**Marcus's HIT Dungeon**

[Knockout_Power]

All sets to failure but couldn't really push to much due to my injury but lifting heavier than last week and its feeling better. .

good stuff... recovery time is always a frustrating bitch, but its better than starting again with injury

[gearbox]

good stuff... recovery time is always a frustrating bitch, but its better than starting again with injury

Well said...
Good luck with recovery Marcus. Keep killing it.

[calgarian]

Tore my thigh muscle doing 1000 lbs no internal bleeding, took week off all good now going back to gym tomorrow 1g of test and 600 of tren treating me very well

[AD]

Tore my thigh muscle doing 1000 lbs no internal bleeding, took week off all good now going back to gym tomorrow 1g of test and 600 of tren treating me very well

the fountain of youth.

[marcus300]

Marcus, gotta ask, what do ur arms measure?

chomp chomp chomp clink clink clink

The biggest they have been was 21.5" but that was many years ago. Not measured them for years but would think they are around 19-20 mark. Will measure them soon

[marcus300]

good stuff... recovery time is always a frustrating bitch, but its better than starting again with injury

Well said...
Good luck with recovery Marcus. Keep killing it.

Tore my thigh muscle doing 1000 lbs no internal bleeding, took week off all good now going back to gym tomorrow 1g of test and 600 of tren treating me very well

Thanks, training is still good and its getting better everyday. Not on cycle just trt for a few wks till I'm ready to go again.

[Knockout_Power]

The biggest they have been was 21.5" but that was many years ago.

is that in as lean of condition as your current avi? Thats a huge Friggen arm

[marcus300]

is that in as lean of condition as your current avi? Thats a huge Friggen arm

No I wouldn't say they were that lean at that size. The avi is current from about 2 week's ago

[Knockout_Power]

No I wouldn't say they were that lean at that size. The avi is current from about 2 week's ago

Your vascularity is freakin me out. I hope I can get there one day. I never got like that even below 10%

[marcus300]

Your vascularity is freakin me out. I hope I can get there one day. I never got like that even below 10%

I'm about 13-14% roughly

[sawyer86]

continued with your style of training today, smashed the shit out of my legs! watched videos of dorian yates before i went and only had 1 min rests! im on the couch now cant get up!

[kelkel]

The biggest they have been was 21.5" but that was many years ago. Not measured them for years but would think they are around 19-20 mark. Will measure them soon

I call BS. They are easily bigger than that.

[Knockout_Power]

I call BS. They are easily bigger than that.

he shaved, so it looks bigger

[marcus300]

I call BS. They are easily bigger than that.

Thanks but I don't think they are but will tape them soon

he shaved, so it looks bigger

That's what my lady tells me

[marcus300]

Who adores training?

I am still so passionate about lifting weight and training my body to the max even after 25 yrs worth under my belt, I absolutely love training and pushing my body to the extreme levels to see how it will react. When i'm feeling strong and my weights are moving up and I and in serious overload environment I just know how my body is going to react. It still gives me so much pleasure assaulting my body with so much pain week in week out its like I am some addicted junkie needing his fix. I train and can't wait to get home and eat, drink and eat more food, ive never been hungry for fuking years now I am constantly full even when cutting and I can eat the most bizarre foods which are so basic without a seconds thought about taste.

When I go out and people mention the size of me or just look back at me and I hear them say look at the size of him it gives me such a warm happy feeling inside like ive just had a super high fix and i'm content again. I walk in the gym and start my workout and the same people are there watching me train again another fix what supports my addiction to training and size, when I see them out of the corner of my eye watching if I can make this next lift I know in my heart I am going to kill it and failure doesn't even cross my mind, I fall to the floor sweating and gasping for air and I see them talking wondering how I just did what I did and in the back of my mind I am thinking the same, the pleasure from all of this is so extreme it still makes this one of the most enjoyable things I do.

Does anyone else feel the same way?

[sawyer86]

i dont think many of us have the sheer size you do that is enough to make people stop and look!

[marcus300]

i dont think many of us have the sheer size you do that is enough to make people stop and look!

What about training how passionate are you about it, what does it make you feel like? do you have this drive inside you what you can't control?

[sawyer86]

its what im most passionate about! i love pushing myself to where my muscles are on fire.

