Now I know what I'm about to say in this blog post is somewhat debatable, at least according to those people who believe the Earth is flat, only 2,000 years old, and is still the center of the universe! However, I'm going to say it anyway. :)

Modern scientists estimate the age of the universe to be over 15 billion years old. The Earth itself is over 4 billion years old, while Modern man, as a species evolved a little over 200,000 years ago.

There I said it... yes I believe in evolution, it just seems to make sense. Yet, I still consider myself to be a spiritual person and believe in God... maybe not your God, but a higher intelligence none-the-less.

Now before you close the browser because you think I'm about to get all controversial on you; calm down, take a deep breath and open your mind to what evolution can teach a hardgainer, like yourself, about building muscle and getting the body and life you've always dreamed of.

Survival of the Fittest (Understanding Your Primal Purpose)

If there is one goal or purpose that every species on the planet has in common on a primal, fundamental level- it is the ability to SURVIVE and to pass on its genes to the next generation. Humans are no exception.

Your body is an organism that has evolved over hundreds of thousands of years and during that time the human body has become quite accomplished at doing so (surviving that is.) Muscle mass and strength definitely have a role in our survival but it's not as big of a role as one may think. In fact, the human body has little need or desire to build muscle mass beyond the demands of what it needs to survive in its specific environment.

Did you get that? That last sentence is crucial to understand if you ever hope to pack any mass onto your ectomorphic frame. It's so important that if you simply grasped this truth alone you'd be well on your way to an awesome, muscular physique. Don't worry; I'll repeat it in a slightly different way:

THE BUILD UP OF MUSCULAR MASS IS A NATURAL RESPONSE TO THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH YOUR MUSCLES HAVE BEEN PLACED.

Let me explain!

Muscle is a calorically expensive tissue to maintain for the body. It requires a constant influx of calories to sustain and even more calories in order to increase in muscular size. The body doesn't care how beautiful and sexy muscle is (only you do.) It only knows that muscle is costly, requiring lots of energy that could be used for more important matters... like keeping your skinny butt alive!

You know the cliché, "If you don't use it, you lose it." Well this applies directly to lean muscle mass. If your body has little need for excess muscle, it will break it down and use it as fuel so that it can be a more efficient survival machine.

This is especially important to consider for us hardgainers.

Remember, a hardgainer's metabolism is so fast that the body gobbles up calories at a higher than normal level. This forces our body to sacrifice our muscle tissue in the process to meet any caloric deficit caused by a lack of food intake. This is one of the reasons why you are so skinny!

Now here is what you need to know. If the demands on the body are such that the body feels that what it needs to survive IS more muscle, then by all means it will expend the energy necessary to build and maintain it. However, it will do so only if certain conditions are met first. We'll get to those in a minute.

The key principle to grasp at this point is that you must convince the body that its survival is at stake and that the only way for it to survive is to build more muscle. You must create an environment that DEMANDS the need for more muscle.

You will do this by gradually lifting heavier and heavier weights in a few basic exercises like squats, deadlifts, bench press, barbell rows, pull-ups, dips, and overhead presses.

Notice I didn't say barbell curls or triceps kickbacks, or any of the other isolation exercises you see most people doing in the gym. That is because isolation exercises that involve only one joint do not put enough demand on the body to threaten its very survival. Not like compound exercises do. Compound exercises use several joints and stimulate multiple muscle groups at the same time.

Did I mention that they are a lot harder?

That's why most people would prefer to do tons of isolation exercises even though they are practically doing nothing for them and they look the same month after month. Don't get me wrong, isolation exercises have their place, but not for skinny guys trying to build a solid, muscular foundation.

In fact, with just two of the hardest compound exercises on that list (the squat and the deadlift) you can stimulate over 70% of your body's musculature and kick in the survival response, which will stimulate your body to produce more muscle all over your body. Throw in a couple sets of bench presses and barbell rows and you've just hit your entire body hard.

Three Conditions for Hypertrophy (Muscle Growth)

There are three basic conditions that must be met before your body will expend the energy to undergo muscle synthesis, which is also know as muscular hypertrophy. We just discussed the first one, but let's take a closer look at all three together:

1. You MUST create a physical stimulus effect on the body that will be perceived as a threat to its very survival... without (and this is important) actually killing yourself.

2. You MUST create an internal anabolic environment that provides your body with all of the water, macro- and micronutrients that it needs to synthesize muscle tissue.

3. You MUST create an external anabolic environment that allows the bodily systems (muscles, nervous system, skeletal system, etc.) just enough time to recover from the physical stimulus that was utilized.

In simpler words you must lift some heavy a$$ weights, stuff your face with some quality food and water, and get enough rest and sleep to recover before repeating the process. Simple huh?

Well not so fast there buddy, here's the catch... every body is unique. Each person will have to determine for him or herself what is the right amount of stimulus? What is the right amount of food? What is the right amount of rest?

This is the reason why some workouts will work for some people and not others. This is the reason why some people can train six days a week and others require only two or three days. This is why certain diets may work for you, but not for others. This is why people on steroids and with great genetics cannot help you achieve your goals if you're training naturally. What works for them, will most likely not work for you. You're different. You're unique. Never forget that.

Even though everybody is unique, certain somatotypes have been established to classify people into three distinct categories. From these categories we can determine where we fit into the puzzle and what training, nutrition, and recovery methods will be most suitable for our specific body type.

This is why if you are an ectomorph you would do best to find a trainer who knows and understands the principles of ectomorphic training, preferably someone who is an ectomorph himself. That way you can get on the fast track to getting huge by using the principles that work best for your particular genetics.

Look at it this way; if you're an ectomorph... you're definitely be on the right website!

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