that, I can

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actually picture myself actually doing

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this. The chest pump is absolutely

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insane. Hopefully, it has more staying

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power than my dad. But what we're going

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to do right now is take a break. Again,

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this is a marathon, not a sprint, and

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then we reconvene. Just chilling in the

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tent right now, having 150 calories or a

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scoop and a half worth of straight carb

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powder. And you guys know me, I don't I

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don't drink my calories. I think that

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should be illegal. But this is a do or

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die situation. This is all about

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survival. This is camping, my friends.

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It has to be done. And the amount of

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people who have just been like, "Will,

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what are you doing here for so long?

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What's your split?" And I'm just like,

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"My split is I'm training everything

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until my body literally splits in half."

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And then they just stare at me like,

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"It's the biggest gym flex of all time."

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Now, ever since 11:30 in the morning,

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I've just been hearing things get

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absolutely slammed by sweaty dudes. So,

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I'm pretty sure I know the direction

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tonight's dreams will be taking me. But

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in other news, we're quarter of the way

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there. I think we are going to surpass

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my goal of 333,000 lb. I think we're

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going to pass like 400,000. So, what I

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got going to do right now is take a

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longer break than I want to. A break so

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long it might actually scare me so we

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can go out there and crush it later. cuz

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right now I'm I'm cramping all over the

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place. So, I just got to chill, regroup,

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get some food,

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and then we go back out and crush it.

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Here's a quick clip of me chilling.

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For food, I really didn't want gym food

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anymore, so I looked out the window and

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I locked eyes with Popeyes. So, I

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decided to order it. And bless him,

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manufact.

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All right, we got our Popeyes. I feel

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like this is the first time in my life

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where I actually deserve fast food. So,

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one thing I got which I never knew they

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had tempura battered cauliflower. Give

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it a dip and put it to my lip.

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Oh man. The next thing I got the

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blackened chicken sandwich in hopes of

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manifesting the next meat that I get to

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enjoy in this gym.

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I love a pickle between my buns. Having

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fast food in a gym is a vibe, man. It's

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time for the final stint of the day. I'm

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just going to absolutely crush legs. I

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feel like that's the best thing to do

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right now. I'm feeling extra nervous for

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my central nervous system. But hey,

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screw it. What you're about to see is

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what I like to call the prey and press

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method. The trick is to treat every rep

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like it could be the last rep of your

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life because it could very well be for

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me right now. To annihilate my legs, I

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decided to revisit the Cybex leg press

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and the new tech hack squat thing

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because you remember that mystery rule I

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mentioned? Well, that rule is come

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tomorrow, I can't use any of the same

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machines I use today. So, I wanted to

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make the most of these. Just like any

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other round two in life, the load has

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diminished from sixth place to five. But

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I'm lasting longer. So, last time I did

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five sets, hoping to get minimum six

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here, which will set me up good for the

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next thing. Last set. I just want to be

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in a room that doesn't have fluorescent

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freaking lights on my face.

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[Music]

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[Music]

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Yeah, that is it for legs today.

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I don't know if centralized rabdo is a

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thing, but if it is, I'm definitely

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going to get it in my legs. But one

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thing that I haven't thought about,

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which I don't know how I haven't, is

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shrugs. Ton of weight. Very short range

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of motion.

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Let's go spam those. Time to get that

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Channing Tatum neck.

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Yeah, I'm going to be here for a bit.

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I was eventually able to add five plates

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per side, which would give me 9,000 lb

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per set. I swear every single piece of

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machinery that I use is like my favorite

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thing in the moment. Like I have a

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favorite thing, try a new thing. It's my

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favorite thing. The machines just feel

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amazing. Men are only as loyal as their

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options.

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>> The lap pull down was amazing. And after

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that, I found a prime chest press. And

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then after that, I laid on the floor and

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contemplated my entire life.

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>> Okay. Um, after the chest press, I'm

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currently at 368,000

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lb. That's supposed to be my last one,

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but I'm so close to 400. So, I just I

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think I got to just keep on going. Man,

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I absolutely adore Chat GPT. So, I asked

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Chat GPT if there's any gym hacks to

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help me accumulate more tonnage as fast

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as possible. And then they recommended

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farmers carries. And I'm like, how the

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heck did I not think about this? Every

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single step counts as a rep. So, I

20:12

brought 100 lb dumbbells, which is 200

20:14

lb in total. It took me 45 steps to get

20:16

here. 200 * 45 is 9,000. 9,000 lb. So,

20:22

I'm just going to walk around as much as

20:23

possible with these things and then we

20:26

should be we should be good. This was

20:28

quite possibly the best decision I have

20:30

ever made, not just in this challenge,

20:31

but in my entire life. Tonnage was

20:34

adding up so quickly, but every pro has

20:36

its cons, and that was it was destroying

20:39

my hands, which is certainly going to

20:41

affect me tomorrow. Look at my hands.

