**Marcus's HIT Dungeon**

[AD]

I just ended my cycle too. Long ester, so still waiting for pct. Strained my right pec really bad near the end. Switched to moderate weight and the pain was manageable. After 2 wks, tried to go heavy again and the pain got so bad I couldn't even take a deep breath. Now under control again with a good dose of nsaids.

Other minor strains: right forearm, right traps.

[almostgone]

I should be back at it tomorrow Woke up just around noon; felt like crap. Was running a fever of just over 100°F. Decided to fire off a preemptive strike and hit up the Dr. after she returned from lunch. She wrote me a script for erythromycin and her nurse gave me a couple of shots. Told me to take a couple of days off, but that's not really an option right now. Got some kind of stupid @ss inner ear infection.
Drinking lots of hot tea, and hope to lift in the morning...

[almostgone]

Amazon.com: DMSO 70% Aloe 30% Gel 4 Ounces: Health & Personal Care

Thanks for posting that link, kelkel! I've been using Tiger balm, but it seems to be losing effectiveness.

[thunderthor70]

Killed chest tonight.

Seated nautilus press (plate load style)
2 feel sets
1 working: 5 plates per side 5 reps+ 2 forced, drop 4 plates 3 reps +2 forced
Incline db press : 1 feel set 1 working set: 125 lbs 7 reps + 2 forced, drop 100 lbs 3 reps + 1 forced
Incline db fly: 1 feel set 1 working: 80 lbs 6 reps + 2 forced
Cable crossovers 3 sets to failure

Strenght is increasing. Appetite has been low until today, I didn't have to choke food down for the first time in a couple weeks. Weighed 258 last night before bed.

[thunderthor70]

Amazon.com: DMSO 70% Aloe 30% Gel 4 Ounces: Health & Personal Care

I ordered some of this today also. I've always got some kind of nagging pain and the wifes' wrist has been bothering her forever. It sounds like it's pretty serious stuff.

[kelkel]

Anyone using dmso just make sure you're clean when applying it. No soap residue or anything like that as it can take than in along with it. Apply a thin coat first to see how it goes. Some people can itch or get a slight rash. The aloe helps to prevent this. Don't put clothing directly over the area until completely dry.

[Igifuno]

. Weighed 258 last night before bed.

Hoo-wee... Big boy.

[Igifuno]

Anyone using dmso just make sure you're clean when applying it. No soap residue or anything like that as it can take than in along with it. Apply a thin coat first to see how it goes. Some people can itch or get a slight rash. The aloe helps to prevent this. Don't put clothing directly over the area until completely dry.

Really looking forward to trying on the shoulders and lower back.

[Hazard]

257 today...... Missed 1 week in the gym. The new job is killing me. Working till 10pm every night and my gym closes at 11. I gotta figure something out. They say its not like this all the time so I'm giving it another week or two before I switch to AM workouts. I just hate to wear myself down and then hafta do what I do for a living.

Here's a pic - start cutting in feb

[Igifuno]

Haz.. 275 brutha... Good lord. What's the heaviest you've ever been?

Looking good and lean, especially for not being in there the past week.

[Hazard]

Haz.. 275 brutha... Good lord. What's the heaviest you've ever been?

Looking good and lean, especially for not being in there the past week.

257 not 275 :-p

[Igifuno]

257 not 275 :-p

That's what I meant. Dyslexia. Lol. What's your heaviest ever though

You and Thor are about the same size.

[Hazard]

264 heaviest but Idc bout that..... Long as the measurements are the same. I'd like to come down to 245

[Igifuno]

Got in there today and took my back and bis to battle. Didn't go as heavy as I felt a little weak from being sick. At least I hope it's from bring sick and not from losing strength post cycle. Higher reps with big holds at the top and, even though I felt weaker, my endurance level and mobility was noticeably higher than a week ago. I really think that tren is no longer for me. Was happy with the session under the circumstances and ate well today in comparison to the last few.

[Hazard]

I was weak as shit today. Last week or the week booted I did 285 and 315 on incline bench just fine. This week 285 was hard on the first set and 225 was hard on the last set lol

[Igifuno]

You're prob not at 100% and have low energy due to your recent schedule. I was feeling the same today. Last week I had 3 plates on for the single arm hammer strength lat pd and today I couldn't move it and replaced a plate with a 25 and it was still a challenge.

