Eating to get Big

[Zander1983]

Fat gain is inevitable, so accept that from the outset. Run a search/browse threads for the word "swaining" and all its derivatives. That is how you get big and strong

 

[BUGZY]

If your a skinny guy working out what do you eat to gain mass? How many times a day do you have to eat (im trying for about 7 or 8 times)?

Should they all be 4 course meals or little snacks spread out over times? Proper food combinations? By the4th meal Im out of ideas of things to cook.

And in the process of eating like crazy will I end up with a gut?

 

[slobberknocker]

Eat a meal every 2-3 hours. Make sure you're taking in adequate protein from meats, dairy, and even shakes. After that, anything is fair game. You need protein, but you also need overall calories for mass.

I take in a lot of liquid calories in a day. 1 gallon of sweetened iced tea and 1 gallon of whole milk is approx. 3800 calories. I get another 4k or so cals from food on top of that. That's me. Adjust up or down depending on your own specific needs.

 

[PolishHammer1977]

bump

 

[jubei]

Holy shit slob, your eating 8k calories a day?

Personally I think eating alot of clean food works well. Tons of Meat, rice, potatoes, eggs, etc. Don't limit your carbs when gaining but try to stay away from sugar.

 

[BIGBANGSingh]

http://www.hypertrophy-specific.com/HSreport/iss04/eat_size.html

 

[needsize]

I never eat less than 7 times a day, and each serving has to have at least 30 grams of protein in it. When bulking I'm not too concerned about what source it comes from

 

[Deleted member 33117]

Ok, while I may believe in low carb bulking, there are a couple of points to remember when trying to gain lbm, regardless of what type of diet you do.

1) protien. Amino acids are the building blocks of your muscle tissue. You need to take in large amounts of complete protien to gain lbm at a rapid rate. Incomplete protiens do not count. I would say 1.5 g of COMPLETE protiens (don't count vegetable based protiens) per ibs of bw.

2) calories. It takes alot of calories to fuel intense training and feed a growing body. It is also metabolically expensive to build new muscle mass. If you are not getting enough calories to handle all of these needs, all of that complete protien you are eating in point #1 is a waste. Much of it will be burned as fuel, and will not contribute to gains in lbm.

3) meal frequincy. Never go more than 3 hours without eating when trying to put on size (other than sleep, however getting up and eating a small high protien meal in the middle of the night would be a good idea). That means at least 6 meals a day. 9 or 10 is better. Higher meal frequincy not only ensures that you get a continual intake of calories for fuel and protien for building new tissue, but also keeps your metabolism higher and blood sugar levels more stable, which can help reduce gains in bf. Also bear in mind that if one consumes 10+ meals a day, you can eat smaller 500 calories meals and still get over 5000 cals a day. By eating smaller meals in one sitting, there is a much lower chance of extra calories spilling over and contributing to gains in bf.

Of course there is much more to gaining lbm than your diet, but that is beyond the scope of this thread. Just remember nutrition, training and rest are all of equal importance for putting on size. If any of the 3 is lacking, it will severly compromise your progress.

 

[MrRTTB]

Ok, while I may believe in low carb bulking, there are a couple of points to remember when trying to gain lbm, regardless of what type of diet you do.

1) protien. Amino acids are the building blocks of your muscle tissue. You need to take in large amounts of complete protien to gain lbm at a rapid rate. Incomplete protiens do not count. I would say 1.5 g of COMPLETE protiens (don't count vegetable based protiens) per ibs of bw.

2) calories. It takes alot of calories to fuel intense training and feed a growing body. It is also metabolically expensive to build new muscle mass. If you are not getting enough calories to handle all of these needs, all of that complete protien you are eating in point #1 is a waste. Much of it will be burned as fuel, and will not contribute to gains in lbm.

3) meal frequincy. Never go more than 3 hours without eating when trying to put on size (other than sleep, however getting up and eating a small high protien meal in the middle of the night would be a good idea). That means at least 6 meals a day. 9 or 10 is better. Higher meal frequincy not only ensures that you get a continual intake of calories for fuel and protien for building new tissue, but also keeps your metabolism higher and blood sugar levels more stable, which can help reduce gains in bf. Also bear in mind that if one consumes 10+ meals a day, you can eat smaller 500 calories meals and still get over 5000 cals a day. By eating smaller meals in one sitting, there is a much lower chance of extra calories spilling over and contributing to gains in bf.

Of course there is much more to gaining lbm than your diet, but that is beyond the scope of this thread. Just remember nutrition, training and rest are all of equal importance for putting on size. If any of the 3 is lacking, it will severly compromise your progress.

EXACTLY my point of view on this...

FREQUINCY is more important that the total amopunt of calories or even priotein per day. If you eat 1 big meal per day with 5000calories I would think you would mostly gain fat and not gain much muscle as the body needs food every now and then.

I never focus anymore on cals or proteinamopunt. The reason is some days I get up late and some I get up early. Some days I do not train and I do not belieeve I need the same amopunt of calories if I have had 3 days OFF from working out in the gym as if I had been workoing out the day before.

Also, do not focus on proeinpowders. With my job I, unfortunetly, eat lots of casein/whey as I drive a lot and are on the road all day long.

I get up at 05.30, eat a meal with 60g protein, 80g carbs, 10g fat
then, if I worked out the night before, I will eat again in 2 hours about 30g carbs, 10g fat and 40g protein, then again in another 2-2½ hours I will eat and so on.

 

[louden_swain]

Eating is an excellent way of getting big and strong!!!

We need to bump B Folds thread . . . someone find it .