by admin on September 21, 2009

In the last 3 parts, we talked about the strength training and work capacity aspects of hardgainer bodybuilding. Now here, lets conclude with a basic primer of mass building nutrition for a hardgainer. You can also refer to the muscle building 101 nutrition guide for a more comprehensive mass eating primer.
As a skinny hardgainer, you’ll [...]
by admin on August 11, 2009

After a strength foundation, a hardgainer should be aiming to improve his/her work capacity. The work capacity is the ability to workout with heavier poundages and weights longer and harder at a higher intensity. By harder, this involves using more exercises and/or increasing the amount of days you work out in a week or training [...]
by admin on August 11, 2009

In the first part of this hardgainer series, I introduced 3 of the most important goals a hardgainer needs to look at to see progress in muscle and strength (fitness-wise). Here, we’ll go further in-depth on these 3 goals and show you how to first build that strength foundation for life-long fitness success.
One of the [...]
by admin on August 11, 2009

In this 4-part hardgainer series, you’ll get a basic but effective plan to build muscle and strength as a self-described hardgaining ectomorph. The first two parts focuses on defining what it means to build a strength foundation for muscle-building success.
Then I’ll show you how to properly program the workouts and routines for maximum strength results [...]
by admin on August 10, 2009

Picture your arms, specifically your biceps busting the short sleeve of an extra large t shirt as you give a double back biceps pose. Chances are if you’re reading this article, you may not have the massive biceps and peaked yt with some time, dedication, and lots of effort and training you can beef up [...]
by admin on August 10, 2009

Building a bigger chest seems to be a problem for a lot of people who have much stronger triceps or shoulders. Often the tris and shoulders overpower the chest muscles in compound pushing lifts like bench press and dumbbell press. If you’re tricep dominant, those muscles will tire out first before your chest muscles are [...]
by admin on August 10, 2009

More than half of all lifters and gym-goers never train or work their legs in the gym. If your primary goal is to build massive amounts of muscle, then you have got to train your legs, specifically your entire lower body. This includes abs, lower back, quads/thighs, hamstrings, and calves. The single squat movement works [...]
by admin on August 10, 2009

Most casual lifters don’t spend the same amount of time training their back then they do their chest and biceps. And that’s a big mistake if you want a proportional muscular body because an impressive wide and thick back..It increases your chest circumference measurements and gives you that “power” look from the side and back. [...]
by admin on August 9, 2009

No matter how you train using whatever methods and techniques to build muscle, the number one rule is to stay consistent with maintaining a high level of intensity. Unless you’re training at a high intensity level (over the long term), maximum muscular growth cannot be accomplished and you will not reach your potential for strength [...]
by admin on August 7, 2009

You can find a lot of bodybuilding programs online and in muscle magazines and fitness books. But how effective are they? How do you know what to look out for before deciding to following a bodybuilding program or routine. There are really just 4 main things to analyze and decide if that bodybuilding program is [...]