Yeah, I am an ectomorph. Over the years I have tried just about every weight gain powder, creatine before it was popular, etc. I did a lot of lifting in my early 30s and was able to work up a decent V-shape (32 waist, 45 chest) for my build. At 41 and after 12 weeks back on the weights, I'm at 46 chest and 35 waist, which pisses me off. 40 years not being able to gain anything and now I'm in danger of having to replace all my pants
That's interesting about the diet. I've been taking in at least 300 grams of protein, but I've cut my carbs down to under 100 grams. Guess that was a mistake?
For training, I've been doing one body part per day, 5 days per week with 1-2 days off at the end of the week. I made great gains in the first 10 weeks, added 90 lbs to my bench, but I feel like I'm starting to plateau now. One of my friends "used to be" a trainer and had me on 4 sets per exercise, 5 exercises per body part. From reading these forums it seems like that's too many sets per body part, so yesterday I started fresh and dropped sets to 3 per exercise and 6-8 reps per set so I could do heavier weights. Opinions? That a better way to go? Also, I was looking at the Max-OT regimen. Would that be a good idea for someone with my body type?
Thanks for the help.