Get Out of Dream Land: Strength Training is Hard, Deal With It

May 4, 2010

In any part of life that requires persistent action and genuine work people are always trying to find the quickest route with the least resistance. This most likely stems back to our survival instincts of wishing to avoid predators or hunt meals in the most effective way, but in modern society where these threats don’t [...]

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What if you were Skinny for the Rest of Your Life?

May 3, 2010

I haven’t held back the fact that I’m still skinny. Since beginning strength training I have put on a bit of weight and certainly become stronger, but there’s no doubt that I resemble a stick figure more closely than Schwarzenegger.
And, if you’ve read some of my other writing you may know that I’m a Buddhist, [...]

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Insane Feats of Strength

April 30, 2010

Mostly I like to keep this blog ectomorph-centric, in that I don’t bring in content that would be an unfair representation of what the majority of hardgainers could realistically achieve or experience. But this is different.
The dude in the video below is surely not an ectomorph, but shows off some insane feats of strength using [...]

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5 Tips for Doing Squats with Dumbbells

April 29, 2010

It was until recently that I started attempting squats. I wasn’t unaware of their effectiveness in strength training or anything, but I was fairly content with building the habit of doing pull ups consistently, as well as floor presses if I was in the mood for them.
But squats are such powerful exercises that I recommend [...]

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What Advice Would I Give to a Hardgainer Beginning Strength Training?

April 28, 2010

In many ways I’m still a hardgainer newbie. I have a long way to go until I’m no longer skinny, but I am making progress with my strength (and that’s what really matters at first – size can come later). But even so, if you’re just getting started, what are the most important things to [...]

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Minimalism for Hardgainers: 7 Ways to Simplify Your Strength Training

April 27, 2010

Since reading older classics like Walden and Letters to a Stoic, and modern classics like Vagabonding I’ve been increasingly interested in minimalism, and simplifying my life in ways that allows me to focus on things that I care about – strength training included.
This has a huge number of benefits as a hardgainer. Firstly, it eliminates [...]

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How to Avoid Killing Your Motivation as You Build Muscle

April 26, 2010

I’ve written plenty of about how to be motivated when building muscle in the past, but there’s an important aspect of motivation that I have overlooked: it can go both ways.
There may be 2 great ways to be motivated, but if 3 other things are killing your motivation then you’re in a losing battle.

Form habits [...]

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Skinny Guys Should Nap More

April 23, 2010

Wait, scratch that. Everyone should nap more.
The power of napping is massively underrated. While you should make it a priority to have a great night’s sleep, in the real world (unfortunately) not every one’s lives can conform to an ideal schedule. If you want to hang out with a mate, for example, and they work [...]

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Are You an Ectomorph? Start a Blog!

April 22, 2010

Over the past few months this blog has been a huge help in pushing me towards my muscle building goals, and while I still have a bit of a wait before I reach that one point where I’m completely satisfied, I couldn’t recommended blogging highly enough.
The main benefit, for sure, is that I can share [...]

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How to Skip Training Effectively (and On Purpose)

April 21, 2010

As an ectomorph training is a very important component of bulking up, building strength and improving your own well-being. There is a point where it becomes incongruent with your desires however, and it actually becomes more effective to skip a day or two of lifting weights than it would to push on.
Everyone – ectomorphs, mesomorphs, [...]

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