I want to gain weight and build up my muscles .. . . What can i do...should i take creatine?

Question

Im currently 130 pounds and 16 years old...i want to be in the 150/160 range by the summer if possible

Im about 5 10 or 11 and super skinny
i need as much help as it gets

Answer 1

You always want to increase weight with muscle weight. When I say muscle I dont mean bulk muscle I mean the lean muscle tissue. So for ladies it would be more like Jennifer Garner or Angelina Jolie. You have to slow your metabolism a little so maybe dont do as much cardio activity and increase the intensity of your resistance (weights) workouts.

Proteins will help you build muscle but don’t overdo it, meaning don’t go stock up on peanut butter and tuna cans. Only so much protein can be used by your body a day the rest goes undigested to a degree.

Also make sure you get your proteins from vegetables as well as meats. Yes vegetables, you would be surprised how many bodybuilders are vegetarians. Legumes (beans), Leafy green vegetables have proteins as well as whole grains (rice). When eaten in combination vegetables and whole grains containing proteins can form whats called a complete protein which is better used by your body to build muscle.

Building muscle in your workouts requires high intensity resistance training, so if you haven’t been lifting weights build up to it gradually. Taking longer rests between your sets will allow more muscle fibers to be built, and drink plenty of water.

As far as supplements go, everything God put on this earth for you to eat works just as well as any supplement. All supplements do is try to give you what you can get from your food and give you results you get from hard work and smart eating. A good multivitamin is just about all you need as far as supplements go. Weight gain supplements have way to many side effects to be worth it.
There are certain foods that are beneficial and certain you should avoid.
# Drink sufficient pure water -- your weight divided by 2 = ounces per day. Take fluids between meals, using reverse osmosis purified water, unsweetened juices, and herbal beverages. Try liquid chlorophyll in pure water, it is delicious and refreshing!
# *A minimum of 50% of your food should be alive -- fresh, raw, unprocessed. Dead food cannot build strong bodies. Eat foods in season and foods that can spoil. (But eat them before they spoil, of course!)More is preferable!
# *Eliminate foods used in a microwave. Try to eliminate using the microwave for anything you eat or drink.
# *Eliminate processed sugars and white flour and any foods that contains these; i.e., read labels. Substitute whole grain foods for white -- stone ground whole wheat, brown rice, etc.
# *Avoid all stimulants. They are very hard on the adrenal glands. (Coffee, cigarettes, chocolate, cola drinks, alcohol, aspirin, black tea -- herbal (green, jasmine, chamomille, etc.) tea acceptable.)
# *It is easier on your digestive system if you eat fruit by itself. Fruit digests faster than any other type of food. Starches and proteins do not combine well either.
# *Eat two-thirds of your daily food intake before mid-afternoon if possible. It is best to use protein in the morning and at noon, not in the evening.
# *Eliminate fried foods of all kinds -- grill, bake, roast, or steam instead.
# *Avoid products sweetened with high fructose corn syrup -- this does a real number on your blood sugar and in excess causes belly fat
# *Avoid using Splenda, Nutrasweet or any other artificial sweetners containing Aspartame and Sucralose for they are harmful to the body. Avoid using products sweetened with these dangerous chemicals.
# *Avoid pork and any product containing pork -- lunch meats, hot dogs, ham, bacon, sausage, etc. Experts feel that the parasites in pork are heat-resistant.
# *Do not use aluminum cookware.
# *Replace table salt with Vegetable Seasoning Broth, kelp or B-Salt. Table salt -- sodium chloride -- is an imbalanced chemical which can cause health problems.
# *Replace red meat with fish or fowl whenever possible.
# *Substitute leaf lettuce -- Romaine, red or green leaf, or butter for head lettuce which has very little food value and is toxic in the colon.
# Try to add cultured products, natural yogurt & keifer (not sweetened) to your diet to help your digestive system. Also add acidophilus supplements to your regimen to increase friendly bacteria in your intestines and support your immune system.
# Eat Organic food whenever possible
#

*70% of your daily food intake should be selected from alkaline-forming list. 30% from the acid-forming list.
To accomplish this, you may have:
5 vegetables*
2 fruits
2 starches -- or -- 1 starch
1 protein 2 proteins

Acid - Forming Foods
Meat
Fowl
Eggs
Bread
Nuts
Citrus juices
Fish
Cheese
Rice
Grains (cereal)
Sugar

Alkali - Forming Foods
Fruit juices/except citrus
Vegetable juices
Raw Honey
Soybeans
Potatoes
*Liquid Chlorophyll - Chloropyll may be used as a vegetable.
Goat milk
sprouted seeds

Answer 2

You don't gain any fat using creatine, you gain muscle mass. That's why your weight went up. Creatine is naturally produced by the body, but it doesn't produce enough to give you that boost when you take it before and after the training. Make sure you drink lots of water when you take creatine or it can damage kidneys. Other than that, I have used it a lot when I used to train. Glutemine is another thing that you should take if you are training with heavy weights. Good luck.

Answer 3

You sound like me months ago. Well Im 5,9' but I've managed to gain 60 pounds. I'm 170 now. Just go to your local GNC store and tell them your situation. They should eb able to give you the proper supplement. After that you should just start hitting the weights.

Talk to a nutritionist and see what foods can bulk you up as you add muscle. Lot's of protein foods like potatos, steaks, tuna, oatmeal and many more taken on a daily basis will help you to gain the weight. I would also recommend you go to your local GNC store and purchase Weight-gainer products like powder for shakes. As you train with weights....you will develop muscles a lot quicker. The key is to be patient with the results.....and have lots of discipline and consistency over the next few years while weight-training. I also recommend you buy Creatine from GNC as well. This product adds mass to muscle and gives you lots of energy to train. Combine all these suggestions and you should be well on your way dude

If you want to gain weight,have larger size helpings of food at meals and keep nutritious snacks readily available. Proteins are required for building muscles, so having high protein food like eggs, milk, peanut butter, protein shakes will help you in gaining weight. Starchy foods contain a lot of carbohydrates. More information at http://www.toloseweight.org/gainweight.h...

Answer 4

Do NOT take creatine when you're that young. I've heard some really bad horror stories about that stuff like it'll harden up your liver, you won't be able to sleep (insomnia), your appetite will decrease, just DON'T take that stuff, especially at your age. Just keep working out with weights and, combined with teenage hormones, you'll get those muscles you want.

Answer 5

i would not take creatine! it is sold in all the health stores like muscle max....according to a article in mens health magazine, the truth or results on a long term use may have bad health on some of your liver, spleen, kidneys wherein you may be severely disable when you are older...some pro footballers who took steroids, creatine, and other supplements couldn't walk, move around etc....so, it might effect 1-out of ten, those are not good odds in my opinion to take creatine

Answer 6

Don't take creatine, it will raise you BP and make you retain water.
At your age, just lift and work out. stick with it.

Answer 7

Lift weights, eat a lot of protein and find a good weight gainer at GNC.

Answer 8

Go to health food store and buy protein powder, follow directions on use...Good Luck!

Answer 9

Hey Dude, stop taking tabs.. this will reduce your potency level. excercise is the only solution for a long healthy life

Answer 10

eat three full meals every day and lift do a complete work out 5 days a week rest for two days still eat three full meals per day