**Marcus's HIT Dungeon**

[clarky.]

Hi strangers, well i have not trained since i last posted just feel pure shit. Off work the day and can not see me there the mora, could not tell you the last time i was off.

Feel very sick and no nrg again, i have got a lot going on just now. Well i got my goal lol lost 15lb so going to keep going and try for 7lb more before my hols in 3wks.

I feel and look so fucking small .

[Capebuffalo]

Hi strangers, well i have not trained since i last posted just feel pure shit. Off work the day and can not see me there the mora, could not tell you the last time i was off.

Feel very sick and no nrg again, i have got a lot going on just now. Well i got my goal lol lost 15lb so going to keep going and try for 7lb more before my hols in 3wks.

I feel and look so fucking small .

Brother I can relate. Im fuckerd as well. My strength is for shit at work now. Gym? Where did it go. Summer blows. Get the kids back in school. No more camps. Ahhhh

[Mr.BB]

Hi strangers, well i have not trained since i last posted just feel pure shit. Off work the day and can not see me there the mora, could not tell you the last time i was off.

Feel very sick and no nrg again, i have got a lot going on just now. Well i got my goal lol lost 15lb so going to keep going and try for 7lb more before my hols in 3wks.

I feel and look so fucking small .

Vacation time is coming!

[cousinmuscles]

Hi strangers, well i have not trained since i last posted just feel pure shit. Off work the day and can not see me there the mora, could not tell you the last time i was off.

Feel very sick and no nrg again, i have got a lot going on just now. Well i got my goal lol lost 15lb so going to keep going and try for 7lb more before my hols in 3wks.

I feel and look so fucking small .

Woke up in the middle of the night with a cold myself. WTF is this crap, I rarely get sick, must be some virus going around

Hang on it will be over soon

[tarmyg]

Good morning everyone from a cloudy Bengaluru. A cloudy day here is a good day as it keeps a lot of the heat away. Forgot to post yesterday. Coach lost his marbles again. It's remote coaching if anyone wonders. Got this message in the mailbox:

"If you go sub 5:00 on “Big Bang,” send us a video and we’ll send you a rad shirt/tank." Except for the fact I did not think anyone used the word "rad" anymore, this was the challenge:

“Big Bang”
For Time:
50 Power Cleans - 102kg

102kg is my 1rm, so I scaled it to 72kg. Still only got to 35 reps in 5-minutes. Insane.

Rest of the training looked like this:

Conditioning
5 Rounds:
21 Calorie Assault Bike
15 Chest to Bar Pull-Ups
9 Bench Press - 80kg


Conditioning
100 Calories on Assualt Bike

[cousinmuscles]

Good morning everyone from a cloudy Bengaluru. A cloudy day here is a good day as it keeps a lot of the heat away. Forgot to post yesterday. Coach lost his marbles again. It's remote coaching if anyone wonders. Got this message in the mailbox:

"If you go sub 5:00 on “Big Bang,” send us a video and we’ll send you a rad shirt/tank." Except for the fact I did not think anyone used the word "rad" anymore, this was the challenge:

“Big Bang”
For Time:
50 Power Cleans - 102kg

102kg is my 1rm, so I scaled it to 72kg. Still only got to 35 reps in 5-minutes. Insane.

Rest of the training looked like this:

Conditioning
5 Rounds:
21 Calorie Assault Bike
15 Chest to Bar Pull-Ups
9 Bench Press - 80kg


Conditioning
100 Calories on Assualt Bike

I have to add conditioning too...

Apart from that, 1RM is 1RM, not something you can do repeatedly. How can he expect that with a true 1RM lol

[TRA]

Well tweaked low back day 4 of new recomp ffs. I don’t even have back problems. Think it was combo of seated leg press plate machine - back rest isn’t adjustable and feels a bit odd even keeping back flat, and seated cable rows that were quite heavy next day. I stay with back straight for seated rows once I have pulled weight back and do not bend forward with each rep. It could also be psoas strain from lunges on leg day. Not bad enough to keep me down today but need to insert an unscheduled rest day. Grrrr!

Hope everyone else is having a good lift run. It’s hot as my wife the day I met her here right now, so gym is packed and just going outside is friggin oppressive. Makes it hard to stay totally hydrated, especially with creatine on board. Reminds of a joke I saw an old comedian tell the other night, though. It makes sex interesting because it’s always a coin toss as to which is going to come first - the orgasm or the debilitating foot cramp

[clarky.]

Hi fellas, went back to work the day feel so so. Going to try and get a session in the mora after work.

[TRA]

Hi fellas, went back to work the day feel so so. Going to try and get a session in the mora after work.

