Muscle Building

[frownonfun]

i agree with saildesign on eating real food BUT if you wanna gain muscle mass you should be eating every 3-4 hours and that's near impossible to do solely on real food. unless you wanna be one of those guys that carries around a cooler of food everywhere. i wouldn't worry about protein powders so much as buying some good meal replacements. that's your best bet. protein bars and shakes. and imo brand is not important... protein is protein. well, sort of. at the end of the day it comes down to what you can stand to eat or drink. make sure it's whey protein though. and for mass it's always been my rule of thumb that for every pound of body weight you should consume a gram of protein. so you should be consuming at least 130grams of protein a day.

as far as the workout you are probably a hard gainer so no working out everyday. sounds like it would make u bigger but it won't. i'd split your muscle groups up into days like chest/tri, legs/abs, shoulders/back/bi. then take a day off.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by frownonfun

i agree with saildesign on eating real food BUT if you wanna gain muscle mass you should be eating every 3-4 hours and that's near impossible to do solely on real food. unless you wanna be one of those guys that carries around a cooler of food everywhere. i wouldn't worry about protein powders so much as buying some good meal replacements. that's your best bet. protein bars and shakes. and imo brand is not important... protein is protein. well, sort of. at the end of the day it comes down to what you can stand to eat or drink. make sure it's whey protein though. and for mass it's always been my rule of thumb that for every pound of body weight you should consume a gram of protein. so you should be consuming at least 130grams of protein a day.

as far as the workout you are probably a hard gainer so no working out everyday. sounds like it would make u bigger but it won't. i'd split your muscle groups up into days like chest/tri, legs/abs, shoulders/back/bi. then take a day off.

Yup, I give my upper half a day off when I'm working out my lower half. Sorry if I didn't explain that right in my first post. hahaha. I also thought that it's best to have a mixed whey/casein protein???? Whey for quick metabolism, and casein for slow metabolism? Oh, and I'm also snacking on peanuts, not sure if that'll help me gain weight tho.

But man 130 g a day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was just taking 30 g in addition to the protein I got from food. hahahaha. Time to head back to Costco (either today or tomorrow, lol).

[frownonfun]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Yup, I give my upper half a day off when I'm working out my lower half.

no i see what you are saying i just always preferred, and got more results from, a more isolated split. if i were to do the upper one day then lower the next i would follow those two days with a rest day. i just can't stress rest enough for us lightweights. lol. i only weigh like 145-150ish myself.

and when i say 130grams i do mean total for the whole day with what you take in with meals included.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by frownonfun

no i see what you are saying i just always preferred, and got more results from, a more isolated split. if i were to do the upper one day then lower the next i would follow those two days with a rest day. i just can't stress rest enough for us lightweights. lol. i only weigh like 145-150ish myself.

and when i say 130grams i do mean total for the whole day with what you take in with meals included.

hmmm, I wonder how much protein I'm getting from food. Oh, good to know I can keep doing what I've been doing, but add a rest day on the third day. haha, a more specific split schedule will just get me confused on what I have done already.