Confused about Gaining Fat, muscles, muscle loss and Strength!?!


Question: Hey everyone,
I have read other topics but people say different things so i am confused. I'm skinny and i use the highest weights and do the lowest reps to go stronger but in the past 6-7 week i noticed that my muscles haven't gone bigger. Sometimes i notice that my muscles go a bit bigger one day and few day later they go smaller. Do i have to go fatter to have bigger muscles and if i become fatter will i lose muscle? Also which is the best way to become stronger for example be fat and become a body building or be skinny and just gain strength?


Answers: Hey everyone,
I have read other topics but people say different things so i am confused. I'm skinny and i use the highest weights and do the lowest reps to go stronger but in the past 6-7 week i noticed that my muscles haven't gone bigger. Sometimes i notice that my muscles go a bit bigger one day and few day later they go smaller. Do i have to go fatter to have bigger muscles and if i become fatter will i lose muscle? Also which is the best way to become stronger for example be fat and become a body building or be skinny and just gain strength?

there is a lot of confusion about this subject out there but being a certified personal trainer, i can set you straight.

for maximum muscle strength you want to do: 1-5 reps, 4-6 sets, at 85-100% intensity, with 3-5minutes rest in between sets, 2-4 times a week, using 1-3 exercises per body part. it takes about 4 weeks for results to show and for your body to adapt to the weight load you've been using. therefore you need to up the weight load, set or reps after 4 weeks.

in order to build this kind of muscle you must be eating enough...it takes a lot of energy to create and sustain muscle tissue! you don't necessarily need to become fatter to get your muscles bigger but you should definitely try to eat more little by little until you get the results you want. also, make sure you're getting enough protein every day. the minimum you should be getting for your desired gain is 1gram per pound of your body weight. but you can eat up to 2.5 g per pound of body weight safely. more than this will cause health problems. when you put on weight you won't lose muscle. the only time you lose muscle mass is when you try to slim down for a competition. this is how body builders do it. its important to realize that all the pictures of body builders you see are when they are at their competition peaks. they are in a peak state...this is NOT what they look like year round because its unhealthy to have single digit body fat percentages all the time. if you are just lifting to look good then just try to add 100-300 calories to your diet a day and make sure you are getting a ton of protein through out the day not just at designated meal times.

also, if you are noticing a difference in the way your muscles look from day to day/week to week then it probably has to do with your muscle glycogen stores. when you eat carbs they get stored in your muscles for immediate energy. if your muscles are looking smaller and flatter you haven't been eating enough carbs. to remedy this simply choose one or two days a week where you eat a lot more carbs than on the other days. this will refill your glycogen stores and create a fuller, rounder look in your muscles.

Maybe you don't eat enough protein? How old are you, because by knowing that I'll be able to help better.

As long as you are getting stronger eventually your muscles will get bigger. I'm like you but after about 10 weeks I started getting a really nice chest and moderatly big arms. Just keep working and it will happen.

Oh, and don't gain fat. Healty foods will help your body develope. Also, you are lucky you are naturaly skinny, because it will be much easier for you than everyone else to look really cut!





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