Ok people, I'm having trouble gaining weight! I'm 5'11" tall and I weigh 170.
A quick history: I used to weigh 200 pounds 4 months ago. Ive lost 30 pounds and doubled weight lifting strength in just about every excercise since then. I can do chin up's and pull up's, I do squats and dead lifts. Not to mention, I'm eating ALOTTTT everyday, I'm eating twice as much as I used to when I was 200 pounds, (except I eat helathy now, low fat, high protein) but I still am not gaining weight.
By the way, I stopped doing cardio when I lost the 30 pounds, I dont want to lose all fat and turn into one of those starved college kids. I work out usually 3-4 days a week for 45 minutes.
Should I be gaining a pound or two every week to be making progress??
strength is going up and I am training heavy. All excercises consist of about 6 reps with anywhere from 4-6 sets each. So basically I lift very heavy.
Gaining Weight!
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You're not going to look like a starved dude, if you weigh 170lbs, lifts are going up, and Fat's going down.
That looks all good. In time Fat % will plateau and lifts should still go up touch wood. For your height and weight you probably don't look like a pencil, so don't sweat it.
Give it time, and see what's occuring in another 3-4 months.
That looks all good. In time Fat % will plateau and lifts should still go up touch wood. For your height and weight you probably don't look like a pencil, so don't sweat it.
Give it time, and see what's occuring in another 3-4 months.
You know its funny that Im complaining about not being able to gain weight... I would've NEVER thought that would happen to me LOL.
Anyways, I'm gonna give it time obviously, but should I be gaining a few pounds Every month to consider that Im making progress? I understand that body fat might be going down while im gaining muscle but I havn't seen much more ab definition then when I lost all the weight and stopped doing cardio so I doubt anything drastic has happened in terms of that.
Anyways, I'm gonna give it time obviously, but should I be gaining a few pounds Every month to consider that Im making progress? I understand that body fat might be going down while im gaining muscle but I havn't seen much more ab definition then when I lost all the weight and stopped doing cardio so I doubt anything drastic has happened in terms of that.