So, I just started working out seriously a couple of months ago… and I’m working out four times a week. My diet is great, I’m using an isolate after the gym and a sustained release protein before bed. Anyways, this is obviously all new to me. My goal is to ultimately gain weight, which will be hard with my body type (I’m about 6’3" and 185lbs).
A friend of mine is a trainer and gave me some M1T’s. She said that they would “help me make gains quicker”. I’ve been doing my research and to be honest, I’m nervous about them. The concept sounds great but the reality of what it can do to me doesn’t sound like much fun. I read all these various reports from people about how either it’s the worst thing out there or the best thing for them. I have also read that you shouldn’t do it unless you have a solid few years of training behind you.
So here are my questions…
What should I do? Use it or not use it?
If I don’t use, I’m guessing a weight gainer would be my best bet, right?
And if I do use it, how would I go about doing it properly without doing damage to myself?
I wouldn’t fuck with anything other than lots of food for the first few years of lifting,save maybe creatine and protein powder. Also, if your trainer has M1T to just give out, tell her to holler at me. I’m down like four flats.
[quote]carson79 wrote:
My goal is to ultimately gain weight, which will be hard with my body type (I’m about 6’3" and 185lbs).
Thanks!![/quote]
You’re right, it is difficult but not impossible. I’m 6’4" and started off where you are. It took me close to 7000 calories a day to break the 200 lbs. mark. The Anabolic Diet took me to 225. I’m sitting right at 265 now, naturally. Eat and eat and stick to the big, compound lifts. Squats, deads, presses, etc. To be honest, you probably have 15-20 lbs to gain in your legs alone. You have much more access to great information on this site than I ever did. Utilize it.
[quote]roofus_5 wrote:
carson79 wrote:
My goal is to ultimately gain weight, which will be hard with my body type (I’m about 6’3" and 185lbs).
Thanks!!
You’re right, it is difficult but not impossible. I’m 6’4" and started off where you are. It took me close to 7000 calories a day to break the 200 lbs. mark. The Anabolic Diet took me to 225. I’m sitting right at 265 now, naturally. Eat and eat and stick to the big, compound lifts. Squats, deads, presses, etc. To be honest, you probably have 15-20 lbs to gain in your legs alone. You have much more access to great information on this site than I ever did. Utilize it.[/quote]
Out of curiosity, how long did it take you to get to that point? I thought I was eating enough, but the gains I’ve made are in my legs and not so much in my upper body (my chest hasn’t gained a whole lot of strength yet… so it’s frustrating me). My actual trainer (not my friend who gave me the M1Ts) wants me to add a weight gainer to my diet, which I’m realizing I need. What do you recommend? I was looking at the Allmax Quickmass. I know that I also put way too much pressure on myself to get results fast… hence my initial question. I guess I have to learn to be patient with this. It’s a work in progress. I wouldn’t be asking about M1Ts if I didn’t already have them sitting on a shelf here.
When I started on my “quest” I was 6’4", 185 at 22 years of age. It took me about 4 months on the good ole Cybergenics program to break the 200 lbs barrier. Definitely not the best plan in the world, but considering I was a new lifter, it worked. After several months at the 200 lbs. level I decided to shoot for 225. 3 months of the Anabolic Diet (DiPasqual) and the Tom Platz’s Big Beyond Belief program got me here.
I’m now 36, so 14 years later, I’m sitting at 265, but have been to 275. However, there have been some periods of inconsistant training and yo-yo bodyweight. The last three years I have been VERY serious and have moved from 245 to my current weight with significant body composition change.
My keys for mass building AND what I wish I knew then that I do now are:
Deadlifting - didn’t do it much/at all until a couple years ago. This added tons of mass and strength, especially to my back.
Squatting- I 've done it, but not with attitude, like I try to do now. Don’t make excuses with your height, go deep and go heavy.
Upper body is tough. I’ve benched 315 on a couple occasions, but I also don’t focus on it like I should. My poor arms are barely over 16" cold. This has become more of a focus for me recently. Things that have helped me to this point are dips, close grip bench, and powerlifting in general. I also found that by focusing on my back and rowing strength my bench numbers have gone up.
Hope this helps a little. PM me if you want more info or a little more direction. We tall guys have to look out for one another. I should add that out of high school I was only 147 lbs, and ran distance collegiately. I have my mother’s frame and bone structure, she’s 5’4" and has never weighed over 120 lbs her whole life.