all workout programmes need to be tailored to the individuals metabolism/body type/recuperative abilities....i myself am tall ,small jointed with very average genetics and recuperative ability for the first few years i did the standard hi-volume style workouts and never grew...it was only after a few years and switching to a low volume pl style routine that i started to grow some decent muscle...you need to find what works best for you. for me it seems to take a lot to grow muscle i have to eat right train very hard and get lots of rest...meanwhile the shorter stockier guys at my gym dont eat right train haphazardly and party all weekend and still seem to grow like weeds..regardless of genetics if you train in the progressive overload style your body will be forced to grow....a 60 lbs gain on the big 3 equates to an increase in lean mass of about 22lbs......

I agree with prettymuch everything rockape said. I don't feel like I've had to train "differently" from most people, just smarter than most.

def true. i too was spending way to much time in the gym, and overtraining horribly. I am only 5 10 maybe 5 10.5 and weigh anywhere from 215-230, prior to this, it was very hard for me to break past my plataeu s but once i dropped my time spent in the gym i bulked up very quickly and got alot stronger. i think this is a problem for alot of people regardless of size. additionally, theres also the obvious fact that people that are taller many times have longer limbs hence creating more space that the weight has to travel. this is why many tall ppl struggle with an exercise like the bench press.

it just takes more to look bigger, that is all. Some exercises, like the bench press, seem to keep my chest under tension less than i would think a shorter guys would. Icline will help that. Other than that thier will be some leverage differences, but eat bigger and you should be fine.

In don't think it's harder for tall people to put on muscle, it's just harder for them to look big.

18 inch arms on someone 6'6 look average, but on someone 5,6 they look massive. In some respects smaller people may have a biomechanical advantage . they may only have to bench the bar a couple of inches with their stubby little arms, where as a big guy may have to press it a 1/2 mile to lock out.
IMO there is no need to train different to others, just squat, dead and bench and you are well on the road!