**Marcus's HIT Dungeon**

[Igifuno]

....will have some upper body pics here today hopefully.

Looking forward to that man. I've been kind of MIA lately so I may have missed it, but are you on cycle now?

[Sfla80]

Looking forward to that man. I've been kind of MIA lately so I may have missed it, but are you on cycle now?

Just started actually. 2 weeks in almost. Will post the cycle up with the pics soon.

[Cuz]

Its amazing how far you have come in such a short amount of time, you defiantly have the genetics for this game. Its a struggle to balance family life and bodybuilding I've been there and done that one and bodybuilding won, it cost me a lot financially but most of all emotionally and I lost things what I could never get back but that's the path I took at the time and things cant be better for me now but try your best to juggle the two. The emotionally side of things is a huge pill to swallow and it will test you for the rest of your life so think hard before you do anything. What your doing is a good way, give time to each part of your life and I better stop waffling here lol.

I can fully sympathize with your thought process about only building when on cycle, if I am honest I use to hate PCT and the battle was immense for me to start cycling again because I knew what it did for me. The problem for me was after PCT and my bloods came back to normal "I DIDNT FEEL NORMAL" I felt like something was wrong and I didn't want to feel normal because normal for me did nothing for me and I wanted to feel super human and feel invincible. Again this is a hard battle as well you know the good old devil and angel on your shoulders talking it out fuks with your head. I cant count how many times the devil won the battle and I become super human again but it did cost me many things. We all know what we should do right but we also don't always do it lol
You can build off gear though that mind set is wrong but I do understand why you said that.

You would do very well on stage and its great you can see the balance what is needed to step on stage, you look a lot bigger than your stats which is a huge advantage on stage, keep aiming high and follow your dreams.

Marcus thanks a lot man. Your right about the balance of life and bodybuilding it can be very difficult but unfortunately bodybuilding can't pay the bills right now so I can't completely focus on itm I'd love too just can't right now 100%

[kelkel]

Heading to the dungeon for legs. Be a bit brisk down there today! Hoping for another "good knee" day! In the mood to hurt something today so it may as well be me.

[DontTaseMeBro]

Heading to the dungeon for legs. Be a bit brisk down there today! Hoping for another "good knee" day! In the mood to hurt something today so it may as well be me.

Get it, Kel!!! The brisk temp can help you keep up the tempo and intensity so you can knock it out faster. Enjoy.

[marcus300]

Back this morning

Close grip pulldowns
BB bent over rowing
1 arm db rows
Hammer strength underhand pulldowns
Low pulley
Deads

All done with 2 feel sets and one working set with rest pause,
stretched inbetween sets and also took 1min rest,
really pulled my back out on the stretching and shifted some serious weight,
lower back was ok and held up fine,

[marcus300]

Took this a few months back, not the best picture due to the lighting

[marcus300]

Just started actually. 2 weeks in almost. Will post the cycle up with the pics soon.

Please do let's see what your running

[Hazard]

Took this a few months back, not the best picture due to the lighting

Lmao ur a beast man

[thunderthor70]

Took this a few months back, not the best picture due to the lighting

You look amazing Marcus! Thick as fvck!

[clarky.]

Took this a few months back, not the best picture due to the lighting

What a fvcking size big man

[Sfla80]

Ok guys this is my cycle.

I have test e , tren a and winny on hand. Im still up in the air on adding the tren. Just not sure yet. I have done 3 legit cycles. Test only, test/dbol , and test/winny.

Long time ago, think '09, was given a free vial of sust and one vial deca . Took it not knowing about sites like this and no research. Guy was a fire fighter, and a friend so I trusted him. After I kept asking him so many questions, he told me just to come here and ask. That's where I figured out I was doing everything wrong. lol. Stopped and pct.

So plan is:

1-12 wks test 600mg/wk (dosed at 300mg)
10-14 wks winny 75-100mg a day
1-13.5 wks HCG 250/mg twice a week.
1-14 L-dex .25mg EOD.....last cycle I ended up doing .25 ED cause of sensitivity, but will wait until it happens again.

If I add the tren will be week 4 when test is built up. then it would look like this.

