Ways To Gain Weight
Ways To Gain Weight
I’m assuming that your not trying to put on unhealthy weight and that you are not trying to get fat. You probably want to know how to gain weight healthy. So now that we got that straight the absolute best way to gain weight is simply to put away more calories each and every day than you burn. The general rule of thumb to figuring out how many calories you have to pack down is to take your current weight and multiply it by 18. So if your current body weight is 150 pounds you would need to put down 2700 cals. There is a myth that you have to eat a diet high in protein to gain muscle but that just isn’t the case. You need to eat a diet high in carbohydrates if you really want to pack it on.
Break down your diet like this.. four grams of carbohydrates per pound of weight, 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight, and 20-30% of your caloric intake from good non saturated fat like flax oil and avocados. Pay close attention to your results you are getting. If you are putting on too much fat then take down your calorie intake by 250 and see what that does for you.
When packing on muscle you should also know that even if your lifting weights and exercising you are going to put on fat. Unless your on steroids your going to gain a certain amount of fat while bulking up. If your eating correctly and doing the right kind of cardio you can lessen the effect but don’t freak out when it happens. The good news is that new fat is easy to drop and you can shed it in about 4-6 weeks after which time you will be huge and ripped.
When it comes to diet I like to keep it as easy as possible. Stay away from hard to make recipes. Just keep with easy to prepare food like chocolate protein shakes, brown rice etc.., When you keep it simple like this it’s easier to follow through because your not spending so much time preparing food. I just spent 2 nights a week in the kitchen. Doing this will keep you from getting bored.
Also if you want to do it the best way your going to want to add exercise and cardio into the mix. To build muscle mass there is no other way. To put on lean muscle mass you need to lift as heavy as you can three to four times a week. This will help you put on 2-3 pounds of lean muscle mass a week. It starts up slow but after 12 weeks you will be twenty five to thirty five pounds bigger. When weightlifting you need to increase the amount of weight or repetitions you perform each week. So if you powered up 150 pounds for seven reps at the gym today next time you train your going to want to either lift 155 pounds or do eight reps. You must also make sure that you get enough time to rest. You have to give your muscle fibers plenty of time to rebuild themselves and get bigger. If you train too much you are actually loosing muscle That’s bad news if your trying to gain weight.