Comments on: Hardgainer? Or what? http://www.hard-gainers-manifesto.com/blog/98/hardgainer-or-what/ How to bulk up and gain weight for the hardgainer Sat, 22 May 2010 01:54:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Muscle Talk http://www.hard-gainers-manifesto.com/blog/98/hardgainer-or-what/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Muscle Talk Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:33:32 +0000 http://www.hard-gainers-manifesto.com/blog/?p=98#comment-126 I submit that you have a very active metabolism and perhaps you aren't producing your full growth hormone output. You need to get your metabolism corrected first. This is a tough nut to crack! At your age, I would shy away from all but the most basic supplements (weight-gain shakes, liver tablets, good multi-vitamin & mineral). Here are some things you need to do: Cut out all caffeine. Slow down. Rome wasn't built in a day. Patience is a virtue. Squat. Drink plenty of milk and weight-gain supplements! Train for strength. Not 1-rep strength, but 6 rep strength and 10 rep strength and 25 rep strength (meaning, try to get stronger) -- the mass gains will follow strength gains. As you're building your strength, make sure you vary your rep and set counts. Your workouts should never take more than 45 minutes. Work out each body part ONCE per week, using a split system (legs, back, chest, all on separate days). Forget about your arms. Train the legs, chest, and back hard and heavy. They respond best to intense weight training. You'll get there. It sounds like your metabolism and perhaps your physical maturity is dragging you down. But persevere! You'll make it! And the success will be sweeter because of how hard it was! For more info on <a href="http://www.hard-gainers-manifesto.com" title="Hardgainers Manifesto" rel="nofollow">how to train a hardgainer</a>, check out <a href="http://www.muscle-build.com" title="Muscle Build" rel="nofollow">Muscle Build</a>. I submit that you have a very active metabolism and perhaps you aren’t producing your full growth hormone output.

You need to get your metabolism corrected first. This is a tough nut to crack!

At your age, I would shy away from all but the most basic supplements (weight-gain shakes, liver tablets, good multi-vitamin & mineral). Here are some things you need to do:

Cut out all caffeine.
Slow down. Rome wasn’t built in a day.
Patience is a virtue.
Squat.
Drink plenty of milk and weight-gain supplements!

Train for strength. Not 1-rep strength, but 6 rep strength and 10 rep strength and 25 rep strength (meaning, try to get stronger) — the mass gains will follow strength gains.

As you’re building your strength, make sure you vary your rep and set counts. Your workouts should never take more than 45 minutes. Work out each body part ONCE per week, using a split system (legs, back, chest, all on separate days).

Forget about your arms. Train the legs, chest, and back hard and heavy. They respond best to intense weight training.

You’ll get there. It sounds like your metabolism and perhaps your physical maturity is dragging you down. But persevere! You’ll make it! And the success will be sweeter because of how hard it was!

For more info on how to train a hardgainer, check out Muscle Build.

]]> By: Kabir G http://www.hard-gainers-manifesto.com/blog/98/hardgainer-or-what/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Kabir G Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:39:37 +0000 http://www.hard-gainers-manifesto.com/blog/?p=98#comment-110 well if everything is good but you're not growing, then you're still missing something. here it is: you need to seriously shorten and intensify your workouts. few sets with max intensity is an awesome way to break through a pause. i had this same problem. also, include supersets, dropsets, forced reps, and max contraction in your workouts from time to time. this seriously shocks your muscels, especially super set and max contraction. well if everything is good but you’re not growing, then you’re still missing something. here it is:
you need to seriously shorten and intensify your workouts. few sets with max intensity is an awesome way to break through a pause. i had this same problem. also, include supersets, dropsets, forced reps, and max contraction in your workouts from time to time. this seriously shocks your muscels, especially super set and max contraction.

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