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Skinny guys have a much lower number of Type II muscle fibers than the
"average" male so there's less muscle to target; and
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The end result is that hardgainers are only able to activate approximately 20-30% of
their Type II muscle fibers during training.
This leaves these fast-growing fibers poorly activated and their reserve satellite cells
virtually untouched!
One way to overcome this is to gradually increase your bodys neuromuscular
communication throughout your workouts by using a Rest Pause format.
This is considered a more "advanced" training technique, but when applied correctly, it's
actually the HOLY GRAIL for hardgainer training!
Below is a brief summary of the technique.
In "Hardgainer Project X", my "human lab rats" and I experimented with a unique
3-STEP TRAINING METHOD.
This works synergistically with the "Rest Pause" technique to DRAMATICALLY compound its
effectiveness!
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By gradually increasing overall workload in your sets with a RestPause format, you slowly activate your Type II muscle fibers while
regenerating available energy with short 10 second rest periods.
I go into in-depth detail about the value of this technique in the
Hardgainer Project X program and actually show you how to GREATLY
magnify its effects by incorporating a unique 3-Step Training Formula
that blasts your Type II muscle fibers to maximum recruitment
increasing overall stimulation by up to 80-90%!
Thats about a 373% increase in recruitment and activation of reserve
satellite muscle cells!