Everybody works out these days.
Athletes on all levels train year round to improve their bodies and their skills for their particular sport.
Everyday men and women are also working out to lose weight, gain weight, add muscle and strength and just feel better about themselves.
Everyone needs a different workout routine to add muscle mass.
Everyone has a different body type and genetics and a training program that works for one person might not work for another.
That's why finding a workout program that works for you is the single most important step you can take to improving your body.
Some people are able to add weight and muscle mass fairly quickly and easily.
However, some people will train just as hard, if not harder, than other people do and don't put on any weight or muscle.
These people are called hardgainers.
The reason they don't put on weight and muscle mass with these workouts is because their muscles take longer to recover.
When they workout with muscles that aren't fully healed, it has a negative affect.
Hardgainers actually have a better chance of losing muscle and strength.
They are also more susceptible to illness and injury.
The workouts hardgainers need to use are ones that call for less time in the gym.
Working out 3 or 4 times a week for no more than one hour each time will give their muscles adequate time to recover and heal.
This will allow them to grow and noticeable improvement will be achieved.
So the next time a strong friend offers some advice, you have to say thanks but no thanks.
What works to get him or her jacked will not work for you as a hard-gainer.