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Question: As a hard gainer with gastrointestinal problems and HIV positive how can I get muscle mass and get ripped?


 

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As a hard gainer with gastrointestinal problems and HIV positive how can I get muscle mass and get ripped? I'm not on any meds and my body gives out so quickly when I try to lift heavy. I don't have an exercise partner so doing really heavy dumbells and bench presses are a little difficult for me. What do I do?



Answer:

It is tougher to make gains in muscle mass when you've got the conditions you've got.

For eating, you should focus on getting plenty of protein from sources you can tolerate well. Also, get as many of your calories from natural sources of food (no processed foods). Eat smaller, frequent meals so that your system doesn't get bogged down with digesting.

As far as training goes, that is a bit tougher. I would recommend a system called "Escalating Density Training" by Charles Staley. It's based on time periods and doing gradually more work within those time periods.

It's an excellent program - you could easily adapt it if you needed to shorten the time periods you're working with. You don't necessarily need to lift heavy on this program - it's based on doing more and more within set time intervals, building the body up based on volume, not necessarily heavy weight.

I've also got a variation of this style of density training that I call Time/Volume Training, which you could also use to great effect. It manipulates rest periods while keeping reps to 3 reps per set.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 
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