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I weighed 110 in grade 12. Started weight training when I was 22 and weighed 120, after about 2 months and a lot of reading magazines I started to grow. 6 months later I was 160 but my fat levels were higher, like 12 instead of 8 if I was guessing. Guys at work teased me about running gear. now I lived slept and dreamed lifting. Everything was structured around it. I was so bad with being regimented I almost pooped and peed on a schedule, lol. I would be over 200 lb at 5’6” if I continued on, but honestly back then I only trained to pick up woman, and once I got more confidence and found my wife, started my business it took a back seat. But being an ectomorph it was easy to have a beach body lifting heavy stuff at work and having a high metabolism. Wasn’t until I was in my early 40’s saw a picture of me shirtless on a boat and thought, damn I’m startong to get a dad bod. So then I hit the training again, went from 140 fatish, to 194 around 12% over 5 years. If my gut had not got so bad I would have hit 200 this year. It’s ok though, my wife didn’t like me that big, plus my blood pressure was starting to rise, so I’m sitting at 175 and around 10% (btw I use calipers, but it’s all just a guess) so only 3 meals a day right now, not 6-7. Honestly with a high metabolism it will feel like all you do is eat, lol. Fat guys are jealous because they would love to do that, but it gets tiring sometimes trying to eat that much with variety Btw, I usually do cardio when I have a nagging injury and am taking a bit of a break to let it heal. Cardio is really important to growth at a certain point. If you can’t get enough oxygen and nutrient to your muscle it won’t grow. Just at first when you are tiny it’s best to avoid until you learn to eat enough.

I was an ectomorph. 6”4 and 170 back in the day I wouldn’t worry about these labels. They’re nothing more then a starting point.

Lol, just being funny, but if you want to grow here are a few tips I found worked for me. -you need to get over the idea that either you eat a lot, which you likely don’t, or that you are worried about getting fat. Which if you do, is really easy to get rid of -you need to keep training volume low. 12 sets for big body parts, 8 for small. After warmup, every set is failure or beyond. You usually have to drop weight or reps between sets. When I was young I went realky heavy low reps, now higher reps like 12-14 -dont expend any extra energy, so no cardio while trying to grow. Avoid stimulants like ephedrine, it just increases the amount you need to eat. - eat fatty foods, milk. Lean steak and chicken breast are for endomorphs, lol, eat thighs, fatty steaks, 4% cottage cheese, 2% milk. When I was young and natural and wanted to grow really bad, I almost drank 4 litres of milk a day, plus a ton of juice on top of my meals. Oh I farted all the time, had diarrhea every couple of weeks from the milk, but I put on 30 lbs in 8 months natural, -train daily if you can but split up bodyparts. Depending on your job depends on how you split things. I’ve always worked heavy labour so other than arms each body part had a separate day. - and the biggest one, since it is easy for ectomorphs to get a good beach body, if you want to get big, you can’t be lazy. So going off track and eating Pringle’s instead of your proper meals, or taking time off because you want to drink all summer will not work. It is difficult to get huge as an ecto, but possible if you are very strict. This I know because, well, that’s pretty much what I did for years. Everyones body is a bit different so you need to learn you. Your digestion system may not take milk, your joints may be too small and need time to get stronger before laying it all out training.

True that. Caffeine is about the only sports supplement i believe in any more.

I think it's fairly well know that the average woman like lean and muscular... but not huge. My wife loves mine. I'm happy she does!

I think its a common misconception that we need to give our receptors a break, androgen receptors have been shown with additional stimuli to have a multiplication effect and increase in our body. HOWEVER, I would judge on when to pull back training/gear usage based on how your recovery and progress has been. I've spoken to many high end coaches that have produced many pro's and depending on how hardcore you want to be there are several different routes you can choose. Without going into too much detail like I would with a client here's an overview of things I may consider: 1. Don't plan a certain time for your blast or your cruise. Get bloodwork, make notes on how your recovery is going. What's the sign that you need a rest? If you don't know, how will you know when you're ready to go again? I like to chart this all out with my clients - eliminates wasted time. 2. Timing of meals will really depend on what your day to day is like and when you train. These should be your primary focus in designing timing of meals. 3. Foods you should be eating should be easily digestible, again surrounding important times of the day (ie training), should vary depending on what you're training and what type of training stimulus you're using, will depend on your recovery and what type of gear you're on. 4. I'm a HUGE advocate of increased fat intake, for many reasons I won't get into as this post is getting long enough lol So you have 8 months to build more than 25 pounds? I don't know if taking 3 months or so off would be in your best interest, and I'd also advise don't get obsessed with the scale a sharp 235 will look much better coming into a prep than a sloppy 250. You'd have to diet much harder to get in shape and risk losing more muscle mass.