I often help celebrities slim down for film roles
or TV appearances, so the mandate to add size to Indiana Pacers players
Troy Murphy and Mike Dunleavy Jr. for this NBA season was a welcome
challenge. If you think squatting is hard, try dropping till your thighs
are parallel to the floor when you're 6'11" and 6'9", respectively, as
those guys are.
Yet such moves -- done with weights, reps, and rest
periods, as described here -- unleash a hormonal cascade that allows
any skinny dude to break free from hard-gainer hell. By the end of our
summer together, Troy, a forward, had packed on 22 pounds. Mike, also a
forward, was plus 12. What's more, their bigger bodies had become even
more athletic. For example, Troy would walk into my office, jump, and
slap his palm flat against an 11'6" ceiling, good for a 5" increase in
his vertical leap. If my regimen worked for them, it can work for any
guy, including you.
