Living in a Gym Until I Lift 1,000,000lbs
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I'm locking myself inside this gym and I
can't leave until I lift 1 million
pounds.
>> Yeah, that's a lot of weight. That's
like four blue whales, 42 school buses,
or 3,846 Dwayne Johnson's. No bed, no
kitchen, no privacy. This gym is my new
home.
>> It's time to completely overstay my
welcome.
Once I officially open these doors, I
ain't leaving.
>> So, I began looking for what is going to
be my base camp. And already the thought
of constant fluorescent lights is
scaring me.
>> This could be a pretty good area, but
it's still like right near all the
action.
>> Even right here is not bad, but a lot of
windows.
Not much privacy.
>> I wasn't finding anything I loved until
I realized they had an upstairs.
>> Yeah, this is it. We get a great view of
the gym here because I know with camping
you want to be on higher ground so you
can see bears and stuff coming, but I I
guess the closest thing to a bear would
be an IFBB Pro in my case. And they're
allowed in my tent and me. The closest
I've come to camping is the tent that I
pitch every morning. Like imagine Yoda
walking a Victoria Secret Runway. That's
how far out of my element I am right
now. But I got this tent off Amazon.
I've watched Survivor once, so how hard
could it be?
The tent has been built and I am low-key
proud of myself right now. Here's a
quick little tent tour.
There it is. That's that's literally it.
There's nothing more to it than it's
pretty crazy to think that my workout
today is someone's entire training
block. I think the ideal strategy is to
take every set to like around an RP7,
nowhere near failure, cuz if I go to
failure, I'm going to crash and burn
very, very quickly. Now, I also have no
idea how long this is going to take me.
I'm terrified. I always expect an early
finish, but this is the first time I'm
actually hoping for one. So, I have 135
lbs loaded up on the bar. We're going to
start with barbell rows. So, time to
become a millionaire in my favorite
currency. Start time 11:44 a.m. Here's
how this is going to work. I have 135
lbs on the bar, which means every rep
gets me 135 lbs closer to my goal of 1
million. For this challenge, there are
three rules. One, obviously, I can't
step foot outside the gym until I'm
done. Two, I can't lift after 11 p.m.
That's when the gym closes. And three, I
can only count weight added to the
machine, not the weight of the machine
itself. I'm about to start my fourth set
here and I think I'm going to start
using straps. My hands aren't tired yet,
but I think it's just the smart thing to
do. This is a long game and I feel like
this is going to help me right now. I
just finished five sets of barbell rows
and for this entire challenge, I'm going
to be tracking all my lifts and weights
in this ledger right here. This is like
the only math I was ever meant to do.
So, we're going to tally up and and see
where we're at. We have lifted 11,025
lbs so far. This gym has so many
different amazing machines, it was hard
to pick what to do next. But I think I
found the perfect one. This road machine
is absolutely perfect for my mission
because I can change where I want peak
resistance. So when I fatigue some spot,
I can just switch the weight on one of
these pillars here and it completely
changes where most of the tension is. So
I can get a ton of tonnage on here. I
put the tension on the end range which
definitely allowed me to crank out a ton
of reps. I was stacking plate after
plate and I was becoming increasingly
more confident. Now I've lifted 100,000
lbs before and that only took me an hour
and 36 minutes, but I didn't have to
repeat that nine more times. Just
accumulated a total of 13,400 lb on the
seated row.
>> Since it was my first time at this gym,
I thought the best strategy would be to
ask members which machines would give me
the biggest bang for my buck.
>> If you're counting that in pounds, you
know, the stack would be like 200. So
you could say 400 each rep if you max it
out. Let's just say
>> Oh, that's
>> Yeah. So
>> that's smart thinking. Okay. Thank you,
man. Appreciate it. He just showed me
this machine right here and said it's
basically a cheat code because there is
two stacks on this lap pull down and
it's in kilog. So I think I I feel like
it's going to add up really really
quick. He wasn't wrong. This is me
moving 59 kg per handle, which is 130
lb. And I just kept adding more and more
weight each set. Seriously, make sure to
comment down below. We love you, John
Luca. I only did five sets of these pull
downs, but I probably should have done
more, and you'll see why later. I'm
going to be using the trap bar to help
me get out of this trap that I'm calling
the gym. Trap bar is a great way to
accumulate tonnage. It's also probably
one of the more fatiguing things I could
possibly do in the gym. So, I have to be
careful with the weight that I'm pushing
here. So, I searched on Chachi BT how
much does a hex bar weigh because I had
no idea. And apparently there's a bunch
of different hex bars, but it says a
standard one is 45 pounds. So I'm going
to count this one as a standard one. I'm
going to rack as much weight as
possible. And basically I'm going to
lift until I reach 100,000 lb
and then we're going to go from there.
