Comments on: What is the best solution for a skinny guy who wants to bulk up? http://www.muscle-body.com/general/what-is-the-best-solution-for-a-skinny-guy-who-wants-to-bulk-up/ Discover the Secrets to Building The Biggest Muscles You Have Ever Seen! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:36:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Joanne Musson http://www.muscle-body.com/general/what-is-the-best-solution-for-a-skinny-guy-who-wants-to-bulk-up/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Joanne Musson Fri, 01 Sep 2006 04:54:34 +0000 http://www.muscle-body.com/questions/what-is-the-best-solution-for-a-skinny-guy-who-wants-to-bulk-up/#comment-109 You don't say what you've been doing or if you've been working with a trainer. The only healthy way to gain weight is through exercise, mainly strength training, and a slight increase in caloric intake. The training program should include at least two exercises of three sets for each major body part. Each set should have 10 repetitions maximum. Consuming about 500 additional calories daily, including 15 grams of protein above the RDA (not necessary in the American diet which is alreay 30 - 60 grams over the RDA), is recommended to gain an average of 1 pound of muscle tissue per week. These calories should be primarily complex carbohydrates. Be sure to include the strength training program along with the increase in calories or you will add fat, not muscle! You don’t say what you’ve been doing or if you’ve been working with a trainer. The only healthy way to gain weight is through exercise, mainly strength training, and a slight increase in caloric intake. The training program should include at least two exercises of three sets for each major body part. Each set should have 10 repetitions maximum.

Consuming about 500 additional calories daily, including 15 grams of protein above the RDA (not necessary in the American diet which is alreay 30 - 60 grams over the RDA), is recommended to gain an average of 1 pound of muscle tissue per week. These calories should be primarily complex carbohydrates. Be sure to include the strength training program along with the increase in calories or you will add fat, not muscle!

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