How to gain weight?

Diet

Sep 3

I get frustrated because if people would just do a little searching the information is right there in front of them. When I got out of the Marine Corps the internet wasn’t even around yet!

I came out weighing 180 lbs and wanted so badly to reach 200 lbs. I asked all the big freaks in the gym how they gained weight, trained, ate etc….I got off my butt and asked.

Today all you have to do is type in your question on the computer and BAM! you have a bunch of answers.

There are many good websites to browse through that have tons of good information.

I was told many years ago, 1995 to be exact that if you want to gain beef then eat beef. It’s very simple really, eat a lot more calories than you are burning off and you will gain weight.

When I listen to what the young guys are trying to do to gain weight and get strong it blows my mind. Most of them are eating and training like a Bodybuilder. Counting calories, grams, carbs etc….Look I never did any of that and neither did the big fellas that taught me.

All I did was 3 simple things:
1. Eat, Eat and Eat
2. Lifted as heavy as I could in the 4-6 rep range.
3. I did no cardio and made sure I took plenty of rest days in between my workouts. I trained 3 days per week.

My DIET was the following:
Breakfast: 4 waffles, 4 whole eggs scrambled, and big protein shake.

Snack: 2 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, a granola bar and a piece of fruit or yogurt.

Lunch: was Pasta, tomato sauce and some chicken or beef mixed in with it. * a perfect weight gain meal.

Snack: similar to the 9 am snack but mostly fruit or nuts.

Train at 5 pm.

Dinner: Chicken or Steak, either Potato, I love red potatoes or pasta, very rarely did I eat fish. I just couldn’t afford it back then, maybe a whole chicken, Chicken pot pie the whole thing, bread was always included in my meal.

Snack would be ice cream or popcorn.

Guess what? I gained weight. My biggest weight was 240 lbs. I had a little extra flab but not much. If you do it my way and don’t go dirty taking some juice; steroids then you will gain a bit of fat along with your muscle. This is normal.

I had 27″ thighs, 34″ waist, 18″ arms, 20″ neck, my bench was 345 lbs, my squat was 550 lbs, deadlift was 650 lbs, and I was never injured. I believe when you have some extra fat on your body it actually helps cushion your tendons and joints. I never had any problems.

I started having problems when I became to lean and still pushed my body to the limit while not losing any strength.

If you want beef then stop eating like a bird and eat like a bear. If you want to look like a wall of steel then eat, eat and eat some more. Stop eating like you are in a pre-contest phase for a bodybuilding show.

Step up and lift something heavy!
Time to go eat.