How to Gain Weight if it is Hard for You

Learning how to gain weight if it is hard for you is just a matter of of combining the correct workout program to gain weight, eating the correct amount of calories and the right kind, and getting plenty of rest. If you were anything like I was, this statement put so simply would make you angry, because as a true hardgainer it just didn't seem that easy.

Being a fellow hardgainer myself and having trained for over EIGHT years with absolutely NO significant gains in weight, I understand how you feel. However, although being born a hardgainer was not my choice, remaining ignorant on the subject was. It wasn't until I began seeking information from the correct source that I began getting results. I commend you for being here and seeking information on how to gain weight if it is hard for you, because you can train until pigs fly but if you aren't training specifically for hardgainers, then you are really just spinning your wheels.

So, let's get right to it. Like I said in the beginning, learning how to gain weight if it is hard for you begins with the correct workout program to gain weight. Here is one below that has and will ALWAYS put on several pounds of muscle as long as you give it your all. Try starting off by training this same routine three days a week, with at least one day of rest in between. If you find yourself needing more time to recover, then switch to two says a week with at least two days of rest in between. Remember that workout programs to gain weight are most effective as abbreviated workouts that focus on the major compound exercises, so don't be fooled by its simplicity. And one more thing: do your squats breathing style, meaning you'll want to take at least three HUGE breathes between each rep, and at least five once you get past rep 15. Click the link breathing squats to learn more about them.

1. Barbell Shoulder Press: 3 x 12
2. Squats: 1 x 20
3. Pullovers: 1 x 2o (immediately after squats)
4. Bench Press: 3 x 12
5. Barbell Rows: 3 x 15
6. Stiff-legged Deadlifts: 1 x 15
7. Pullovers: 1 x 20

At a glance this workout seems simple, but it certainly isn't easy. You're going to have to push yourself like you have never before, especially on the squats. Work to increase the weight each and ever workout on the squats and deadlifts, and get up to as heavy as you can for each exercise.

Stay at this program for six to eight weeks. As long as you train with everything you got each and every workout, you eat at least 20 times your bodyweight in calories from high protein and high carb foods, you get as much rest as possible, and you increase your poundages substantially by the end of the six to eight weeks, you'll gain weight without a question. Give it your all and you'll never wonder how to gain weight if it is hard for you again.


Derek Manuel
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