[marcus300]

Killed chest tonight.

Seated nautilus press (plate load style)
2 feel sets
1 working: 5 plates per side 5 reps+ 2 forced, drop 4 plates 3 reps +2 forced
Incline db press : 1 feel set 1 working set: 125 lbs 7 reps + 2 forced, drop 100 lbs 3 reps + 1 forced
Incline db fly: 1 feel set 1 working: 80 lbs 6 reps + 2 forced
Cable crossovers 3 sets to failure

Strenght is increasing. Appetite has been low until today, I didn't have to choke food down for the first time in a couple weeks. Weighed 258 last night before bed.

Great workout and huge stats well done

[marcus300]

257 today...... Missed 1 week in the gym. The new job is killing me. Working till 10pm every night and my gym closes at 11. I gotta figure something out. They say its not like this all the time so I'm giving it another week or two before I switch to AM workouts. I just hate to wear myself down and then hafta do what I do for a living.

Here's a pic - start cutting in feb

Looking great haz. Work comes first mate and maybe a shuffle round with your workouts is needed if am works then go for it. Great stats

[marcus300]

I should be back at it tomorrow Woke up just around noon; felt like crap. Was running a fever of just over 100°F. Decided to fire off a preemptive strike and hit up the Dr. after she returned from lunch. She wrote me a script for erythromycin and her nurse gave me a couple of shots. Told me to take a couple of days off, but that's not really an option right now. Got some kind of stupid @ss inner ear infection.
Drinking lots of hot tea, and hope to lift in the morning...

Hot tea? You must have a bit of British in you my dear chum

[Roger11]

Hot tea? You must have a bit of British in you my dear chum

Hey marcus, nice to finally chime in on this thread man, long time lurker and enjoy reading your diary. Im planning on getting ready for my cycle shortly, altho the only set back for me is the amount of food I consume on a bulk to put on mass is so much effort, sometimes I cant even be bothered and prefer not eating at all lol or just like a normal person, how do I overcome this? I love to eat but I hate eating the amount required to put on mass, Im sitting at around 107kg and am planning another bulk cycle to hit at least 115-118kg. After I get my BW and e2 in range then ill jump back on cycle.

[almostgone]

Hot tea? You must have a bit of British in you my dear chum

Lol, I can't drink mass quantities of coffee without getting too jittery. Tea doesn't affect me in the same manner and it relieves some of the pressure in my ears.

[-KJ-]

257 today...... Missed 1 week in the gym. The new job is killing me. Working till 10pm every night and my gym closes at 11. I gotta figure something out. They say its not like this all the time so I'm giving it another week or two before I switch to AM workouts. I just hate to wear myself down and then hafta do what I do for a living. Here's a pic - start cutting in feb

Looking nice and lean haz. You'll have a grey physique after you cut. Good job bro

[thunderthor70]

257 today...... Missed 1 week in the gym. The new job is killing me. Working till 10pm every night and my gym closes at 11. I gotta figure something out. They say its not like this all the time so I'm giving it another week or two before I switch to AM workouts. I just hate to wear myself down and then hafta do what I do for a living.

Here's a pic - start cutting in feb

Looking good Haz. Looking fairly lean at 257 lbs. You must have a big frame.

[kelkel]

257 today...... Missed 1 week in the gym. The new job is killing me. Working till 10pm every night and my gym closes at 11. I gotta figure something out. They say its not like this all the time so I'm giving it another week or two before I switch to AM workouts. I just hate to wear myself down and then hafta do what I do for a living.

Here's a pic - start cutting in feb

Look good Haz.

ps: straighten the picture on the wall behind you. Driving me nuts.

[kelkel]

Hey marcus, nice to finally chime in on this thread man, long time lurker and enjoy reading your diary. Im planning on getting ready for my cycle shortly, altho the only set back for me is the amount of food I consume on a bulk to put on mass is so much effort, sometimes I cant even be bothered and prefer not eating at all lol or just like a normal person, how do I overcome this? I love to eat but I hate eating the amount required to put on mass, Im sitting at around 107kg and am planning another bulk cycle to hit at least 115-118kg. After I get my BW and e2 in range then ill jump back on cycle.