4-12 test 300mg a week
4-11 tren a 75mg EOD
Ill also add caber .5mg twice a week.

Im be on my 4th pin of test e tomorrow.

Posting pics after this from my phone


Forgot Stats

33...34 in april
5-9
holding around 190-191 consistently
bf pushing 16%? see pics below....and legs posted other day.

[kelkel]

Took this a few months back, not the best picture due to the lighting

That's F'n large.

I was large once.

[Sfla80]

First off I do not know how to pose. With that said back pic is horrible. Been one my weakest parts but has come a long way honestly.

[kelkel]

First off I do not know how to pose. With that said back pic is horrible. Been one my weakest parts but has come a long way honestly.

Good size, good frame. Ton of potential there Sfla.

[Sfla80]

Good size, good frame. Ton of potential there Sfla.

Thanks Kel....forgot to put stats up in the purposed cycle I got going....im going to edit it.

You saw my legs other day. I know these two upper body pics aren't much to work with. But see any areas of opportunity?

[kelkel]

Thanks Kel....forgot to put stats up in the purposed cycle I got going....im going to edit it.

You saw my legs other day. I know these two upper body pics aren't much to work with. But see any areas of opportunity?

Keep doing what your doing. Basic, heavy and HIT style. It takes time to build thickness but you definitely have the right frame for it. Broad shoulders too. Self-analyze weaknesses and focus your training where it needs to be, not where you want it to be. I say it here all the time but balance is key. And proper balance/symmetry will prevail over a larger, unbalanced physique.

I'll add you hear Marcus reference knowing many smaller bodybuilders that appear so much larger than their actual body weight. What gives that illusion? Symmetry and balance.

[Sfla80]

Keep doing what your doing. Basic, heavy and HIT style. It takes time to build thickness but you definitely have the right frame for it. Broad shoulders too. Self-analyze weaknesses and focus your training where it needs to be, not where you want it to be. I say it here all the time but balance is key. And proper balance/symmetry will prevail over a larger, unbalanced physique.

Thank you sir.

[thunderthor70]

First off I do not know how to pose. With that said back pic is horrible. Been one my weakest parts but has come a long way honestly.

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Looking good brother. Nice thickness and shape from the front. Your spinal erectors have some good thickness also. I'd say your lats and traps need some work to catch up to the rest of your upper body but over all you look great.

[Capebuffalo]

First off I do not know how to pose. With that said back pic is horrible. Been one my weakest parts but has come a long way

Nothing wrong with those pics. Look good. Keep up the hard work.

[Sfla80]

Looking good brother. Nice thickness and shape from the front. Your spinal erectors have some good thickness also. I'd say your lats and traps need some work to catch up to the rest of your upper body but over all you look great.

I hear you on those two areas. My lats have gotten a lot stronger. Traps are def lagging.

[Cuz]

Took this a few months back, not the best picture due to the lighting

Holy hell Marcus! I don't even want to imagine what the back double looks like!!!! You really have it all man...size, shape, density. ..mass with class right there

[Cuz]

First off I do not know how to pose. With that said back pic is horrible. Been one my weakest parts but has come a long way honestly.

Not too bad man. I think some deadlifts will help your back some. Get some good working sets of wide grip pulls and always stretch the lats. Posing is an art and the backbis the hardest thing to pose. I've been practiceing over a year now and still haven't mastered it yet. Keep lifting heavy and at your height and frame you will grow like crazy. I wish I was around that height lol

[basketballfan22]

Took this a few months back, not the best picture due to the lighting

You're ridiculously huge, lol. I really liked the picture of you in that white hoodie too. You know your massive, when a hoodie hugs you as tightly as it did you.

[Igifuno]

Took this a few months back, not the best picture due to the lighting

Good god big man.. always inspirational.

First off I do not know how to pose. With that said back pic is horrible. Been one my weakest parts but has come a long way honestly.

Nice work sfla. Great base and a lot to work with. I know you know how to eat too, so I can't wait to see the results of this cycle.. should be good for you.

[marcus300]

First off I do not know how to pose. With that said back pic is horrible. Been one my weakest parts but has come a long way honestly.

