Ectomorph help

[LucSulla]

Your work out sounds similar to this one as far as volume vs intensity:

Bill Starr - Glenn Pendlay 5x5
Periodized Version for Advanced Lifters


Works too. Hurts...but works, lol.

 

[Gjohnson7]

Man that looks like a real nice program and I assume that would work fine for ectomorphs as well?

 

[LucSulla]

Man that looks like a real nice program and I assume that would work fine for ectomorphs as well?

Yeah

 

[Gjohnson7]

cool, i think i will switch to that program on Monday. Does anyone have a good idea of what i should set my goal weight at for my height or should i not be concerned with that at all.

 

[Gjohnson7]

Oh, and should I continue take take my 2 servings of Weight gainer daily (950 calories and 55 grams of protien per serving) or should I switch to another supplement? Maybe just whey protein???

 

[LucSulla]

cool, i think i will switch to that program on Monday. Does anyone have a good idea of what i should set my goal weight at for my height or should i not be concerned with that at all.

I'd try the nutrition board for supplement questions. The big brains on that float around there more. As far as your ideal weight, well, what is your ideal? I'm 6'1" and I would never want to weigh less than 240. The BMI chart tells me I should be around 205-210, but the body-mass index is largely 19th century bullshit. Your body fat percentage is a way, way better indicator of your overall health as well as a much better predictor of your health in the future. For example, everyone you see in the NFL is overweight, obese, or even morbidly obese according to BMI. Sure, that makes sense for the 0-line, but you are going to tell me a shredded wide-out or tight-end is obese because they are over the BMI. BS! Body fat tell the story.

So, the question you need to answer is what would you like your body fat to be, and how big do you want to be? If you want to be slim and trim, the your BMI figures will work. If you want to have legs like oaks and a big chest, you need to set goals on those sizes and decide what is OK for you on body fat.