Gained 14 pounds! - Page 3

Workout sessions are between 1-2 hours. It's important not to overwork yourself or you are going to end up hurting yourself and having to stop working out. That leads to inactivity and shrinkage.

As for foods, I wasn't exactly worried about "high calorie". One thing to remember is: High protein usually means high calorie. Protein is very caloric. Stick to dairy foods, lots of eggs, and of course, Whey Protein shakes. Whey is the easiest protein to digest, therefore used by your muscles the most. Then comes egg, so stick to those.

Other than that, eat lots of meat. Red meat, chicken, whatever. You're skinny and I assume you have a very fast metabolism. Stuff your face until it hurts, then work out.

Also, NEVER work out 2 days in a row. This will also lead to injury, and almost always fatigue of the muscles. If you start taking Creatine, it reduces Lactic buildup to your muscles which virtually takes away the "burning" feeling while lifting. As a result, you might feel completely fine while lifting the 2nd day in a row, but in reality your muscles are very very tired, just lacking lactic acid to tell you so. Alternate work out days and try to stick to this schedule. Just start Monday and do every other day.

Also, you should try to ingest about as much grams of protein as body weight. 130 pounds means 130g of protein. It sounds like a lot, but it isn't too hard to do. Eggs will provide a lot of this, along with bread. Eat lots of whole grains. 1/3 of a pizza will give you about 30g of protein in itself. A protein shake after working out will give another 25 or so, and other foods should fill up the rest.

Main rule of body building: Without a proper diet, you will gain NOTHING. Creatine can bloat your muscles with water, which will eventually all diminish after you stop taking it. Weights will not increase a lot, and you will stay relatively at the same level you are now. Eat a crapload.

There are also other things that you should be taking while body building. Fish Oil pills will help joint strength and lubrication, very important when building mass. BCAA's (Branched Chain Amino Acids) are also very important. There are seperate supplements for this, but most of the time, your Whey powder should have this included. A very good Whey shake is ON (Optimum Nutrition) Whey Protein. It's about 43 bucks at bodybuilding.com for 5 pounds and will last a good 2.5-3 months if taken once a day. It is praised for it's taste, high Whey Isolate to Whey Concentrate ratio(Isolate is the good kind of Whey, easiest to digest, but either work.), and a lot of BCAA's per serving. It is worth it.

Hope that helps.
Edited by Retrospekt - 2/13/09 at 8:55pm

Never said that the 14 pounds is all muscle. A lot of it is probably water weight from the Creatine.