McRoberts has a point; skinny guys won’t gain size until they gain strength first. It worked for me.
My two best routines ever are a twice a week Hardgainer setup, and a modified ABBH.
Now I rotate strength and sze phases every 4 weeks. Before I couldn’t gain a pound for YEARS, now natural gains come easy. I never would have guessed. So the answer is both.
[quote]ScienceGuy wrote:
McRoberts has a point; skinny guys won’t gain size until they gain strength first. It worked for me.
My two best routines ever are a twice a week Hardgainer setup, and a modified ABBH.
Now I rotate strength and sze phases every 4 weeks. Before I couldn’t gain a pound for YEARS, now natural gains come easy. I never would have guessed. So the answer is both.[/quote]
Chad’s Ethos is that you NEED strength for size.He hammers this point home in most of his articles.Sure some are more Hypertrophy based but NONE leave out strength. as a result Iv’e doubled if not trippled my strength in some lifts using ONLY CW workouts for the last 8-9 months.Even when 4 of those months I was at a kcal defecit.
I like SM’s stuff without all the whining. There are some good hardgainer writers (from the magazine) that offer a lot. I’d check out john christy’s website for some programs. I like the basic philosophy of most HG routines. Full body, 2-3 times a week, make sure you’re adding weight to the bar overtime, and don’t eat retardedly (too little or too much for average people). NIce and simple.
[quote]Adam_T_Brawn wrote:
The only gripe I have with McRobert’s material is that he qualifies everything by saying (in effect), “but remember, you’re a hardgainer and you probably won’t put on much muscle.”
This is bull, and for a beginner could make them not even bother starting to train at all.
I think McRoberts applies his own shortcomings to everyone.
Don’t just assume the ‘hardgainer’ tag.
It’s much easier to say, “Oh, I must be a hardgainer” rather than look at your diet and programme if things aren’t going right. But by doing so, you could waste a lot of your potential.
Adam
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I agree. MrRoberts McSucks!
Poliquin Principles, Waterbury, Gironda…head in that direction if you wanna get anywhere.
Chad is a little advanced, may wanna build up to chad.