[Zodiac82]

im gettin a more and more passionate about it....now finally being able to get myself closer to beyond failure....if not already there.....I find myself laughing at the pain when im drop setting....literally....just chuckling as the pain gets worse as I continue to rep em out
I did legs Mon and they were so numb during my workout I was walking like I took 20 glute shots in virgin muscle lol
....sidenote....Marcus I do two warmup sets....one working set(rest pause) and then the next two sets are drop sets(30%) to failure....thats how I did my legs Mon aand chest/tris yesterday and loved it....is that a good routine to do? I dont have a partner so I cant really do forced and negatives

[DCI]

Legend of a post. I haven't gotten to your stage marcus but I do enjoy it for my own reasons mainly due to success only being down to me only

[kelkel]

Who adores training?

I am still so passionate about lifting weight and training my body to the max even after 25 yrs worth under my belt, I absolutely love training and pushing my body to the extreme levels to see how it will react. When i'm feeling strong and my weights are moving up and I and in serious overload environment I just know how my body is going to react. It still gives me so much pleasure assaulting my body with so much pain week in week out its like I am some addicted junkie needing his fix. I train and can't wait to get home and eat, drink and eat more food, ive never been hungry for fuking years now I am constantly full even when cutting and I can eat the most bizarre foods which are so basic without a seconds thought about taste.

When I go out and people mention the size of me or just look back at me and I hear them say look at the size of him it gives me such a warm happy feeling inside like ive just had a super high fix and i'm content again. I walk in the gym and start my workout and the same people are there watching me train again another fix what supports my addiction to training and size, when I see them out of the corner of my eye watching if I can make this next lift I know in my heart I am going to kill it and failure doesn't even cross my mind, I fall to the floor sweating and gasping for air and I see them talking wondering how I just did what I did and in the back of my mind I am thinking the same, the pleasure from all of this is so extreme it still makes this one of the most enjoyable things I do.

Does anyone else feel the same way?

Every single f'n day. It's my drug of choice.

And the people watching have mostly been the same size for years and just can't seem to figure out why?

[sawyer86]

Every single f'n day. It's my drug of choice.

And the people watching have mostly been the same size for years and just can't seem to figure out why?

what advice would you give?

[human project]

what advice would you give?

Eat more

[marcus300]

im gettin a more and more passionate about it....now finally being able to get myself closer to beyond failure....if not already there.....I find myself laughing at the pain when im drop setting....literally....just chuckling as the pain gets worse as I continue to rep em out
I did legs Mon and they were so numb during my workout I was walking like I took 20 glute shots in virgin muscle lol
....sidenote....Marcus I do two warmup sets....one working set(rest pause) and then the next two sets are drop sets(30%) to failure....thats how I did my legs Mon aand chest/tris yesterday and loved it....is that a good routine to do? I dont have a partner so I cant really do forced and negatives

Sounds good,
Once you have done the warm up sets or feel sets you complete one working which could either be to complete failure then 2 forced and 2 negs, or failure and then rest pause to failure as many as possible or dropsets, that movement is done. If your doing one working set rest pause how can you do another two working sets with dropsets??? doesn't sound right to be honest

[marcus300]

Every single f'n day. It's my drug of choice.

And the people watching have mostly been the same size for years and just can't seem to figure out why?

The main man always by my side you old dog

[kelkel]

No doubt.

Quick story:

I've felt like crap all morning. May be related to an iron supplement I'm taking due to BW indicating my iron was in the toilet. When iron goes down TSH goes up and vice versa. Really a catch-22, chicken/egg thing. Makes you tired/lethargic but I am getting better. Drink too much coffee near the iron can equal upset stomach and trips to the crapper. Which is where I was too much.

Anyway, I love leg day and particularly squats because it's such a challenge within myself. But today I was just looking for a reason to skip it due to how I felt. I don't like feeling torn like that. I wake up on leg day and it's the first thing I think of. So, I drug myself down to the basement and did some bodyweight squats and a few sets of high-rep extensions to warm up. Then did about 5 warm up sets getting up to my goal weight for the day. Every friggen warm-up felt crappy and I was questioning why I was here.

