Weight Gaining?
 

I have been lifting 5 days a week for a month and a half and maybe have gained 2 or 3 pounds. I have been eating so much more and so much healthier food since I began lifting again. I mean I am able to lift a lot more than I used to but I lack the size.

Weigh - 123

2 Teaspoons of Trac (Powder)

Eating roughly 100 - 130 grams of protein every day.

Sets - 2 or 3

Reps - 8, 6, 4

45min - 1hour work out

I have been considering buying a jug of weight gainer but I'm not sure if it will show me results. I wanna put lot's of weight on and so far what I am doing really hasn't paied off.

I'd have to say this to you bud, go visit the clean bulking section in the Nutrition Forum. Says in there what to do, I'd have to say add more fats, good fats to eat. More protein, just a 'tad' bit more, say 160 grams or protein, bulk up more on carbs.

Need a little bit more info on what you eat, amount of calories/carbs/fats, and ect,.

Just keep eating higher calorie 1.5g-2g of protien per lean body mass for bulking.

What are considered "good fats"?

No comment on the weight gainer?

Check out the Clean Bulking sticky.

Also Trac = bad. i used to use Trac. People here and other places turned me around. It's liquified creatine which is no good. And way too expensive. Look into creatine monohydrate or creatine ester ethyl (CEE).

Eat. Eat. Eat. Maybe 1 1/2 times your GOAL bodyweight in protein. You wanna weight 150#, then eat 225g of protein.

And once again, check out the clean bulk sticky.

The fact that you gained 2 or 3 lbs is good in that amount of time but you diffenently need to eat more. At least 180g of protein a day and about 2000 cal a day. Good fat is fish oil and flax oil, cottenseed oil, almonds.

It's just hard to eat that much when I have such little time so I am just eating things that are easy and fast, like tuna, 3 shakes, low fat cottage cheese, and every once in a while I will make some steak or chicken. Just always pressed for time.

Eat tuna in olive oil, good fat and extra calories. Yor just going to have to plan your meals.

definatly a really good idea also if u happen to have it throw in some balsamic vinager into that mixture, really tastes good

Lol how much olive oil?

Do two teaspoons, someone told me to do this in the mourning, put 1-2 teaspoons of olive oil in a 1 scoop protein drink in the mourning when you wake up. That does help alot too. Do not try a peanut-based oil, did that with 1 tps, was sick to heck.

No, not a teaspoon...One Tablespoon. That's what you probably meant.
1 tablespoon=120 calories. I always use at least 2 tablespoons in every protein shake as long as it's before 5 pm. Sometimes I get up to three, but I wouldn't advise it unless you're used to 1-2. Using too much too fast puts your ass on the toilet.

BTW, if anyone types, "EEwww, that doesn't taste good" or something to that effect, then you shouldn't be lifting. It takes extreme measures to get/stay big and strong. I'll eat the rice out of a dead ----'s ass if it gets me big.

hahahaha too funny

311, u are pushing 250. Why do u want to gain more? Are u planning to compete??

I work out around 10pm. I take 1 shake before then 2 after I lift. Should I still put the 2 tablespoons of oil in or 1 tbs? And instead of mixing it with the shakes can I mix it with my tuna?

u can still definatly mix it with your tuna i dont see why not at all

Hell No! The olive oil is meant for extra calories throughout the day as well as a very good amount of monosaturated fats. Never add olive oil past 5 or 6pm. It'll go straight to your gut.

Apoc: My wife would never let me compete. My weight right now stands hovering at 245+ and I'm dropping bodyfat pretty quick. I don't bulk or cut. Instead, I jog/brisk walk as soon as I wake up for 45 minutes, and I never eat any carbs besides veggies past 5pm. That's all it takes for me. ;)

ok quick question can he add it to his tuna if its before 5/6. and why those perticular times i know it has to do with when u go to sleep but how many hours before u go to bed should you not be consuming fats or carbs

1-Yes, adding it to any food would be beneficial. I usually smother my egg whites in it.
2-Think about it. After mastication, the digestive process takes up to three hours to fully digest food. 5pm turns into 8 pm. I could see him ingesting it a few hours before he hits the weights at 10pm, but you have to remember that your metabolism starts slowing down at night. It'll be twice as hard to burn the calories and even after an intense workout, some of it will turn to fat.

Of course I don't think it's anything to worry about. It's only a few tablespoons. But, as a rule of thumb, I never take in any carbs/fats past 5 pm. From then on it's veggies(carbs), and lean meat (chicken breasts).

ok i have the idea now...i only have one thing to say....hitting the weights at 10 pm i dont know how you would do it, thats gotta suck how do you get your energy back up for workouts at that time

I have no idea, when I have days off at work I will go in the mornings but it seems like my workout is way less intence then compared to my late night work out.

interesting

Maybe your more tired at night therefore you feel you gave your muscles a harder workout.

i was thinking the same thing, but then i was thinking that maybe after a long time of training at that time his body has gotten used to it and like "saved" all the energy till then lol (is this even possible) im thinking that its possible like when you try to sleep for 6 hours a night and your body is used to 8 hours eventually your body doesnt need 8 hours it only needs 8 so its not that bad then...im not even sure if this makes any sense lol

Maybe but for that to work ( if it can lol ) he'd have to be doing night workouts for a long time. how long have you been working out at night Ed?

I have been lifting for about 2 years on and off but I have been going for the past 2 months without letting up, but keep in mind that I sleep for about 2 hours during the day when we are driving to the job sites, then all of a sudden I get a huge burst of energy then I get another one when I go home and eat some home cookin.

I doubt that's really two hours and I doubt that it's really good, restful sleep...

Yeah well it gets me going if I didn't get enough sleep the night before and a big breakfast helps too

yea a good breakfast can do alot for you