Happy Birthday to Me? Hardgainer Transformation 2 years old!

It is hard to believe that this website has been around for 2 years! Although it has been a slow progression and painful progress I am satisfied with what I have done thus far. I really want to thank all the supporters who have stuck with me through the good and the bad times. Bigger and better things are coming in the future.

To commemorate September 1st let’s take a flashback and highlight some important dates that have played a major role in the history of this website.

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Muscle Fiber Testing = Hardgainers Secret to Growth?, Oh yea and I worked out today

I’m definitely going to do a full write up on how to test for what type of muscle fibers you’re working with.  It’s amazing that I’ve worked out this long without at least investigating how muscle fiber type correlates with muscle growth. In case you don’t know what I’m talking about, last post I mentioned that I had possibly found a cure for the over training symptoms I had been experiencing.

I had a theory that I might have been over training because the type of Volume (reps and sets) and Intensity were simply not right for my body type. I made a slight change by going heavier with less sets got the same training stimulus and didn’t feel burnt out after my last workout.

So far so good. Now I need to put this method to work. Expect a full write up on Fiber testing within the next week. I think I’m on to something big because Hardgainers have historically had the same physical traits, what if I was able to determine the most optimal way to train them.

Hmmmmm….

Anyway I had a great workout today. Today was my “Arm” workout here what I played with:
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New Changes, A little on Muslce Fiber Testing, Leg and Core Workout

As you might have noticed Hardgainer Transformation has undergone some dramatic changes over the long weekend.  I didn’t think the make over would take this long but I promise that I will work my hardest to have the site polished and clean ASAP.  I have a lot of great new things planned for you guys including some very interesting new articles, the coverage of the Hardgainer Project I just introduced last week as well as a new great looking website.

Hang tight it will be worth it.

I’ve been struggling with over training symptoms after workouts for the past couple of years on and off.  In case you didn’t know over training is termed as excessive frequency, volume, or intensity of training that results in extreme fatigue, illness, or injury. Depending on what stage of over training you’re suffering from, common symptoms can range from Increased resting heart rate and blood pressure to altered immune functioning resulting is being sick and catching colds very easily.

As I mentioned, I’ve been suffering from over training symptoms for the better part of 2 years.  Part of the problem is that fact that I’m a highly stressed individual. Excessive stress levels have put my body in a state of constant shock which is equivalent to working out to hard too often. I’ve also been training at the wrong volumes and intensity for my body type.

Surprisingly enough there is evidence that shows that depending on your muscle fiber ratio specific types of training protocols can induce over training symptoms as well as lower muscle strength and hypertrophy. I spent the weekend testing to see what types of muscle fibers I had and it turns out that my body is primarily made up of fast twitch fibers.  This is a major breakthrough because I’ve been training the complete wrong way for my body type.

The Rule of thumb when it comes to muscle fiber types and how they should train is:
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