Blogging About The Truth To Gain Weight & Build Muscle Mass!

I’m sure you’ve heard the expression that “the more things change, the more they stay the same”. Well, when in regards to the most effective techniques for muscle building and gaining weight, this couldn’t be more right. Recently IronMan magazine provided a column that shed a lot of light on this.

The column I’m referring to is written by bodybuilding legend Dave Draper, aka the Blond Bomber. Dave many times provides some excellent golden nuggets to building muscle mass naturally and gaining weight. In a recent column by him he answered some of the most asked questions that he gets. In this article I’d like to highlight some of the things he says that completely go against a lot of the garbage information that is so popular today.

First, in regards to workout training volume, Dave mentions that the muscle built in the 1960’s was high, and the frequency was training each muscle group two times a week…not the whole “once per week” dogma that’s preached today.

Second, they asked him about diet / eating to gain weight and build muscle mass from back then. Dave Draper reveals how their muscle building diet consisted of “hamburger patties and eggs, home fries and whole-wheat toast…plenty of…fresh fruit”. Again, none of this “low carb” craziness that sadly most skinny, hardgainers seem to believe in.

Also, he’s asked “Today people say you risk overtraining if you train beyond one hour, but back then guys routinely lifted for two hours or more, yet got amazing results. How would you explain the progress that was made under these circumstances?”. Dave replies “I don’t see how a competitor can make progress with much less.”. Talk about going against the grain. And actually, now a days, everyone seems to think that if you go beyond the 45 minute mark that you are instantly down-spiraling your muscle building and weight gaining goals.

And last, he’s asked “Was cardio used as often as it is today?”. Check this out: Dave answers “You hardly ever saw cardio training in our neighborhood. There was no stationary bike to mount at the gym, no treadmill for miles and miles, and the other swell gadgets (ellipticals, steppers, goofy gofers) were yet to be invented.”.

I love this column by this legend. Pretty much most of what he said in this column is exactly the opposite of what’s hyped up today. And you can’t argue with results. Dave and many other major body building legends trained and ate this way and had some of the best built bodies of all time. Many even say that the bodies of back then are much better than those of today. Too much fear of carbs and overtraining have absolutely hurt the muscle building and weight gaining efforts of many naturally skinny hardgainers.

Bravo Dave! Excellent article!!