Well, I have been looking into nutrition and weight lifting recently. I have found alot of information but at the same time, much of it is contrasting.

I am 5'10 and weigh about 145. I recently had my body fat measured and its 8-9% which is pretty low but correct for my age (22). Now my goal is to get between 170-180 over the next yr or so. Most would agree this is doable.

I visited B&N for some books but only found books on losing weight. I only found one on gaining muscle by men's health. It seemed pretty good with alot of nutritional information as well as work out routines. The only thing that kept me from buying it was a crapload of cheesy color pics it had on random pages of guys flexing.

Could anyone steer me towards a good book for my needs? Thanks

 

MuscleNow.

I don't think it has any pictures but it's based on fairly normal eating (ie, lots of proteins, moderate carbs, and cutting out junk) with heavy workouts (five a week, ideally).

I started out at 178 lbs and was up to 185 in ten weeks of working out. You're looking to gain an awful lot of weight - not sure if that's doable without heavy supplements and the like (ie, without going "unnatural").

 

Just get a trainer....



remember Eat Lift Sleep.

 

I looked into a trainer. I can't afford one. Cheapest one I found was 157 a month and he only sees you once a week.

In terms of my goal, I think it is doable over a very long period. If i gain 2-3lbs a month, i will be good. I am working on changing my diet, the next step is to look into supplements (mainly protein ones).

 

No suggestions to offer, just subscribing to this thread since I'm about 5'9" and a hefty 125 lbs.

 

did someone kick sand in your face at the beach recently?

Gaining weight is just plain hard for some people. I have basically weighed 173lbs for the past 15 years..... I got up to 181 when I took some creatine about 9 years ago.... i benched 300lbs so it definately helps in strength and putting on weight, but who the hell wants to take creatine or all of those goofy pills....

blaaa... $$$ and probably not the best thing for your body... not sure if it got any cheaper, but the Creatine was about $1.00 per day back then.... that is a lot for a mouth full of yucky white powder.

unless you plan to take a bunch of supplements I doubt you will get up to 170lbs.... just not in the cards for you....I have always wanted to weigh about 190lbs of muscle.... ain't happening!

 

I have been lifting weights for many years now. Sometimes training as a powerlifter and other times more like a bodybuilder. I'm currently 25, 6' and 180lbs with a very low body fat percentage. I have always struggled with gaining weight over the years. Even when I dramatically increased my food intake I found it difficult to gain weight (not to mention time consuming to prepare and eat all the required calories while going to school/work). I personally found weight gainers focused on 'hard gainers' to be worthwhile for me. One in particular that I like and am currently cycling on is called N-Large. It doesn't have the most calories on the market, but I have still found it to be very effective for me.

Obviously there is no one solution because we are talking about individual's body chemistry here. So things that might work for me might not have the same effect on you, and vice versa. Let me ask you a few questions to get an understanding of where you are currently at. How long have you been lifting weights? What is your current lifting schedule? How much cardio do you do? What is your current diet like?

I was once in your boat. It's not hopeless, it just takes a lot of hard work. I'll be glad to help you out with any information I can provide.

 

this is me when I was in college.

 

Finally, a topic to which I can contribute! Dude, do you not watch the Food Network? If weight gaining is what you want then Paula Deen is your savior. Check out her webpage or her page on the Food Network website.

Deep fried everything + a heavy handed serving of butter will make you a certified fat ass in no time...

all the best,

~jimmy

 

I started lifting last summer but had to take a break due to school and work. That was 3 months ago. I have started back up again. My routine so far seems to be going to the gym every other day. I start off on the elliptical machine doing about 15-20 mins. I plan on going for longer periods, just lacking stamina at the moment. I do this for a lil cardio but mainly to get my heart rate up. I work out a couple different muscle groups each day (example, chest and triceps, back and biceps, legs, abs i do each time i go to the gym). I just keep doing a different group each time i visit the gym.

In terms of food, I have just started tracking my diet this week. I have realized that I do not eat enough calories. I need to intake 3k+ and I am averaging around 2800. I will up the calorie intake in a day or so. As for supplements, I am only taking isopure protein mix. It has 40g per serving and i take it twice a day. One reason I like isopure is that each serving has 50+% of every vitamin

I was looking into mass gaining mixes and they didn't seem to good.