Unrelated but where is that pic in your avi, Clarky? I am jonesing to fish something horrible. I am taking a trip back home to Idaho but don’t have time to fish - mentioned in an earlier post that I may have to come your way to wet a line some day.
Also saw this on bbc.com and thought you might enjoy - https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-44629019

[tarmyg]

Pretty heavy day to end the workweek with. Going to be interesting to see what comes on the schedule tomorrow. Did snatch movements for the first time in about 3-months or so which meant I kept it very light.

Gymnastics Conditioning
For Time:
9 Parallette Handstand Push-ups
3 Peg Board Ascents
7 Parallette Handstand Push-ups
2 Peg Board Ascents
5 Parallette Handstand Push-ups
1 Peg Board Ascent

Snatch Balance
Build to a Heavy 1-Rep - 50kg

Snatch Pull + Hang Squat Snatch
Build to 75% - 60kg

Squat Snatch
Build to a Heavy Single - 60kg

Conditioning
For Time:
20 Power Snatches - 50kg
20 Barbell-Facing Burpees
20 Overhead Squats - 50kg
20 Barbell-Facing Burpees
20 Snatch pull - 50kg

Midline
Not for Time:
750 Meter Row
50 AbMat Sit-ups
500 Meter Row
35 Weighted AbMat Sit-ups (Light Load)
250 Meter Row
20 Weighted AbMat Sit-ups (Heavy Load)

Conditioning - weight 35kg
30 Wall balls - 9kg
30 Sumo deadlift high pull
30 Box jumps
30 Push press
30 Calorie Row
10 Back Squat - Bodyweight - 84kg

[clarky.]

Unrelated but where is that pic in your avi, Clarky? I am jonesing to fish something horrible. I am taking a trip back home to Idaho but don’t have time to fish - mentioned in an earlier post that I may have to come your way to wet a line some day.
Also saw this on bbc.com and thought you might enjoy - https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-44629019

Hi TR, it was from Loch Earn. Maybe 1h or so from me. Yes the link you posted i have seen this with my own eyes. So so stunning to see the bird just float about then dive bombs.

Lots of ppl come to scotland from all over the world for the salmon fishing.

[clarky.]

Feel way way better the day fellas fucking YESSSSS!. I will get back to it on monday just to make sure i am 100%.
Hope everyone has a good safe wk end.

[clarky.]

Big man, how's the weather at yours ? Fucking crazy here.

[almostgone]

Email has been blowing up with requests for phone interviews, all of them too far away. Would be dream jobs for me.... SigSauer, Heckler&Koch, and Daniel Defense. H&K and Daniel Defense are both a 4-5 hour ride from the house over in Ga. and Sig is in Exeter, NH.....FML.

[clarky.]

Email has been blowing up with requests for phone interviews, all of them too far away. Would be dream jobs for me.... SigSauer, Heckler&Koch, and Daniel Defense. H&K and Daniel Defense are both a 4-5 hour ride from the house over in Ga. and Sig is in Exeter, NH.....FML.

Ffs mate, that's shit. I'll fire you a email shortly mate.

[tarmyg]

Email has been blowing up with requests for phone interviews, all of them too far away. Would be dream jobs for me.... SigSauer, Heckler&Koch, and Daniel Defense. H&K and Daniel Defense are both a 4-5 hour ride from the house over in Ga. and Sig is in Exeter, NH.....FML.

Negotiate a weekday place to live, gym membership, food reimbursements and so on and bring your wife and use your home as a weekend getaway :-)

[almostgone]

Negotiate a weekday place to live, gym membership, food reimbursements and so on and bring your wife and use your home as a weekend getaway :-)

LOL, that would be nice. Sig has a nice sign on bonus. All my family that I know.of is gone, but Mrs. AG has been in the area her whole life. She has a very large family with a very social nature It would devastate her. LoL, Mrs. AG worked at a store called Gallant-Belks when I first met here. She literally had 17 relatives that worked in the same store. Her family is like glue.

[almostgone]

Sh!t it's my bedtime. Y'all have a nice Friday and a safe weekend.

[Capebuffalo]

LOL, that would be nice. Sig has a nice sign on bonus. All my family that I know.of is gone, but Mrs. AG has been in the area her whole life. She has a very large family with a very social nature It would devastate her. LoL, Mrs. AG worked at a store called Gallant-Belks when I first met here. She literally had 17 relatives that worked in the same store. Her family is like glue.

Daniel Defense? I’m afraid you’re going to have to divorce Mrs. AG and take the job.

[cousinmuscles]

Negotiate a weekday place to live, gym membership, food reimbursements and so on and bring your wife and use your home as a weekend getaway :-)

Agreed sounds like very cool places to work at.

[TRA]

Hi TR, it was from Loch Earn. Maybe 1h or so from me. Yes the link you posted i have seen this with my own eyes. So so stunning to see the bird just float about then dive bombs.

Lots of ppl come to scotland from all over the world for the salmon fishing.

