advice for a little guy?



"Spammers_Should_Be_Shot" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "TBR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:23:18 GMT, "Spammers_Should_Be_Shot"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> >OK, I'm going to address your diet (others have some what but since I
> have
>> >experienced what you're going through first hand.....)
>> >
>> >EAT MORE!
>>
>> Hey numbnutz, he tried that already. Go sign up for "reading
>> comprehension 101".
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> No he didn't, at least not like he should. A few years ago I could have
> written his post to describe me. It always seemed like no matter how much
> I
> ate I couldn't gain weight (fat or muscle). I started to track my caloric
> intake and was shocked to find out that while I thought I was "eating like
> a
> horse" it really wasn't that many calories. Sure, to gain I ended up
> having
> to eat more calories than most people my size but it wasn't impossible.
>
> If he wants to gain weight he needs to find out at what his caloric intake
> needs to be (and in his case it might be 3500+ calories/day). So while
> some
> people say they can't gain weight no matter what they do I disagree.
> Sure,
> it might be harder than the next guy but it is not impossible. Also, most
> people (IMHO) tend to have a "warped" sense of calorie counts. What seems
> to them like "eating like a horse" might really only be 2200 calories/day
> (and that's junk calories, not from good nutritional sources).
>
> So, it boils down to this:
> If you're not gain weight (and that's your goal), you need to eat more (or
> do less, and cutting your activity level down is normally not
> recommended).
> Now, if your gaining weight and it's mostly fat and not muscle than that's
> a
> different issue, but if you're not gaining anything, you need to consume
> more. I don't care if he's eating 4000 calories/day, if he's not gaining
> weight (be it fat or muscle) than he simply isn't consuming enough
> calories
> (unless there's some freak medical condition that he hasn't mentioned).

But Bill says he is already 'eating like a pig' - so his diet could not be
the issue, right?


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cactus of doom wrote:
> Hi. I'm an extremely small 23 year old guy. I've never been able to
> gain weight. At all. At 6 feet tall, I spent the past 8 years stuck
> at 125 lbs., binge or purge. Eat more, gain nothing; eat less, lose
> nothing. Strange.
>
> I got my hands on some freeweights a couple weeks ago, and suddenly up
> I'm to 135. Still tiny, but a great stride for me. And I'm noticably
> stronger (though still quite weak).
>
> A bit of a problem I have, though, is that I don't really have any idea
> what I'm doing. I try googling training advice, but the advice I find
> is geared towards guys who can already lift appreciable weights. I
> don't know what my max is, as I have no one to spot for me, but suffice
> it to say that I couldn't bench 100 lbs if my life depended on it. For
> other exercises, I put 20 lbs on my dumbells, and that's about my limit
> as far as being able to make a smooth, stable motion right now. Other
> than that, I don't know how to utilize freeweights to work most of my
> body.
>
> My upper body is filling out remarkably well, I'd say, except I can't
> get my chest to do anything. I try bench presses and flies, but I
> exhaust my arms and shoulders -- especially the shoulders -- and feel
> nothing in my pecs. I got to use a friend's bowflex the other day, and
> my pecs were burning up, but I can't count on seeing that thing too
> often. I really need to fill out my chest, because right now it's
> little more than a thin lining of skin over some ribs. Not nice to
> look at.
>
> I don't know why, but it's really hard for me to get a fulfilling
> workout. I go until I can't go any more, but I almost never feel
> anything the next day (except after doing squats -- I definitely feel
> those). Is this bad? My current solution is to do a few "warm up"
> reps on off days, to keep the muscles stimulated, but not overtaxed.
> Good idea? Bad?
>
> Pathetic as it is, being up to 135 is miracle for me, and I'm thinking
> maybe I've finally found my way, so I want to maximize it. The sole
> aim of my diet is calories: beer, soda, milk, pasta, pizza, meat,
> burgers, taco bell, etc., and the disgustingly high fat content is not
> an issue as I have about as little body fat as a living person can
> have. My question is, given that my stomach space is extremely limited
> (it's a feat of endurance for me just to eat two substantial meals a
> day), should I look into some kind of powder? I have a friend who
> swears up and down that liquid calories aren't worth half of what solid
> calories are, and he managed to put on 30 pounds.
>
> Your input is appreciated!
 
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 07:10:54 +1000, "David" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>But Bill says he is already 'eating like a pig' - so his diet could not be
>the issue, right?

Right.
 
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