My experience in gaining weight
Well, when I decided to put on some weight I basically followed this simply rule: Eat as much as I can, Work out like a fiend. I spent about an hour in the weightroom (high weight low reps) and then about an hour of cardio (sprints, jump rope, ect ect) 5 days a week, and at about a 5k-6k calorie diet a day. You can eat bad stuff(you said any weight, which is how I was), just make sure you eat good stuff too or the workouts get you no where. I went from about 160 lbs at 10% body fat, to about 215 with a 15% body fat in a about 18 months. But, Huge problem when I decided I gained enough weight, I was used to eating huge amounts of food, and so if i ate less than about 3.5k calories a day I would feel hungry all the time. I'm better now, I still eat about 3k a day but I play rugby and lift weights on a semi-regular basis. But after I stopped working out hardcore - before I cut down my eating - I put on another 25 lbs of not good weight, which doesn't look good at all. Let me tell you, it's way harder lose weight than to gain it. So really watch how your body is changing very carefully, both while gaining and afterward for a while.
Also, Don't expect the same thing the whole time, as your body changes so will its needs in order to gain weight. I remember I sat at 198 lbs for almost 6 weeks before I gained another pound, switched some things around and off I went again up to 215.
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Last edited by Hektore; 05-27-2005 at 07:18 PM..
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