Question for my Ectomorph brothera

Chiller40 · 2019-09-15T17:17:16+00:00

Heres my take on it. I'm a hardgainer and have been an ectomorph my whole life. Only now it's my late 40s do I get it. You need to eat a fuck ton amount of food. At this point since you're just looking to put on mass it doesn't really matter just get those calories in. I'm talking over 4000 calories a day my brother.

As far as the strength training goes, just focus on the big three for now. That's squats, bench press and deadlifts. Use those to build the foundation of strength and then you can go on to the other ones. The most important exercise those big three are the deadlifts because they will work your whole body. Start with enough weight where you get maxed at 5 full reps and then pump up the rep/weight as you get stronger.

Good luck to you and Happy Health.

arapaima12345 · 2019-09-15T17:04:13+00:00

Bro split could be viable only for experienced lifters IF, and this is a big IF, you select the correct exercises each session to make sure you don't over train some muscles of your body. Or if you use "supplements".

For example, on your chest and back days you're gonna use your triceps as well which will eventually lead to imbalances and overtraining if you also have specific triceps days, and this varies a lot depending on intensity and exercise.

I'm currently following a 4 ~ 6 days a week upper and lower body schedule and I'm in love with it.

I train the lower body and upper body every other day respectively, it allows each muscle to be trained 2/3 times a week with around 48h to recover which is just perfect for hypertrophy. Additionally I don't get to worry about over training, even if I push hard (more than I would on each muscle with a full body).

If you are new to the gym just focus on the main compound movements, squats, pull ups, and bench for example, and maybe have a "smaller muscles" workout every once in a while to focus on your biceps or triceps a little more.

Thebigstill · 2019-09-15T15:44:16+00:00

I'm a mesomorph, I work two muscle groups a day: chest, tris; back, bis; shoulders, abs; legs.

The bro split is great for the totally built but focusing on bis or tris one day is a waste of a day in my opinion.

chaderiko · 2019-09-15T16:03:10+00:00

Train in a way that you enjoy and can keep up. The key here is not finding the perfect workoutsystem.

The truth is in the pudding(literally). You have to eat a lot more. Thats it. Of you think you eat as much as you can and ”i cant gain weight”, its bs. Calculate your intake.

Fitness is like 80% diet.

swankvagabond · 2019-09-15T16:12:31+00:00

"Bro split" is not a bad thing if you take discipline very seriously and the benefit is you have more recovery but that's not the issue. The issue is what you eat because the body stores fat and carbs when training one muscle group per day. So, be careful with what you eat. That means no alcohol, no sugar.

And be patient. You will see the results from time to time. Just take it easy and stay focused on your training goals.

Mecha_Hobbit · 2019-09-16T16:55:59+00:00

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Title	Question for my Ectomorph brothera
Author	BlackBeardDown
Upvotes	2
Comments	19
Date	September 15, 2019 3:33 PM UTC (6 years ago)
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