Call me Pablo lifts everybody cuz I'm
moving weight rather quickly. I'm like a
freaking human forklift. So I'm 50 reps
in with the trap bar deadlift. Taking a
quick break by the exit sign for some
motivation and to remind myself that
there's actually an outside world that
I'm striving to be released into. Even
doing the trap bar deadlifts with the
straps, it's still very taxing on my
hands. Like, my hands have not gone
through this much since 15-year-old me
learned how to clear a freaking browser
history. You know what I'm saying? So, I
definitely don't think I'm going to hit
100,000 lbs with this. I'm going to do
as much as I can, strive for 100 reps,
and then probably move on to some of the
leg stuff. Might be here a long time.
I didn't realize that if I wanted to get
my total up to 100,000 lb, I needed to
lift this 225 lb trap bar 250 times.
>> Well, that was 100 reps
with this thing. Quickly, I made myself
some electrolytes, which is going to be
incredibly important to help me with
hydration, fatigue, and preventing
muscle cramps. The next thing that I
want to do is the hack squat. And there
are so many different options of squat
machines here. I don't know what to
pick. I'm kind of overwhelmed. I feel
like I'm the bachelor and it's the row
ceremony right now. But what I'm going
to do is probably what every bachelor
wishes that they could do. I'm going to
hit them all. First one is the Atlantis
hack squat. It was so smooth. I
absolutely loved it. I'm going to give
the Atlantis an A tier. Next one is
Watson or Atson. I don't know if that's
just a cool logo beside it. It had this
neat lever on the back that allows you
to change the angle of the squat. I
loved this one. It was beautiful on the
knees. S tier. Third one was the Prime
Machine. I also loved it, but not as
much as the one before. A tier. New
tech. This one was by far the easiest to
move two plates per side. I did 25 reps,
but I didn't love it as much as the
other three. B tier. Then onto the more
old school one, the Cybex. This one was
extremely humbling. Like way harder than
the rest because of that C tier.
Natella's hack squad I would also give a
C tier.
>> Well, I hit them all and there's at
least four of them that I want to bring
back to the tent with me. I just
finished three sets of the Cybex leg
press. 8,100
lb total per set. Volume right now is
reaching Dragon Ball Z training montage
levels. It's getting insane. Like the
chances of me getting an overuse injury
is as likely as me getting caught
looking in the gym class showers. But
with all that said,
we are now at over 100,000 lb. Every
100,000 lb is just going to feel like a
mile marker
in a marathon through hell. Like it's
226. This is taking me a long time. So
this is a battle between me and gravity.
Gravity is starting to win. So, I'm
going to take a little bit of a break
and then we'll start on the next
training block.
>> So, we have an entire fridge full of
energy drinks. I'm going to call this
the nurse's office. And I'm a sick sick
boy.
Oh.
Okay. So, meal one, we have beef
lasagna, which is apparently 450
calories, which I'm calling cap on. Look
at all that cheese. But I'm just going
to believe it for now.
Caffeine is going to hit lethal levels.
I know it. But I absolutely need it. I
got a raw protein shake because
going to swallow a little bit of seabbum
to give me some extra push in this next
training block here.
So good. The fact that this is like
macroofriendly lasagna is ridiculous,
man. It tastes like it failed the
background check the calories, which is
a very big compliment. Now, in an ideal
world, I hit 333,000 lb today minimum.
Spread that over 3 days, that's
basically a million pounds. I don't want
to be here 3 days. That's just like my
minimum goal today. 333 lb. I feel like
we can do it. I'm striving for 400,000.
It sounds terrifying,
but hopefully after this meal, we get a
second wind. And I got some tricks up my
sleeve coming up. Some very clever ones.
