How does an athlete gain weight or muscle?

Answer 1

== == Nothing is easy, my friend. If you're an athlete and want to increase your weight, you want to add muscle mass, not fat. So you must train with weights in an anaerobic manner. Fewer reps at higher weight. Here's a good plan that won't have you in the gym for hours every day. Using free weights or Nautilus (or its equivalent) put enough weight on the bar or machine and do reps so that your point of failure is between eight and 12 reps. (Make sure you use a spotter if you're using free weights!) If you do fewer than eight, you put on too much and are risking injury. If you do more than 12, increase the weight the next time -- take a day off -- so that you do fewer reps. Keep increasing the resistance until you fail between eight and 12. Work with that weight -- taking a day off in between -- until you can do 13 or more. Then increase the weight a bit until your failure point is lower than 12. The idea is to do just one set per workout -- every other day -- TO THE POINT OF FAILURE! You must work to the point of failure! I'm not talking about "Wah, wah, wah, it hurts so much I don't wanna do another." I'm talking about pumping until you can't do another rep even if I held a gun to your head and told you I was gonna pull the trigger if you don't do one more. THAT'S what I'm talking about. If you do that for all the major muscle groups, you can get out of the gym in no time and really bulk up.

Answer 2

The key to gaining muscle mass is coupling a proper diet with a solid Weightlifting regime. Eating a daily caloric surplus high in protein, complex carbohydrates, and healthy fats while lifting heavy in the gym is the only way to put on significant muscle without gaining a lot of body fat.

Answer 3

Do weight-bearing exercises with free weights, weight machines, or resistance bands. You will also need to increase your calorie and protein consumption. A whey protein powder could really help.

Answer 4

eat late at night

dont drink too much water

eat large portions at your meals, even though you are not hungry

skip breakfast (if you cant/don't want to, then eat a lot at breakfast)

eat a lot of fast food rather than fruits or veggies

sleep after a meal

hope this helps :D

it depends on if you want to gain muscle or just gain weight. to gain muscle exercise more. a person with a fat metabolism's body converts food into energy faster than a normal person. where a normal person might require 3000 calories every day someone with a fast metabolism will need 5000. exercise and being active in sports will speed up your metabolism even more. if you increase your calorie intake your body will have more extra energy to turn into muscle.