How many times have you heard these? You have to sleep at least 8 hours in order to gain muscles You must incorporate Squat, Deadlift, and Press into your program You have to eat humongous amount of food to get big, and you cannot skip meals either Etc. Every time hearing something like that, immediately [...]
November 23, 2009
Most people dive into working out without first learning about the correct forms, or for that matter, which exercises to perform. Initially, every body makes progress, but it always stalls after a few months. Especially for ectomorphs, we quickly come to realize that the gym is not really helping much at all. What’s next? We [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
September 18, 2009
If you have googled for tips and tricks to gain muscles, I am pretty sure you know Vince DelMonte. You know, the skinny guy who got big and is now trying to sell his book on training. I read the book. It’s decent. Not something I would recommend spending your money on, but this excerpt [...]
November 25, 2009