After my meal, I didn't want to waste
any time while digesting my food. So, I
found some cal machines and did 100 reps
of each with 140 lbs. Now, I didn't want
to do too much volume because I don't
want them to get too big. I mean, look
at them.
>> I found this leg press machine, and the
cool thing is it's signed by Chris
Bumstead. And apparently this is the leg
extension he used for prepping for his
sixth Olympia. So when I do this, I feel
like the only chance I ever have at
signing something with like a special
meaning like this is like signing
somebody's like cheat day crispy cream
box. To think that Seabbum has been on
here sweating
and moaning in agony from the doms that
leg extensions gives you is giving me
hella motivation right now.
Pretty
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cool. I'm using the same machine as the
goat, which makes us officially anabolic
Eskimo Bros. I definitely took it a bit
too far with this leg extension, and I'm
starting to pay the price.
>> What I'm going to do, biceps, then do
triceps, biceps, triceps. Hopefully by
the time the arms are done, I can go
back to doing things like leg press and
stuff. But right now, I know that if I
push it, I'm going to like puke.
Oh. So, I did a bunch of sets with this
preacher curl, and while I was doing
them, I realized I was running into a
pretty big problem.
>> All right, guys. I found myself in a
little bit of a pickle because there's
pros and cons to doing what I'm doing.
The pros are I'm recovering. I'm
starting to feel better. Oh, and also my
pump is getting pretty gnarly. The cons
are because the weights are way lighter,
I have to push the sets way closer to
failure to actually get some respectable
tonnage to add to my total here, which
is starting to fatigue me. I just did
the prime creature curl. Four sets, only
7,650 lb. That is not time efficient, my
friends. That is not time efficient. So,
I I I really underestimated this
challenge and I'm starting to get really
scared.
Okay. Well, that was 25 reps. Felt
pretty good. So, we're going to set up
shop here for a little bit and uh get to
200,000. And setup shop I did. These
dips were game changer. Each set of 25
gives me 5,000 lb to add to my total. I
thought I was winning, but little did I
know this was a monumental mistake that
would hold me back later on. After the
dips, I did some more curls before I had
a genius idea.
>> I found another Chris Bumstead machine
that he used for his Olympia prep. Now,
I have a really stupid idea that's
potentially going to be my downfall for
this challenge, but I feel like the
outcome could be so cool, I'm going to
do it anyways. I'm going to do 300 reps
and we're going to compare the pump
every 100 reps and we'll see my my delts
blow up. This might be the only way the
naughties can get big shoulders. Who
knows? Oh yeah, this is easy.
Oh [ __ ]
Oh, so we got a long 300 reps. Okay, 100
reps in. How we looking?
It's pretty crazy so far.
200 reps in and I can barely hold this
camera up right now. I'm also feeling a
little bit homesick.
So hopefully homesickness is a is a
symptom of hypertrophy. Oh yeah. This is
by far the most doritoshaped I've ever
been in my life.
That was just a 30 rep set.
You know what they say sometimes,
confuse the muscle to get it to grow. I
think my shoulders are like past
confused. They're just straight up
pissed right now. But 70 more.
Oh my god. This is like some David
Gogggin shoulder workout [ __ ] man.
Freaking going to puke from laterals.
What the [ __ ]
This plate loaded incline press machine
by Newekch is wonderful. It's like the
best incline chest press machine I've
ever used in my entire life. Like, I
have not had a mind muscle connection
like this since the week I hit puberty.
It is like, you have to try this thing.
And you can load a lot of weight.
My eye is starting to twitch.
>> Eye twitching during a workout is
usually a temporary and harmless
condition. Thank God. Often caused by
fatigue, stress, eye strain, or
dehydration from exercise. All the ways
to alleviate it, I'm avoiding, which is
why it gets so much worse later on. My
triceps are absolutely fried from all
the dips. So, I can't push my chest
anywhere near as hard as I'd want to or
I could normally do because my my
triceps are just so fatigued. They are
fatiguing before my chest actually gives
out, which is really holding me back
right now. So, the tricep dips, although
great in the moment, that was that was a
huge mistake. I don't know if you can
see this, but my arm is cramping so bad.
Like, it hurts to extend.
Like, if I just curl, I instantly cramp.
