What should a tall too skinny 18-year male - who eats well but weighs under 60kg - do to gain weight?

Answer 1

You just need to add some weight training and you will gain some weight then but it will be positive only need 3 time a week and 28 min of a total body work out and you will see result good luck.

If you are skinny all over you need to spend at least 30 to 45 min of strenght training and no cardio for you since you don't need to lose weight. Second you need to eat 3x a day adding at least 5 to 6oz of protein to your diet morn,lunch,dinner. No snacking in between you want to gain weight and eating 5 to 6 small meals keep the bodie burning fat at all times,so you will do the only 3 time a day. Add veg and potatoes or brown rice with wild rice to diet and you will start to see results of muscle gain.

Make sure after each meal you have a fruit most likely a banana for potasuim for incase of leg cramps. Do not add white flour or sugar loaded drinks or junk food will only cause weight gain in fat. The ideal is to add musle not fat.

Now you need to do a full body work out not target any part of your body it doesnt work and its only cause for more recover and maybe put you off of working out if you target body parts.

Start by doing this.

barbell squat 1 set 8-10 reps

leg extension 1 set 8-10 reps

barbell deadlift 1 set 8-10 reps

incline dumbbell flys 1 set 8-10 reps \

pulldown 1 set 8-10 reps

barbell overhead press 1 set 8 to 10 reps

overhead dumbbell 1 8-10 reps

standing calf raise with weight 1 set 8-10 reps

crunch 1 set 8-10 reps

take a rest day

leg press 1 set 8-10 reps

stiff legged deadlift 1 set 8-10 reps

leg curl 1 set 8-10

dumbbell incline press 1 set 8-10

pulldown 1 set 8-10

dumbbell over head press1 set 8-10

barbell bicep curl 1 set 8-10

donkey calf raise1 set 8-10

dumbbell side bends 1 set 8 -10

The ideal to work like this and not do many reps is not needed you just have to increase your weight each time to heavier weight so it make it harder to lift and do this by lifting slow and hold a count of 2 to 3 seconds on each hold if you feel the need to add another set then do so but not need. alternate these work out and make sure you rest on your days off that is when you are going to build muscle not in the gym while you are working out just on the rest day.If you don't know the moves to these work out just ask some one at the gym or look it up on the computer.

Make sure to drink plenty of water at all times. Make sure to switch your work out plan each week to give your body new movements. So its not how many reps you can do and how fast you can do it but how much you can lift and by added more weight each time and less reps you will see results.