20:44

They're looking like when I was a kid

20:47

during the Halo 3 launch. Oh,

20:51

[Music]

20:56

I know I can't do these tomorrow,

20:59

so I I got to keep doing them.

21:07

82. Look at those premium weak hands.

21:10

Wow. The farmer's carries alone gave us

21:13

a total tonnage lifted of 83,200

21:17

lb, which is insane. Which brings the

21:20

total day 1 tonnage lifted to 451,693.4

21:27

lb, which is way above the goal. I'm

21:29

absolutely stoked right now. Like, holy

21:32

[ __ ] we're doing this. Now, what I'm

21:34

going to do is I'm going to release the

21:36

files. I got nothing to hide. So, I'm

21:38

going to put screenshots on the screen

21:39

of everything in this ledger right now

21:42

so you can see everything. You can track

21:44

along if you guys are doing this from

21:46

the comfort of your own homes and you

21:47

can see everything that I've done. So,

21:50

taking a much needed break now, a much

21:52

needed shower. And it's time to just

21:54

wind down. Walk to the shower area with

21:57

the three legs showing. So much room in

21:59

the shower area. I would rather see a

22:01

lot more showerheads with way less

22:03

curtains. But anyway, it was time to

22:04

clean up.

22:06

>> I have never felt so deserving of a

22:08

shower in my entire life.

22:10

>> I wanted to wash my hair so bad, but my

22:13

shoulders were like, "Nope. Too bad,

22:15

buddy."

22:19

>> I got my jammies on and I'm officially

22:22

the last person in the gym.

22:27

I'm like extra paranoid right now. But

22:31

[Music]

22:33

watch. Tonight is the night the

22:35

treadmill just starts moving on its own.

22:37

I got to go pee. It's a bit of a scary

22:39

journey. So, I want you guys to come

22:41

with me. I've always wanted to do

22:44

something like this as a kid growing up,

22:46

but in a Pizza Hut, of course.

22:49

[Music]

22:51

Yay.

22:53

Okay, let's go. I can already tell based

22:56

off the floor that I'm sleeping on that

22:59

my back is going to be so messed up

23:02

tomorrow. It's going to be like I spent

23:04

the night with the rock after a very

23:08

tense day on set. I was planning to set

23:10

an alarm for tomorrow morning, but I

23:12

don't think I need to because the gym

23:14

opens at 5:00 a.m. and I feel like the

23:16

stampede of Cardio bunnies are going to

23:19

wake me up. Like the music's going to be

23:20

lasting

23:22

if I sleep through that. That would be

23:24

that'd be an issue. So, good night.

23:30

[Music]

23:33

Yeah, there is no way I'm sleeping right

23:35

now.

23:37

I kind of thought of going down and

23:39

doing bench press, but

23:42

I think it'd be kind of terrifying.

23:44

Imagine getting pinned under the bar

23:47

at 2:00 a.m. in the dark. I don't think

23:51

so. But what I think I'm going to go do

23:54

is do some pull-ups. Let's go. I weigh

23:58

195 lbs. I'm going to do 10 sets of 10

24:01

pull-ups, totaling 100 pull-ups. 19,500

24:05

added to our total. Let's begin.

24:08

>> Doing pull-ups in the late hours of the

24:10

night in an empty gym is something every

24:12

meathead should do once in their lives.

24:14

It's a pretty amazing feeling.

24:16

>> I have transcended

24:18

gym rat status. I am the gym.

24:22

I am part of its very foundation. With

24:24

the amount of working out that I've done

24:26

today, I probably need 3 g of protein

24:29

per pound of body weight just to stay

24:31

anabolic. I also just remembered when it

24:34

comes to camping, you always have to

24:35

have s'mores. I obviously can't do that

24:38

in a gym because I don't want to set the

24:39

building on fire. But what I can have is

24:42

a David's Bar. 150 calories, 28 g of

24:45

protein, and tastes just as good as a

24:47

s'more. It's a 62 g bar, which is bigger

24:50

than most protein bars on the market and

24:52

50 calories less. It nobrainer.

24:57

I have the fudge brownie flavor.

24:59

One of my favorites. David just delivers

25:02

every time. I'm going to eat this and

25:03

then I actually have to get to bed or

25:04

else tomorrow I'm absolutely screwed.

