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[Thecontender 10+ year member]

DIPayton.. In the beginning of freshman year i was around 125-130 I'm now on my junior year and I've gained 20-25 pounds of LEAN MUSCLE.. they key is a high protein diet..

Creatine doesn't help you in the long run. It may swell up your muscles temporarily.. but all creatine does is help your muscles retain water. Once you stop the creatine you will loose the weight you've gained and you'll be back to where you've started from. Just do an Intense workout, and chug a proetin shake afterwords.. Try to stay away from the saturated fats... and after a few months you'll start seeing big results.

 

[kombat96 10+ year member]

drink tons of water & lay-off the soda's. limit your intake of alcohol too. a good thing to do is take a multivitamin. slow your intake of breads and try to eat more fish & turkey, chicken, all with little to no batter. as for the bmi junk no they do not take into account muscle they only give a %. stop fast fooding and eat salads. beleive me in know what i am talking about. i had the lap-band surgery alittle over a year ago and i have lost 163+ pounds.

 

[2kchevy06civic 5,000+ posts]

building muscle you need atleast, and I mean atleast 1gm of protein for every pound of weight. so if you weigh 200pounds, you need to consume 200gms of protein a day. Some say to really gain muscle you need like 1.5 or so, but I've never consumed that much, just 200gms a day. Also you need casine protein before workouts b/c it digests slower, and whey protein after workouts b/c it gets to your muscles much faster. Just some tips I've learned along the way. Also I have heard creatine can work, but who knows, I've never tried it. Maybe someone who has can shed some light.

 

[negativezeroz 5,000+ posts]

Make hashbrowns out of tater tots.

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[Sleeklsc 5,000+ posts]

ive been looking at these BMI charts, i am 6 foot 250 pounds..according to that chart i am obese..to be healthy in that chart i would have to weigh 180pounds, to be over weight thats 200pounds...thats all fine and dandy but that chart doesnt take into consideration your muscle to weight ratio nor being big boned. at 6 foot 250 pounds my stomch is even with my chest cavity while standing, if i weight 180 pounds i would look like a friggen spoon!

really? i'm 6'3" 230lbs and it still sticks out...and i have a pretty big chest..(not boobies you queers)//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Make hashbrowns out of tater tots.

Man I about fellout my chair on that one. Thanks for the laugh.

Funny thing is I would do it for real, I just love food so much. Yes I am fat, no wait I am bigboned and proud of it.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

 

[xchaosx 10+ year member]

building muscle you need atleast, and I mean atleast 1gm of protein for every pound of weight. so if you weigh 200pounds, you need to consume 200gms of protein a day. Some say to really gain muscle you need like 1.5 or so, but I've never consumed that much, just 200gms a day. Also you need casine protein before workouts b/c it digests slower, and whey protein after workouts b/c it gets to your muscles much faster. Just some tips I've learned along the way. Also I have heard creatine can work, but who knows, I've never tried it. Maybe someone who has can shed some light.

yup you are right about the protein to gain muscle mass you need lots of protein but the shakes get old fish is a good source of protein... you still need the shakes but i also eat alot of tuna.... i also found found that your muscle must tear to get bigger when the repair them selves..... so if you leave the gym and are not sore then you didn't push hard enough..... i found that you need to build a good workout routine and every week try to add more wieght as much of a jump you can handle to still keep a safe form..... after all if you lift and lift wrong it defeats the purpose..... as for creatine i use it and it helps a little...... i mostly use is then i stop for awhile and then start back up ......it helps with the soreness in the start it more or less helps to repair your muscles faster but that's about it..... it's also misleading cause you will put 10-15 pounds on but it's just water wieght....the diet thing i can't help you with horrible at it.... i mean i weight close to 300 pounds at 5'9'' but i have a 60 inch chest and bench a little over 550 but the key to looseing weight is run run run every day at lease a mile to get that heart rate up..

hope this helps a little

 

[xchaosx 10+ year member]

run a mile.........F*CK THAT!!!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

it's not that bad yea it sucks at first but you get in the habit and it comes as second nature i started off with one mile now i do 2 the crazy shit is when the little scrawny guy beside me ran 10 by the time i finished 2 LOL

 

[vasilios 10+ year member]

i bike for lower body....120+ push-ups a day for upper torso.

upper torso's built, i just have to start working on my abs.

 

[xchaosx 10+ year member]

grrrrrr fat guys hate ab crunchs they **** *** i can live with the gut

 

[2kchevy06civic 5,000+ posts]

I bet beching 550 pounds is a bitc* lol

 

[Sleeklsc 5,000+ posts]

it's not that bad yea it sucks at first but you get in the habit and it comes as second nature i started off with one mile now i do 2 the crazy shit is when the little scrawny guy beside me ran 10 by the time i finished 2 LOL

x2...

when i began running i'd do it for about a mile and was done(9:30??)..the last time i ran was probably 3.5 miles..all in about a months difference, 2-3times a week...

but it was on a treadmill

 

[xchaosx 10+ year member]

yea i do the tread mill also and yea 550 is a little ruff i think i could do more but i have bad wrists and the bones compact at that much weight and give out after i do it i have to have someone pull on my hands to make my wrists pop that's why i bench free wieghts on the squat rack cause i just don't trust one guy behind me with 550 on the bar my goal is to get 14 - 45 pound plates on that's 630 bls that would be sweet to watch the bar bend that much but i don't think my wrists could take it

 

[AllStar1500bd 5,000+ posts]

Shoot, if I could only gain some visual weight/muscle. I'm decently strong for my body type though:

I'm 19, 6'0", 145lbs with a huge armspan

bench 180

squat 310

clean & jerk 180

I eat a lot of protein, 3 meals a day, 2 involving veggies/fruits, and meat. I do 100 sit-ups, 4 sets of 25 push-ups, job every other day and lots of stretching before. I'm trying to bulk up a little bit in the chest and arms, but trying to do it healthy instead of one of those protein diets or using roids.

 

[xchaosx 10+ year member]

Shoot, if I could only gain some visual weight/muscle. I'm decently strong for my body type though:
I'm 19, 6'0", 145lbs with a huge armspan

bench 180

squat 310

clean & jerk 180

I eat a lot of protein, 3 meals a day, 2 involving veggies/fruits, and meat. I do 100 sit-ups, 4 sets of 25 push-ups, job every other day and lots of stretching before. I'm trying to bulk up a little bit in the chest and arms, but trying to do it healthy instead of one of those protein diets or using roids.

you need to hit the free weights and barbells push ups alone won't do try pull ups also good for the bi's and lats the chest is weird i know guy's that are strong as hell in the arms and have decent size in the bi's but have a bird chest and can't bench a friend of mine is 220 6'2'' and benchs tops 250 with a hella long arm span that's a long way to go to put up weight i have short arms so it's easier to put up mass wieght + i'm built like a power lifter to start for you size that's not bad