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We Help People Bulk Up

Over the past twelve years, the transformations that we've gotten for ourselves and our clients have earned us the reputation of being the very best at helping naturally skinny people bulk up.

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Before and after progress photo showing Marco's muscle-building results.

That's me, Shane, on the left. I do the writing and illustration. Marco's on the right. He's our strength coach, with clients including college, professional, and Olympic athletes, as well as regular dudes like us.

We've each gained over sixty pounds at under 11% body fat, completely naturally, while lifting three days per week. But we're known for the results we get for our clients:

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Bigger, Stronger, Healthier & Better Looking

We write about how to build muscle, bulk up, and gain weight. We'll teach you how to lift weights, eat a good diet, do enough cardio, and live a healthy lifestyle.

Most of our content is free. You can read our articles here. If you have any questions about anything, drop a comment in the most relevant article, and I'll do my best to answer. We also have a few muscle-building workout programs you might like.

Our Muscle-Building Newsletter

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If you like our content, you'll love the newsletter, with 22,000 readers and climbing. We'll keep you updated on the most important new muscle-building research, methods, and workout routines. Plus, it kicks off with a 5-part email series that covers:

  • Skinny genetics and how to thrive with them, grow bigger, and become strong.
  • How to live, lift, and eat to improve your health, strength, and appearance.
  • How to min-max your workout routine for leaner muscle growth and faster strength gains.

 

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Skinny-Fat to Muscular Transformation
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Women's weight gain transformation
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Recent Articles

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How Much Can the Average Man Lift?

By Shane Duquette and Marco Walker-Ng, BHSc, PTS | September 26, 2020

How much can the average man lift? How much can they squat, bench press, deadlift, overhead press, and barbell curl? How does the strength of the average untrained man compare…

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A Review of Starting Strength for Building Muscle

By Shane Duquette and Marco Walker-Ng, BHSc, PTS | June 26, 2020

Starting Strength was created by the former powerlifter Mark Rippetoe as a beginner program for gaining general strength. It has its roots in powerlifting culture, but it’s not a powerlifting…

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The Weight Lifter’s Guide to Cardio

By Shane Duquette and Marco Walker-Ng, BHSc, PTS | January 18, 2023

In this article, we’ll teach you how to improve your cardiovascular fitness as someone who already lifts weights. That’s an important distinction. Lifting weights changes how you should approach cardio…

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The Progressive Overload Guide

By Shane Duquette and Marco Walker-Ng, BHSc, PTS | September 30, 2021

Progressive overload is one of the foundational principles of both strength training and hypertrophy training. It’s the idea that as we get stronger, we need to gradually lift more weight…

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Bamba’s Bulking Guide for Skinny Guys

By Wide Old Bamba, Shane Duquette and Marco Walker-Ng, BHSc, PTS | February 20, 2023

As he makes his way through the jungle of muscle growth, a skinny man may feel like a small, fragile bird in a world of much larger beasts. The obvious…

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What Happens If You Spread Your Workout Throughout the Day?

By Shane Duquette and Marco Walker-Ng, BHSc, PTS | January 21, 2023

What if, instead of doing your workout all at once, you spread your sets or exercises over the day? Maybe that means doing your squats before work, your push-ups before…

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How Does Calorie Intake Affect Cardiovascular Adaptations?

By Shane Duquette and Marco Walker-Ng, BHSc, PTS | January 20, 2023

We need an abundance of calories to build muscle. We use it to convert protein into muscle mass. Without it, we won’t build muscle. To get those extra calories, we…

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How Does Sleep Affect Muscle Growth & Fat Loss?

By Shane Duquette and Marco Walker-Ng, BHSc, PTS | February 4, 2020

Sleep is the foundation of a good muscle-building and fat-loss routine. It gives us the drive to challenge ourselves in the gym, the appetite to eat a big muscle-building diet,…

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Stretch-Mediated Hypertrophy Can Triple Muscle Growth

By Shane Duquette and Marco Walker-Ng, BHSc, PTS | May 21, 2020

For at least a few decades, bodybuilders have been known for favouring exercises that challenge their muscles at long muscle lengths. “Go deep and feel the stretch.” For instance, bodybuilders…

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