I wasn't even liking the music blaring out of my Ipod during this time. So, switched to my favorite band (Foo Fighters) and cranked it up. Sat and intensly focused for a minute or so. Got under the bar and from the first rep it felt great. All the bad was gone. Cranked out 15 and put it down and let out a yell. I'm alone in my basement to it doesn't bother anyone other than the cat who runs cause she's a pvssy (really.) I was just so f'n mentally pumped. Not physically so much but mentally. That's the feeling I love. That mental rush!

Normally I'd do only one balls out set and that was my original intent. I sat down to contemplate my next exercise but felt so good I got up and quickly did another set of 12 with probably less than a minute rest. Now I was pumped. All in all it ended up being a great workout.

I'm not sure why I told this story. I guess the moral would be don't blow off a workout unless you have a legitimate reason to do so. I guess it shows the power of the mind and how focus determines results.

kel

[Back In Black]

Kel, nice story, I fully understand. I posted this in my log on Saturday.

Chest day. I normally train chest first in the week (cliche I know). And I've had 2 terrible nights sleep. So I trudge to the gym expecting a really shitty workout. But, I've had too much enforced time off recently through surgery and illness. I tell myself how embarrassing my pre comp photo's were. How easy it is to take the easy route like 99% of the population. That I'm not getting any younger and that this is the time I need to recapture, and better, my best days.

I tell myself all if this before and during every set. I thrashed every rep, set and weight that I did last week. I destroyed myself. Straight sets, rest pause, less rest.

It train 4 on 3 off. I doubt I could train like that 4 days in a row but I have no excuse to not try it and find out. Starting Tuesday with delts

Train hard kids

[kelkel]

BIB....

[Knockout_Power]

Every single f'n day. It's my drug of choice.

probably the best explanation Ive heard. I never did drugs, never really got into drinking or partying, never really liked team sports cause I dont like only being as good as the weakest link... competition fighting and BBing are what I like to do

[kelkel]

what advice would you give?

Hi Sawyer. I'd read this thread from start to finish. Most any advice I would give the big man has already given in the Q & A's along the way. If you're not making gains there's a reason. Bodybuilding is as physical as it is mental as it is scientific. And I don't necessarily mean aas when I reference scientific. Find your weakness or what you're not doing correctly and fix it!

kel

[DCI]

FFS doing deads on the rest pause part of work out and tweaked my lower bavk, it's not from training it's from all the driving I did this weekend and sleeping on a couch. I did 2k km in 3 days

[marcus300]

Who adores training?

I am still so passionate about lifting weight and training my body to the max even after 25 yrs worth under my belt, I absolutely love training and pushing my body to the extreme levels to see how it will react. When i'm feeling strong and my weights are moving up and I and in serious overload environment I just know how my body is going to react. It still gives me so much pleasure assaulting my body with so much pain week in week out its like I am some addicted junkie needing his fix. I train and can't wait to get home and eat, drink and eat more food, ive never been hungry for fuking years now I am constantly full even when cutting and I can eat the most bizarre foods which are so basic without a seconds thought about taste.

When I go out and people mention the size of me or just look back at me and I hear them say look at the size of him it gives me such a warm happy feeling inside like ive just had a super high fix and i'm content again. I walk in the gym and start my workout and the same people are there watching me train again another fix what supports my addiction to training and size, when I see them out of the corner of my eye watching if I can make this next lift I know in my heart I am going to kill it and failure doesn't even cross my mind, I fall to the floor sweating and gasping for air and I see them talking wondering how I just did what I did and in the back of my mind I am thinking the same, the pleasure from all of this is so extreme it still makes this one of the most enjoyable things I do.

Does anyone else feel the same way?

I thought I would of got more response's than I did, what's wrong with you guys??? where is your drive and aggression come on!!!!!!!!

No doubt.

Quick story:

I've felt like crap all morning. May be related to an iron supplement I'm taking due to BW indicating my iron was in the toilet. When iron goes down TSH goes up and vice versa. Really a catch-22, chicken/egg thing. Makes you tired/lethargic but I am getting better. Drink too much coffee near the iron can equal upset stomach and trips to the crapper. Which is where I was too much.

Anyway, I love leg day and particularly squats because it's such a challenge within myself. But today I was just looking for a reason to skip it due to how I felt. I don't like feeling torn like that. I wake up on leg day and it's the first thing I think of. So, I drug myself down to the basement and did some bodyweight squats and a few sets of high-rep extensions to warm up. Then did about 5 warm up sets getting up to my goal weight for the day. Every friggen warm-up felt crappy and I was questioning why I was here.

