Summer BanksLearn How To Gain Weight By Understanding Hardgainer Limitations
November 9th 2009 12:55
Did you know that certain physiological limitations can make it difficult to build muscle? Those why are genetically ungifted are known as hardgainers. In direct opposition to this type is the genetically advantaged pure mesomorph, who can gain muscle without even looking at a weight and lose fat without even dieting.
Hardgainers anabolic to catabolic hormone balance is not optimal so this makes it difficult to transfer nutrients into muscle cells and away from fat. Anabolic hormones like testosterone and growth hormone build muscle up and encourage weight gain on a lean body composition while catabolic stress hormones like cortisol break muscle down and encourage fat storage. And you guessed it. Hardgainers naturally have low anabolic hormone levels and catabolic hormones that are naturally high.
I know what you are asking yourself... how to gain weight and pack on lean muscle? Read the articles and tips on that site for one, but read on and let me explain the limitations of hargainers and what you can do about it.
Certain training and diet changes can increase the anabolic hormones while simultaneously decreasing the catabolic hormones. If you change you’re hormonal tendenancie then you can change your appearance. It’s that simple and it's worth being reminded that while your genetic makeup may make it diffuclt to gain muscle, your genetics such as metabolism, hormonal system and muscle fibers work as tendencies and can be altered.
Hardgainers must always pay attention to their hormonal balance. The key to getting the balance right is to assume your anabolic to catabolic ratios are sub-optimal and train, eat, and function in a manner that optimizes that balance the best way possible.
Hardgainers don’t only struggle with anabolic/catabolic balance. In addition to the hormonal system making it difficult to gain size, hardgainers tend not to have good muscle recruitment capabilities. The amount of muscle hypertrophy which can be achieved is determined in large part by how many muscles cells your central nervous system (CNS) can recruit with any movement.
The CNS fires your nerves and your nerves fire your muscles and this process is called muscular recruitment. If you can’t contract a muscle cell during hardgainer workout routines due to poor muscle recruitment capabilities not only will you not be gaining weight and muscle size but also a large majority of your muscles have no chance to fatigue and thus are not going to grow.
The truth is that most hardgainers don’t possess ideal physiological qualities to build muscle easily. But don’t worry, not all is lost if you are not genetically gifted. As a hardgainer you need to train your body to recruit more muscle so you can stimulate more growth. And I don't just refer to heavy resistance training to build muscle. Nutrition can be just as anabolic as training, but this topic is outside the scope of this article.
So with the newly acquired knowledge it will allow you to make changes to your hardgainer workout routines so you can start breaking through plateaus and seeing results. You now know your limitations so there is no excuse. The rest is up to you!
Hardgainers anabolic to catabolic hormone balance is not optimal so this makes it difficult to transfer nutrients into muscle cells and away from fat. Anabolic hormones like testosterone and growth hormone build muscle up and encourage weight gain on a lean body composition while catabolic stress hormones like cortisol break muscle down and encourage fat storage. And you guessed it. Hardgainers naturally have low anabolic hormone levels and catabolic hormones that are naturally high.
I know what you are asking yourself... how to gain weight and pack on lean muscle? Read the articles and tips on that site for one, but read on and let me explain the limitations of hargainers and what you can do about it.
Certain training and diet changes can increase the anabolic hormones while simultaneously decreasing the catabolic hormones. If you change you’re hormonal tendenancie then you can change your appearance. It’s that simple and it's worth being reminded that while your genetic makeup may make it diffuclt to gain muscle, your genetics such as metabolism, hormonal system and muscle fibers work as tendencies and can be altered.
Hardgainers must always pay attention to their hormonal balance. The key to getting the balance right is to assume your anabolic to catabolic ratios are sub-optimal and train, eat, and function in a manner that optimizes that balance the best way possible.
Hardgainers don’t only struggle with anabolic/catabolic balance. In addition to the hormonal system making it difficult to gain size, hardgainers tend not to have good muscle recruitment capabilities. The amount of muscle hypertrophy which can be achieved is determined in large part by how many muscles cells your central nervous system (CNS) can recruit with any movement.
The CNS fires your nerves and your nerves fire your muscles and this process is called muscular recruitment. If you can’t contract a muscle cell during hardgainer workout routines due to poor muscle recruitment capabilities not only will you not be gaining weight and muscle size but also a large majority of your muscles have no chance to fatigue and thus are not going to grow.
The truth is that most hardgainers don’t possess ideal physiological qualities to build muscle easily. But don’t worry, not all is lost if you are not genetically gifted. As a hardgainer you need to train your body to recruit more muscle so you can stimulate more growth. And I don't just refer to heavy resistance training to build muscle. Nutrition can be just as anabolic as training, but this topic is outside the scope of this article.
So with the newly acquired knowledge it will allow you to make changes to your hardgainer workout routines so you can start breaking through plateaus and seeing results. You now know your limitations so there is no excuse. The rest is up to you!
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