After four sets of the pec fly, we are
officially a quarter of the way finished
this challenge. With that, I can
actually picture myself actually doing
this. The chest pump is absolutely
insane. Hopefully, it has more staying
power than my dad. But what we're going
to do right now is take a break. Again,
this is a marathon, not a sprint, and
then we reconvene. Just chilling in the
tent right now, having 150 calories or a
scoop and a half worth of straight carb
powder. And you guys know me, I don't I
don't drink my calories. I think that
should be illegal. But this is a do or
die situation. This is all about
survival. This is camping, my friends.
It has to be done. And the amount of
people who have just been like, "Will,
what are you doing here for so long?
What's your split?" And I'm just like,
"My split is I'm training everything
until my body literally splits in half."
And then they just stare at me like,
"It's the biggest gym flex of all time."
Now, ever since 11:30 in the morning,
I've just been hearing things get
absolutely slammed by sweaty dudes. So,
I'm pretty sure I know the direction
tonight's dreams will be taking me. But
in other news, we're quarter of the way
there. I think we are going to surpass
my goal of 333,000 lb. I think we're
going to pass like 400,000. So, what I
got going to do right now is take a
longer break than I want to. A break so
long it might actually scare me so we
can go out there and crush it later. cuz
right now I'm I'm cramping all over the
place. So, I just got to chill, regroup,
get some food,
and then we go back out and crush it.
Here's a quick clip of me chilling.
For food, I really didn't want gym food
anymore, so I looked out the window and
I locked eyes with Popeyes. So, I
decided to order it. And bless him,
manufact.
All right, we got our Popeyes. I feel
like this is the first time in my life
where I actually deserve fast food. So,
one thing I got which I never knew they
had tempura battered cauliflower. Give
it a dip and put it to my lip.
Oh man. The next thing I got the
blackened chicken sandwich in hopes of
manifesting the next meat that I get to
enjoy in this gym.
I love a pickle between my buns. Having
fast food in a gym is a vibe, man. It's
time for the final stint of the day. I'm
just going to absolutely crush legs. I
feel like that's the best thing to do
right now. I'm feeling extra nervous for
my central nervous system. But hey,
screw it. What you're about to see is
what I like to call the prey and press
method. The trick is to treat every rep
like it could be the last rep of your
life because it could very well be for
me right now. To annihilate my legs, I
decided to revisit the Cybex leg press
and the new tech hack squat thing
because you remember that mystery rule I
mentioned? Well, that rule is come
tomorrow, I can't use any of the same
machines I use today. So, I wanted to
make the most of these. Just like any
other round two in life, the load has
diminished from sixth place to five. But
I'm lasting longer. So, last time I did
five sets, hoping to get minimum six
here, which will set me up good for the
next thing. Last set. I just want to be
in a room that doesn't have fluorescent
freaking lights on my face.
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Yeah, that is it for legs today.
I don't know if centralized rabdo is a
thing, but if it is, I'm definitely
going to get it in my legs. But one
thing that I haven't thought about,
which I don't know how I haven't, is
shrugs. Ton of weight. Very short range
of motion.
Let's go spam those. Time to get that
Channing Tatum neck.
Yeah, I'm going to be here for a bit.
I was eventually able to add five plates
per side, which would give me 9,000 lb
per set. I swear every single piece of
machinery that I use is like my favorite
thing in the moment. Like I have a
favorite thing, try a new thing. It's my
favorite thing. The machines just feel
amazing. Men are only as loyal as their
options.
>> The lap pull down was amazing. And after
that, I found a prime chest press. And
then after that, I laid on the floor and
contemplated my entire life.
>> Okay. Um, after the chest press, I'm
currently at 368,000
lb. That's supposed to be my last one,
but I'm so close to 400. So, I just I
think I got to just keep on going. Man,
I absolutely adore Chat GPT. So, I asked
Chat GPT if there's any gym hacks to
help me accumulate more tonnage as fast
as possible. And then they recommended
farmers carries. And I'm like, how the
heck did I not think about this? Every
single step counts as a rep. So, I
brought 100 lb dumbbells, which is 200
lb in total. It took me 45 steps to get
here. 200 * 45 is 9,000. 9,000 lb. So,
I'm just going to walk around as much as
possible with these things and then we
should be we should be good. This was
quite possibly the best decision I have
ever made, not just in this challenge,
but in my entire life. Tonnage was
adding up so quickly, but every pro has
its cons, and that was it was destroying
my hands, which is certainly going to
affect me tomorrow. Look at my hands.
