Help Out a 120lb Twig!

[rum_an]

Hey guys!

I'm 120lb (and 5'9") and have absolutely no fat or muscle, and I need both of them in the swimming course I'll be taking soon. By the end of the summer, I really want to be heavier and more muscular. No matter how much food I eat, it seems that I don't gain much weight, and my friend said not to work out because I'm swimming 50 minutes every day, and that the amount of calories I'd be losing would make me even skinnier.

What's your advice? I want to weightlift AND swim. Would this be too much? Also, what kind of weightlifting? My friend said 40 push-ups a day...

Thanks for your help!

rum_an

 

[ihateschoolmt]

Your friend is retarded. Weightlifting will not make you burn that many calories. Do high intenisty low volume.

 

[LexusGS]

Umm, how the hell is doing pushups weightlifting? unless your friend stands on your back while you do it. ???

 

[THEUNIT(XXL)]

First you've got to think big, like your him.

If all goes to plan when you wake up tomorrow, you will be a 310 pound BBer

 

[Squaggleboggin]

Many swimmers also lift. It helps make them stronger. Just make sure you're eating the RIGHT things. Eat clean and eat big. Read up on how to gain mass. Do some research. Find out how many calories you burn by swimming at x rate for y amount of time. Find out how many calories you'll burn by lifting with low, medium, and high reps and what kinds of gains will come from each. Knowledge is your best friend.

 

[Sam40]

Swimming burns around 600 calories per hour. You are going to have to make up the difference-plus. You will need a balance of around 50/50 carbs, and proteins, plus a generous supply of good fats. This kind of aerobics does not make for good body building.

You will also have to do hi-impact weight training, low rep's + high weight to off set any additional calorie burn here. This type of training burns very few calories, but may; if not very careful lead to some serious injuries. Especially if you do not have a good starting base to build on.

 

[rum_an]

Thanks so much for the feedback! I have two more questions, if you have the time:

1) I snack a lot in the day on stuff like chips and candy. I've assumed this is really fattening and only helps to gain weight, but now I'm not sure. Should I stop the snacking?

2) I'm planning to do normal weightlifting with a barbell (low reps, large weight) and curl-ups as well. Besides that, would push-ups and sit-ups 'til failure be a good addition? Any other additions?

oh, and thanks for that photo, Unit. I'm thinkin' big!

Just kiddin'!

Thanks guys...

 

[Mudge]

Count your calories, every meal, every day.

 

[Sam40]

Candy bars, and Potato chips = simple carbohydrates, and grease plus starch. All of which are not very good for you, and do nothing but add useless empty calories to your diet.

You need to get your carbs in the form of complex branch chain types. These come from fresh fruit, and whole grain bread, and cereals. For someone who has no weight problem peanut butter is an excellent source of complex carbs, some protein, and good fats, but eat it on whole grain bread. The average peanut butter sandwich is around 500 calories, couple of these a day in place of the candy and chips will boost you up.

 

[CowPimp]

You're not eating as much as you think, guaranteed. You sometimes have to force feed yourself to some degree to get results. Try actually counting out 5000 calories worth of food one day spread out over 5+ meals. You will be amazed.

 

[Doublebase]

Start eating a lot of spaghettie, steak and oats.