weight gain without exercise

dumbblonde46 · Post by **dumbblonde46** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:49 pm

If Im trying to gain weight by eating over calorie needs but not doing any exercise / weights will the weight i gain be purely fat or will there be some muscle gain through incidental exercise?

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 6:03 pm

i would say fat...you stimulate muscle growth before it actually happens...why would you try this???

Christopheel · Post by **Christopheel** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:05 am

dumbblonde46 wrote:If Im trying to gain weight by eating over calorie needs but not doing any exercise / weights will the weight i gain be purely fat or will there be some muscle gain through incidental exercise?

You'll gain mostly fat, depending on your work i guess

dumbblonde46 · Post by **dumbblonde46** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 3:42 pm

because im very underweight and was advised to gain a bit before i start doing any exercise,so i was just wondering if daily activity would contribute to muscle growth or if the gain would be all fat.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:27 pm

i would atr least do some squats, lunges, push ups and inverted rows to make sure anyway...you won't need a lot though maybe 2 - 3 sets of each x 12 reps or so maybe in a circuit...3 x 30mins it should take

SarahPT · Post by **SarahPT** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:36 am

No it won't, you will just gain fat. You need to be really challenging your muscles for them to grow. I'm not sure why that was recommended to you. If you are underweight I can understand avoiding cardio until you gain some, but weight training will only help so that you can put on some healthy muscle mass.

quickness · Post by **quickness** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:01 am

I read the book YOU on a diet by dr oz he says that it will be fat.

sassygirl · Post by **sassygirl** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:44 am

you need to do some type of resistance training. and really watch what you eat. And eat often!

Gaining healthy weight is very difficult and I sure wish I knew all the answers..but i can tell you this.....i have weighed the same thing for many years....under 100lbs. It was not until ......I put the junk food down, starting eating 5-6 good healthy meals a day, and exercising 6 days a week. 3 days on weights and 3 on cardio (yes cardio.......after years of just eating to maintain or gian...i do have a nice bit of flab i'm working on)....that is when I started gaining..and keeping it on(for the most part). It has been so slow.

point is...please please start working out a little. Body weight stuff would be great to start. You dont want to start putting fat on that you will one day have to work your butt off to take off.

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