should I excersises everyday while trying to gain weight?
New to the site!! I'm trying to gain 20 lbs. I'm underweight and I take in the amount if calories I need everyday. I also do squats and lungs 5 or 5 days out the week. Should I be doing this? I'm gaing weight in my butt on down. I'm trying to tone it.
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New to the site!! I'm trying to gain 20 lbs. I'm underweight and I take in the amount if calories I need everyday. I also do squats and lungs 5 or 5 days out the week. Should I be doing this? I'm gaing weight in my butt on down. I'm trying to tone it.
Not, between 3 and 4 times a week should be enough if you want to gain muscle.0 -
If you want to get muscles, do 2 times exercise daily (morning and evening). At the starting days you need to make some extra efforts for gaining weigh.0
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If you want to get muscles, do 2 times exercise daily (morning and evening). At the starting days you need to make some extra efforts for gaining weigh.
no. just a whole lot of no.
Okay- OP.
Height?
Weight?
Age?
What specifically are "the amount of calories I need"?
Meaning- how much are you eating- and do you know what maintenance is for you?
In order to truly gain muscle-there are three ingredients
1.) eat at a surplus
2.) you must progressively challenge your body- typically this is a progressive lifting program.
3.) be patient- this is hard- and time consuming.
You should absolutely NOT be exercising every day- especially if you get on a lifting program. You need rest- muscle builds in your REST time- sleep and off days.
And the more working out you do- the more food you must eat- this is why people bulking typically do not do a lot of cardio- it just means more food they have to eat and at some point- i'ts not fun- it's just work.0 -
If you want to get muscles, do 2 times exercise daily (morning and evening). At the starting days you need to make some extra efforts for gaining weigh.
no. just a whole lot of no.
Okay- OP.
Height?
Weight?
Age?
What specifically are "the amount of calories I need"?
Meaning- how much are you eating- and do you know what maintenance is for you?
In order to truly gain muscle-there are three ingredients
1.) eat at a surplus
2.) you must progressively challenge your body- typically this is a progressive lifting program.
3.) be patient- this is hard- and time consuming.
You should absolutely NOT be exercising every day- especially if you get on a lifting program. You need rest- muscle builds in your REST time- sleep and off days.
And the more working out you do- the more food you must eat- this is why people bulking typically do not do a lot of cardio- it just means more food they have to eat and at some point- i'ts not fun- it's just work.
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And honestly you'd be surprised how much you really need to eat alongside working out (lifting.)0 -
Focus on weight training. Upper and lower body. Push protein. Minimize cardio... Do SOME cardio for heart health but probalby not more than 3 times per week @ 20 minutes. Focusing on the weight training with solid protein intake will help you gain lean mass more than fat mass (that will look better and is healthier)... Eat at about a 500-700 calorie surplus. Best wishes.0
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If you want to get muscles, do 2 times exercise daily (morning and evening). At the starting days you need to make some extra efforts for gaining weigh.
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What are you trying to accomplish, besides weight gain?0
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If you want to get muscles, do 2 times exercise daily (morning and evening). At the starting days you need to make some extra efforts for gaining weigh.
no. just a whole lot of no.
Okay- OP.
Height?
Weight?
Age?
What specifically are "the amount of calories I need"?
Meaning- how much are you eating- and do you know what maintenance is for you?
In order to truly gain muscle-there are three ingredients
1.) eat at a surplus
2.) you must progressively challenge your body- typically this is a progressive lifting program.
3.) be patient- this is hard- and time consuming.
You should absolutely NOT be exercising every day- especially if you get on a lifting program. You need rest- muscle builds in your REST time- sleep and off days.
And the more working out you do- the more food you must eat- this is why people bulking typically do not do a lot of cardio- it just means more food they have to eat and at some point- i'ts not fun- it's just work.
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And honestly you'd be surprised how much you really need to eat alongside working out (lifting.)
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If you want to get muscles, do 2 times exercise daily (morning and evening). At the starting days you need to make some extra efforts for gaining weigh.
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woooo you must be still con fused but i did see one post there with it saying the amount of calories you eating and needing rest this is a big thing you can train 20 to 30 minutes and lift heavy with short if none breaks so if your benching put enough on till you can only do 4 to 6 rep and say then curls to shoulder press the same and back to the bench press same again repeat 4 to 6 times depending how much takes out of you then rest a day and if need two days rest you will get use to it and be able to recover in one day if you eat right and train how i say now ive done this alone an experiment of me own and well it lifted my chest and my shoulders got wider and fuller now it wasnt so much me who noticed as i went up a size in t-shirt and was still tight on the arms shoulders and chest but i thought it was the was that left it tight but i had many a people say you must be working out alot no i wasnt well 3times a week is plenty and even got acused of taking steroids ths was that afective give it a try and do clean reps half reps and lazy reps no good if your lifting less reps but doing better forum you will see better gains try this for two months and you will see big difference i promise that0
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i exercise every day, regardless of whether i'm trying to gain weight , lose weight , or maintain. Exercise is good for you, find a program that works towards the goals you want. If you wanna just just gain weight, eat a lot of ice cream and twinkies. If you wanna gain muscle, get on a good lifting program and nourish your body accordingly.0
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i exercise every day, regardless of whether i'm trying to gain weight , lose weight , or maintain. Exercise is good for you, find a program that works towards the goals you want. If you wanna just just gain weight, eat a lot of ice cream and twinkies. If you wanna gain muscle, get on a good lifting program and nourish your body accordingly.