Looking good Sfla, nice shape and quality muscle. You have the shape and good muscle size all you need to do now is build the thickness in certain areas which will create a whole different look. Work on your back thickness and the feel of the contraction, the width is good but add thickness in the back and you will create an illusion what will make you look double the size.

Don't be scared to eat, many are but trust me don't be scared of eating and packing on that size. Ive talked about it before how you can control the bf while eating like ten men so don't hold back due to thinking you may get fat. If you train with HIT and really explode those tough muscle fibers what I talk about the muscle will build thick, dense and the muscle bellies will bulge so it doesn't matter if your carrying a touch of extra bf go with it until you have the desire size then slowly reduce the fat to reveal the super human size.

You have great bi, delt chest tie-ins which is going to make you look like you have been carved out of stone, just add more size and concentrate on thickness, thickness is the key

well done

[marcus300]

Lmao ur a beast man

Thanks Haz, hope all is well with the new job and the knee

You look amazing Marcus! Thick as fvck!

Thanks, ive been working on thickness for a few years now

What a fvcking size big man

Thank you

That's F'n large.

I was large once.

Means a lot coming from a big ripped fuker like you, thanks

Holy hell Marcus! I don't even want to imagine what the back double looks like!!!! You really have it all man...size, shape, density. ..mass with class right there

lol holy hell Marcus that mad me laugh. I will have to get a rear double bicep up for you. Thanks

You're ridiculously huge, lol. I really liked the picture of you in that white hoodie too. You know your massive, when a hoodie hugs you as tightly as it did you.

Thanks

Good god big man.. always inspirational.
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Thank you Igi, gives me more power of thought to train like a mad man
Thanks every one

[marcus300]

Biceps, triceps and forearms

DB seated curls
preacher curls

hammer curls
wrist curls

lying db extension
pushdowns
dip machine

All done with rest pause and really did some damage.

DB seated curls explained - started with 2 warm up sets of high reps of around 20 reps each, I could feel the blood start to push through my biceps and start filling them up on just the warm up sets. Felt strong on the warm ups and no elbow or shoulder pain so the green light was on to do some serious damage.

Started my working set with a set of heavy bells which popped my veins out of my arms as soon as I picked them up, I started to curl and tense at the top and it felt good and light, I looked down just to check I had the right weighted bells and they were so I thought fuk it and carried on until I reach 10 reps each side. I dropped the bells and thought that was light so I decided to do 2 working sets due to me feeling stronger than normal
I went up in weight and massaged and stretch my biceps ready for this rest pause working set.

I picked them up and they felt heavy, they were pulling on my delts so I locked into position and started to curl those fukers up. I was thinking to myself these are going to make you grow bigger, all I was doing is watching myself curl in the mirror and thinking do not stop take these to my limit. The bells started to go slower and my arms were burning and extremely pumped. I was on my 5th rep each side and they struggled to get to the top and the pian was immense, I went for one last rep but couldn't get it to the top so I slowly lowered the weight for the negative and dropped the bells. I sat bent over thinking of something what really fuks with my head, I was thinking of stuff from my past while I was breathing and counting, I still had hold of the bells and on the count of 15 deep breaths I picked them up again and started to curl, fuk me they were heavy but I was fully under control of them and curling in strict form, bang 1 rep out 2 rep out and on the 3rd I couldn't reach the top and my arms were in bits, they started to really hurt with the pump, so I dropped them and counted again to 15 and picked them up again. Another 3 reps with the last one failing to the top. My arms felt huge and the blood was so painful I could hardly put the bells back on the rack. I had to massage them with my fist to try and release some of the blood.

I wont go into the rest of the workout but it was to the same extreme force as the above exercise

[kelkel]

Anyone want to help me shovel the 13+ inches of snow in my driveway......
Thankfully it's not a workout day...

[thunderthor70]

Anyone want to help me shovel the 13+ inches of snow in my driveway......
Thankfully it's not a workout day...

Hope it's a light dry snow and not a heavy wet 13 inches. That would be brutal!

[Igifuno]

Anyone want to help me shovel the 13+ inches of snow in my driveway...... Thankfully it's not a workout day...

Be right over, after I'm done with mine.

