Articles for hardgainers and other bodybuilders.

25 top tips for how to build muscle mass

If your muscle mass is the same now as it was a few months ago, something is amiss — in the gym, out of the

September 16, 2021

How to get six pack abs

SIX PACK ABS I’ve been bodybuilding for many years, doing crunches at two workouts every week, but still my abs don’t look great. I want

May 16, 2022

How to lose body fat without losing muscle

Getting bigger is good only if it’s the right kind of “bigger.” The gym’s “old-timers” have trained together for nearly 10 years. At 49 and

April 16, 2022

“To build big muscles, how hard and heavy must I train?”

Big muscles: how hard to train? Muscle growth is the goal, not high intensity training per se. But you must train hard enough in order to

March 16, 2022

Bodybuilding: the perils of getting bigger

Bodybuilding is great only when it’s done in the right way. Becoming bigger is great only if it’s the right kind of “bigger.” The gym’s two “old timers” have

February 16, 2022

Training volume vs intensity; what matters is what works; the connection between ethnicity and bodybuilding talent; and phytochemicals.

I want to offset some reduction in training intensity by increasing training volume. Won’t that work? Perhaps, depending on how much offsetting you do, and

January 16, 2022