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Skinny Guy Massive Muscle Building Lesson 5: Rest, Sets, Rest – Making Sense Of It All

As you go about your skinny guy workout program, it's vital that you're getting all the finer details down so you can see the best results possible. One mistake some skinny guy's make is focusing too much on the overall structure of their workout program without looking at these smaller details that can really make or break your progress.

Remember, as a skinny guy your body is going to respond slightly differently to the training demands you place upon it and as such, will require specific things in order to see success.

Let's take a quick look at what these factors are and what you must know in order to succeed with your program.

Rest

The very first factor to consider is the amount of rest you're taking between all the sets you do. Some skinny guys will try and rush through their workouts, either because they're short on time or because they think that keeping the rest period shorter is going to help them stay leaner.

Avoid this at all costs.

As a skinny guy you must remember that your body is not going to recover as quickly between sets and since your primary goal is to lift as much weight as possible, this means that you really must be focusing on that sheer weight lifted.

If you're not recovered after your first set you definitely won't be lifting as much weight as possible during that second set.

Aim for rest periods of 2-3 minutes between most sets you do. You don't necessarily need longer than this but you shouldn't be using just 30 seconds. If you are, that means you're not lifting heavy enough.

Reps

Next we have to assess the rep range that you're using throughout your workout. While it is true that different lifts will call for different rep ranges, for the most part since you are focused on lifting heavier you'll want to stay within a rep range of about 6-10 reps total.

This is what will allow you to really push those muscles hard and will be the target rep range required for muscle building and strength gains.

Sets

Finally, the last thing that you should think about is how many sets you're performing of each exercise you do. Here again, tend to lean towards the lower end of things.

Many skinny guys will think that blasting their muscles with six sets of squats is the right way to go about things but this is really just going to lead to overtraining and too much fatigue.

Instead, push hard but keep the total set range to about 2-4 sets per exercise. Larger, compound lifts will require more sets while any selected isolation lifts you do will require fewer sets.

So be sure that you're taking into account these three factors for good workout success. If you don't get them right even if you do have a good workout set-up design you could still fail to see the results you should be.