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28Yrs & 57kg...Can't gain weight - HELP!

SkinnyLegs

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As per the heading of the thread...Am now wanting to change my life and commit to gaining weight and better my appearance, very committed. Need help to begin. Anyone with advice, I will appreciate it very much. Thanks in advance
 
Want to start now and am committed to it. All the supplement shops aren't of much help, all just sales based and are there to sell sell sell.
Anyone who can provide some advice will be appreciated. Are protein powders definitely required?
 
If you enjoy eating, you are not eating enough.

At 28 years old your are running out of time, start eating, start lifting.

Just do it.

That and a brutally hard workout using an ecclectic combination of all the multi joint exercises every day, once your progression slows, workout as much as recovery allows and adjust accordingly.
 
How much importance is NUTRITION / WORKING OUT ? 50/50...75/25 ?
A friend of mine who was in the same boat started lifting and in 14 weeks gained 12kg, and has kept it on thus far.
 
So you think I can gain weight/mass/muscle without the use of protein powders, dextrose, whey etc etc ?

Protein powder is nothing special. It is just protein, no different to the protein you get from meat and other high protein foods.

Dextrose is just sugar and used for extra calories when bulking, nothing special about it, any high calorie food will work just as well.
 
How much importance is NUTRITION / WORKING OUT ? 50/50...75/25 ?
A friend of mine who was in the same boat started lifting and in 14 weeks gained 12kg, and has kept it on thus far.

Percentages like that are useless. You are not likely to hit your goals without both so can't put a percent on it.
 
So how many kilojoules of food do I need to be eating daily to make fast gains? And do these haveto be made up of x amount of protein, x amount or carbs ?
All the websites make it sound confusing, but it shouldnt be should it?
 
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How much importance is NUTRITION / WORKING OUT ? 50/50...75/25 ?
A friend of mine who was in the same boat started lifting and in 14 weeks gained 12kg, and has kept it on thus far.

I once thought the workout was the key, but now understand that diet plays a huge role.

Having said that, if your workout is brutal it will stimulate an appetite.

For you, I think you just need to forget about ratios and just eat more and workout harder.
 
So how many kilojoules of food do I need to be eating daily to make fast gains? And do these haveto be made up of x amount of protein, x amount or carbs ?
All the websites make it sound confusing, but it shouldnt be should it?

For skinny blokes that struggle to gain weight its easy.

Eat food. If not gaining weight. Eat more. If still not gaining weight. Eat even more.

Try to eat mostly good food but you don't have to eat 100% perfect.

That's about as complicated as it needs to be at the moment.
 
So how many kilojoules of food do I need to be eating daily to make fast gains? And do these haveto be made up of x amount of protein, x amount or carbs ?
All the websites make it sound confusing, but it shouldnt be should it?

From roughly 16 to 30 your body is growing so you need to eat, eat a lot.
If you are active, you need to eat more.

Lifting heavy weight places a huge demand on a growing body.
 
Do I need to worry about what foods I am actually consuming? Ideally they need to be calorie rich foods don't they, in order to get a 3500 minimum calorie count per day.