Training for ectomorphs (born to be skinny people)

October 24, 2009

Training for ectomorphs (born to be skinny people)

If you have done enough research, it should be clear to you that, in order to gain massive muscle (anywhere from 10 pounds to 60 pounds or more), these are the exercises that you MUST have in your training program: Squat: It is not easy to Squat. In fact, none of the exercises listed here are [...]

Necessary (not sufficient) requirements for knowing whether you will reach your goal or not

October 21, 2009

Necessary (not sufficient) requirements for knowing whether you will reach your goal or not

-       Are you obsessed with your goals? Thinking about your goal is like a habit. It takes a while to get into the routine. But that’s the only way you can achieve anything worth wide in life. It’s the only way you can train to get bigger. Obsession has such a negative connotation. But as [...]

Think twice before picking up a new skill

October 21, 2009

Think twice before picking up a new skill

You probably already know how much effort training to get big requires (here). But it is not just training that takes up this much time and energy from you. Almost any new skill that you want to pick up demands more effort from you than you may think. You just witnessed some guy playing awesome [...]

Every day matters

October 21, 2009

Every day matters

Are you bigger and stronger today than you were yesterday? If you keep training properly, never skip a meal, never skip a training session, never miss even an hour of your 8-hour night sleep, then you have nothing to worry about. You think it is ridiculous to be able to keep that up for an [...]

Dream big

October 19, 2009

Dream big

A person X whose dream is to make 10 million dollars before turning 30 makes fun of another person Y whose dream is to get a job that pays a hundred thousand dollars a year before turning 30. Yet another person Z find these dreams too little because he is dreaming of making a 100 [...]

Staying focused

October 19, 2009

Staying focused

People tend to do whatever gives them the least difficulty/tension/stress or whatever makes them the happiest first. When you have to figure out the solution to a tough math/econ/physics question, suddenly popped into your head is the thought of this weekend’s crazy party, of playing some rock band with your friends later tonight, or of [...]

How many goals should you have beside your training goal?

October 16, 2009

How many goals should you have beside your training goal?

When I started to train seriously, training was my only goal for three months. But it is more complicated than that: How many times have you set a big goal and actually achieved it? People set goals after goals because they think one goal is too easy, but they never really reach any of these [...]

Improved immunity and recovery system–another reason why I love training

October 16, 2009

Improved immunity and recovery system–another reason why I love training

Even though the swine flu is spreading like crazy now, none of my friends has gotten it. However, lots of them have been down with the normal flu lately. You know, college campus is obviously a perfect place for these virus to spread around. What sucks even more for these people is the fact that [...]

My personal meal plan

October 15, 2009

My personal meal plan

This was my meal plan for three months this summer (2009). I gained 16 pounds (at least 13 pounds of which were muscle) in 12 weeks with this plan. I had an internship for the whole summer, so these meals all catered to that. Also, note that this plan is very specific to me. Read [...]

What I like about training (working out, sleeping, eating) to get HUGE

October 7, 2009

What I like about training (working out, sleeping, eating) to get HUGE

My friends don’t see why I go to bed when they start doing their homework, or why I go the gym four times a week even when it is raining or snowing as hell (I’m in Maine) outside, or why I opt for staying back on campus (so that I will not miss any meal) [...]