Posted in Gain Weight on Apr 6th, 2011
NOTE by Mehdi: this post was written by StrongLifts Member Jake McMillan (18y, Canada, page 187 inside the 5×5 report) who currently holds the British Columbia powerlifting records with his 600lb Squat and 600lb Deadlift. ### Last week marked 100lb of bodyweight I’ve gained in high school so far. 90lb of that weight was gained in 2,5 years. This [...]
Posted in Build Muscle, Gain Weight on Jan 26th, 2011
NOTE by Mehdi. This post was written by StrongLifts Member Harrison aka “Maslow” (24y, USA – page 69 inside the 5×5 report) who has so far gained 32lbs and increased his Deadlift from 130lbs to 380lbs in less than 2 years. ### I might as well call this “how I got bigger and stronger.” I started [...]
Posted in Gain Weight on Oct 26th, 2010
Skinny hardgainers always say they can’t gain weight no matter what they do, even though they eat lot of (junk) food. Magnificent metabolism, “bad genetics”, worms, stress – I’ve heard every possible explanation you can think of. Few skinny guys understand that it’s all about calories. Few skinny guys realize they’re vastly overestimating how much [...]
Posted in Gain Weight on Oct 7th, 2009
Gain weight. Image source: Fustigatic. Nobody wants to be a fato. If your goal is to gain weight, you want that weight to be muscle, not fat. You want to gain weight while minimizing fat gains. But how do you gain weight without gaining fat? How can you gain muscle mass while keeping your body [...]
Posted in Gain Weight on Jul 23rd, 2009
What are hardgainers? Common belief says people who can eat anything they want without gaining weight. They say hardgainers have a “fast metabolism”: they burn everything they eat. Or they don’t digest what they eat. Myths. Gaining weight is all about eating more than you’re doing now. I know you think you eat a lot, [...]
Posted in Gain Weight on Jul 16th, 2009
You want to gain weight fast and GOMAD appeals to you. But you don’t like the 2-3% fat gain. Since I keep seeing GOMAD alternatives that don’t work, here are some tips to minimize fat gains on GOMAD that do work. The Wrong Way: Low Fat & Skimmed Milk. Fat doesn’t make you fat. Your [...]
Posted in Gain Weight on Jul 9th, 2009
GOMAD is proven to work. And still every now and then someone tries to come up with a superior alternative to GOMAD. And every time again this alternative is flawed. Why? Because GOMAD is not just about getting lots of calories. The secret to GOMAD’s efficiency is the combination of proteins, saturated fats, carbs & [...]
