How to gain weight when you have a high metabolism?
Posted on | August 31, 2009 |
I eat alot but I also move alot! So, everything I eat burns because I always play football and run and stuff like that… I really like sports and don’t tell me to stop doing it, but how can I gain weight when my metabolism is really fast? What are your advices other than body building and lifting weights?
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August 31st, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
To gain weight and bulk up, you have to be willing to do whatever it takes, and work as hard as necessary and you have to be consistent. Your body responds to consistency. Sometimes it may get to the point of obsession, but it has to be that way for you to reach your goal.
Here’s some basic how to gain weight information and things you should be doing to help you bulk up:
To gain weight you must eat more calories than your body burns off, so EAT MORE! The most important thing that I cannot over stress is that you need to eat to gain weight. You need to eat like you’ve never eaten before. (but not junk food like donuts and chips or candy). In other words, you need a weight gain diet.
Start eating six meals per day (space them out to about once every three hours). This is a weight gain diet used by those who know what they’re doing.
Increase your protein intake and reduce your simple carbohydrate intake. Without protein your body cannot build new muscle.
Keep your workouts under one hour. Short and intense!
Concentrate on free weight exercises that work the large muscle groups. The best weight training exercises for building mass are the simple ones. For mass, stick with compound free weight exercises like squats, deadlifts, bench presses, barbell rows, pull ups and bar dips.
Use heavy weights and low reps, rest 3 minutes between each set.
Do only 2-3 exercises per body part.
Split your workout. Since you have a very high metabolism like me, you need to train with more intensity, but less frequently.
Day 1: Chest, shoulders and triceps
Day 2: Rest
Day 3: Back, and Bicep
Day 4: Rest
Day 5: Legs and abs
Day 6: Rest
Day 7: Rest
Increase you water intake. A good formula for this is to multiply your bodyweight by .66 to get the required number of ounces per day.
Use nutritional supplements. If you can’t afford too many products, just stick with the basics; like whey protein. If you can’t afford whey protein the next best thing is egg whites.
August 31st, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
quit sports
August 31st, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
Get more meat on your bones. More protein.
August 31st, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
Start drinking those high protein shakes? Maybe that would help.
August 31st, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
Just be glad you can stay slim. Maybe as you get older you will put on weight. In the meantime, eat lots of chocolate and enjoy it!
August 31st, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
eat less times a day, eating one time a day should definitely slow down your metabolism, if thats what you want …
August 31st, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
Gain weight? If you gain weight you wont be as fit as you are now, but if you mean build muscle, and you dont want to lift weights…I don’t know what to tell you.
Just eat lots of breads and pastas, get the carbs built up in your body.
August 31st, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
Eat a lot of carbohydrates like pasta and stuff
August 31st, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
First I am going to say that you should eat normal foods not just mounds of junk ffod in order to gain weight and another good tip is to eat your food in concentrated amounts not over the course of the day. Another tip is that you should eat before going to sleep. When you are sleeping your metabolism slows down and doesn’t allow you to burn food causing you to gain weight
August 31st, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
Eating foods rich in carbohydrates and protein can help. Still, you have a genetic body design and you will only grow to be just so large and muscular.
Body builders and professional athletes use steroids (usually illegally) to overcome their natural limits in muscle growth. Steroids are dangerous to your physical health and can affect your emotional and mental state as well. For a million-dollar-a-year football player, that might be an acceptable risk. For an ameteur athlete, it doesn’t make sense.
August 31st, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
There is stuff called weight gainer you just put it into your drink and it gives you stuff that makes you weigh more after taking it for a period of time
August 31st, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
You want to gain muscle, not fat right? I’m assuming you want to gain muscle weight. The best, healthiest and fastest way would be to consume more protein. Check out GNC. They have all sorts of weight gainers. From protein shakes, to protein bars. Good luck!
August 31st, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
Enjoy it - when you turn 30 (ish) it will all change…I had the same issue and now I miss eating anything I wanted.
August 31st, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
I am a lot like you. I eat a LOT but I never gain weight. I asked my health teacher and she told me to drink whole milk or other whole dairy products. When you reach your 30s, your metabolism will slow down and you will put on weight faster. Just enjoy being skinny now.
August 31st, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
hmm.. the basic principle for putting on weight is to take in more calories than u spend.. so basically.. lets say an average man spends 2500 calories a day… and u.. being active in sports might be spending around 3000 calories.. therefore.. you need a diet with atleast 3500 calories a day.. and low fat.. if u want lean mass.. eat 3/4 of ur stomach atleast 4 times to a max of 6 times a day.. take protein supplements (weight gainer) with low fat… but high carbs..
i was 55 kgs and 6 feet.. 1 year later now i am 75 kgs with 14% body fat..
dont worry abt fat if u put on some. .reach ur goal + some excess and then do excess cardio.. and u will be in good shape.. you can check out bodybuilding.com
August 31st, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
Hello Sporty Guy,
Its all about snack and supper. you MUST DRINK pepsi or coca cola or any strong fizzy drink in your snacks for example buy a box of chocolates like nutella. eat as much a possible some of the chocolates AFTER YOUR FOOTBALL training not before. neever b4. eat chocolates all the time. doing ur hw, walking etc. that how i gained weight and that ’s what my dr. says. eat chocolates and drink fizzy drinks and eatt junk food mcdonalds for ex. have mcdonalds an an everyday supper or snack with PEPSI! THIS IS THE ONLY WAY YOU WILL GAIN WEIGHT u wont gain weight if u go to the gym eat first!
THANKS
HOPE U A HEALTHY BODY AND I HOPE U GAIN WEIGHT :d
August 31st, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
You must lift weights to build muscle and gain weight.
Eat an extra 300-500 calories a day. You can do this by adding a little bit more food to each of your regular meals, or snacking more often. Eat higher calorie foods and add more complex carbohydrates to your diet such as grains and beans, especially if you’re exercising more.
August 31st, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
hey i rather a skinny guy w/ alot of mucle (like you) than a fat athlete
August 31st, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
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