rox88
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EAT EAT EAT.
I just read two posts, with so much awful advice I feel sorry for the people that read and followed
them. (With some good advice too!)
1. Get a workout program. You shouldn't be in the gym for 2 hours, or even 1.5 hours. You grow when you are OUT of the gym, not in the gym.
2. Don't go out and buy 30 different supplements. 3/4 of them don't do anything, and 99% of them are useless to you until you have other things in check. Multivitamin, yes, protein powder, yes.
Often guys come up to me and say they can't gain weight. I say you aren't eating enough. THey say, "I eat so much." They will then tell me what they ate that day, or will write down for 3 days what they ate. EVERY time, they are eating barely anything, 9/10 under 2000 calories. They'll have some 'big' meal, then not eat for 6 hours. Write down what you eat, measure it, weigh it, calculate it for 3-5 days, and see how much you are actually eating, you'll be surprised.
If you are bone skinny, and are serious about gaining weight, you have to eat, eat and eat. That means eating when you're not hungry, and eating when you are full. That means eating when you don't want to, and eating even though you are hating it. If you don't want to do that, then stay skinny, it's your choice.
Protein after your workout, with 40-60g of dextrose. Then a big meal 60 minutes later, chicken w/ pasta/rice/etc.
Many of the other posts DID had good advice about foods to eat. Want to minimize fat, eat whole wheat foods, brown rice, oatmeal, skim milk, with chick, tuna, steak, and added calories from olive oil, nuts, or udo's oil.
If you are really skinny with little fat, and by little fat I mean, abs, not skinny everywhere, and have a little belly, I would eat anything and everything. Fast food, fried food, anything. You have no problem getting rid of fat, so don't worry about putting on a bit of fat. You'll enjoy the eating more, and it's easier to get in calories. That is just my opinion. I used to bulk in winter and eat fast food 3 times a day. With heavy training, fat gain wasn't as bad as it could have been.
Weight gainer, only if you absolutely need to. Weight gainers are garbage, you could even make your own weight gainer. But if you just can't fit meals in, the calories are better than nothing.
Try and get six meals a day, plus your post workout shake. I do this even when dieting. It may be hard at first, but like I said, if you are serious about it, you have to commit, just like anything else in life. If it was so easy, everyone would be doing it. Once you do it for a couple months, you will get into a routine, and lifestyle change. Don't think you are going to do it for a couple months, and be able to stop once you reach your weight gain goal. I've been eating six meals a day for 10 years now, and it's my lifestyle, like it or not, it's what I do. I eat like clockwork. Sadly, I schedule my day around my meals. If I have to go somewhere for a while, I figure out when I can eat, and what I will eat.
You don't need supplements, you don't need steroids, you don't need 2 hours in the gym. You need food, you need calories, you will grow.
I just read two posts, with so much awful advice I feel sorry for the people that read and followed
them. (With some good advice too!)
1. Get a workout program. You shouldn't be in the gym for 2 hours, or even 1.5 hours. You grow when you are OUT of the gym, not in the gym.
2. Don't go out and buy 30 different supplements. 3/4 of them don't do anything, and 99% of them are useless to you until you have other things in check. Multivitamin, yes, protein powder, yes.
Often guys come up to me and say they can't gain weight. I say you aren't eating enough. THey say, "I eat so much." They will then tell me what they ate that day, or will write down for 3 days what they ate. EVERY time, they are eating barely anything, 9/10 under 2000 calories. They'll have some 'big' meal, then not eat for 6 hours. Write down what you eat, measure it, weigh it, calculate it for 3-5 days, and see how much you are actually eating, you'll be surprised.
If you are bone skinny, and are serious about gaining weight, you have to eat, eat and eat. That means eating when you're not hungry, and eating when you are full. That means eating when you don't want to, and eating even though you are hating it. If you don't want to do that, then stay skinny, it's your choice.
Protein after your workout, with 40-60g of dextrose. Then a big meal 60 minutes later, chicken w/ pasta/rice/etc.
Many of the other posts DID had good advice about foods to eat. Want to minimize fat, eat whole wheat foods, brown rice, oatmeal, skim milk, with chick, tuna, steak, and added calories from olive oil, nuts, or udo's oil.
If you are really skinny with little fat, and by little fat I mean, abs, not skinny everywhere, and have a little belly, I would eat anything and everything. Fast food, fried food, anything. You have no problem getting rid of fat, so don't worry about putting on a bit of fat. You'll enjoy the eating more, and it's easier to get in calories. That is just my opinion. I used to bulk in winter and eat fast food 3 times a day. With heavy training, fat gain wasn't as bad as it could have been.
Weight gainer, only if you absolutely need to. Weight gainers are garbage, you could even make your own weight gainer. But if you just can't fit meals in, the calories are better than nothing.
Try and get six meals a day, plus your post workout shake. I do this even when dieting. It may be hard at first, but like I said, if you are serious about it, you have to commit, just like anything else in life. If it was so easy, everyone would be doing it. Once you do it for a couple months, you will get into a routine, and lifestyle change. Don't think you are going to do it for a couple months, and be able to stop once you reach your weight gain goal. I've been eating six meals a day for 10 years now, and it's my lifestyle, like it or not, it's what I do. I eat like clockwork. Sadly, I schedule my day around my meals. If I have to go somewhere for a while, I figure out when I can eat, and what I will eat.
You don't need supplements, you don't need steroids, you don't need 2 hours in the gym. You need food, you need calories, you will grow.
