The Hardgainer’s Body Building Handbook: Workouts, Nutrition, and Results
- ISBN13: 9781578261864
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Pack on muscle mass quickly and get bigger and stronger now-—an essential guide for the everyday weight trainer. Are you tired of working out with nothing to show for it? Are you pumping iron but not getting big? Then you are a hardgainer, someone who needs a special plan for building a superbly muscled, strong, lean, and healthy physique. Now you can get big faster than you ever imagined with the secret techniques revealed in The Hardgainer’s Body Building Handbook. In The Hardgainer’s Body Building Handbook will reveal: The 10 laws of ultimate muscle growth. The best exercises for building muscle mass. Essential equipment for your home gym. How to use nutrition to build muscle wit… More >>
The Hardgainer’s Body Building Handbook: Workouts, Nutrition, and Results
This book is Awesome! Reviews are not usually my thing, but I was bored and this book deserves thr praise. First, I am not a poster child for what you’d consider a hardgainer, but I do have an interesting story. I didn’t buy the book. I mean I guess I would have if I was at the books store, but that’s right, it ain’t my thing. Anyway I stole the book temporarily from a skinny friend, who definitely could have used it more than me. What can ya do. I figured that if the book is gonna help a skinny kid bulk up, it can also help a huskey kid big time bulk up, right? I’ve been using this books advanced routine, cause I’m no joke and it WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am fuller, stronger, more dense and an animal in the gym. I don’t eat quite as much as this guy recommends, so I tweaked the calories some and it does exactly what I need it to do for me. I’m a bouncer here in Oklahoma City and when I need to kick some butt or take some home, I have the goods to do both. I’m livin large…Not as big as this authur, but big!
Yeah baby!
Rating: 5 / 5
This is the same guy who wrote the awesome Scultping Body Bible.
When I first picked up this book, I was excited about the title. I have been skinny my entire life and have heard the name Hardgainer thrown around in gyms since I was young. This is the first book that I beleive captures the essence of what it’s like to be in a position of desperately wanting to pack on the muscular pounds.
Enough ranting…I read the book and it immedietely engaged my interest. Listen, I have been in the fitness mode for some time now and have received some decent results, however, this book really delivered the goods and truly lives up to what you would expect in a quality read. Although I have only been on the program for 4 weeks, I have gained a very admirable 4 and a half pounds of solid lean muscle! I am not where I want to be, yet, but brother, I am on my way! Many thanks to Mr. Rivera and his work.
God Bless
Rich “The Rock” Stone
Rating: 5 / 5
easy read and the program works. wish I knew about this book sooner
Rating: 5 / 5
After having read dozens of strengthtraining, weightlifting and bodybuilding books, and having trained with collegiate strength training coaches with advanced degrees in exercise physiology, I can assure you that Rivera knows his stuff.
The great thing about this book is that it has lots of useful routines to help you add variety, with ample but concise explanations about exercises and key points. The rountines are already laid out for you, and they show that Rivera deeply understands principles of building strength and mass. His rountines apply principles of periodization and they’re very effective for increasing strength, size and improving your overall physical condition.
If you want intense workouts that will help you reach your genetic potential, this book is for you. One of the best out there. Others that I would highly recommend are Pavel’s Power to the People and Bompa’s Serious Strength Training. They don’t provide routines like this book, but they’ll help you design your own routines, and they both have essential information that every weightlifter should know.
Rating: 5 / 5
I’m a 41 year old hardgainer. I bought this book after stumbling across an ad on the internet about hardgainers and finally figured out that I am one. I had been sick with IBS for years and now have it curedunder control I wanted to stop the ridicule and teasing about my size. Being called “skinny” is just as bad as being called “fat”. Both words are offensive to the person being called it.
After reading the book, I felt well enough to try it. I gained 1.5-2 lbs a day for 6 weeks and not fat, MUSCLE! I started at 162 lbs and peaked out at 186 lbs in 6 weeks and then it stopped. I haven’t been able to gain anymore, I was hoping to get over 200 lbs maybe a bit realistic and impossible for a 41 year old but I wanted to try. I have since settled down to 176 lbs and have a nice build which my wife appreciates. I still hope to gain a bit more but i’ve started to have issues with the whey weight gain shake mixes and have to lay off them, switch brands etc. it’s been over 6 months and I’m looking for other books to compare to to see if there is something I can kickstart the gain again.
I e-mailed Hugo shortly after the weight gain stopped, never did get a reply.
Rating: 4 / 5