I have a question about weight lifting. after you work out hard what is a good way of gaining wieght? is it to stack up on protein? whats the big deal about carbs? should i watch out and avoid them or stack up on them..what about calories? do they matter? is all wieght good wieght? why not eat candy all day that has alot of calories?!
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Hi! I'll give you my experience. But wait for bear, catalyst and others to check in here -- they're the experts.
I had tried unsuccessfully to gain weight several times, by eating a lot of foods generally accepted as healthy. Whenever I worked out, though, I ended up burning so many calories that I found it difficult to gain much strength, let alone muscle size and weight. What finally made a difference was supplementing with proteine powder, along with eating as much proteine as possible. This, and I had to cut back the number of days, sets and reps I was lifting, and concentrate on compound movements with heavy weights. Examples are squats, deadlifts, pull-ups, etc. These aren't much fun to do at first but can really help. Finally, like I said, listen and learn from the experts!
Good luck!
Also, join us at God'sBods Exercise Club! It's fast, fun, free and motivational! Good advice is shared in there, too, if you care to read it all. Here it is --> http://christianforums.com/t88382
I had tried unsuccessfully to gain weight several times, by eating a lot of foods generally accepted as healthy. Whenever I worked out, though, I ended up burning so many calories that I found it difficult to gain much strength, let alone muscle size and weight. What finally made a difference was supplementing with proteine powder, along with eating as much proteine as possible. This, and I had to cut back the number of days, sets and reps I was lifting, and concentrate on compound movements with heavy weights. Examples are squats, deadlifts, pull-ups, etc. These aren't much fun to do at first but can really help. Finally, like I said, listen and learn from the experts!
Good luck!
Also, join us at God'sBods Exercise Club! It's fast, fun, free and motivational! Good advice is shared in there, too, if you care to read it all. Here it is --> http://christianforums.com/t88382
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The advice on loading up on protein is pretty solid, and has stood the test of time. Post workout nutrition is critical, and you should consume a quickly digesting protein like whey along with some high GI carbs, like dextrose or maltodextrin, to replenish muscle glycogen, resist the catabolic effects of training, and speed recovery for your next workout.
Make sure you are getting your essential fatty acids, and if gaining weight is truly a problem for you, do not worry too much about over eating. Good sources of protein are all pretty much animal products.
Right before bed, a shake consisting of milk and whey protein can be consumed to maintain a positive nitrogen balance during the night.
The Bear has written up a very detailed plan, and you could find it somewhere in this forum with a little bit of effort.
Make sure you are getting your essential fatty acids, and if gaining weight is truly a problem for you, do not worry too much about over eating. Good sources of protein are all pretty much animal products.
Right before bed, a shake consisting of milk and whey protein can be consumed to maintain a positive nitrogen balance during the night.
The Bear has written up a very detailed plan, and you could find it somewhere in this forum with a little bit of effort.
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Well, I had same problem of gaining waight. But month after I've got married I gained 20 Lbs.
To keep the waight and get more I do folowing:
I just started to work out at home on my bowflex (works great and you don't have to travel: hop on any time you want and no membership required
) So I eat a lot of potato: mash potato, potato soup, baked potato, fried potato (very good), fries..., lots of milk, and milk with macoroni, pasta, lots of meat, eggs: baked, boiled and fress (very good for your voice too if you sing).
By eating this you gain waight first, and second you don't fill your liver with all of those cemicall protein and so on.
Here is my answer. Make sure you eat 3 good meal a day and NO Jack in the box on McDonalds!
To keep the waight and get more I do folowing:
I just started to work out at home on my bowflex (works great and you don't have to travel: hop on any time you want and no membership required
) So I eat a lot of potato: mash potato, potato soup, baked potato, fried potato (very good), fries..., lots of milk, and milk with macoroni, pasta, lots of meat, eggs: baked, boiled and fress (very good for your voice too if you sing). By eating this you gain waight first, and second you don't fill your liver with all of those cemicall protein and so on.
Here is my answer. Make sure you eat 3 good meal a day and NO Jack in the box on McDonalds!
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so any milk potato products and stray away from fast food? right now im working with protien shakes after my work outs and a product called 'pm protein' which has like 40 grams of protein and i take it right before bed. it gives me awsome gas, and my wife says im getting alil bigger here and there but i know if its done right i should be up there with triple h / brock lesner. so eating lots of good food right after a work out should be my concentration right?
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