25:07

Good night.

25:12

It's 4:47

25:14

in the morning. I don't think I slept. I

25:16

think I I blacked out from discomfort to

25:19

be quite honest.

25:21

I'm also so sore.

25:24

Like I I Oh. Oh my god, I look so rough.

25:32

And as long as I have a great pump, I

25:34

don't mind looking rough. I fear if I

25:36

sneeze, my body will crumble. It hurts

25:40

to just make a fist. and my feet are

25:45

numb. So

25:48

things are not looking good right now.

25:52

But you know when someone gets really

25:54

hung over and they say the best cure is

25:56

more alcohol, maybe for me the best cure

26:00

is getting under some more weight.

26:04

I highly doubt it. I feel like I'm going

26:05

to vomit, but we're going to get it

26:08

done. I made my way down the stairs

26:10

slowly and got started with my morning

26:12

routine, which is very simple. I put on

26:13

some deodorant and then I brushed my

26:15

teeth. Unfortunately, there was no old

26:17

man beside me who feels like he needed

26:18

to be naked while shaving his face. Then

26:21

I went to the front and got some

26:22

caffeine and a light snack to give me

26:24

some fuel to get started.

26:30

Saying good morning to the staff was

26:33

probably one of the weirdest experiences

26:35

of my entire life. Good morning.

26:38

You good?

26:41

>> They probably think I'm going through

26:42

like the craziest divorce right now. And

26:45

also, this gym,

26:48

it's starting to feel a lot like home.

26:50

I'm feeling like an anabolic orphan.

26:52

Having something light because I want to

26:54

get out there as soon as possible

26:56

because I'm starting to feel like the

26:58

moaning myrtle of fitness, like I'm

27:01

never going to leave this place. And I

27:03

also I do moan a little bit more, but I

27:06

have this Greek yogurt bar. It's all

27:10

natural ingredients. I could go for like

27:11

the protein bars, the shakes, all that

27:14

other stuff, but I don't I don't want to

27:15

turn into like a vending machine by the

27:16

end of this thing. So, this is overall

27:18

pretty healthy. 277 calories.

27:22

Even opening this hurts. It's really

27:24

cool to see people who have real jobs

27:27

coming into the gym so early in the

27:29

morning to get their lift in before they

27:32

go to work.

27:34

It's 5:30. The place is actually pretty

27:36

busy right now. Today, I'm going to be

27:38

lifting for survival, spiritually

27:40

spotting myself. But one thing is

27:43

absolutely for sure. I am not spending

27:45

another night here. So, we are crushing

27:47

it today.

27:50

The first thing I'm going to do is sled

27:52

drags. The sled itself is 87 lb. I've

27:55

added weight to it, and I think we're I

27:58

think we're going to do some damage

27:58

here. So, let's get started. And if I

28:02

pass out, tell my mom I died doing

28:05

something stupid, but also cool.

28:08

[Music]

28:14

>> Was such a good call. Even she thought

28:15

so, too. And I'm just happy I'm not

28:17

doing this alone.

28:18

>> Did 832 steps, but 222 lb on the sled.

28:23

So, I moved a total of 184,74

28:25

[Music]

28:27

lb. So, we are now officially

28:31

well over halfway, 655,000 lbs. Next

28:36

thing I'm going to do, leg press, cal

28:38

raises, super set with push-ups. So, for

28:41

the push-ups, I know it's not fair to

28:42

count my entire body weight. So, what

28:44

I'm going to do is only count 65% of my

28:48

body weight. That's what they say you

28:49

should do online. So, that comes out to

28:51

126 lb for me.

28:55

Heat.

29:07

[Music]

29:22

Heat.

29:25

This is going to be a race to the end.

29:27

Will I hit a million pounds or rock

29:30

bottom first? I also don't know why I'm

29:33

wasting my time with calves. I should

29:34

probably choose a muscle group that will

29:36

actually grow when I train it. With the

29:39

sled and now the cal raises and

29:40

push-ups, we are making progress way

29:42

quicker than I expected. My dream about

29:44

not spending another night here might

29:46

actually come true. I searched symptoms

29:48

of early Rabdo and pretty much all of

29:52

the symptoms apply to me right now.

29:55

Muscle aches and pains, weakness,

29:58

fatigue, just not dark urine. Urine that

30:02

is red or brown resembling tea or cola.