Roger if you don't eat you're not going to make nor keep quality gains. Look into B12 or GHRP-6 to help with your appetite.

[Hazard]

Look good Haz.

ps: straighten the picture on the wall behind you. Driving me nuts.

That's the gf's job. She's slacking...... She should have done it after making my breakfast and lunch for the day. I think I may trade her in for a newer model :-p

[Igifuno]

Get her a level for her bday and tell her you expect everything at home to be perfectly straight all the time. No excuses.

[Hazard]

Get her a level for her bday and tell her you expect everything at home to be perfectly straight all the time. No excuses.

Lmfao ill doit too...... As a joke of coarse. Just to see her reaction

[Rusty11]

257 today...... Missed 1 week in the gym. The new job is killing me. Working till 10pm every night and my gym closes at 11. I gotta figure something out. They say its not like this all the time so I'm giving it another week or two before I switch to AM workouts. I just hate to wear myself down and then hafta do what I do for a living.

Here's a pic - start cutting in feb

Very impressive!!
Great looking chest

[Sfla80]

Off yesterday, Shoulders today....pre exhaust

Side laterals
2 warm ups, 30 (feel) x 10 40# x 5 RP x 2 drop x 3

Bent over laterals
40x 7 50x4 drop x 3 drop x 2

Cable Front raise
30x 10 40 x 8

Hammer strength press
180 x 10 270 x 6 RP x 2 drop x 3

Seated Db Shrugs
75 x 10 85 x 8 drop x 4

Loving pre exhaust on shoulders.

[kelkel]

Off yesterday, Shoulders today....pre exhaust

Side laterals
2 warm ups, 30 (feel) x 10 40# x 5 RP x 2 drop x 3

Bent over laterals
40x 7 50x4 drop x 3 drop x 2

Cable Front raise
30x 10 40 x 8

Hammer strength press
180 x 10 270 x 6 RP x 2 drop x 3

Seated Db Shrugs
75 x 10 85 x 8 drop x 4

Loving pre exhaust on shoulders.

Looks good. One thing, don't be afraid to do some higher reps on rear delts. It's a small body part and often times you'll see guys using to much weight and simply swinging through the range of motion, therefore missing much of the target area. Don't do this. Take a workout and up your reps a bit and do them slow and controlled. Let me know how it goes for you.

[Sfla80]

Looks good. One thing, don't be afraid to do some higher reps on rear delts. It's a small body part and often times you'll see guys using to much weight and simply swinging through the range of motion, therefore missing much of the target area. Don't do this. Take a workout and up your reps a bit and do them slow and controlled. Let me know how it goes for you.

Thanks kel. Guess its been dilled into my head heavy heavy heavy lol. Makes perfect sense though for the smaller groups. I honestly think my form is good maybe not perfect but that the one thing I take pride on is form. Would be nice to have someone call me out though if I was losing proper form. But will never happen in my gym. Gonna try the higher reps next week. Def will let u know how it goes.

[Igifuno]

I just ended my cycle too. Long ester, so still waiting for pct. Strained my right pec really bad near the end. Switched to moderate weight and the pain was manageable. After 2 wks, tried to go heavy again and the pain got so bad I couldn't even take a deep breath. Now under control again with a good dose of nsaids.

Other minor strains: right forearm, right traps.

I'm with you AD.. just started PCT last week. Not feeling any injuries pop up yet, but won't be surprised. Be easy on your injuries man I know how frustrating it can be when you want to push yourself, especially in an effort to keep up with your performance on cycle.

I should be back at it tomorrow Woke up just around noon; felt like crap. Was running a fever of just over 100°F. Decided to fire off a preemptive strike and hit up the Dr. after she returned from lunch. She wrote me a script for erythromycin and her nurse gave me a couple of shots. Told me to take a couple of days off, but that's not really an option right now. Got some kind of stupid @ss inner ear infection.
Drinking lots of hot tea, and hope to lift in the morning...

How you feeling now AG? Sorry to hear you're sick.. just getting over something as well.. no fun.

