I'm looking to gain weight and build up my arms. Aside from a protein shake every day, What type of diet?
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Try to eat a meal every 3 to 4 hours.  Focus on the protein content, for example fish or meat in each.
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The best way to gain weight and still be healthy is to eat more protein, less carbs and lift weights, smaller amounts of weight but more reps.  I also eat about five to six small meals a day to keep my body energized.
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Obviously, you want to gain muscle. In order to do that, you must train them using heavy resistance. The rule of thumb is, in order to gain weight, you must eat more calories than you burn. I'm willing to wager that you're a tall skinny guy, correct? So your metabolism is probably very fast and you have a hard time gaining weight. I recommend doing barbell curls and/or close-grip chin-ups (palms facing your face). Your goal is to do 3 sets of each exercise, with a weight you can handle for no more than 10 repetitions. If you can do more than 10 repetitions, add more weight. Using barbells or dumbells may be easier for you to use, in the beginning, opposed to body weight exercises like the chin-up. However, you should still try to implement the chin-up. It develops good biceps strength and size as well as good upper back stength and size. The most efficient way to gain weight, is to incorporate the squat, deadlift, and bench press. These are movements refered to as, compound movements. The reason is, they stimulate multiple muscle groups when you perform them. The more muscle you stimulate, the more growth potential you have. So eat a lot of good quality food like: rice, potatoes, green vegetables, fruit, eggs, lean meat, and nuts. Learn to read food labels to know how much energy/calories are in the foods you eat. Start eating about 3000 calories a day for the first week. If you're gaining weight, keep the calories the same until you stop. If you're not gaining weight, add 500 more calories. It's reasonable to add 1-2 lbs/.5kg-1kg per week, of body weight. Good luck!
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You could eat more protein in your diet. Protien is used to build skin and muscle.
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The first thing you need to know about gaining weight is that it is achieved only by physical conditioning combined with a high-energy (calorie) intake. By consuming a high calorie diet alone, a person will gain fat weight only. Even if the gain improves appearance in the person's own eyes, it is more likely to harm than to benefit health. It is also important for you to take a look at your genetic endowment. For example, if other family members are thin, you probably have inherited a genetic predisposition to thinness. Know that you can alter your physique to a certain extent with diet and weight training, but you should not expect more than what is natural for your body.\n\nMost who are underweight, especially physically active individuals, believe that the best way to gain weight is to eat a high-protein diet. False. Excess protein is just not stored as muscle, so you can forget about converting that extra-double double hamburger into bigger biceps. Since carbohydrates are what fuel your muscles, what you need is primarily extra calories from extra carbohydrates, not extra protein.\n\nRegarding "weight gain shakes," research indicates that protein powder shakes are simply wasted money when it comes to gaining muscle weight. The only reason these may work for some is because the shake provides additional calories. Although it may seem less glamorous, one could just as easily eat another sandwich to get these additional calories.\n\nTo help you with your weight gain goal, here are some healthy weight gain tips:\n\nEat energy-dense foods. Yes, these are the ones typically eliminated in a weight loss program. Pick the highest calorie items from each food group. For example, drink milk shakes instead of nonfat milk, eat peanut butter instead of lean meat, or choose avocados instead of cucumbers. Although a low-fat diet plan is recommended for the general U.S. population, these higher fat foods become essential for an underweight individual who needs to gain weight. An underweight person who is physically active and eating a nutritionally adequate diet can afford a few extra calories from fat. \nEat at least three meals a day. Simply being too busy to eat enough to gain or maintain weight is a common problem for underweight individuals. Therefore, planning meals in advance and making time to eat them needs to become a priority for weight gain to occur. \nEat large portions of food and expect to feel full. Have two sandwiches instead of one, drink milk from a larger glass, and eat cereal from a larger bowl. Know that feeling full during the initial stages of a weight gain meal plan is perfectly normal and will pass over time. \nEat snacks between your meals. In addition to eating more food at each meal, it will be necessary to eat more frequently. These between-meal snacks will likely be especially important in the beginning stages, as they will help to keep your daily caloric intake elevated should you be unable to consume the larger portions during your regularly scheduled meals. \nDrink plenty of juice and milk. Beverages provide an easy way to increase energy intake. Extra calories can even be tastily added to milk by mixing in packets of instant breakfast mixes. \nExercise to build muscle. The person who wants to gain weight should primarily use strength training. As exercise is added to your routine, energy intake must be increased to support that exercise. Otherwise, weight will be lost. Note that the rate at which a person can build muscle tissue also depends on the genetic make-up of that person. However, about 700 to 1,000 calories a day above normal energy needs are enough to support both the exercise and the building of muscle.
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You should do some weight training and also get lots of body rubs which will help you bulk up.  Also eat lots of Protein like steak and lots of carbs. Plus you can by weight gaining drinks at like GNC.  They are protein shakes mainly. Drink about 3 a day plus eat 3-5 meals a day.
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Try looking on www.differentu.com and look under weight management and look at nutritional shake mixes. They say weight loss but will also help you gain it just depends on how you use it. All you have to do to gain weight is take a shake with every meal you eat and thats it. You can add all types of things like fresh/frozen fruit, yogart, ice, etc. So check it out and see what you think. God bless you and I wish you the best!!
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Well just eat foods that are healthy but in larger amounts.Then, lift weights so you can change the food you ate into muscle instead of fat.By doing that you will gain weight by gaining muscle.
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To gain weight, you should increase the number of calories in your daily diet by about 300 calories.  Have larger size helpings of  food at meals. Proteins are needed for building muscles, so having high protein food like eggs, milk,  peanut butter, protein shakes will help. Also have more of  starchy foods and drink lots of water. More information to gain weight at http://www.toloseweight.org/gainweight.html
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diet has to do with muscle growth also eat foods high in protein and try lifting light weights do like 4 sets of 12 each like 3 times a week stick with it
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Best way to gain muscle weight is through resistance training (weight lifting).  Get a book or a personal training so you learn the correct techniques/posture.
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Go to a heath store and buy a batch or two of those protein drinks.  They're designed to make you "bulk up".  If you don't exercise regularly while taking these, you'll gain weight for sure.
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Ask your doctor to give you a referral to a Dietician.  They will give you a specialized diet plan to help you gain weight the proper way. Make sure you eat 3 good meals a day and 3 good snacks in between.  Junk food will put weight on you but not the kind you need!
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find a good protein drink and work out with weights to gain muscle mass. muscle is heavier than fat.
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Gain muscles by eating a good diet with extra protein and lifting weights.  Make sure you are getting at least 2000 calories a day by keeping track, like dieters.  While doing that, you can see if you have a balanced diet.  Don't just start eating fatty foods to gain weight.  You will cause health problems.  If you keep a record of what you eat, you also have the proof to shut people up.
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eat a high protein diet and build some muscle mass. you dont want to be larger because of fat, its too unhealthy. eat larger meals make sure theyre healthy though) and do a little weight training. protein will build the muscle. also, good for you for taking a step in a new direction! stay away from the skinny trend. men tend to like some meat on a woman anyways. curves are kickin! good luck!
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I used to be in the same shoes than you.  If arms are small and you want to build them up do the following \n\n1-work out arms 2 times per week with free waits.  Use enough weights to only be able to do 10 reps. That will build bulk.  do only three excercises, tricepts curls, bicept curls, dips, etc. per excercise day.\n\n2-take amino acides and protein with your diet.