Originally Posted by matts1
What about the other way, putting on weight and bulking up. i have always been skinny, can eat non stop or eat bugger all, never change build
Was told to use heavier weights and lower reps but what about diet, what should I be trying to eat and how often.
Really only want to put about 2 stone on so what is the best way??????
Matt
You obviously have a really high metabolism Matt. The same rules apply with diet regarding eating 5-6 meals a day. In your case I would have breakfast lunch and evening meal as a normal meal(obviously protein rich) and have a mid morning and mid-afternoon meal replacement shake.
I actually use a pure protein shake as I am happy with my weight at the moment, but you would benefit with one with extra calories in. These are made up from having carbs in the drink. MET-Rx do a nice meal replacement drink. A box of twenty will cost over £30 though so it isn't cheap.
If you can, having a drink before you go to bed helps too. I used to mix up ice-cream 5 eggs plus anything else I had into a smoothy when I first started out and had that around 8-9pm.
As fas a training is concerned, people have told you to go low reps for one reason, you are trying to get stronger, and a strong muscle is a big one (ooerrrr missus
) Keeping a training diary is very useful and it lets you set yourself targets. You want to be looking to increase your maximum weight VERY slightly each week. If you jump in big steps, because one day you are feeling really good, be careful as it can lead to yo-yoing and you don't know where you are. I would keep it in the 5-8 rep range for the heavy sets and between 12-15reps for the warm ups. Do one all out set on your maximum weight.
Also are you doing the right exercises? If you want to add size and strength then I'm afraid you will have to do squats and deadlifts. These are the biggest and best exercises you can do as they involve a lot of muscle groups. If you do these and progressive lift heavier then you will see some good results.
Keep to the basics for the other muscle groups too. e.g barbell presses for chest and shoulders, chinups and some form of heavy rowing for the lats and try close grip bench press for the triceps. This helps build strength and increase your normal bench press weight.
the other importnat factor is rest. Make sure you get a good nights sleep (7+ hours) and try and do nothing for the rest of the time
Good luck!