so you're last sentence was spot on with one tweak- everything else was suspect- esp the whole exercising every day thing.
if you want to gain muscles, get on a good lifting program, and nourish your body accordingly, this means resting as well as feeding
part of training requires resting.0 -
You can exercise every day-ish if you are doing a split routine, or including "active rest" (light easy walk with the family, gentle yoga class, etc) on your rest days.0
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i exercise every day, regardless of whether i'm trying to gain weight , lose weight , or maintain. Exercise is good for you, find a program that works towards the goals you want. If you wanna just just gain weight, eat a lot of ice cream and twinkies. If you wanna gain muscle, get on a good lifting program and nourish your body accordingly.
so you're last sentence was spot on with one tweak- everything else was suspect- esp the whole exercising every day thing.
if you want to gain muscles, get on a good lifting program, and nourish your body accordingly, this means resting as well as feeding
part of training requires resting.
thanks JoRocka!!! yes rest, even for the wicked! hopefully a good lifting program will incorporate rest ,0 -
Honestly, if you're capable of doing squats and lunges 5 days a week, you're probably not squatting enough. You should be pretty sore afterwards. I do two leg days per week and my friends think I'm nuts.
But, most importantly, you're going to develop a muscle imbalance if you do the same exercise 5 days per week. You don't want that. Doing squats and lunges only will build up your quads and lower back way faster than your hamstrings and abs, and you'll end up with an anterior pelvic tilt, which results in persistent lower back pain. (It can be corrected, but it sucks to squat while your back hurts.) The best thing to do is develop a BALANCED training regimen that trains your body evenly. There are lots of resources out there for doing so.0 -
Meh.
I practically only squat bench and deadlift. My only accessories are DB fly and good morning.
I lift three times a week.
I'm never sore. Tired and just achy but not sure. .
Your right about doing a whole body but it's not necessary to do five day splits if you don't want and you certainly don't need to be sore after every lift.0 -
What I squat at least 8 or 9 days a week. Maybe its right, maybe it aint, who knows its just one of them things you will never be sure of, like how many days are in a week.
Sometimes I like to squat so much I will just rush in to the squat rack and start squatting the person already in there. I dont have time to wait for them to finish, just start squatting them, with their wight and 2 of the biggest dumbbells I can find. Also I have to do this while eating ice cream cause if I dont have the icecream the whole workout is wasted. No gainz can be made with out icecream.
Its good to know that both men and women can be just as dumb and meat-headed lol.
Look you have a scale and this app, use them and do what you like, its that simple. You want to be a world class powerlifter or an ifbb pro then you will have to take it a little more serious. Until then just stay healthy and enjoy what you like doing.0 -
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i exercise every day, regardless of whether i'm trying to gain weight , lose weight , or maintain. Exercise is good for you, find a program that works towards the goals you want. If you wanna just just gain weight, eat a lot of ice cream and twinkies. If you wanna gain muscle, get on a good lifting program and nourish your body accordingly.
so you're last sentence was spot on with one tweak- everything else was suspect- esp the whole exercising every day thing.
if you want to gain muscles, get on a good lifting program, and nourish your body accordingly, this means resting as well as feeding
part of training requires resting.
thanks JoRocka!!! yes rest, even for the wicked! hopefully a good lifting program will incorporate rest ,
LOL they should!!! But getting people to not tinker with programming seems to be an insurmountable task sometimes. Girl at my gym insists she can train powerlifting AND bodybuilding at the same time- it was hysterical to watch her try to go heavy squats after a high rep body builders 6 x 20 leg day. She's like 'm still sore -man this is heavy- I was like- really? How are you surprised. Programing seems to be outside of her grasp of reality- much like resting LMAO.
all the rest!!! ALL THE TIME!!!
get out of here with that kind of logic- we don't need that around here!!! more hyperbole and excess!!!Look you have a scale and this app, use them and do what you like, its that simple. You want to be a world class powerlifter or an ifbb pro then you will have to take it a little more serious. Until then just stay healthy and enjoy what you like doing.0 -
If you want to get muscles, do 2 times exercise daily (morning and evening). At the starting days you need to make some extra efforts for gaining weigh.
no. just a whole lot of no.
