Starting A Weight Gain Diet to Build Skinny Muscle!
Posted on September 19, 2009
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So if you’ve figured out you’re a hardgainer and burn up food like a nuclear power plant and want skinny muscle (muscle on skinny guys!), you’ll need to create or make a few changes to your weight gaining diet to maximise your muscle building. An effective skinny muscle weight gaining diet will take care of at least 85% of your muscle building goals in the long run. No matter how much training you do, a faulty weight gaining diet will always hold you back and prevent you seeing any true changes.
Try to eat around 30 minutes before your workout, post workout take a whey protein shake with around 30-50g of whey protein. Work your way up to half a gallon to a gallon of water a day, especially if your taking creatine. A weight gaining diet to build skinny muscle means eating hard, but not in one go, it’s about spacing!
It’s best not to go from your usual 3 meals a day to 6 straight away. Try adding a meal every few days to your weight gaining diet depending on how your body takes it. If you consume too much too quickly, it will be stored as fat and not skinny muscle. Firstly before you start adding these foods to your diet, cut back on the junk. Ice cream, cookies, chocolates, they all taste great but instead of gaining muscle weight, you’ll be gaining fat. It takes dedication and commitment to stick to a hardgainer diet but it will pay off in skinny muscle!
A Brief Grocery List of Foods to Start your Weight Gaining Diet and Building Skinny Muscle
- Fish & Seafoods – Fantastically healthy and packed with good oils and nutrients.
- High Calorie Breakfast Cereals – Add a little whey protein, add a few more nuts or raisins, great first meal for a weight gaining diet.
- Bagels – Very versatile and you can create great protein rich recipes.
- Legumes & Grains – High protein content makes these a great addition to a weight gaining diet to build skinny muscle.
- Mashed Potatoes – Full of carbohydrates that can be digested quickly by the body. Not very filling either which is good for hardgainers.
- Pastas & Rice – These are a great source of carbohydrates to fuel skinny muscle, various recipes possible to mix and match ingredients.
Foods to Snack on in a Weight Gaining Diet for Skinny Muscle
- Pretzels
- Protein Bars (watch the sugar content though)
- Nuts
- Apples
Start incorporating all these foods into your weight gaining diet in good amounts. Once again around 85% of your success in bodybuilding will be dictated by your nutrition. A good marker for healthy weight gain is around 2-3 pounds a week, so don’t forget to check the scales! Stick to your new diet for skinny muscle, stay committed and you’ll see results.
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