Question about gaining weight

Question

I'm 5'7" and my goal weight is 120 and I'm only 105. I don't do any exercise at all and eat pretty unhealthy and don't gain weight so I figure I must have some super-metabolism :P

Anyways, I've heard lifting as much weight as you can in repetitions of eights will give you bulk. And since muscle weighs quite a bit, will that bring me up to 120? Or will my metabolism some how interfere with that?

Answer 1

The key ingredient to gaining muscle mass is to add lots of PROTEIN to your daily diet. You should have 1.0-1.5 grams of protein for each pound you weigh. Protein helps your body to build lean muscle after your workout. Speaking of workout, I would start with simple toning exercises (low weight/more reps) to get your muscles used to being worked. After about 2 weeks you can go to the strengthening exercises (high weight/low reps). This will break down your muscles fast and with all the protein in your diet, when they heal it will be solid lean muscle mass.

Push-ups are very good. But most people think of the simple ones, but there are many different types of push-ups that work different parts of your upper body. Wide, Regular, Diamond, Feet elevated, one-handed, all of these work different parts of the chest/arms. And you will find yourself using muscles you didn't even know you had. As for lower body, running is the Holy Grail of workouts. But for strength, lunges and squats work perfectly.

Answer 2

i wish i had a metabolism like yours