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Spiderman asked in HealthDiet & Fitness · 1 decade ago

How to gain weight and muscle?

I am 5'11'' and 155lbs. I am looking to gain about 5-10 lbs of muscle. I want to gain weight but I am worried that if I take on a higher calorie diet I will just gain more fat instead of muscle.Every time I gain moree weight is is usually in the stomach and the chest and never in my arms.

This is my current workout schedule:

Mon,Wed, Fri: 30 minutes weight training. 3 sets of curls, bench press, tricep extensions, and shoulder exercises.

Tues, Thurs, Sat: 2-3 hours basketball

Is my best option to take whey protein?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Since I started to work out I was looking for a good weight loss product. I was on a diet but I felt that I needed a little "help" so I decided to try this great product and I had fantastic results. You can check their website at

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  • 1 decade ago

    It will be very hard to gain muscle if you are only lifting 2 days a week in addition to 3 days of cardio. If you want to gain muscle you need to devote 3-4 days a week to heavy lifting. You also need to focus on powerfull mass building exercises like deadlifts and squats.

  • Paul V
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Try to maximize your time by training each bodypart hard once a week. Once I did this I saw significant growth in my muscles. Go ahead and take whey protein to help with your muscle growth. Try this for your workouts:

    Monday: Bench press, flys, lying tricep extensions (skull crushers) and standing tricep extensions or tricep kickbacks.

    Wednesday: Shoulder press, shrugs, military press, preacher curls and concentration curls.

    Friday: Squats, leg extensions, leg curls, calf raises, rows and pull-ups

  • 1 decade ago

    you do not have to take in an extreme amount of food to grow, just a few hundred calories more per day will work. as for your workouts, i like the advise and routine suggested to you by the other writer, the only thing i disagree with is his selection of biceps exercises. if you want to add size to your arms, you should be doing biceps standing bar curl. this is the best exercise for overall biceps mass.

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  • 5 years ago

    keeping good posture will not only strengthen your core but will also add a small extra calorie burn because you re working slightly harder to maintain the position

  • 5 years ago

    love a peanut butter smoothie try two tablespoons of powdered peanut butter instead

  • 5 years ago

    Never go to grocery shop when you hungry

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