Working out according to a schedule that matches your muscle activation window is a vital key for weight training success. The whole reason you work out is to activate your muscles to get bigger and stronger. If you were to…
Volume responsive hardgainers are rare but they exist. You could argue that a volume responsive hardgainer is not a true hardgainer; they seem like a hardgainer until they include enough training volume. Once they include enough training volume, their gains…
In this article, a general workout plan will be presented for the volume responsive hardgainer who responds well to a lot of sets and reps for each muscle group. I suggest reading the previous article in order to determine whether…
The stereotypical skinny hardgainer has a fast metabolism which makes it hard for him to gain weight or muscle size. A common strategy for skinny hardgainers is to prescribe brief high intensity workouts and a high calorie diet. The problem…
This article is an excerpt from the book Individual Training Strategies For Hardgainers in which I discuss the concept of a conditional hardgainer. Sometimes I refer to conditional hardgainers as pseudo hardgainers or fake hardgainers because they start out looking…
I am going to start a series of articles about hardgainers. The articles will be taken from a book I wrote titled, Individualized Training Strategies For Hardgainers. This book can be found on the home page of this website and…