Same here - the day I moved out of my home state of Idaho eagles were mating and locking talons up in the air and then with wings spread tumbling toward the river where they let go at just the last minute. Those same eagles (which nested in the cliffs opposite the side of the river I accessed for fly fishing) used to catch fish out of the riffles toward the opposite bank. And some big cuts at that, looked to be 2-3lb. There was a moose that was native on that side as well that would come out and eat moss and stare at you across the river. Regretted leaving that place every day since I’ve been gone, but it was necessary for my life.
Salmon fishing in Scotland is now on my bucket list. Do I have to wear a kilt to do that? I might have to borrow one from one of the boys here

Btw, what’s the fishing like west and northwest of Loch Earn, across highway A82? Looks like no people and a LOT of water ffs.

[TRA]

Pretty heavy day to end the workweek with. Going to be interesting to see what comes on the schedule tomorrow. Did snatch movements for the first time in about 3-months or so which meant I kept it very light.

Gymnastics Conditioning
For Time:
9 Parallette Handstand Push-ups
3 Peg Board Ascents
7 Parallette Handstand Push-ups
2 Peg Board Ascents
5 Parallette Handstand Push-ups
1 Peg Board Ascent

Snatch Balance
Build to a Heavy 1-Rep - 50kg

Snatch Pull + Hang Squat Snatch
Build to 75% - 60kg

Squat Snatch
Build to a Heavy Single - 60kg

Conditioning
For Time:
20 Power Snatches - 50kg
20 Barbell-Facing Burpees
20 Overhead Squats - 50kg
20 Barbell-Facing Burpees
20 Snatch pull - 50kg

Midline
Not for Time:
750 Meter Row
50 AbMat Sit-ups
500 Meter Row
35 Weighted AbMat Sit-ups (Light Load)
250 Meter Row
20 Weighted AbMat Sit-ups (Heavy Load)

Conditioning - weight 35kg
30 Wall balls - 9kg
30 Sumo deadlift high pull
30 Box jumps
30 Push press
30 Calorie Row
10 Back Squat - Bodyweight - 84kg

Ffs...really? Really? I couldn’t do that workout (if at all) in a month’s time. I’d like to think it’s because I’m old but after looking at you beasts and your physiques and workouts I think I need to find the remedial HIT forum...Hardly Intense Training.

[cousinmuscles]

Ffs...really? Really? I couldn’t do that workout (if at all) in a month’s time. I’d like to think it’s because I’m old but after looking at you beasts and your physiques and workouts I think I need to find the remedial HIT forum...Hardly Intense Training.

Yep lol I used to do lots of conditioning for martial arts but I don't think it went that far. If I tried tarmygs workouts I'd probably puke my lungs out halfway through

[clarky.]

Same here - the day I moved out of my home state of Idaho eagles were mating and locking talons up in the air and then with wings spread tumbling toward the river where they let go at just the last minute. Those same eagles (which nested in the cliffs opposite the side of the river I accessed for fly fishing) used to catch fish out of the riffles toward the opposite bank. And some big cuts at that, looked to be 2-3lb. There was a moose that was native on that side as well that would come out and eat moss and stare at you across the river. Regretted leaving that place every day since I’ve been gone, but it was necessary for my life.
Salmon fishing in Scotland is now on my bucket list. Do I have to wear a kilt to do that? I might have to borrow one from one of the boys here

Btw, what’s the fishing like west and northwest of Loch Earn, across highway A82? Looks like no people and a LOT of water ffs.

Lot's of sea lochs, and private lochs. A good few fresh water lochs too though. Yes you have to wear a kilt it's the law, Hahaha.

[clarky.]

Hi fellas, feel great so back to it the mora. I went away fishing last night and got some pics. I'll post them up in the big mans thread.

[clarky.]

Morning fellas/ladies, arms for me the day. Hope everyone had a good safe wk end, got some time to myself now so i can catch up. Report back the night.

[clarky.]

Hi fellas, got arms done the night. Good session but a wee bit weak but i knew i would be like that.

Standing db curls 3 sets

Incline db curls 3 sets

Db preacher 2 sets

French press 3 sets

V bar tri pd's 3 sets

Behind head v bar tri ex 3 sets

Cardio 10 min 2 miles

Done, really hot in the shithole i train at so felt it lol. We just have to open the doors no AC or fancy shit like that.
I will get back to HIT when i feel i can.

[almostgone]

Back at it late Tuesday/early Wednesday for me. My body and brain said I needed a break, so I took a week off.
Believe I will be off 2-3 days for the Fourth of July. Will find out before leaving work Tuesday morning.

[tarmyg]

Had a few shitty days and my rotator cuff in the right shoulder is flaring up again. Happened same time last year. Exactly what held back my snatches last year and fully engaging the shoulder becomes really hard with this problem. First training since Friday today and I could not get to CrossFit so I trained legs at my old gym. Destroyed them as much as I could. Wife's off to San Diego on Sunday to see if that is a future option as a home for us. Very low chance we will opt for that but at the end of the day whoever offers most is where we will go assuming we actually like the place and there are good schools for my daughter.

