How to Gain Weight Fast

Learning how to gain weight fast is simpler than you may think.

This is the million dollar question that I receive e-mails about constantly.

As I stated here, about the three body types that make up human beings, your genetics really do have a say in how quickly you put on weight and muscle.

If you are having a problem putting on weight you are probably what is known in the bodybuilding world as a hard gainer.

Hard gainer's often, but not necessarily always, have an Ectomorph body type.

Ectomorph's are naturally thin with a low body fat percentage and generally find it difficult to gain weight fast or build muscle quickly.

This does not mean it is impossible to add muscle or weight... it simply means you need to concentrate on improving your weight lifting diet.

Every one of us has a calorie maintenance level that we must achieve on a daily basis in order to maintain our current bodyweight.

Since we are all different, it will be your job to find out how many calories you require in order to gain weight fast.

Once this has been accomplished you can set out to build muscle and grow to the size you've always wanted to be.
 

How Many Calories?

How?  Quite simply, by adding additional calories to your diet.

Now this is not something you want to do too fast, though.

Our goal is to learn how to gain weight fast... but I don't think you want that weight to be mostly fat.

For example, let's say after you have monitored your current diet for a week or so you determined that you eat approximately 2400 calories a day.

By this point, hopefully you have realized that 2400 calories is not enough for your particular body to grow from scrawny to brawny (remember, everyone is different and caloric intake will vary).

Rather than make a huge daily jump in your calorie intake and risk gaining unwanted fat, I believe it is best to slowly increase your intake by 250 to 500 calories per day above what your body needs to maintain itself.

This maintenance level is otherwise know as your Basal Metabolic Rate, or BMR.  You must eat above this level in order to gain weight.

I think the best way for me to explain the process of gaining weight fast, is to first and foremost have you understand how it all fits together.

Please take a few minutes to read about the importance of a weight lifting diet, then return to this page.  I'll wait : )
 

Putting it Together

Ok, from this point on I'm going to assume you have a basic understanding of the weight gaining process and the need to eat above your BMR.

Now, in order to turn those extra calories into the much anticipated slabs of muscle, you need to do absolutely nothing.

Ok, I'm just kidding here ; )

You need to do some work to go from skinny to buff, otherwise we'd all be walking around with the body of our dreams.

Pep talk over.

My apologies to those that are truly motivated to succeed at gaining muscle weight fast... my rant is mostly aimed at those who send me e-mails expecting to be spoon fed information and don't follow through.

Back to help gaining weight, those extra calories you are now going to provide your body with are going to go towards:
 

a. Fueling energy for your workouts.

b. Assisting with repairing your muscle tissue, which will in turn, help you with building muscle now.
 

Keeping in mind that how to gain weight fast will be 80% dependant on your bodybuilding diet, you also need to incorporate two other critical considerations.

Namely, understanding the impact of your weight lifting program and the importance of sleep.
 

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