[Hazard]

Be right over, after I'm done with mine.

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I don't feel like shoveling lol

[Igifuno]

I still haven't started. Lol. My dog was like - you a$$hole, shovel this sh*t how am I supposed to sh*t out here!?

[DontTaseMeBro]

This first week of HIT has been tough - more mentally than physically. I'm having a little trouble getting the reps right. Sometimes I think I'll fail at 7 or 8 and I end up banging out 12 without failing. Other times, I am tempted to get sloppy on form. Did chest and biceps today and felt like I could have done more until about an hour after the workout. I was eating and started feeling totally spent. Muscles felt really full and drained of energy. Now that I have a better idea of what weight will work, I think next week will kick ass.

[Igifuno]

This first week of HIT has been tough - more mentally than physically. I'm having a little trouble getting the reps right. Sometimes I think I'll fail at 7 or 8 and I end up banging out 12 without failing. Other times, I am tempted to get sloppy on form. Did chest and biceps today and felt like I could have done more until about an hour after the workout. I was eating and started feeling totally spent. Muscles felt really full and drained of energy. Now that I have a better idea of what weight will work, I think next week will kick ass.

The good news is it sounds like you're doing it right, Tase. It can take a few weeks to get the hang of the technique and your body will verify by how it feels. Keep at it and you'll find your groove.

[Cuz]

Did everyone get snowed in? Lol

[marcus300]

This first week of HIT has been tough - more mentally than physically. I'm having a little trouble getting the reps right. Sometimes I think I'll fail at 7 or 8 and I end up banging out 12 without failing. Other times, I am tempted to get sloppy on form. Did chest and biceps today and felt like I could have done more until about an hour after the workout. I was eating and started feeling totally spent. Muscles felt really full and drained of energy. Now that I have a better idea of what weight will work, I think next week will kick ass.

It takes time to judge what you can lift, that's what the feel sets are for to help you get the right weight so you can attack it in the right rep range. It also depends on what your doing if its straight to failure without using any of the beyond failure methods then you can aim to anything up to 12 rep at failure. I don't advice you to use any drops, rest pause or forced and negatives yet until you have totally mastered going to failure.

It is a true mental battle and its something you have to overcome with your inner self to push to failure and I mean true failure, keep at it and your body will respond because it will have no alternative but to grow bigger. Take your time to get your mind set right pre the working set, this is the time to prepare yourself for war and total muscle breakdown. Well done

[Back In Black]

Anyone want to help me shovel the 13+ inches of snow in my driveway......
Thankfully it's not a workout day...

Car dee (uh) oh

[DontTaseMeBro]

It is a true mental battle and its something you have to overcome with your inner self to push to failure and I mean true failure, keep at it and your body will respond because it will have no alternative but to grow bigger. Take your time to get your mind set right pre the working set, this is the time to prepare yourself for war and total muscle breakdown. Well done

Thanks, Marcus. I've done a few forced reps out of necessity and a couple of negatives because I felt like I should, but that's about it. A good example of the frustrating side happened today. I substituted pec deck for flys hoping to really go to failure without sacrificing form. I got my warm up and feel set and figured I could do 110 for 8 or 9 slow and perfect reps. At 6, I knew I would would blow way past 12, so I went to 120 - still too easy after a couple of reps. Finally jumped to 130 and failed at 11 total reps (then got a negative). I should have started at 140 and failed at 7 or 8. At least I'll know where to start next time.

[marcus300]

Thanks, Marcus. I've done a few forced reps out of necessity and a couple of negatives because I felt like I should, but that's about it. A good example of the frustrating side happened today. I substituted pec deck for flys hoping to really go to failure without sacrificing form. I got my warm up and feel set and figured I could do 110 for 8 or 9 slow and perfect reps. At 6, I knew I would would blow way past 12, so I went to 120 - still too easy after a couple of reps. Finally jumped to 130 and failed at 11 total reps (then got a negative). I should have started at 140 and failed at 7 or 8. At least I'll know where to start next time.

Its all a learning curve
once you have done your warm up sets on your first exercise there is no need to do anymore, just do feel sets then the working set on the rest of the exercises.
Still sounds all good mate