Need to gain weight and get bigger fast, without steriods but open to other supplements?

Question

I weight around 140. How do i get to 165 fast? I work out 3 times a week, i have been gaining muscles, getting cuts etc but not getting any bigger and heavier. I've tried weight gainer from GNC but that didnt do much. I think i'm a "hard gainer". I'm open to try other supplements like creatine, MRP etc but dont know much about them so a little info on these would help. I also want my forearm muscles to get bigger..any ideas? thanks!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, i meant to gain weight and muscle.. not just weight that would be kinda stupid because i'm not underweight or anything.

Jimmy77, that's great! but why take aerobics as well? wont cardio just burn my weight off and lose some muscle mass?

Answer 1

smoothies

Answer 2

You need to start eating alot and i say it needs to be around 3500-4000 Calories a Day. Alot of Carbs, Keep Working out but do not do any Cardio at all for that will only tell your body to lose fat when you want to gain it. Creatine will help but you will get alot of bad side effects mainly in the long term Ex: Liver Damage Mainly as well as more bodyfat if you stop working out, lower testerone levels. Look into some supplements where it says Weight Gainer. For Bigger Forearms Use a Straight Barbell and add some weight to it and try to pull out 8-12 reps 3 sets. Do reverse and forward Wrist Curls and do this while sitting on a bench, do not use your biceps at all for you will cheat. You want to stress the forearms and nothing more. Move up and down and do a count of where you go up for 1 1/2 seconds then go down with the same count. That should definitely help you out.

Answer 3

You should try switching to four workouts per week. Mon/Thurs- upper body, Tue/ Fri- lower body, rest the other days (very important). Six sets per body part with heavy weight and low reps(6-10 per set). THE most important thing to putting on mass is proper, consistent nutrition. You need to eat six meals per day, every 3-4 hours with a balance of protein, carbs, fat in each meal. Protein intake should be about 25-30g per meal. You should be on some form of Whey protein powder or better yet meal replacement packets which contain high quality whey, 2-3 per day, with the remaining calories coming from regular food. Met-rx or Myoplex are the best although most expensive. As far as other supplements (creatine etc.) they can help but are expensive and the majority of the gains will come from hard workouts with proper nutrition. Avoid to much cardio as this has a tendency to strip gains. Also change the exercises around often, the body tends to adapt to the same exercises over time.

Answer 4

Everyone is different. Guys like Arnold the Governator say that in order to get high mass you want to do low reps at the highest weights possible. But for me, I have only ever gotten good muscle mass from (very) high reps at low weights.

Forearms are a tough spot. Wrist curls with dumbbells are the generally proscribed method, but if you lift a lot you won't really need to do them much once you get into higher weights because your forearms will get excercised as part of bicep curls, dead lifts, etc etc etc.

Going from 140 to 165 is not an easy 25 pounds. Stay away from the fast solutions, they are bad for you. Increase your protein and calorie intake gradually. And don't forget aerobic excercise.

Answer 5

I am in the same position as you!!! for muscle mass you need to do wave training. wave training is alternating between different weights to trick your brain into releasing muscle building hormones throughout your body. to do that start with a weight that you can do 6 reps of. then increse it to a weight you can only do 3 of.go back to the first weight you had and do 10 (if you cant lessen the weight if you have to) after that do 3 again of the heavier weight. finally do 10 reps of the first weight but increase it a little and thats it.

Answer 6

I have been told that creatine is very bad for your liver, but i have never read about it or anything. I have no suggestions, I dont quite understand why people want to gain weight. I understand gaining muscle but not weight. Oh well, i suppose everyone has their reasons...Good Luck.

Answer 7

Eat, eat, eat. Up the calories to 4000-5000. Just keep adding cals until you start to gain. Google massive eating by John Berardi.

Do a one day food log just to see if you're actually getting as much calories as you think.

Answer 8

Eat Big! Make sure you eat at least 20% over the recommended daily alowance. Do not go more than 2.5 hours without eating. Eat a big meal before you go to bed.

Answer 9

I used to you creatine and noticed a great difference in my workouts when using creatine vs when I didn't.

Answer 10

Pizza and lots of it.