They're looking like when I was a kid
during the Halo 3 launch. Oh,
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I know I can't do these tomorrow,
so I I got to keep doing them.
82. Look at those premium weak hands.
Wow. The farmer's carries alone gave us
a total tonnage lifted of 83,200
lb, which is insane. Which brings the
total day 1 tonnage lifted to 451,693.4
lb, which is way above the goal. I'm
absolutely stoked right now. Like, holy
[ __ ] we're doing this. Now, what I'm
going to do is I'm going to release the
files. I got nothing to hide. So, I'm
going to put screenshots on the screen
of everything in this ledger right now
so you can see everything. You can track
along if you guys are doing this from
the comfort of your own homes and you
can see everything that I've done. So,
taking a much needed break now, a much
needed shower. And it's time to just
wind down. Walk to the shower area with
the three legs showing. So much room in
the shower area. I would rather see a
lot more showerheads with way less
curtains. But anyway, it was time to
clean up.
>> I have never felt so deserving of a
shower in my entire life.
>> I wanted to wash my hair so bad, but my
shoulders were like, "Nope. Too bad,
buddy."
>> I got my jammies on and I'm officially
the last person in the gym.
I'm like extra paranoid right now. But
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watch. Tonight is the night the
treadmill just starts moving on its own.
I got to go pee. It's a bit of a scary
journey. So, I want you guys to come
with me. I've always wanted to do
something like this as a kid growing up,
but in a Pizza Hut, of course.
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Yay.
Okay, let's go. I can already tell based
off the floor that I'm sleeping on that
my back is going to be so messed up
tomorrow. It's going to be like I spent
the night with the rock after a very
tense day on set. I was planning to set
an alarm for tomorrow morning, but I
don't think I need to because the gym
opens at 5:00 a.m. and I feel like the
stampede of Cardio bunnies are going to
wake me up. Like the music's going to be
lasting
if I sleep through that. That would be
that'd be an issue. So, good night.
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Yeah, there is no way I'm sleeping right
now.
I kind of thought of going down and
doing bench press, but
I think it'd be kind of terrifying.
Imagine getting pinned under the bar
at 2:00 a.m. in the dark. I don't think
so. But what I think I'm going to go do
is do some pull-ups. Let's go. I weigh
195 lbs. I'm going to do 10 sets of 10
pull-ups, totaling 100 pull-ups. 19,500
added to our total. Let's begin.
>> Doing pull-ups in the late hours of the
night in an empty gym is something every
meathead should do once in their lives.
It's a pretty amazing feeling.
>> I have transcended
gym rat status. I am the gym.
I am part of its very foundation. With
the amount of working out that I've done
today, I probably need 3 g of protein
per pound of body weight just to stay
anabolic. I also just remembered when it
comes to camping, you always have to
have s'mores. I obviously can't do that
in a gym because I don't want to set the
building on fire. But what I can have is
a David's Bar. 150 calories, 28 g of
protein, and tastes just as good as a
s'more. It's a 62 g bar, which is bigger
than most protein bars on the market and
50 calories less. It nobrainer.
I have the fudge brownie flavor.
One of my favorites. David just delivers
every time. I'm going to eat this and
then I actually have to get to bed or
else tomorrow I'm absolutely screwed.
Good night.
It's 4:47
in the morning. I don't think I slept. I
think I I blacked out from discomfort to
be quite honest.
I'm also so sore.
Like I I Oh. Oh my god, I look so rough.
And as long as I have a great pump, I
don't mind looking rough. I fear if I
sneeze, my body will crumble. It hurts
to just make a fist. and my feet are
numb. So
things are not looking good right now.
But you know when someone gets really
hung over and they say the best cure is
more alcohol, maybe for me the best cure
is getting under some more weight.
I highly doubt it. I feel like I'm going
to vomit, but we're going to get it
done. I made my way down the stairs
slowly and got started with my morning
routine, which is very simple. I put on
some deodorant and then I brushed my
teeth. Unfortunately, there was no old
man beside me who feels like he needed
to be naked while shaving his face. Then
I went to the front and got some
caffeine and a light snack to give me
some fuel to get started.
Saying good morning to the staff was
probably one of the weirdest experiences
of my entire life. Good morning.