30:07

I'm just grateful my pee does not look

30:08

like a freaking fountain drink. But all

30:10

these other ones

30:13

are definitely applying to me. I will

30:15

say though, this is the first time this

30:16

challenge other than literally the first

30:18

set where I feel like I had momentum

30:20

right now. It's just taken me 10,000

30:23

reps of crippling self-doubt to get

30:26

here. But we're here and I found a Prime

30:28

lateral raise machine that I think I can

30:31

load up. Let's get it. I loaded the

30:33

Prime lateral raise machine for only

30:35

three sets because yesterday killed me.

30:37

Then I moved on to this chest press

30:38

machine, which was decently easy. I was

30:40

doing sets of 15 with 180 lb, which

30:43

ended up giving me 10,800 lb in total.

30:46

Not bad.

30:47

>> As much as I don't want to, I feel like

30:49

I have to do big, heavy, compound

30:52

movements because it's just the weights

30:55

are not adding up fast enough. I'm

30:57

feeling like such [ __ ] and I need to get

31:00

this finished. So,

31:04

just like paying taxes, we don't want to

31:05

do it, but sometimes you you just have

31:07

to do it. So, here I am on the pit shark

31:13

and we're going to see how this goes.

31:14

This is starting to feel like a hostage

31:15

situation with weights.

31:23

Oh, [ __ ]

31:26

No.

31:27

[Music]

31:40

I can't do it.

31:43

>> I just couldn't do it. Only three reps

31:46

and I needed to stop. I'm a lot closer

31:48

to the end goal than I thought, but I'm

31:50

so fatigued. I don't know if I'll ever

31:52

make it. At this point of the challenge,

31:54

I was genuinely terrified about how long

31:56

this would take me. But very quickly

31:58

after, I found an amazing super set of

32:00

this preacher curl and this dip machine.

32:02

Right here, I'm doing 225 lbs for an

32:05

easy 30 reps. The pump was getting

32:07

crazy.

32:08

>> I was feeling so down from the pitch

32:10

shark, but this superset right here

32:13

instantly is making me feel better.

32:24

We are over 750,000

32:27

lb into this challenge. And for me,

32:30

threequarters of the way in is usually

32:32

my happy place. We only have 250,000

32:35

pounds left to go, which doesn't sound

32:38

like a lot, but when you think about it,

32:40

it's pretty much someone's entire

32:42

training block. And right now, I have

32:45

learned that my muscles are bilingual

32:49

because they are they are screaming at

32:52

me in multiple different languages to

32:53

just please stop.

32:57

But I I can't. Even getting mashed

32:59

potato to mouth is challenging.

33:07

It's also 8 a.m. Why am I eating mashed

33:09

potatoes and braze beef? I think I'm

33:11

going to take a break until like at

33:13

least 9. I think I need that full hour

33:17

to just decompress because I I didn't

33:19

even I barely slept last night. So, I'm

33:21

going to chill and then once we step

33:23

back on that gym floor, that is the last

33:26

time we're stepping on that gym floor.

33:29

>> I've lifted 766,277.4

33:32

[Music]

33:34

lb. It's time to dig deep and finish

33:37

strong.

33:38

>> I am surprisingly going to start with

33:39

legs. I know I said I probably couldn't

33:41

do it anymore, but this machine looks a

33:43

little less scary because the weight's

33:46

not coming down this way. It's going

33:47

this way. So, I I feel I feel good about

33:50

it.

33:55

Definitely manageable.

33:56

>> So, I did a bunch of sets and reps here,

33:58

and thankfully, it wasn't too taxing on

34:00

my legs. I'm not even warming up at this

34:02

point. I'm just loading everything up to

34:04

save on some time.

34:06

>> Got to fasten your seat belt.

34:11

>> Holy [ __ ] I couldn't load up the hip

34:13

thrust like I thought I could, so I only

34:15

ended up doing four sets of 12 reps.

34:17

Hey, that beats my typical one rep.

34:20

Okay, so I just finished four sets of a

34:22

really good super set of seated back row

34:23

and an ab crunch. So total tonnage is a

34:26

little over 813,000,

34:28

which is pretty good. Also, super super

34:31

weird. People who I saw leave yesterday

34:34

are now coming back in because it's a

34:36

new day, which is super trippy. Also, if

34:39

you guys are building a home gym, you

34:41

need equipment recommendations, ask me.

34:43

I've tried literally every piece of

34:46

machinery that exists. The form is

34:49

starting to get a little bit

34:50

questionable. I think if someone saw me

34:52

for the first time in the gym here

34:53

without knowing what I'm up to, they'd

34:54

be like, "This guy is the biggest ego

34:57

lifter of all time." This is a 50 lb

35:00

sandbag, and we're going to do some

35:02

walking lunges. This is going to be

35:04

horrible.

