Hey looking to add muscle

WilliamJosephHelms

Hey my name is Joe. I think my goals are different from at least some of you, but I am still hoping I can find help. I work as a fitness trainer at the YMCA in my hometown, but I still don't feel I know nearly as much as I should on the diet side of this. Last year I was 5'10'' and weighed 190 lbs., but it was all fat almost and I didn't feel like my arms were any bigger. See I used to run Cross Country in college on scholarship at Pfeiffer University for two years, and weighed about 155-160 lbs then. This year in May I just graduated from college and decided I wanted to look buff. I decided to try a diet and it hasn't given me the results I want. The last 3-4 months I have gotten a lot of compliments on my muscles (like almost every week), and I think maybe I have added some mass, but not enough to make me happy, I think the compliments are based more on my pump and tone. Like many of you have trouble losing weight, I sometimes think I am a hardgainer, who has trouble adding muscle mass. While I have proven I can get fat (which does give me hope I have the potential to get bigger I need a diet that allows me to put on as much muscle as quickly as possible while minimizing my fat gain). I'd really like to go from 170 lbs. to 200 lbs. while minimizing my fat gain (in other words add 20-25lbs. of muscle and only 5-10 lbs. of fat, because I know when adding mass, you are going to put on fat, it's just really hard not to do, but I want to minimize the fat gain). Does anyone have a good diet plan for a "hardgainer" such as myself (or that's what I consider myself). Besides all this I like trying new restaurants, going to movies, watching college basketball and football (I am an avid NC State fan, especially in basketball, if you get lucky maybe I will take you to a game :P), buying selling sports merchandise on ebay, and of course love working out. I also, like meeting new people and am looking to meet some here. Anyways I'd love to hear from you whether you have information or not, I just want to meet new people. I have a facebook and would love to add you on there. Also, can someone help figure out how to edit my profile picture so my head isn't cut off lol?

Helloitsdan

www.leangains.com

Enjoy eating bro!
I'm in the same boat!

WilliamJosephHelms

Thanks Dan, that should really help anyone else have info or like to introduce themselves?

benihanagirl

I'm working on maintaining my weight with the terrible conundrum of wanting to lose excess fat and build muscle. Add me if you like -- I could use some more support (especially someone willing to say, "quit eating that ____. It's not good for you.")

SergeantSunshine_reused

Hey there! I am all about learning new things too :]
I would suggest these two masterminds:
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/articles
http://www.alanaragon.com/articles.html

Good luck to you! I am still cutting, but will be trying to add mass at some point ( I wanna see some abs first heh)

Rae6503

I'm one of like 3 women on here trying to gain muscle right now. I'm just eating about 10% over maintenance (but truly I'm all over the place with my calories) and 140 or so grams of protien a day.

This group has a lot of smart people and some other gainers:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/128-bodybuilding

Naomi_84

Bump!