6'4" and a 180 pounds for Life??? Gaining Weight Impossible!!

[rockn2dmax]

I USED TO BE 6'1 135lbs.

I'm now about 165lb. shooting for 200 eventually...

I have found that I can't gain weight by just eating more alone...
I have to put on muscle in order to actually gain weight...

So... When I started I was benching the bar w/ 25's, I'm now benching 200, and I've been flying up on bench, about 5lbs. a week....

Everything I've read on here looks like good advice, something I might add...

Not to be mean, but your work-outs suck!
You need to make a decsion to seriously gain some weight... it should be all you think about!!!

It's not just "Putting you time in!" You have to Know when you're benching that you want to tear the shit out of your chest...

I keep a work out journal, and studying it as often I as I study my course work!

also... I've found lately... The only set I do that I can do 8 reps on is my first set, everything after that I a weight I can only do 4-5 reps... And then I add a set on the end... this has worked well for me...
I think it's a good strategy for skinny guys... b/c most of my skinny guy friends have tons of muscle endurance... but not much strength... this type of stuff just blasts my muscles into lifting more weight!

Also, play with your work-outs, every 3 months, you should switch it up a bunch... I wouldn't do it too much more than this... especially since you're just starting out... if you change more often it will be hard to figure out what is gonna work best for you...

Also, REMEMBER, everyone is different... some techniques work better than others... so take everything people tell you on here (including me) with a grain of salt...

OH... and I'd say, stop spending money on sports drinks, and buy more potatoes!!!! eat them all the damn time....

recently I've peaked on my weight gaining... I usually fluctuate 5lbs up and down.... But I'm also a broke college student, so I know that if I could afford more food, I could pack on some more weight quick!


good luck

 

[JucinGTA]

this is so fucking true.

i used to bitch and moan about being a hard gainer. then i learned that my diet, although i thought was awsome, sucked. i almost doubled my calories and protein and put on 10 pounds in a month.

Any chance you could give me a couple of your eating schedules?
Thanks for all your help guys!!

 

[the People's Champ]

Any chance you could give me a couple of your eating schedules?
Thanks for all your help guys!!

this is what I like to see. by saying eat more just doesn't cut it. I would help you out, but I am on a hardgainer's diet.

 

[JucinGTA]

Stupid Newbie ?
Whats a HardGainers Diet?

 

[benchmonster]

I was short and skinny growing up, which I can assure you is even worse than being tall and skinny. 9th grade I was five foot 7 and 135 lbs. Senior year, even after lifting for 2 years, was only (still) five foot 7, maybe gained up to five seven and a half, and was a whopping 155 lbs.

As I am typing this, I am still the same height, and weigh 225 lbs at about 12 percent bodyfat. What happened in between? 10 years of hard and heavy lifting, for one thing. And the realization that I was not eating nearly enough to get any bigger. And before clean freaks jump on the AAS bandwagon, I was around 210 before ever doing a cycle, and have only done AAS for the last year.

In between my freshman and sophomore years of college, I decided I would get big even if it killed me. It felt like it was going to at times. The following is what I ate during that summer that took me from 165 lbs (managed to put on 10 lbs during freshman year) to 185 lbs, in 3 months, without drugs, while working, lifting weights, and competing in full contact karate:

Meal one 7:00am.- dozen egg white/six yolk omelet, with ham and cheese, and 2 glasses of whole milk.

Meal two 9:30 am. 2 chicken salad sandwhiches with real mayonaise.

Meal three Noon - steak and baked or mashed potatoes.

Meal four 2:30 p.m. MetRx Shake mixed with whole milk, 6 egg whites, peanut butter, and chocolate pudding.

Meal five 6m- Steak or chicken, some sort of potatoe, bread, more milk.

Meal six 9m - Met Rx shake mixed with whole milk, 6 egg whites, peanut butter and chocolate pudding.

I did this every single day. I cannot tell you how disgusted and sick of food I became. I trained 5 days per week doing an old fashioned bodybuilder type regimen, always doing lots of compound movements. Nothing particularly smart about my training at the time, just did the same things every week and tried to go up in working weight all the time.

You hardgainers out there. Quit whining. Read the post above again. This shit was far from easy. People look at me now and assume I was always big and strong and that could not be farther from the truth. If you follow the above regimen for 3 solid months, you will gain weight. No doubt about it. But guess what? Most of you cannot eat that much. I can't either right now. But at the time, I did it. It works. If it is worth it to you, you will suffer what would seem to be unimaginable torment to reach your goals. If it is not worth it to you, then you will not.

Each one of us can choose the path to greatness, or the path to stagnation. The path to stagnation has few obstacles and is smooth and easy to travel. The path to greatness is one that is frought with danger, pain, fatigue, and personal anguish. It is up to you to choose your own path.

B.

 

[JohnnyB#12]

used to be6'5'' 175. now 6'5'' 195. EAT!!!! you say you eat then feel hungry 30 minutes later? then eat when you are hungry eat until your gonna puke (but dont puke cause daddy says that shits for pussies). Workout regularly. eat lots of protein, drink shakes if you must. and whats the deal with you being scared of steroids? im 100% athletic, football training yearround. AS doesnt hinder any of my training, it enhances it. if you do go the AS route, read as much as you can about it and learn befor you do.

 

[Vortexx]

It seems to me that skinny people not only should be concerned with eating more carbs but especially eating more FAT.

Look at the force-food diet of benchmonster.....

you can always lower your fat intake until your bf goes up to 12 % which is a good to make continues gains and still close enough to 8 % where you start to look really cut.

Until that time, you need the hormone-releasing proporties of fat!

 

[coolcolj]

Here's a tip to put on weight - be lazy!

Sleep whenever you possibly can, helps recovery and the growth hormone release has gotta to be a factor
Just do nothing, sit on your butt a lot. That will make anyone put on weight

 

[Thaibox]

If you ever feel hungry, consider yourself catabolic. You should never feel "hungry."

Get use to saying, "fuck I'm not hungry, but its been a couple hours since I had anything..so time to stuff my face"

 

[MarshallPenniford]

Add 2 jars of peanut butter a week to your diet. Come talk to us in 4 weeks.