This is awesome…beautifully written
I get hints of Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse - just a coincidence in similar themes, or am I detecting a trace of inspiration from that?
(The Saxophone, learning to dance/love from abstraction, the esoteric disdain for the conventional reawakened with new purpose through a woman, etc.)
Been off the gym for 2 weeks now. Tried Stage 1: Earth for 3 min. I went to the gym for the first time today in 2 weeks. Usually after a comeback i would do an ” everything ” set where i begin running at the treadmill for 10 min and later give every major muscle group 2 sets.
I broke almost every PR today!
Ran faster than i ever had at the treadmil
Benched 10kg over my old max
Did 5 more pullups compared to my usual 6 - 7
Squatted 5kg over my old pr
Deadlifted 10kg more than my old pr
This is normal when you take a week or 2 off gym,they’re called deloads your whole body recovers and can attack everything harder,mike mentzer built a whole training philisophy off this and sometimes even recommended training once a wesk
So why is it last time i took 10 days off, about a month & half ago, i came back feeling far weaker & needing to build it up over time?
After a deload, sometimes I feel weaker, sometimes I feel stronger.
It depends on how starved for recovery your body is I guess.
But there’s no denying that there must’ve been some influence from Earth.
While on HeO, I don’t really improve more than the usual in the gym, but I feel like I’m at the top of my game much more often. A sub that’s more specialized than HeO should have better effects.
@SaintSovereign is Earth enough to heal chronic injuries or do I need to stack it with Paragon? Also will the New Paragon come out any time soon?
From my understanding- Earth will heal injuries as the relate to improving performance or craft, if you have a gym, training routine that your injuries effect, Earth will heal them
Does this mean we can now put cores in name embedded major titles? Or is this a particular exception.
Really, Im surprised to hear that on Hero- you have more consistent peak performance but not improved performance, there is tons in the copy of strength, and improved athletic function
Probably talking about a custom
HeO acts more like a guide than a raw boost when it comes to that. At least for me.
Rather than my body magically knowing how to do more, it guides me mostly through the filter of the virtues. Discipline, devotion, reasons etc, the usual HeO stuff. This is what I mean by being “at the top of my game”. It’s mostly the shift in attitude, how i treat & conduct my exercise.
But i could be a “hardgainer” when it comes to the raw boost.
After around a year of total use & a long break to regain clarity about the sub in between, i did notice that i have more moments where i could push more than usual. As if my body knows it’s capable of more and acts on it.
It’s not consistent enough yet though. Very sparse. This is one of the reasons I’m still sticking with HeO.
Did my first loop of Earth today.
On the way back from the gym.
Bought my coffee from my regular cafe. The middle age lady who works there was alot more chirpy and talkative to me then normal.
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Anything to report different from your experience at the gym?
No nothing yet mate
Yeah, it’s going to take a bit before you start noticing things, having run HeO for so long and already maximizing your strength and stuff. Try paying more attention to the subtle things, like your breathing or smoothness of movement.
There is physical shifting as well, so keep a look out for that.
@SaintSovereign can I include Stage 1 Earth into a custom and then in the future listen to that custom with another stage of HTLTB in my stack?
I don’t know how to explain this but it seems that every aspect of my life is improving through my body, even stuff I didn’t expect like charisma, assertiveness, authenticity, sharpness of the mind, witness and humor.
Amazing.
OK I did my second loop of 3 min today after 3days rest.
Earth is really shinigh through.
I walk better
I have lost the need for posing, actually I find It nearly laughable
I have a healthy feeling inside and I only walk with posture for myself but in a graceful and enjoyable manner
I walk more barefoot on the grass and I get charged up with electricity 
Touching earth wit my feet and hand is a daily ritual now
I can drop all pressure and stress into the earth
My body feels like living soil
Yesterday I dropped my phone but it did not move a halve centimeter my reaction was so fluid and fast that the fear signal ocured after I had the phone stable back in my hand
Now I really want to play Foosball
I Center myself easily
I watch what I eat and give myself the good stuff with joy
Health is important and my joy to take care of
Thats the fantastic thing - I do the things that where stressful or dragging or forcefully now with a smile and with joy - it’s so easy now
Thank you
I can focus better and longer
The moment I was in the lake I felt old stored emotions rising up but at the same time released into the water
Also I can release emotions now anytime, they just vibrate out of certain parts of my body
Had yesterday also recon but it was so mild like a cheese without taste
GENIOUS JUST GENIOUS
@SaintSovereign do you have plans for maybe a ST5???
If yes I have a name for it ST5 Collection of Light or Union of Elements