I know that for skinny ectomorph people like us, just the thought of our pathetic physique is enough to motivate us to go to the gym three times a week. However, I do think more motivations are needed once you start to train properly for more muscle mass. After all, training then eating then eating [...]
November 10, 2009
It’s better to read books than blogs/forums/websites because you will get the whole picture instead of only fragments of it. Of course sometimes there are some good posts that capture the whole core of training in fewer than 1000 words. However, even then, there are a few problems with that: First, it is not easy [...]
November 10, 2009
You don’t want to spend time reading any book on training. You just want someone to show you EVERYTHING instead of doing research yourself. You don’t want to spend at least 2-3 sessions to learn the right techniques (for Squat, Deadlift, etc.) You don’t bother to discover why you fail to complete the last rep [...]
November 4, 2009
PART TWO. Finding the right program for training is the most important task and also the most difficult. I think most people fail to realize that and end up wasting so much time, energy, and money. I was lucky to have the whole three months of summer to look for a good program. Now that [...]
November 3, 2009
PART ONE. I was always very skinny. Since the moment I became conscious of myself and everyone around me, the common theme has been ridicules from people towards my pathetic bony frame. Even to the other skinny Vietnamese, I was always the skinniest. Emancipated if you will. Like everyone else, I picked up working out [...]
November 2, 2009
Think about this before deciding whether to take up training and also when considering quitting training: A quitter never wins. A winner never quits. Think about it. Are you going to be a quitter (aka loser)? Or are you going to be a winner? Once the goal is set, there is no excuse. So make [...]
November 2, 2009
For an ectomorph, the goal of training is to gain massive muscle and become much stronger. That’s what we want desperately in life. The goal is simple and clearly defined. Yet how many of us have achieved it? To be truly educated is to get whatever you want in life without harming other people. Four [...]
November 2, 2009
Once you have trained seriously for a while, you will slowly and painfully realize all the things you did wrong before: training wrong, eating wrong, sleeping wrong, and resting wrong. You may have been eating 500-1000 calories less than you’re supposed to. You may have been sleeping only 5 to 6 hours every night and [...]
October 28, 2009
Start right now from where you are. Problems will arise along the way, but so will better tools to deal with them. You cannot just sit there and project the whole journey ahead of you. It’s simply impossible. Also, how many times have you promised yourself some goal just to forget totally about it or [...]
October 28, 2009
When you hurt yourself squatting with a rounded back, you learn never to squat like that again. After getting sick (and losing 5 to 10 pounds) for getting drunk as hell and running around in the snow with just a T-shirt on (sounds crazy, but I live in Maine, and I’m a student, trust me [...]
November 11, 2009