Help for a HARDGAINER?
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 at
8:26 am
superdaveard asked:
i workout for 2 months and no results. what supplements are good.
Tagged with: hardgainer • Supplements • Workout
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work for 2 more months, supplements are for p*ssies
You should probably work out and research for more than 2 months before turning to supplements recommended by some random internet user.
I suggest you re-examine your work-out regimen, and do some work in the kitchen (i.e., eat!!!)
Some useful info:
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The Hard Gainer: Hard gainers have a very tough time putting on anything that resembles muscle mass. They’re predominantly slow-twitch, meaning their muscles are composed primarily of slow-twitch fibers. These fibers, while very well suited to endurance sports, don’t have the hypertrophy potential of their fast-twitch counterparts. They’re also less responsive to typical strength training protocols.
The second reason why hard gainers have a difficult time gaining muscle is because of their fast metabolisms. This is probably due to a high level of thyroid hormone and a very efficient T4 to T3 conversion capacity. As a result, the typical hard gainer will have a super high daily energy expenditure and protein turnover rate. This is good if you want to be really lean, but extremely bad if you want to be huge!
The mega caloric expenditure requires a very high protein intake (at least two grams per pound of bodyweight) and a calorie intake that would give a stomach ache to a Silverback gorilla. Furthermore, because of the high protein turnover rate, protein needs to be consumed very frequently if any mass is going to be gained. Hard gainers are normally ectomorphs: long and thin limbs, narrow waists, long necks, small wrists, and narrow shoulders and hips.
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Finally, you did not mention your specific goals beyond gaining weight LBM/muscle mass, I assume. However, check out this website and learnlearnlearn:
If you still want supplements, believe me, they can recommend some.