....the skinny girl

BeccaGadbois
BeccaGadbois Posts: 3 Member
in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
Hey there to everyone reading, I have always been SKINNY, growing up maybe 90 pounds max, three years ago I got pregnant and was my ideal weight of around 140/145. I was very blessed to not have to worry about eating too much while pregnant, but after I had my beautiful gift of a daughter a little over two years ago, I was back down to mild 110-115 pounds. Currently I am at 125 trying to gain and tone gain and tone gain and tone. I work out week days at my works gym, nothing special but I do depart days for different body parts, I started meal prepping and purchased whey protein. I'm basically just looking for tips on workouts to build muscle, gain some "thighs and booty" as they all put it some bigger arms and cut abs... Any advice I am MORE than willing to take, reaaaaady GO!

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  • BeccaGadbois
    BeccaGadbois Posts: 3 Member
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    BeccaGadbois Posts: 3 Member
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  • MagnumBurrito
    MagnumBurrito Posts: 1,070 Member
    Check out strong curves for the more girl concentrated lifting programs, and Scoobys workshop for estimates on gaining calories and macros.
  • nsa352
    nsa352 Posts: 40 Member
    We have different goals ,I am trying to loose body fat and gain muscle , I used to weigh between 45 kgs to 47 kgs then gained until I hot 52 now I am down at 48kg but still wanna cut some body fat and gain muscles but we want the same final results , gaining muscles but stay lean. I already have strong glutes but since I do kettlebells and use other weights I gained more muscles. I would say eat more proteins and fat ( only up your carbs on workout days to avoid storing it as body fat) and pump iron and body weight exercises. For the booty and legs , you can do weighted lunges , all sorts of squats, squat bar heavy , kettlebell swings, bridges . For your hamstrings do bridges , hamstrings curls with swiss ball or weight machine. For your abs do hang leg raises, planks... For your biceps and triceps , do biceps and triceps push ups, do triceps extensions. Don't forget to do your shoulders and chest. Also do other exercises that require strength like pole fitness.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    nsa352 wrote: »
    We have different goals ,I am trying to loose body fat and gain muscle , I used to weigh between 45 kgs to 47 kgs then gained until I hot 52 now I am down at 48kg but still wanna cut some body fat and gain muscles but we want the same final results , gaining muscles but stay lean. I already have strong glutes but since I do kettlebells and use other weights I gained more muscles. I would say eat more proteins and fat ( only up your carbs on workout days to avoid storing it as body fat) and pump iron and body weight exercises. For the booty and legs , you can do weighted lunges , all sorts of squats, squat bar heavy , kettlebell swings, bridges . For your hamstrings do bridges , hamstrings curls with swiss ball or weight machine. For your abs do hang leg raises, planks... For your biceps and triceps , do biceps and triceps push ups, do triceps extensions. Don't forget to do your shoulders and chest. Also do other exercises that require strength like pole fitness.


    OP - please ignore this. kettle balls have nothing to do with gaining more mucle..and if you are in a surplus it is going to go to fat and carbs have nothing to do with it.

    here is what I would say.

    1. eat in a consistent 250 calorie surplus for a .5 pound per week gain.
    2. get on a strucutred lifting program like strong lifts 5x5, strong curves, all pro beginner, etc.
    3. set your macros to .6 to .85 grams of protein per pound of body weight; .45 fats, and fill in rest with carbs.
  • Springfield1970
    Springfield1970 Posts: 1,945 Member
    edited March 2016
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    You're not going to get better advice than this. I did this to get from 123lb to 132lb, gained about 4lb of muscle, then went on a very slow cut to reach 127/128.
    At 43 my body astonished me. But to gain that muscle I had to eat 250 cals every single day over maintenance (easy for me, because I love food). Don't worry about eating more than 100g of protein a day, it's mainly the extra calories from carbs that will create the muscle.....you need the carbs to deliver the protein into the muscle cells.
    Lots of logging, lots of progressive lifting (I used a lot of the strong curves moves).
  • xcalygrl
    xcalygrl Posts: 1,897 Member
    @ndj1979 is spot on.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    one last thing OP if you want to go from 120 to 145 then I would suggest breaking that up into several bulk/cut cycles...maybe gain ten pounds and then cut five pounds, gain another ten, cut another five...etc. If you just gain 25 pounds, I don't think you are going to be happy with the results...

    One other thing to note is that you won't gain as much muscle as a male would, after running one or two bulk cut cycles you may want to reconsider your ideal weight but you can base that on how you look and feel ....

  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    When it comes to fat, yes, carbs have EVERTHING to do with it. You can only burn fat, when insulin is not elevated. Carbs elevate insulin. Do the math.

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