[tarmyg]

Just in case anyone is curious here is the last rep on parallellt handstand push-ups.

https://youtu.be/pZeZDEVgTXY

[cousinmuscles]

Just in case anyone is curious here is the last rep on parallellt handstand push-ups.

https://youtu.be/pZeZDEVgTXY

Great work!

[cousinmuscles]

Second last training
Squats 200 x 3,3,3
Seated safety bar good mornings 100 x 6,6,6. Worlds best spinal erector exercise
Glute ham raise +25x 10, 10,8
Roman chair leg raise 25,25,25

Muscles in the back got sore, muscles I haven't felt sore in what seems like a decade. This will help a lot!

Last training
Db bench 60x 5,5,3 missed setup on the last set had to reattempt
Db incline 45 x 12,8,6
Dips +40x12,12,10 or 11
Reverse ezbar curls 40x 10,10,8
Pec Dec rear delt 5th x 20,20,20

[clarky.]

Hi fellas, did back the night. Hurt the cunt on the last set of T bar's .

Kneeling cg pd's 3 sets

Seated cg row 3 sets

T bars wg 3 sets

Straight arm pd 2 sets

Hypers 2 sets

Cardio bike 2 miles

Done, i was going to do rack pulls and bent over bb rows but i did something on the last sets of t bar's.
I tried to ease it off with hypers but no, it felt so so but hurting when walking.

[GirlyGymRat]

Hi all! Caught up the best I could. Hope all is well with everyone.

@AG. Good luck with job search. Hope you find something close to home (if that’s what works best for you and the Mrs.)

I’ve dabbled with keto and still perfecting. I realized I was being lazy and expecting great results with half hearted attempt. Decided I need to give this a fair chance so I went to the gym today.

Worked back and triceps. 30 min inclined treadmill. I felt strong! I’ve not lifted regularly for months. I miss it.

Happy 4th! Be safe!

[GirlyGymRat]

All I needed was a little exercise to put me into ketosis! I’m thrilled esp since I ate late dinner of ribs and salad!!!!

[almostgone]

Hi all! Caught up the best I could. Hope all is well with everyone.

@AG. Good luck with job search. Hope you find something close to home (if that’s what works best for you and the Mrs.)

I’ve dabbled with keto and still perfecting. I realized I was being lazy and expecting great results with half hearted attempt. Decided I need to give this a fair chance so I went to the gym today.

Worked back and triceps. 30 min inclined treadmill. I felt strong! I’ve not lifted regularly for months. I miss it.

Happy 4th! Be safe!

Thank you, ma'am and a safe Fourth to you aw well.
LOL, interviews have changed so much! Phone interviews, behaviorial interviews, etc. I want to walk in and say, "Look, I do my best to make or repair the shit you break".
I still have until around the end of September at my present job and then severance and insurance for 32 weeks afterwards, so I'm trying to do this methodically and find what I hope will be my last job. However, if something doesn't come along, I'll gladly take a job I don't like and keep searching. Don't want to miss the opportunity to draw 2 checks.

[tarmyg]

Week keeps getting weirder. Went for chest today and was all of a sudden weak AF. Last week I repped 40kg for 12 reps and it felt easy (Dumbbell Incline Press). This week I hardly got 36kg up for 5 reps. No clue what changed but had to leave after a while or I was going to kill someone. All in all a shitty day as my wife had a bizarre interaction at work. I'll detail Indian weirdness in a later post.

[almostgone]

Week keeps getting weirder. Went for chest today and was all of a sudden weak AF. Last week I repped 40kg for 12 reps and it felt easy (Dumbbell Incline Press). This week I hardly got 36kg up for 5 reps. No clue what changed but had to leave after a while or I was going to kill someone. All in all a shitty day as my wife had a bizarre interaction at work. I'll detail Indian weirdness in a later post.

Think we all have weak days like that, sometimes they come in multiples. I will say that if it keeps up for 4-5 lifts, I drastically lower the intensity or take a complete break.
Sorry to hear about your wife's crappy day.
FWIW, I don't react well either if someone fvcks with or gives grief to those I am close to.

[almostgone]

Range time tomorrow morning.


Yard work now.

[clarky.]

Hi fellas/ladies, got shoulders and traps done the night. Simple session, i need my holiday lol, 1wk on thursday (mora) and am off for 2wks.
So,
Arnie press 4 sets BB

Db side raises 3 sets a side

Rev pec dec 2 sets

Db drip machine shrugs 3 sets

Behind back machine shrugs 3 sets

Done. As i said simple session, rest day the mora and out for T with the Mrs .