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kellanv · #21 Post by **kellanv** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:29 am

If you are sitting at 120lbs(assuming you are average height) you will REALLY have to work at gaining 20lbs of muscle most likely unless you have never done anything athletic in your life. Staying at that weight as a male most likely means you are a "hardgainer" which means it will take a lot of dedication to add muscle and especially size since your metabolism/frame will work against it most likely.

And yes, as far as the whey protein, watch the amount of sugars and fat that it contains.

And yes...strength has NOTHING to do with bulk. I'm a pretty good size guy(5'11" and roughly 180-185lbs) but can lift much more than it looks like I can. The density of your muscle tissue and its overall fitness is just as important as just getting big. Keep it to low reps for awhile to build up just the tissue, then tone up with some higher rep stuff. Personally I like doing compound excercises that use more than one muscle groups because its a more practical type of strength application.

Best of luck!

Kellan

Sev · #22 Post by **Sev** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:30 am

I sit on the computer all day and eat chips. Then I go to work and burn it off.

Scott58 · #23 Post by **Scott58** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:32 am

VermilionX wrote:
Scott58 wrote:After I saw the total gym (that chuck norris thing) I went down to the hardware store bought pulleys and cables and built one (for under $50). Been using it for years.
could you ship one to me? how much?

I think chuck sells his for about $1200, so $600 for mine sounds far. LOL

VermilionX · #24 Post by **VermilionX** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:33 am

kellanv wrote:If you are sitting at 120lbs(assuming you are average height) you will REALLY have to work at gaining 20lbs of muscle most likely unless you have never done anything athletic in your life. Staying at that weight as a male most likely means you are a "hardgainer" which means it will take a lot of dedication to add muscle and especially size since your metabolism/frame will work against it most likely.

And yes, as far as the whey protein, watch the amount of sugars and fat that it contains.

And yes...strength has NOTHING to do with bulk. I'm a pretty good size guy(5'11" and roughly 180-185lbs) but can lift much more than it looks like I can. The density of your muscle tissue and its overall fitness is just as important as just getting big. Keep it to low reps for awhile to build up just the tissue, then tone up with some higher rep stuff. Personally I like doing compound excercises that use more than one muscle groups because its a more practical type of strength application.

Best of luck!

Kellan

thanks for the tips and yes, im a "hardgainer."

my height is 5'9"

VermilionX · #25 Post by **VermilionX** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:35 am

Scott58 wrote:
I think chuck sells his for about $1200, so $600 for mine sounds far. LOL

you... you... mean to say that you are worth half a man as chuck norris is!!!???

chuck norris is a god among men! so you must be demi-god then eh?

Scott58 · #26 Post by **Scott58** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:55 am

LOL .. I wish!

Nalian · #27 Post by **Nalian** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:18 am

Gaining 20 lbs of muscle for you is going to be next to impossible if you dont' lift and get a boatload of protein in. Not that you have to join a traditional gym to do it - but you're going to need some sort of weights that you can calculate how much you're lifting and how much you're increasing - and you will need to up your protein intake enormously.

Just be careful you don't get off balance.

A great community/good reference websitse is www.t-nation.com. There can be some muscle heads on there, but a lot of great fitness information. http://www.exrx.net is a great reference site which shows you what lifts work what muscles, although the guy actually demonstrating a lot of the lifts can have pretty bad form.

VermilionX · #28 Post by **VermilionX** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:28 am

Nalian wrote:Gaining 20 lbs of muscle for you is going to be next to impossible if you dont' lift and get a boatload of protein in. Not that you have to join a traditional gym to do it - but you're going to need some sort of weights that you can calculate how much you're lifting and how much you're increasing - and you will need to up your protein intake enormously.

Just be careful you don't get off balance.

A great community/good reference websitse is www.t-nation.com. There can be some muscle heads on there, but a lot of great fitness information. http://www.exrx.net is a great reference site which shows you what lifts work what muscles, although the guy actually demonstrating a lot of the lifts can have pretty bad form.

next to impossible...

oh well, i'll just what i can do. maybe i'll settle for 130lbs as a target. maybe that's more feasible. after all, i was 130lbs last year before i started riding.

skoebl · #29 Post by **skoebl** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:52 am

If you want to just build an overall healthy body (as well as bulking up and getting stronger, etc)...Check out www.menshealth.com

It's a really good resource and stresses being healthy just as much as being fit (because the two are very related).

I don't follow what they say to the letter; but I started changing my diet a little (eating yogurt instead of snack foods, eating smaller portions) and have lost about 25 lbs in the last 6 months.

Of course, you want to gain weight; and the only way to do that is load bearing exercise. Bone density contributes to overall mass quite a bit, so get a job in construction or something

Nalian · #30 Post by **Nalian** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:55 am

VermilionX wrote:
next to impossible...

oh well, i'll just what i can do. maybe i'll settle for 130lbs as a target. maybe that's more feasible. after all, i was 130lbs last year before i started riding.

IF you don't lift and if you don't increase protein intake.