You good?
>> They probably think I'm going through
like the craziest divorce right now. And
also, this gym,
it's starting to feel a lot like home.
I'm feeling like an anabolic orphan.
Having something light because I want to
get out there as soon as possible
because I'm starting to feel like the
moaning myrtle of fitness, like I'm
never going to leave this place. And I
also I do moan a little bit more, but I
have this Greek yogurt bar. It's all
natural ingredients. I could go for like
the protein bars, the shakes, all that
other stuff, but I don't I don't want to
turn into like a vending machine by the
end of this thing. So, this is overall
pretty healthy. 277 calories.
Even opening this hurts. It's really
cool to see people who have real jobs
coming into the gym so early in the
morning to get their lift in before they
go to work.
It's 5:30. The place is actually pretty
busy right now. Today, I'm going to be
lifting for survival, spiritually
spotting myself. But one thing is
absolutely for sure. I am not spending
another night here. So, we are crushing
it today.
The first thing I'm going to do is sled
drags. The sled itself is 87 lb. I've
added weight to it, and I think we're I
think we're going to do some damage
here. So, let's get started. And if I
pass out, tell my mom I died doing
something stupid, but also cool.
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>> Was such a good call. Even she thought
so, too. And I'm just happy I'm not
doing this alone.
>> Did 832 steps, but 222 lb on the sled.
So, I moved a total of 184,74
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lb. So, we are now officially
well over halfway, 655,000 lbs. Next
thing I'm going to do, leg press, cal
raises, super set with push-ups. So, for
the push-ups, I know it's not fair to
count my entire body weight. So, what
I'm going to do is only count 65% of my
body weight. That's what they say you
should do online. So, that comes out to
126 lb for me.
Heat.
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Heat.
This is going to be a race to the end.
Will I hit a million pounds or rock
bottom first? I also don't know why I'm
wasting my time with calves. I should
probably choose a muscle group that will
actually grow when I train it. With the
sled and now the cal raises and
push-ups, we are making progress way
quicker than I expected. My dream about
not spending another night here might
actually come true. I searched symptoms
of early Rabdo and pretty much all of
the symptoms apply to me right now.
Muscle aches and pains, weakness,
fatigue, just not dark urine. Urine that
is red or brown resembling tea or cola.
I'm just grateful my pee does not look
like a freaking fountain drink. But all
these other ones
are definitely applying to me. I will
say though, this is the first time this
challenge other than literally the first
set where I feel like I had momentum
right now. It's just taken me 10,000
reps of crippling self-doubt to get
here. But we're here and I found a Prime
lateral raise machine that I think I can
load up. Let's get it. I loaded the
Prime lateral raise machine for only
three sets because yesterday killed me.
Then I moved on to this chest press
machine, which was decently easy. I was
doing sets of 15 with 180 lb, which
ended up giving me 10,800 lb in total.
Not bad.
>> As much as I don't want to, I feel like
I have to do big, heavy, compound
movements because it's just the weights
are not adding up fast enough. I'm
feeling like such [ __ ] and I need to get
this finished. So,
just like paying taxes, we don't want to
do it, but sometimes you you just have
to do it. So, here I am on the pit shark
and we're going to see how this goes.
This is starting to feel like a hostage
situation with weights.
Oh, [ __ ]
No.
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I can't do it.
>> I just couldn't do it. Only three reps
and I needed to stop. I'm a lot closer
to the end goal than I thought, but I'm
so fatigued. I don't know if I'll ever
make it. At this point of the challenge,
I was genuinely terrified about how long
this would take me. But very quickly
after, I found an amazing super set of
this preacher curl and this dip machine.
Right here, I'm doing 225 lbs for an
easy 30 reps. The pump was getting
crazy.
>> I was feeling so down from the pitch
shark, but this superset right here
instantly is making me feel better.
We are over 750,000
lb into this challenge. And for me,
threequarters of the way in is usually
my happy place. We only have 250,000
pounds left to go, which doesn't sound
like a lot, but when you think about it,
it's pretty much someone's entire
training block. And right now, I have
learned that my muscles are bilingual
because they are they are screaming at
me in multiple different languages to
just please stop.
But I I can't. Even getting mashed
potato to mouth is challenging.
