Question about taking a weight gainer

[OfTheCross]

I've been on this for about 2 weeks now and have put on 4lbs.

I've only been taking half the recommended amount, presumable if I take the full serving I would have gaind 8 lbs by now.

My question is the following: I have not been working out these last couple of weeks. I'm just trying to put the weight on for now. Is this wise?

The 4 lbs that I did gain have not effected my abs at all...I guess I'm storing it elsewhere

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

My question is the following: I have not been working out these last couple of weeks. I'm just trying to put the weight on for now. Is this wise?

As someone who spent the last 2 springs and summers dropping 40lbs, I want to shlap you

Ask yourself... what the hell do you want to gain weight for, if it's not muscle????

No it's not wise. Only put on weight to gain muscle.

 

[OfTheCross]

As someone who spent the last 2 springs and summers dropping 40lbs, I want to shlap you

Ask yourself... what the hell do you want to gain weight for, if it's not muscle????

No it's not wise. Only put on weight to gain muscle.

Once I got the weight I can turn it into muscle, no?

As long as I got abs I'm good. I am considering doing deadlifts starting in week 3, though.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Once I got the weight I can turn it into muscle, no?

No, that's not how it works at all. It's much faster + straightforward + productive to build muscle from scratch than to get fat and try and turn that to muscle. