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If you are trying to gain weight people have probably told you get to the gym and workout to add muscle mass to your frame. If you are like most people who are trying to gain weight you most likely have tried this in the past with poor results. So what can you do to increase your muscle mass by exercise?
Exercising to gain weight is very different than exercising for fitness. To gain muscle mass you need to do targeted exercises to stimulate growth of specific muscle groups. If you work out to increase your fitness you will most likely not gain weight but actually lose it. You need to work out to a program that is specifically tailored to adding muscle mass to an underweight body.
Ideas to add muscle mass and gain weight.
- Work out with weights not on the treadmill. The treadmill and other aerobic exercises are great for fitness but are useless and even counterproductive if you want to gain weight. Resistance weight training is the best and fastest way to add muscle mass.
- Work out using compound exercises. A compound exercise is one that activates more than one muscle group. These exercises include squats, dead lifts and bench presses. Exercising multiple muscle groups at once will activate your body to add muscle mass.
- Do a small number of repetitions with heavy weights rather than a large number of repetitions with light weights. Heavy weights will stress your muscles and activate your body to increase the muscle mass.
- Get plenty of rest between work outs. Resting between workouts is important as it will allow your body to heal and add the muscle mass that will help you gain weight and it will also make getting back to the gym easier.
Once you have started and exercise regiment that is designed to gain weight commit to stick to it for at least 30 days. To supercharge your weight gain goals combine exercise with dietary changes to give yourself an extra boost.
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