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 By: Kris Gethin
Undomesticated to the world of the weak, a combination of predatory skills and nocturnal movements wander the cold shadows of the silent and eerie mists over the dusk sheeted weights dungeon. An almost perfectly designed predator has adapted to its environment, and Bodybuilding.com is exhibiting the testimonial you are about to be a witness. The muscles that this creature confines is assured never to adapt to its environment and its strain that is concealed within the four walls of it weights pen ensures a manifestation of sinew that is yet to emerge into its full maturity. The accompanying images of the beast were captured the day after the 2007 Iron Man where he collected a substantial body count leaving only four standing before him.
  Click To Enlarge. Marcus Haley. The rendezvous point of our encounter was in an L.A. heat drenched parking lot dampened by the lurid depth of the night. However, the moonlight was so brave that evening it was almost like someone was shining a flashlight over the two hardcore heavyweights of the bodybuilding world - Bodybuilding.com and Marcus Haley.
 Click To Enlarge. Marcus Haley. Both fully aware that the next 51 minutes could turn into echoed screams of agonizing pain and suffering, both of us could have easily turned our selves into the isolation of our thoughts and into the anonymity of the outside world. Or we could return, living on wits and honed hunting skills to deliver the blood soaked editorial and pictorial for our Iron brothers.
Leg extensions helped ease the tension and anguish when Haley began to pump his hugely ripped pillars to the point where his incisors bared themselves objecting to anything or anyone that got in his way.
 Click To Enlarge. Haley Began To Pump His Hugely Ripped Pillars. Leg Extension Video: Windows Media - MPEG - Video iPod Prior to his main working sets, the tormented animal clenched its abdominals while his menacing stare pointed in my direction. Sitting on the edge of the leg extension, he closed his eyes as I watched his body's temperature rise enhancing the need to suck in more oxygen before the big push into the abyss. An acoustic vibration shook the floor as the momentum of repetitions rattled the cage Haley was teething on.
 Click To Enlarge. An Acoustic Vibration Shook The Floor. I lay on the floor capturing these very pictures as the attack to 22 reps had no choice but to reveal itself. I marveled at the scenes of high drama that evoked as he neared his end with blood swelling the vein pipes through the legs that appeared to be holding him to at ransom to the machine which was also asphyxiating them. The sound of a slamming weights stack signaled the completion of the first count on the leg torturing roster.
 Click To Enlarge. I Marveled At The Scenes Of High Drama.
A visit to the leg press, expressed with no pity, flashed SOS signs to the onlookers that had just gawked at the relentless torture seconds earlier. Although Marcus was set to compete in the Sacramento and the Arnold Classic in the following two weeks, he instituted a systematic concept of muscle formation and proclaimed discipline of supreme importance when he sat within the 45 degree angled seat of the leg press.
 Click To Enlarge. A Visit To The Leg Press, Expressed With No Pity. Leg Press Video: Windows Media - MPEG - Video iPod Spits of saliva burst through the hazed backdrop which appeared out of focus through my lens as exaggerated breaths of air were taken before the storm of torment drifted through his vessels that fed the screaming and craving muscles. "I'm gonna beat you again mother f*#*er" were the petrified words that bounced off the walls like a bully interrogating an intimidated student prior to pushing the weight burdened leg sled off its safety catch.
 Click To Enlarge. "I'm Gonna Beat You Again Mother F*#*er!" Discipline was stressed upon Haley's wheels as they pushed up and down like piston heads driving a muscle machine. Fibers twitched and moved as if they had a life of their own under the strain of the wall that was quickly approaching as he progressed through the repetitions that burned more and more with each drop of lactic acid entering the vicinity of his fascia stretching quads.
 Click To Enlarge. Fibers Twitched And Moved As If They Had A Life Of Their Own. The scene played out in front of me that is now in front of you - the Bodybuilding.com readers, riveted me as I watched Haley's survival instincts unleash through the barriers put up in the form of pain. A slow but relentless 24th repetition concluded the scene that would not sit well for an easily disturbed audience experiencing fact, not fiction.
 Click To Enlarge. Haley's Survival Instincts Pushed Him Through Pain.
As swift as a "Haley's Comet", Marcus walked his shaky and swollen legs over to the standing hamstring curl in attempt to swiftly forget the wretched displeasure spreading though his entire body. The huge dimensions of the thickly muscled Haley leaned into the machine and immediately began to flex his hanging leg bicep that filled his rear portion of his thigh that stood as one of the best on the planet.
 Click To Enlarge. The Huge Dimensions Of The Thickly Muscled Haley Leaned Into The Machine. His head bowed down as his teeth gritted with gnarls of anger that prompted me to nervously click down on my camera faster than Ben Johnson following a trip over the Mexican border. Like raging fire, nobody could stand in the beast's way that was forging a physique worthy of Olympia recognition. On the 18th forced count he screamed "You can't take me out, I'm taking you out," knowing that the next bout of pain was his last. Prior to the set his eyes darkened and turned cold, the naked enmity towards the brutal set waiting just under the surface. "OK, show me what you got, you know what, I'll show you," shouted the silhouette of monstrosity, now ravenous to feed on the wounds that can't escape the massive hamstring that holds it captive. Veins start to swell and grow up his legs, over his shoulders and wrap his neck like vines on a tree holding on for dear life. I could almost hear the beats of his heart as pulses of blood pumped around his body generating heat within the confines of the cold gym air. His grip tightened on the machines handles when nearing the destiny of 18 reps but his knuckles seemed to crack as he surpassed the count, 21 repetitions closed the case of this murderous attempt at self mutilation and only scraps of energy exited Marcus from the scene.
 Click To Enlarge. 21 Repetitions Closed The Case Of This Murderous Attempt At Self Mutilation.
As I placed my camera equipment into its rightful home, I was excited of the scenes that had just played out in front of me knowing full well that I wasn't alone, for I had the company of my Bodybuilding.com comrades. On behalf of us all that set foot inside the witness box, thank you Marcus for allowing us to watch the beast grunt, groan and roar within its natural habitat.
 Click To Enlarge. Watch The Beast Grunt, Groan And Roar.
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