Ectomorphs Essay

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Table of Contents Chapter 1—Introduction Chapter 2—Explanation on Phenotypes: What Makes an Ectomorph an Ectomorph? Chapter 3—Diet Strategies for Ectomorphs to Gain Weight Chapter 4—Hard Gainer Weight Training Program Chapter 5— The Importance of Year Round Cardiovascular Training Chapter 6—Getting Enough Calories during the Day to Grow: Power MRP Chapter 7— Anabolic Workout Nutrition Chapter 8— Supplementation to Decrease Fatigue during Exercise Chapter 9—Putting Everything into Action Chapter 10—High Performance Food List Chapter 1 — Introduction It is easy to create a bulking program for someone who does not struggle to gain weight, but what about a program for a hard gainer? What bulking strategies should they follow? Do they need to eat or train differently than a mesomorph or an endomorph who gains weight more easily? The answer is “yes” due to physiological and metabolic differences between these three phenotypes. The simplistic distinction between the three different phenotypes when it comes to body composition changes is: • Ectomorph—naturally skinny and has a hard time gaining weight (both muscle and fat). • Mesomorph—naturally built and has the tendency to gain both weight easy but can also lose weight fairly easy. • Endomorph—naturally heavy and has an easy time gaining weight (more so fat than muscle) and a hard time losing it. In most cases, mesomorphs and endomorphs need to eat less food than an ectomorph in order to gain weight. I would like to point out that I do not like the term “bulking diet.” Some bodybuilders feel that they need to eat everything in sight to gain weight while “bulking.” I do not agree with that approach. Instead I prefer to call a diet geared towards gaining muscle a “lean mass” diet. One’s body weight can be divided into two basic groups, fat mass and lean mass. Fat mass includes one’s

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