Far to many guys spend tons of their time in the gym, trying to work out their muscles as hard as possible to finally start seeing that growth they so long. If you're the typical skinny guy that's finding it hard to gain mass and you're sick of being tiny compared to everyone else, then there's one really important thing you must learn about gaining mass.

Stop working out so freaking much!

Seriously if lifting weights was all it took to gain mass, then everyone in the gym would be huge by now, wouldn't they?

Unfortunately, it takes a lot more than that to become larger. The biggest problem, however, is that everyone thinks "much more" means they have to lift more. But just the opposite is what you need to do.

When we lift so often; most people typically follow a 4 or 5 day split, we burn tons of calories. Both our muscles and and our central nervous system go under a lot of stress when we lift weights.

Since we burn so many calories from the workouts, not much is left over. And the big problem is that our muscles need tons of calories to actually grow larger.

To overcome this, you need to do two things. Cut your resistance workouts down to 3 days a week and start eating extra calories throughout the day. To break through the plateaus, you must give your muscles the opportunity to get bigger.

Rather than focusing on your workouts and how much you work out, focus instead on lifting heavy and giving your body what it needs to maximize success.

If you want to become bigger and see real gains in the gym, you must allow your body the chance to convert excess calories into pure, hard muscle.