I wasn't even liking the music blaring out of my Ipod during this time. So, switched to my favorite band (Foo Fighters) and cranked it up. Sat and intensly focused for a minute or so. Got under the bar and from the first rep it felt great. All the bad was gone. Cranked out 15 and put it down and let out a yell. I'm alone in my basement to it doesn't bother anyone other than the cat who runs cause she's a pvssy (really.) I was just so f'n mentally pumped. Not physically so much but mentally. That's the feeling I love. That mental rush!

Normally I'd do only one balls out set and that was my original intent. I sat down to contemplate my next exercise but felt so good I got up and quickly did another set of 12 with probably less than a minute rest. Now I was pumped. All in all it ended up being a great workout.

I'm not sure why I told this story. I guess the moral would be don't blow off a workout unless you have a legitimate reason to do so. I guess it shows the power of the mind and how focus determines results.

kel

Great story Kel

FFS doing deads on the rest pause part of work out and tweaked my lower bavk, it's not from training it's from all the driving I did this weekend and sleeping on a couch. I did 2k km in 3 days

That's a lot of miles erkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk be careful

[DCI]

I know, wasn't intending on doing that much mileage but it all fell that way. The old man bought anew car so had to drop him up for that then tge rest was just mad mileage.

[AD]

I thought I would of got more response's than I did, what's wrong with you guys??? where is your drive and aggression come on!!!!!!!!

my motivation is not so much of adoration and joy of training. its more of anger and hatred.

in my mind, i am thinking to all the bigger guys in the gym... i'll catch you! to all the people who doubted me, i'll show you! to all the kids blocking my way, i'll kill you!...lol

[marcus300]

my motivation is not so much of adoration and joy of training. its more of anger and hatred.

in my mind, i am thinking to all the bigger guys in the gym... i'll catch you! to all the people who doubted me, i'll show you! to all the kids blocking my way, i'll kill you!...lol

I like that hahaha I remember when I first started training with some power lifters and these guys were huge compared to me, they were shifting some serious weight around and once we started to write on this old dirty gym wall our lifts and measurements of our quads ,biceps etc and I was saying in the back of my mind that I will catch you big fuker and I will be stronger and bigger. I did and did it with style

Anger and hatred can feed some great motivation, I use to think of some things what really upset me before my working sets to set my adrenalin off so I was in the zone and the pain wouldn't be unbearable, I still do it to this day and can easily get myself into fight mode with thinking and putting myself into areas of my life what really angered me.

[AD]

but i have to admit, my killer face melts away soon after the first or second exercise. after piling on a few dropsets, i am usually panting and gasping for breath. i still try to frown and stare straight ahead to stay in the zone. obviously i dont talk to anyone while in the gym. and nobody bothers talking to me.

[marcus300]

Chest and abs

Incline db press
2 warm up sets - very high reps to warm my shoulder up and get has blood in the area as possible
1 working set - to failure plus 3 forced and 2 negatives ----job done

Incline db flyes
2 feel sets
1 working set to failure plus 2 forced and 2 negtives ----done

Hammer strength flat press
2 feel sets
1 working set to failure plus 3 forced and 2 negs - done

flat flyes
2 sets of high reps to failure


Abs
hanging leg raises 4 sets

db side bends
3 sets

crunches
3 sets


Shoulder was sore and was holding me back on the weight but did what I could, shoulder is getting better. Chest was a superb workout even though the weight was lighter than normal but felt good

[sawyer86]

just done chest aswel in your style. went for it but got weights a bit wrong. i train alone and went for rest pause didnt really like it on inclime db press or flat db fly. just a bit awkward geting db up when exhausted next time ill go for drop sets on these exercises and ill have a beter idea of weight.

[marcus300]

just done chest aswel in your style. went for it but got weights a bit wrong. i train alone and went for rest pause didnt really like it on inclime db press or flat db fly. just a bit awkward geting db up when exhausted next time ill go for drop sets on these exercises and ill have a beter idea of weight.

Yeh that's right using rest pause with db will be hard if your training alone, dropsets are ideal...

[marcus300]

back pain is killing me today