The Archive

Head to toe.
Rep by rep.

Nine years of training, reviewed honestly. Every exercise I've used to build, repair, and understand this body — indexed and archived for the long run.

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Years Trained
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Mantra Series
01 · Mantra Series

MMiT — Min Max Intensity Training

Philosophy · Training

Full-body 6×, the 2-set rule, and why the gym is the Playground. The DeDe Lifewater training philosophy, written from the core.

★★★★★ Read
02 · Mantra Series

DeDeism — When Shifts Arrive

Philosophy · DeDeism

Honouring Mike Mentzer's Heavy Duty, the math of Min and Max, and why the gym is your temple. Not a religion. Not a cult.

★★★★★ Read
03 · Mantra Series

The 4 FUNdamentals

Philosophy · MMiT

MMiT Part 3 — Infusion of Christ & Machiavelli. Sacrifice ego, know your limits, see grace, and stop listening to mainstream shit.

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04 · Mantra Series · Finale

The Akme & The Digital Renaissance

Philosophy · MMiT Capstone

MMiT Part 4 — The capstone. On reclaiming attention, surrendering to grace, and reaching akmé — the Greek peak of prowess — after seven years in the fire.

★★★★★ Read
S02 · E01 · Season Premiere

The Temple & The 140kg Pull

Mindset · Conventional Deadlift

Season 2 opens with the 140kg conventional PR, the three groups on the gym floor, the 1-hour protocol, and a shout to the Caretakers nobody celebrates.

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S02 · E02

Remaking Mentzer — The Modern 4-Day Split

Program Architecture · Heavy Duty

Dismantling junk volume and resurrecting Mike Mentzer's Heavy Duty principles for 2026. The full 4-day split, exercise breakdowns, and recovery philosophy.

★★★★★ Read
Bonus · Tribute

Mike Mentzer — The Philosophy of Intensity

Long-form tribute · Built with Claude Design

The full chapter under S2E02 — origins, Heavy Duty, the 1980 Olympia, the legacy. Glass + grain treatment, designed alongside Claude.

★★★★★ Open
Body Archive
01 · Body Archive

The Insurance Policy Nobody Notices

Neck & Traps · Pull

Plate-loaded neck curls, reviewed seven years deep. Why I traded the Bronze-Era yoke ambition for structural integrity and posture work.

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02 · Body Archive

The Sleeper Build Nobody Saw Coming

Traps & Shoulders · Pull

Five years of ignored traps, 140 kg Power Shrug sets, and the exercise that finally built the wrestler yoke I'd been chasing since day one.

★★★★☆ Read
03 · Body Archive

The Bronze Era King Modern Lifters Forgot

Shoulders · Push

Why the standing Overhead Press built the yokes that won wars, what AD Press solves that benching can't, and why Bulldog Grip is comedy.

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04 · Body Archive

The Icing Heavy Presses Cannot Reach

Shoulders · Pull

Dumbbell vs cable, the Knee-Height Hack, the Reverse Pour cue, and the Lu Raise. Why lateral work is the difference between okay shoulders and the 3D anime-boss silhouette.

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05 · Body Archive

Watermelon Pecs & Horse Triceps

Chest & Triceps · Push

Barbell, dumbbell, machine. The truth about the 100kg milestone TikTok keeps lying about, and why 1.4× bodyweight is elite — not normal.

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06 · Body Archive

The Ultimate Litmus Test

Lats & Upper Back · Pull

Pull-ups, lat pulldowns, the Hollow Body position, and why natural pulling still beats every shortcut on the market.

★★★★★ Read
07 · Body Archive

From Pole Assist to Unilateral Mastery

Legs · Unilateral

Pistol & Dragon squats. The 5-rep rule, Asian squat genetics debunked, and why single-leg strength is the ultimate long-term bulletproofing.

★★★★☆ Read
08 · Body Archive

The Strong Rig That Holds It All Together

Core · Anti-Extension

Hanging leg raises & ab wheel rollouts. The 360° core foundation, the barbell wheel upgrade, and the honest question — bigger body or stronger rig?

★★★★★ Read
Sound Drivez
01 · Sound Drivez

JPEGMAFIA — Permission to Preach

Music Review · Avant-Garde Rap

Why Peggy made me cry at the gospel sample, and what avant-garde rap teaches a 2-month-old rapper learning his wave.

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02 · Sound Drivez

The Jungle Giants — Brizzy's Best Indie Export

Music Review · Indie Pop · Brisbane

A same-day review of Experiencing Feelings of Joy. Why The Jungle Giants are Brisbane's quintessential side-quest success — and why the 4122 made them inevitable.

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03 · Sound Drivez

Joey Valence & Brae — Y2K Is Back & It's Better

Music Review · Punk Rap · Pennsylvania

The freshest duo of Y2K energy in 2026. The Penn State pair bringing punk × rap back to the masses — and why the culture needs it right now.

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Web Dev
01 · Web Dev

Brisbane Fitness Security

Security · Web Development · Case Study

A real-world web security audit of a Brisbane fitness platform — exposed misconfigurations, CVE-mapped vulnerabilities, and the fixes that matter in production.

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02 · Web Dev

Design & CTA

Brand Design · Visual Identity · Systems Thinking

A Systems Thinking audit of the Visual Rig — why brand design and the Call to Action work like a bench press tripod, and why most fitness websites fail the consistency test.

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03 · Web Dev

The Digital Bridge

System Integration · Public Health · Brisbane Standard

Scaling the Brisbane standard. How superior digital architecture connects everyday Australians to elite wellness services — and why a healthy society is just a system where best-in-class info is accessible and repeatable.

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04 · Web Dev

Reclaiming the OS

Linux · Open Source · Digital Sovereignty

Breaking free from Windows 11 bloat, corporate telemetry, and passive software habits. A practical guide to Linux Mint, the Minimalist Stack, and CachyOS for power users.

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05 · Web Dev

The Arch Ascent

Arch Linux · Hyprland · Kernel Hardening

Omarchy 3 on a 50" 4K screen, a 125GB SSD squeezed to its limits, and kernel auditing with RKHunter and Lynis. The deep continuation of the Linux migration.

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06 · Web Dev

The Ultimate Footprint

Fedora 44 · MangoWM · CachyOS

Fedora 44 as the new beginner gold standard, escaping Omarchy's pre-configured workflows, and an 11GB OS footprint with CachyOS + MangoWM on a 125GB SSD.

★★★★★ Read
Reflectionz
01 · Reflectionz

Detaching from the Noise

Journal · Reflection · Originality

The first journal entry. On detaching from overstimulation, the death of originality, and why writing long essays for nobody in particular is still worth doing.

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02 · Reflectionz

The Temple Receipts

Journal · Training · Discipline

Seven years of solo training laid out in numbers — and the case for physical discipline as self-respect, ancestry, and longevity in the 20xx timeline.

★★★★★ Read
03 · Reflectionz

Love the Community

Journal · Community · Growth

A Dalai Lama in a waiting room, sausage rolls after a 130kg pull, ten weeks clean — and why the best country on Earth is full of people quietly holding the whole thing together.

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04 · Reflectionz

Moving Forward

Journal · Philosophy · Gratitude

Sleep returning, the science of negativity bias, wu wei and Christian grace as parallel paths — and why gratitude is the most neglected discipline of all.

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