Last updated: October 18, 2026
This page explains how Ectomorph Workout chooses topics and researches, writes, checks and updates its content.
Our purpose
We publish guides about strength training, muscle-building programs, nutrition for muscle gain and recovery for lean beginners for lean beginners who find it hard to gain weight and want to build muscle and strength. Our guides focus on evidence-based strength training, progressive overload, calorie and protein intake, recovery and progress tracking for people who find it hard to gain weight.
How we choose topics
We cover the questions our readers need answered to make a decision or finish a task. Each topic gets one main guide, so we do not publish several near-identical pages on the same question.
How we research
- We base our guides on the U.S. Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and USDA FoodData Central, position stands from bodies such as the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN), and peer-reviewed research.
- We separate facts, estimates and opinion. Facts and figures link to their source; estimates state their assumptions; opinions are labeled as our view.
- Where a guide covers safety, we link to the official source rather than restating it as our own advice, and we place warnings where readers will see them.
Research-based and hands-on content
Most of our guides are research-based: they compare published specifications, manuals and official guidance. If an article is based on our own hands-on use of a product, it says so and describes what we did. We never present research as personal experience.
What we do not do
- We do not invent test results, scores, star ratings, statistics, testimonials or reviews.
- We do not promise results, savings or performance that a source does not support.
- We do not publish hand-typed prices or “deal” claims, because they go out of date quickly.
- We do not accept payment, free products in exchange for coverage, or sponsored placements in our guides.
Safety-sensitive topics
Our content is general fitness and nutrition education, not medical or dietary advice. Talk to your doctor before starting a new exercise program, and to a registered dietitian before major diet changes, especially if you have a health condition. Unintentional weight loss or difficulty gaining weight can have medical causes. Learn lifting technique with light loads and use safety bars or a spotter.
Affiliate relationships
We earn commissions from some links, as explained in our Affiliate Disclosure. Commissions never decide which products we include or how we describe them, and articles with affiliate links say so before the first link.
Updates and corrections
We review guides when products, specifications, rules or official guidance change, and we show the date a guide was last updated. Errors are handled as described in our Corrections Policy.