this was when I was doing bodybuilding and the hit system originally I was around 220 pounds and about 18 body fat but here is the big part I lost it all and this is my journey to get back and better

A question came up by someone. He asked why do I not take longer breaks (2-5 min) in order to have more strength in my one working set in order to get more reps! How do I respond to him? @Markus Reinhardt

This is from today post workout Feeling pretty good about my progress. Every week I'm getting PRs still ! 🟢 Dec 26th 2025 1.🔴seated Cable Fly 180lbs x 8 ⚡️⚡️ 🔴Chest Press machine 200lbs x 6 2.🔴standing Cable fly: 80lbs x 6reps ⚡️⚡️ 🔴Flat dumbbell Press 75lbs x 3re0s+3+3 3.🔴side lateral Cable 25lbs x 9reps ⚡️⚡️ 🔴shoulderPress machine 100lbs x9rep 4.🔴seated reverse fly machine head on bench backrest 160lbs x 5½ 5.🔴triceps Cable press down 200lbs x 6reps ⚡️⚡️ 🔴BW dips x 6reps Total time just under 35 min

Video #2 is now live and covers one of the most misunderstood concepts in Heavy Duty training: true muscular failure. Most lifters stop at discomfort or doubt. This video clarifies what real failure actually is — and what Mike Mentzer meant by reaching it with strict execution. Two videos are now live in the 10-video series. More added weekly. These videos are only available inside Heavy Duty Nation. Premium is $29 until the live chat starts tomorrow at 6:30 PM. After that, it returns to $39. Get in before the chat and you’ll have both videos ready to go. Markus

A lot of people out there still think intensity is about how pumped they felt, how sweaty the shirt got, or how dramatic they looked grinding through a rep. That’s not intensity. That’s entertainment. In here, we deal with truth. Intensity is the degree of actual effort you bring into that one ASET. Not the story you tell yourself before. Not the excuses you come up with after. The truth that gets exposed under the iron. You want to know if you really trained? Simple. Did you take that set all the way to the end of the muscular road or not. ASET is the great equalizer. One set. One honest shot. One moment where your mind tries to bargain and your body tries to quit, and you choose to keep going anyway. That’s where the work happens. That’s where growth gets triggered. A real ASET has a feel you’ll never confuse with anything else: - The final rep slows to a crawl - Your body shakes but your form stays tight - You’re fighting for inches, not reps - You keep trying even after the weight stalls - And when you stop, it’s because the muscle literally waved the white flag That’s real training. That’s Heavy Duty. Most people will never experience that level of truth because it requires a mindset that cuts through comfort and ego. But this community is built on it. You guys aren’t here to half-step anything. You’re here to get better, stronger, clearer, and more disciplined. If you commit to one honest set, everything else falls into place. Recovery improves. Progress becomes measurable. The logbook becomes a scoreboard, not a journal. And you walk out of the gym knowing you didn’t waste a second. That’s how we operate in HDN. We don’t chase volume. We chase intensity. We don’t chase trends. We chase truth. If you had a workout this week where you felt that final rep grind, drop it in the comments. Let’s hear how your ASET went and what you learned about yourself in the process. If you want to go deeper into this style of training Everything I talk about here — ASET, real intensity, recovery logic, progression, philosophy — I built into my manuals. They’re a full education in Heavy Duty as I teach it today.