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DeepZenPill
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Everyone has given great advice. I'll just give a little anecdote because I know how hard it can be for some ectomorphs to gain weight.
Last year my friend who was 6'6" and 185lbs in september wanted to gain some weight. He was a fucking bean pole and also a collegiate rower. He wanted to add some mass and strength to stay competitive in a strong rowing program. I gave him pretty much all the same advice as everyone here. He started eating more meals and eating lots of protein and complex carbs. I ate with him every day to make sure what he was eating. By November he was up to 200lbs with minimal fat gain, if any.
But for a month he couldn't gain shit and he decided to take matters into his own hands. He stopped worrying so much about eating clean, and started drinking a few n-large weightgainers every day in addition to some creatine. He would also drink 3 of those Hershey's cookies and cream bottled milkshakes with each meal. They're just loaded with sugar and fat, and over 600 calories a bottle. He was just eating everything in sight and by March had hit 220 despite a back injury which limited his training.
If you really have a hard time gaining mass, but NEVER get fat, just fucking eat and make sure you're getting a lot of protein. I wouldn't recommend just eating all that shit like my friend did. Try to eat cleanly at first and see how far you can get that way. But at a point it will just be total calories holding you back and it can be tough to just eat more "clean" foods.
Last year my friend who was 6'6" and 185lbs in september wanted to gain some weight. He was a fucking bean pole and also a collegiate rower. He wanted to add some mass and strength to stay competitive in a strong rowing program. I gave him pretty much all the same advice as everyone here. He started eating more meals and eating lots of protein and complex carbs. I ate with him every day to make sure what he was eating. By November he was up to 200lbs with minimal fat gain, if any.
But for a month he couldn't gain shit and he decided to take matters into his own hands. He stopped worrying so much about eating clean, and started drinking a few n-large weightgainers every day in addition to some creatine. He would also drink 3 of those Hershey's cookies and cream bottled milkshakes with each meal. They're just loaded with sugar and fat, and over 600 calories a bottle. He was just eating everything in sight and by March had hit 220 despite a back injury which limited his training.
If you really have a hard time gaining mass, but NEVER get fat, just fucking eat and make sure you're getting a lot of protein. I wouldn't recommend just eating all that shit like my friend did. Try to eat cleanly at first and see how far you can get that way. But at a point it will just be total calories holding you back and it can be tough to just eat more "clean" foods.
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