How To Gain Like a Pro
Originally Posted by PhoenixNow
Very insightful, especially from someone that walks the walk. Do you think that it is necessary to dive deep into the anatomy books and understand the biology knowledge of the body and all or using TP only (but reading a lot) would suffice ?
This is an excellent question. I would say an advanced understanding biology is not needed. Most of the big gainers did not have an advanced understanding of biology when they began to gain. Additionally, an advanced understanding of biology can hinder you because many of the mechanisms and theories of PE are not well founded but the results speak for themselves. So an advanced understanding would leave you confused at some of the things we do.
The thing that will make you gain well is experimenting until you find something that helps you to gain that you understand how it affects you. Almost every big Gainer has a thing that they do most.
Bib pioneered hanging techniques. Big Girtha was mostly clamping and pumping. PE4F was all about high pressure pumping. DLD (before he was a shill and a fake) was all about manuals and pioneered the DLD Blaster, a great manual exercise I highly recommend.
Truly, the key to gaining is mastering something in PE that you at least moderately enjoy, that works for you. This way the hours of work it takes won’t be drudgery as you perfect your practice of choice.