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Are there any advantages of being an ectomorph?

It can be on fitness, sports or just plain daily life. Everything I hear and know about ectomorphs is: They struggle to gain weight (be it fat or muscle) and they tend to lose the gains easily. ...
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Why did I not gain weight when having 4000 calories a day?

I'm about 6ft high and weigh 175 pound, age 26. For the last few years, I have lived a fairly sedentary lifestyle, easily consuming about 4000 calories per day. What I would like to know is why if ...
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Is it true that you can eat anything you want within 15 minutes of working out without putting on weight?

A friend of mine told me that you can pretty much eat whatever you want within about 15 minutes of a big exercise session without putting on weight. I can't really understand the science behind this. ...