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Weight Gain / Hardgainer

  • 26-11-2008 7:27pm
    #1
    Verbal_Kint
    Closed Accounts Posts: 417 ✭✭


    I am 6"1 and about 150lb. I would like to get to 180lb as quickly as possible without putting on a lot of fat. I am a moderate exciser and I don’t really have a large appetite and would like to get as much from each meal as possible. I will start taking maximuscle progain extreme soon. Is it bad for my health to eat a diet with a large percentage of my intake to be high GI foods if I only intend to keep the diet up long enough to reach my 180lb target? Any other helpful advice would be much appreciated!


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  • #2
    COH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,392 ✭✭✭COH


    Putting on 30lbs of mostly muscle will involve more than moderate exercise and progain!

    What does your current training consist of? And what would your typical daily diet be?

    I wouldn't get caught up in supplements until you have your diet nailed, and you'll have basically ignore not having a big appetite, building muscle is a slow process and involves alot of eating.


  • #3
    J.S. Pill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,149 ✭✭✭J.S. Pill


    Verbal_Kint wrote: »
    Is it bad for my health to eat a diet with a large percentage of my intake to be high GI foods if I only intend to keep the diet up long enough to reach my 180lb target? Any other helpful advice would be much appreciated!

    And what do you think is going to happen to your 30lbs of new muscle when you stop feeding it?
    Verbal_Kint wrote: »
    I am 6"1 and about 150lb. I would like to get to 180lb as quickly as possible without putting on a lot of fat. I am a moderate exciser and I don’t really have a large appetite and would like to get as much from each meal as possible. I will start taking maximuscle progain extreme soon.

    Have you done weight training before? You'd be very surprised how much your appetite can increase once you really get stuck in.

    Seriously man, reaching your goals will take real effort inside and outside the gym but they are very much achievable. Start by posting up your current diet & training so people can make some suggestions.

    I'd also suggest getting out of the whole hardgainer mentality. The term is controversial and could be debated at length but judging by the title of your post, I think reading about it seems to have got you into a negative mindset which is not good when you're starting out.


  • #4
    Verbal_Kint
    Closed Accounts Posts: 417 ✭✭Verbal_Kint


    Its true about the hardgainer negative mentality. My diet is pretty poor. Just finished college but did not drop the bad eating habits. My diet is pretty much anything that says on the back of the box 'pop into oven at 200 for 30 mins'. It is really poor and it also badly affects my energy levels. I am willing to put in the time and effort cooking proper meals that are not too complicated. Twice a week I play 5 a side and it would be a serious game where I would be sweating buckets at the end and also a bit of dumbell training (a very small bit). Planning to get a weights bench into the house in the next 2 weeks. To get the right idea across if there was a lot of food in front of me I would wolf it. It is not that my appetite that is poor its my cooking thats bad. I am quite fit and not afraid of getting stuck into the gym but its getting into the regular schedule that has been my problem in the past. I have played pretty much every sport under the sun at one time or another and they started dropping one by one as the pints increased and the other lads got the extra 3 stone on me. Sob story I know but if I can get any advice to get started down the right road I would really appreciate it.


  • #5
    The Shane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 235 ✭✭The Shane


    Five a side and some light dumbbells will do virtually nothing for you. It may even do bad things for your self esteem if my opinion of you matters to you.

    You will need to start lifting heavy things.

    The manner in which you lift these is also important. I would suggest squatting, deadlifting, chin ups and some sort of pressing exercise(shoulder, bench, press up, dip). These should get progressively heavier rather rapidly. Find somewhere to do this at first as I find that coaching is beneficial starting out and that buying all the equipment necessary for these things is a large investment if you are still unsure of commitment levels and have not got a large amount of space for them. I'd recommend against large commercial gyms as I have yet to meet someone there who can offer decent advice.

    Steak: add heat and it is delicious.
    Vegetables: peel if needed. Blanch in boiling water.
    I'm not sure if that could be less complicated.

    This is my first post in a while. I think I'm motivated by the fact that a Wii fit told me I was obese and weak.

    Shane, The


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