should I excersises everyday while trying to gain weight?

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.

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?

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.

This +++

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:

Have the same problem haha