It's also 8 a.m. Why am I eating mashed
potatoes and braze beef? I think I'm
going to take a break until like at
least 9. I think I need that full hour
to just decompress because I I didn't
even I barely slept last night. So, I'm
going to chill and then once we step
back on that gym floor, that is the last
time we're stepping on that gym floor.
>> I've lifted 766,277.4
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lb. It's time to dig deep and finish
strong.
>> I am surprisingly going to start with
legs. I know I said I probably couldn't
do it anymore, but this machine looks a
little less scary because the weight's
not coming down this way. It's going
this way. So, I I feel I feel good about
it.
Definitely manageable.
>> So, I did a bunch of sets and reps here,
and thankfully, it wasn't too taxing on
my legs. I'm not even warming up at this
point. I'm just loading everything up to
save on some time.
>> Got to fasten your seat belt.
>> Holy [ __ ] I couldn't load up the hip
thrust like I thought I could, so I only
ended up doing four sets of 12 reps.
Hey, that beats my typical one rep.
Okay, so I just finished four sets of a
really good super set of seated back row
and an ab crunch. So total tonnage is a
little over 813,000,
which is pretty good. Also, super super
weird. People who I saw leave yesterday
are now coming back in because it's a
new day, which is super trippy. Also, if
you guys are building a home gym, you
need equipment recommendations, ask me.
I've tried literally every piece of
machinery that exists. The form is
starting to get a little bit
questionable. I think if someone saw me
for the first time in the gym here
without knowing what I'm up to, they'd
be like, "This guy is the biggest ego
lifter of all time." This is a 50 lb
sandbag, and we're going to do some
walking lunges. This is going to be
horrible.
[Laughter]
I feel like I get at least a threemonth
hall pass to skip legs and it's not even
an excuse. I I think I deserve it.
I know it looks like I'm crying, but I'm
not. I don't think at least.
200 reps
on the walking lunges. That was like
half an hour straight of just walking
lunges. So, 49,000
lbs added to the total. My glutes right
now are on fire. You would think that I
was like a prop at a frat team building
exercise or something like that. After
the lunges, I made my way over while
admiring my pump. Look at it. Beautiful
and hopefully permanent. to the next
exercise, which was revisiting the
tricep dip machine to do four sets of 30
reps with 225 lbs. Because that would
allow me to say
>> we have officially hit 900,000
lb lifted. A little over. So, we have a
little under 100,000 lb to go.
>> For the last 100,000 lb, I did three
sets of 25 reps on this leg press, which
was disgustingly painful.
you. I then did five sets of 20 with
this chest press. The last few sets were
the longest cluster sets of all time.
After I moved on to four sets of 25 with
dumbbell shrugs, which all led me to the
final exercise. It has literally all
come down to this. So, the current
lifting total is 975,947.4.
If I get 67 reps with the Pit Shark RDL,
that will be a million pounds. I'm going
to try to spread that out between three
sets.
Let's do it. I'm almost going to cry.
I'm so emotional. I'm so happy.
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Set one. 25 reps.
Set two, 25 reps. All right. Well, here
we go. The last set of the challenge. 17
reps. Nearly 25 hours, 41 exercises, and
156 sets is what it took me to get here.
And it all came down to these last 10
reps.
Thank you.
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One more.
Oh my god.
[Applause]
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Oh my god.
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I almost want to cry.
Total weightlifted 1 million 67.4
lb. It hurts to even have my eyes open
right now.
I can't believe I just did that. That is
by far the hardest
video I've ever shot.
Holy sh
Yeah. Nothing comes close. Nothing. I
just want to get the hell out of here
now.
I feel so good though, but also so bad.
It's the most confusing thing. I I don't
even know what to think right now. I'm
just in shock. But I do know one thing.
I want to get the hell out of here. So,
I packed up my things and made my way to
the exit to finally be released to the
outside world.
>> Are you kidding me? I guess I'm just
going to wait in the gym for a little
bit longer. But I never recommend that
you ever do this. However, I am going to
challenge some of my reckless friends.
Jesse, Stan, 1 million lb, you're up
next. We'll see you guys do it. And uh
also remember, we are on the road to 5
million subscribers. I want to do it as
fast as possible. So, make sure you
subscribe. I just lifted a million
pounds. Come on, please help me out.
Love you all. Bye.
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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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