Gain weight and strength

[baseball914]

I'm 18 and I'm about 150 lbs i know i have to lift but what are the best things to take to Gain weight and strength what do you recommend and has it worked for you?
Thank you

 

[strictly_bones]

i have the same problem..i work out every other day diff. body parts and still cant bulk. however, i do feel stronger within the last few months. that question above is for me too.

 

[canuck muscle]

Eat more, lift more. It sounds simple but its the truth. Aim for high quality proteins and good carbs. 1-1.5g of protein/lb body weight will probably be the advice you will mostly hear.
Supps I recommend: whey
creatine
multi
glutamine

 

[Ddevildownn]

Some of the best advice I have heard for people who complain about not being able to gain mass or weight is from an MMA forums. Most people who complain of not being able to gain mass are eating less than what is needed to sustain a dead rat, at the same time they are either lifting too much (frenquency wise) with too little rest, or too little (low weight, high reps, or low weight low reps). The advice from the MMA forums is like this.

Get a watch with an alarm, set said alarm to go off in two hours. When it sounds, eat good growing food (good fat, good protein, good carbs look elsewhere for a definition of "good") until you feel sick (literally feeling sick for two reasons, one you are used to probably 1200-1800 calories in a day, and two you stomach will literally need to start training for actually eating like you are lifting). Do this every two hours until for a few weeks until you have trained yourself to actually eat.

Hell this advice in polar opposite (relatively small meals with great frequency) probably works for cutting as well as bulking. Oh yeah, if someone tells you are a hardgainer, run away rather than telling yourself you are a cripple for your entire life and that you can't gain muscle work around it.

 

[Purdue Power]

I was in your position at one point. I was lifting far too much and not eating enough. I was always trying to go low carb and all that bullshit. My roommate, who used to be a competition powerlifter, told me that I had to simply start eating everything that I could. I was only able to eat every 3hrs at first, but my body got used to it, and last time I did a bulking round, I was eating every 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Every meal is based around 30-40g of protein, and a good source of carbs, and a good source of fat(if the source of protein and carbs didn't provide enough). They only way to effectively grow muscle mass is to feed them more than they need. Cut back on cardio to keep as many calories as possible in your body.

 

[baseball914]

Any Supplements i should be taking?

 

[canuck muscle]

Any Supplements i should be taking?

Protein, creatine, multi, glutamine

 

[maze]

Any Supplements i should be taking?

For protein concentrate in Caseinate and Egg, leave Whey for when you are on a more acceptable weight. Usually weight gainers have a mix of the first 2.