35:07

[Laughter]

35:11

I feel like I get at least a threemonth

35:15

hall pass to skip legs and it's not even

35:18

an excuse. I I think I deserve it.

35:27

I know it looks like I'm crying, but I'm

35:29

not. I don't think at least.

35:33

200 reps

35:35

on the walking lunges. That was like

35:36

half an hour straight of just walking

35:39

lunges. So, 49,000

35:41

lbs added to the total. My glutes right

35:44

now are on fire. You would think that I

35:49

was like a prop at a frat team building

35:52

exercise or something like that. After

35:53

the lunges, I made my way over while

35:55

admiring my pump. Look at it. Beautiful

35:57

and hopefully permanent. to the next

35:59

exercise, which was revisiting the

36:00

tricep dip machine to do four sets of 30

36:03

reps with 225 lbs. Because that would

36:06

allow me to say

36:07

>> we have officially hit 900,000

36:11

lb lifted. A little over. So, we have a

36:14

little under 100,000 lb to go.

36:17

>> For the last 100,000 lb, I did three

36:19

sets of 25 reps on this leg press, which

36:22

was disgustingly painful.

36:28

you. I then did five sets of 20 with

36:30

this chest press. The last few sets were

36:32

the longest cluster sets of all time.

36:35

After I moved on to four sets of 25 with

36:38

dumbbell shrugs, which all led me to the

36:40

final exercise. It has literally all

36:43

come down to this. So, the current

36:45

lifting total is 975,947.4.

36:52

If I get 67 reps with the Pit Shark RDL,

36:57

that will be a million pounds. I'm going

36:59

to try to spread that out between three

37:01

sets.

37:03

Let's do it. I'm almost going to cry.

37:05

I'm so emotional. I'm so happy.

37:08

[Music]

37:15

Set one. 25 reps.

37:26

Set two, 25 reps. All right. Well, here

37:29

we go. The last set of the challenge. 17

37:34

reps. Nearly 25 hours, 41 exercises, and

37:40

156 sets is what it took me to get here.

37:44

And it all came down to these last 10

37:46

reps.

37:48

Thank you.

37:51

[Music]

38:04

One more.

38:19

Oh my god.

38:23

[Applause]

38:26

[Music]

38:39

Oh my god.

38:41

[Music]

38:50

I almost want to cry.

38:55

Total weightlifted 1 million 67.4

39:00

lb. It hurts to even have my eyes open

39:02

right now.

39:04

I can't believe I just did that. That is

39:07

by far the hardest

39:10

video I've ever shot.

39:14

Holy sh

39:16

Yeah. Nothing comes close. Nothing. I

39:20

just want to get the hell out of here

39:21

now.

39:23

I feel so good though, but also so bad.

39:26

It's the most confusing thing. I I don't

39:28

even know what to think right now. I'm

39:29

just in shock. But I do know one thing.

39:32

I want to get the hell out of here. So,

39:35

I packed up my things and made my way to

39:37

the exit to finally be released to the

39:39

outside world.

39:41

>> Are you kidding me? I guess I'm just

39:43

going to wait in the gym for a little

39:45

bit longer. But I never recommend that

39:47

you ever do this. However, I am going to

39:49

challenge some of my reckless friends.

39:51

Jesse, Stan, 1 million lb, you're up

39:54

next. We'll see you guys do it. And uh

39:58

also remember, we are on the road to 5

40:00

million subscribers. I want to do it as

40:02

fast as possible. So, make sure you

40:03

subscribe. I just lifted a million

40:05

pounds. Come on, please help me out.

40:07

Love you all. Bye.

40:10

[Music]

Interactive Summary

The video documents a challenge where the creator locks himself in a gym until he lifts 1 million pounds. He sets up a makeshift home with a tent in an upstairs area, facing fluorescent lights and lack of privacy. His strategy involves taking sets to an RP7 to avoid early burnout. Key rules include not leaving the gym, no lifting after 11 p.m., and only counting added weight. Over nearly 25 hours, he navigates extreme fatigue, muscle cramps, and even Rhabdo symptoms. He utilizes various machines, some becoming "cheat codes" for tonnage, but faces the constraint of not reusing machines on the second day. He maintains his energy with high-calorie meals and supplements, even ordering fast food. Despite moments of doubt and physical breakdown, he perseveres, ultimately hitting 1,000,067.4 pounds through a final push of leg presses, chest presses, dumbbell shrugs, and Pit Shark RDLs, feeling immense relief and exhaustion.

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