Okay- OP.
Height?
Weight?
Age?
What specifically are "the amount of calories I need"?
Meaning- how much are you eating- and do you know what maintenance is for you?
In order to truly gain muscle-there are three ingredients
1.) eat at a surplus
2.) you must progressively challenge your body- typically this is a progressive lifting program.
3.) be patient- this is hard- and time consuming.
You should absolutely NOT be exercising every day- especially if you get on a lifting program. You need rest- muscle builds in your REST time- sleep and off days.
And the more working out you do- the more food you must eat- this is why people bulking typically do not do a lot of cardio- it just means more food they have to eat and at some point- i'ts not fun- it's just work.
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If you want to get muscles, do 2 times exercise daily (morning and evening). At the starting days you need to make some extra efforts for gaining weigh.
Holy cow, on your profile it says you are an exercise psychologist, and so far you have told people in your posts that they need to do exercises to target belly fat, your promote using supplements like Garncinia Cambogia,, to lose weight people need to take smaller bites, and drink green tea before every meal, and now this.0 -
New to the site!! I'm trying to gain 20 lbs. I'm underweight and I take in the amount if calories I need everyday. I also do squats and lungs 5 or 5 days out the week. Should I be doing this? I'm gaing weight in my butt on down. I'm trying to tone it.
If you are happy with doing what you are doing, and eating at a surplus then there really is no reason to stop. If you tried to gain weight without doing any type of exercise, there is a chance that the weight will be mostly fat. Just remember to account for the amount of extra calories you are burning with your workouts.0 -
New to the site!! I'm trying to gain 20 lbs. I'm underweight and I take in the amount if calories I need everyday. I also do squats and lungs 5 or 5 days out the week. Should I be doing this? I'm gaing weight in my butt on down. I'm trying to tone it.
Are these squats and lunges body weight or are you using extra weight (barbells, dumbbells, etc.)? If they're body weight, you're not burning a whole lot of calories while doing them and you're not really "toning" them either. The word "tone" really means nothing. Muscles do not tone - they either get bigger or get smaller. You should be lifting heavy and eating at a caloric surplus in order to gain weight while still looking good. If you're using weights already, I've got to ask why you're only doing squats and lunges. Why are you not working your upper body at all?
I'm also wondering if the "amount of calories I need" is a sufficient number of calories. Some people are under the impression that they'll gain weight eating x amount of calories when really they should be eating quite a bit more. You gave us no information to work from. In addition to the questions I already asked, how many calories per day are you eating? What's your age, height, and weight? What's your activity level outside of these lunges and squats?0 -
What I squat at least 8 or 9 days a week. Maybe its right, maybe it aint, who knows its just one of them things you will never be sure of, like how many days are in a week.
Psht, that's nothing. I squat at least 13 days per week.0 -
If you want to get muscles, do 2 times exercise daily (morning and evening). At the starting days you need to make some extra efforts for gaining weigh.
no. just a whole lot of no.
Okay- OP.
Height?
Weight?
Age?
What specifically are "the amount of calories I need"?
Meaning- how much are you eating- and do you know what maintenance is for you?
In order to truly gain muscle-there are three ingredients
1.) eat at a surplus
2.) you must progressively challenge your body- typically this is a progressive lifting program.
3.) be patient- this is hard- and time consuming.
You should absolutely NOT be exercising every day- especially if you get on a lifting program. You need rest- muscle builds in your REST time- sleep and off days.
And the more working out you do- the more food you must eat- this is why people bulking typically do not do a lot of cardio- it just means more food they have to eat and at some point- i'ts not fun- it's just work.
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Yes. Exercise is always good for you (barring injuries and such). Eat back the calories. Lift weights.0
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If you want to get muscles, do 2 times exercise daily (morning and evening). At the starting days you need to make some extra efforts for gaining weigh.
no. just a whole lot of no.
Okay- OP.
Height?
Weight?
Age?
What specifically are "the amount of calories I need"?
Meaning- how much are you eating- and do you know what maintenance is for you?
In order to truly gain muscle-there are three ingredients
1.) eat at a surplus
2.) you must progressively challenge your body- typically this is a progressive lifting program.
3.) be patient- this is hard- and time consuming.
You should absolutely NOT be exercising every day- especially if you get on a lifting program. You need rest- muscle builds in your REST time- sleep and off days.
And the more working out you do- the more food you must eat- this is why people bulking typically do not do a lot of cardio- it just means more food they have to eat and at some point- i'ts not fun- it's just work.
Yes. And WHY ON EARTH would be doing 2-a-days a good way to GAIN weight?!?! :grumble:0 -
If you want to get muscles, do 2 times exercise daily (morning and evening). At the starting days you need to make some extra efforts for gaining weigh.
:laugh: my response too.0
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