Is gaining weight and gaining muscle the same?

iyeezyk

hello

I'm currently at 65kgs right now and my aim it to increase my body weight up to at least 170pounds or 12 stone even. My fitness pal says I have to eat around 3000+ calories a day, but won't that add body weight? Can't I stay lean and add pure muscle with the fat?

MKEgal

Let's see...
65 kg = 143 lb
12 stone = 168 lb

So you think you want to add 25 lb, and you're hoping it will all be muscle?
This is going to go slowly.
(And would it be too much to ask for you to choose _one_ method of measurement?)

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my aim it to increase my body weight up to at least 170 pounds or 12 stone even. My fitness pal says I
have to eat around 3000+ calories a day, but won't that add body weight? Can't I stay lean and add pure
muscle with the fat?

You say you want to increase your weight, so why are you worried about increasing your weight?
If you add muscle, you're going to increase your weight.
And what do you mean "add pure muscle with the fat"??

If you want to add muscle (which is slow & difficult, unless you're using drugs, which is dangerous), eat at a
slight calorie surplus (maybe 250) from what you'd need to maintain your current weight. Make sure you get
lots of protein.
Do a progressively more difficult weightlifting program.
That will give you the best shot at increasing muscle while not upping your body fat percentage. For a rough
idea of what your BF% is, try this calculator.


As a help toward deciding a calorie goal, have a look at this calculator from the Baylor College of Medicine.
Put in your current weight, and it will tell you how many servings of the food groups you should eat to maintain
that weight. Then add 250 cal, or put in a slightly higher weight.


Here's a table which explains the healthy ranges for macros.
carbs, 45 - 65% of calories (4 cal per gram)
fat, 20 - 35% of calories (9 cal per gram)
protein, 10 - 35% of calories (4 cal per gram)
Aim for the higher end of the protein range, to help support your muscles repairing themselves after your
workouts. (Don't stress the same muscle 2 days in a row. They repair, grow, & get stronger on the days off.)

MKEgal

As for your title question,
no, gaining weight & gaining muscle are not the same.
It's quite easy to gain weight without gaining muscle.
It's difficult to gain muscle.

FitForL1fe

you are asking about a recomp in a weird way

it's somewhat possible

community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat/p1

Brolympus

draznyth wrote: »

you are asking about a recomp in a weird way

it's somewhat possible

community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat/p1

This is also my takeaway. OP, depends on your goals. Recomps (muscle gain with little to no fat gain) are effective and you can build muscle doing them, but terribly slow.

Bulk/cut cycles will get you to your end goal faster, but have their own challenges as well. You can get overfat if you don't count your cals right bulking, and if you cut too aggressive, you can drop a lot of the muscle you worked hard on building. We call this the "bro cycle of zero gains".

It kind of comes down to how patient you are and how important your body image is along the way to your end goal. If you want to look semi-good the whole time, and have many years to get to your goal body, recomp. If you would rather be in shape in 2 years, but can deal with periods of sometimes looking like the Michelin tire guy and other times looking so vascular a papercut would end it all, do bulk/cut cycles.

ahoy_m8

Brolympus wrote: »

draznyth wrote: »

you are asking about a recomp in a weird way

it's somewhat possible

community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat/p1

This is also my takeaway. OP, depends on your goals. Recomps (muscle gain with little to no fat gain) are effective and you can build muscle doing them, but terribly slow.

Bulk/cut cycles will get you to your end goal faster, but have their own challenges as well. You can get overfat if you don't count your cals right bulking, and if you cut too aggressive, you can drop a lot of the muscle you worked hard on building. We call this the "bro cycle of zero gains".

It kind of comes down to how patient you are and how important your body image is along the way to your end goal. If you want to look semi-good the whole time, and have many years to get to your goal body, recomp. If you would rather be in shape in 2 years, but can deal with periods of sometimes looking like the Michelin tire guy and other times looking so vascular a papercut would end it all, do bulk/cut cycles.

awesome post

ccourcha

5x5 strong lifts. Track all you consumption accurately and hit macros.