Thanks kel. Guess its been dilled into my head heavy heavy heavy lol. Makes perfect sense though for the smaller groups. I honestly think my form is good maybe not perfect but that the one thing I take pride on is form. Would be nice to have someone call me out though if I was losing proper form. But will never happen in my gym. Gonna try the higher reps next week. Def will let u know how it goes.

Sounds like Greek God time for wedding day my friend..

[almostgone]

D'bell press went up a smidge on the weight this time
2 w/u
Work1- 4-rp-3-1
Dropped weight
Work2- 6

Seated side lateral
2 w/u
Work1-4-rp-3-rp-1crappy rep
Dropped weight
Work2-3

Rear lateral
2w/u
Work-4-rp-2.5 reps-rp-2

B'bell shrugs
1w/u
Added weight
1w/u
Work-5-rp-5

Pretty much done at that point.

[almostgone]

How you feeling now AG? Sorry to hear you're sick.. just getting over something as well.. no fun.

Glad you're getting over it. I'm OK, just a little dizzy. Most of lifts were seated so that helped a good bit. I have high hopes for tomorrow

[Fllifter]

Looks good. One thing, don't be afraid to do some higher reps on rear delts. It's a small body part and often times you'll see guys using to much weight and simply swinging through the range of motion, therefore missing much of the target area. Don't do this. Take a workout and up your reps a bit and do them slow and controlled. Let me know how it goes for you.

What's your favorite work out for rear delts ? I've been trying to work on mine

[marcus300]

Hey marcus, nice to finally chime in on this thread man, long time lurker and enjoy reading your diary. Im planning on getting ready for my cycle shortly, altho the only set back for me is the amount of food I consume on a bulk to put on mass is so much effort, sometimes I cant even be bothered and prefer not eating at all lol or just like a normal person, how do I overcome this? I love to eat but I hate eating the amount required to put on mass, Im sitting at around 107kg and am planning another bulk cycle to hit at least 115-118kg. After I get my BW and e2 in range then ill jump back on cycle.

Hello and welcome

The word can't isn't a part of our lifestyle so first of all take that away from inside your head. Its not about the amount of food you have to consume for your bulk its about the amount of food you have to always consume to maintain your tissue and size. If you drop your cals after the bulk you will slowly drop in size and lose what ever you put on in the bulk, when you bulk and build new tissue its resets your maintenance calories for support so its something what you have to do all the time.

You have to train your stomach to consume that amount of food, split it up into smaller meals throughout the day, get up earlier and eat and fit another meal in, drop in the odd shake to keep the cals up. Its something we have to do to keep improving if you cant eat you wont grow and if you want to be a 115kg man then you have to eat like one its that simple. Many cant eat and that's why their bodyweight fluctuates because they back off when not on cycle and drop so much, its hard its not easy especially when you start getting really heavy and your at your limit with your food consumption.

[marcus300]

My legs and chest are in bits, feels good

Will start back at the gym tomorrow after 2 days off, I am up around 5lbs and I have stabilized that weight now so will continue to see if I can get another 5 lbs in the next few weeks. Because of my current work schedule I am having longer and more rest days from the gym and it seems to be making me grow or repairing better and its also helping with my no1 injury my cuff. Ive also found a ideal training protocol for my chest which seems to be stimulating those tough fibers and that's supersets, the weight is halved but the intensity is high and is really digging deep which hopefully will put some size back on my upper chest.

[kelkel]

What's your favorite work out for rear delts ? I've been trying to work on mine

Any kind of bent laterals really. I don't have access to any machines. My favorite is to rest your chest on the top of an incline bench set at about 35% and go to town. You're basically standing over the bench with your chest hunkered down a bit on it. Do not sit on the bench.

[marcus300]

Off yesterday, Shoulders today....pre exhaust

Side laterals
2 warm ups, 30 (feel) x 10 40# x 5 RP x 2 drop x 3

Bent over laterals
40x 7 50x4 drop x 3 drop x 2

Cable Front raise
30x 10 40 x 8

Hammer strength press
180 x 10 270 x 6 RP x 2 drop x 3

Seated Db Shrugs
75 x 10 85 x 8 drop x 4

Loving pre exhaust on shoulders.

Nice