If you are a hardgainer, individualizing your training according to your own physiology is one of the keys to building muscle size and strength. Individualizing your training is a process based on systematic trial and error to find out how…
There are different types of hardgainers. Fortunatley, workuots can be individualized to fit the needs of each type of hardgainer. This article addresses a specific workout that can be used for hardgainers with a normal or a slow metabolism as…
It is often assumed that all skinny hardgainers have a fast metabolism. While it is true that many skinny hardgainers do have a fast metabolism, I do not assume that this is true of all skinny hardgainers as there are…
There are different types of hardgainers. Some have a slow metabolism, some have a fast metabolism, and some have a normal metabolism. In other words, not all hardgainers are the same. Each type of hardgainer requires training that is suited…
When using precision point training, the precision point that helps you to know where to stop a set is called the marker rep. The marker rep is a training threshold that marks the transition point in a set where rep…
Even hardgainers can gain muscle size and strength if they train smart and use micro-loading by adding weight to their lifts a little at a time. This concept is discussed in part 13 of a series of articles on hardgainers.…
One of the biggest keys to making consistent strength gains is to train with the right amount of intensity and one of the biggest keys to training with the right amount of intensity is to progress at the right rate.…
This is the eleventh installment of an extended series of articles on training for hardgainers. In the last article, the importance of training thresholds was discussed. Training thresholds promote the use of enough training intensity without overdoing it on intensity…
In my early years of weight training, one of the most common inconsistencies I experienced when looking for training advice dealt with training intensity. Some lifters and bodybuilders insisted that if you didn’t train to failure you were wasting your…
You can find stories all over the internet about hardgainers who started out small and hopelessly skinny. It seemed they had little if any ability to gain muscle. They tried every type of training they knew of in order to…
