Skinny guy: Bro, why would I do barbell strength training with low reps and heavy weight? All my social media influences say that I won’t get hypertrophy that way. And bro, I want massive hypertrophy. I think I’ll pass on your program.

Me: I see skinny guy 9 month later and skinny guy still looks skinny with some tiny bumps on his arms and chest.

There’s this ridiculous notion lately flying around the internet that hypertrophy equals high reps and low weight and that strength training with heavy weight and low reps does not work for hypertrophy.

Like many things on the internet these days, this is Fake News.

Let's look at the numbers of a typical novice who starts a barbell strength training program and compare it to where they could be in 9 months. The numbers below are very typical of the results we see.

Let's say skinny guy is 6 feet and weighs 170lbs. If eating enough calories and protein they could easily be 200+lbs in 9 months.

They could take their squat from 100lbs to 350lbs. What do you think their quads will look like being able to squat 350lbs? They will look a lot bigger than when they could only squat 100lbs.

They could take their deadlift from 140lbs to 405lbs. What do you think will happen to the size of their neck, traps, and forearms when they can deadlift over 400lbs? They will have gotten much bigger. They have to.

They could take their bench press from 135lbs to 225lbs. What do you think their chest will look like being able to bench 225lbs?

The truth is the skinny guy who went with a "hypertrophy" program probably didn't grow that much. (unless they are taking steroids).

If your goal is to get bigger (hypertrophy) and stronger, then there's no faster way then starting a Novice Linear Progression with barbell strength training.

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