After two weeks off the gym, one loop of Hero took me to five new PRs in a single session — I felt like I had limitless endurance, strength, and power.

I'd been off the gym for two weeks. I tried Stage 1: Earth for just 3 minutes. Then I went to the gym. Usually after a break I'd do a light comeback set — treadmill for 10 minutes and two sets per muscle group. Not this time. I broke almost every PR in one session: Ran faster than I ever had on the treadmill. Benched 10 kg over my old max. Did 5 more pull-ups than my usual 6–7. Squatted 5 kg over my old PR. Deadlifted 10 kg more than my old PR. And when I wasn't breaking records, the resting periods felt surreal. Limitless endurance, strength, and power. One loop took me far beyond limits I'd been slowly chipping away at since January.