How to for the skinny guy: gain-muscle-mass

Okay, I've never been "skinny". However, with the goal to gain-muscle-mass to compete in the NPC, everyone is "skinny" in the world of competitive bodybuildin where mass rules. So, my point is, I understand the need, want, and obsession involved in gaining-weight...and having zero patients while it is happening.

My first year of college (freshman undergraduate) I gained23 pounds. Lots of this was shoveling bland food in all kinds of dining halls until I felt nausious. Now, I do believe in the meathead dogma that you must train the stomach too expand and "mildly" force feed in order to really gain mass. The reason for this is that the body loves homeostasis (static, narrow ranges of everything from hormoone levels to food, to temperature, to bodycomposition).

Only the last ten pounds I gained were with some...help. Still, if you are skinny, you are not going to get around one simple fact:

1. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO EAT!!!!!!!!! AND THEN EAT MORE!!!! Rule number 1: You are going to have to eat a ton! The main reason I decided to move on from competitive bodybuilding was that at 232lbs off-season at 5'8, I was often out of breath when sprinting with my dog (if I still even sprinted) or running up stairs (sometimes even walking up stairs). Although I loved the sport of bodybuilding (still do), I was not willing to constantly stuff my stomach and continuously use insulin to eat more to gain-muscle-mass, etc. I commend those who are able to do it, I just hope you/they take precautions of some sort to maintain health.

Sidenote/Precaution: many drugs affect electrolyte balance, cell conductance, and interfere with oxygenation via the efficiency of the lungs. The good thing for muscle-mass gain is, many of these bodybuilding drugs make us more fast-twitch-glycolytic, and less slow-twitch oxidative. Many of these drugs help us to store more muscle glycogen (we pump easily and stay "swole"), upregulate glycolytic (glycogen/glucose splitting or "lysing") enzymes...this allows for more powerful muscle contractions which allows us to lift heavier weights, combined with food and recovery allowing us to gain-muscle-mass.

The point is, before I get off track, many growth drugs increase our ability to conract forcefully, but not repetitively. You will never have great aerobic capacity if you become a monster. Understand that a human heart really is about the size of your fist. Monstrous muscle mass requires monstrous blood supply. This job is a definite increased demand on the heart-even at rest. That being said, sorry for the softie medical side coming out...lets talk about how to get this problem if you are a die hard mass freak.

We have three things to master to get REALLY BIG and gain-muscle-mass.

1. Unique, genetic-specific drug regimens(you will only find this by experimentation and trial and error)

2. Lots of heavy lifting-"progessive overload"

3. Lots of eating!! "caloric surplus"-eating more than your maintenance level...constantly. Day in and day out. Drug Outline-mass-gain-muscle-mass Diet Outline-eat-gain-muscle-mass Workout Outlline-weight-gain-muscle-mass