[dmw]

I will make a point or two on your post. I read a lot of McRober's stuff when I was 6-4 160 (feet and pounds) and convinced myself I was a hardgainer. Now, this may be specific to me and may not apply to you, but that stuff about working out every 8-10 days did not work. He's right that compound excercises are key, but unless you are somehow overtrained presently, squatting and deadlifting two to three times a week should not be a problem. Put it this way, I read that stuff and thought I was a 'hardgainer' that might overtrain and the fact was I was undertraining and undereating and that program sure didn't help the former.

I'm a big fan of Berardi, but instead of precision nutrition, I would focus on his articles called "massive eating" on his website. At 120 pounds I don't think you need to worry about skinless chicken, and other superlean foods. Again, in my experience the gains did not come until I ate several small meals a day and built up my appetite to where over time I could consume far more calories before I got "full". Yeah, a lot of tuna, yogurt, peanut butter, etc. But my choices were made not to avoid fats, but to get cheap and convenient calorie-dense foods. Unless you have a gut, why worry about going with super-lean food choices only?

Just my .02 cents