Bio:
Marcus Timmons aka Big Herc916 aka Big Herc is well spoken and articulate. You would never know that he lived the hard knock life of crime.
His mother was only fourteen when he was born and he never knew his real father. He grew up feeling like an outsider to his own family, but still managed to excel in school getting straight A’s. Even before he started working out he was very much into BMXing and skateboarding, which kept him busy along with playing basketball.
At fifteen years of age he started hustling on the block to put food on the table and buy clothes for school. Watching his Mom struggle to take care of three kids following a divorce was too much to bear and he felt that he had to earn his keep. Marcus took up weight training to get his fight game up for the local knuckleheads and dreamed of one day making it big out the hood. Living a double life, he tried to keep the streets on the streets and be a loving son at home but fast money soon led to juvenile lockup and he was now in the system.
It would take over ten years and multiply incarcerations for Big Herc to realize he had the power to create his own reality and break this cycle of negativity. Life hit rock bottom when he was sentenced to 120 months in Federal custody. During those nine years he did not receive any visits from family or friends and it really made him put his life into perspective. This time was a true test of his ability to stay mentally sound and not become institutionalized.
Upon release, Big Herc had three hundred dollars in his pocket and no place to live, but was he was determined to make something of himself. His thoughts became his reality and success followed. He has since done some acting, produced a workout video, written several books, worked to mentor youths and gotten involved in public speaking. His YouTube channel’s Fresh Out and Big Herc916 get millions of views a month and he has become one of YouTube’s biggest influencers. He also does personal training and nutritional consulting helping other achieve their fitness goals. His accomplishments have been attributed to his ability to over come adversity and through his life experiences he shares with others how they too can create their own reality.
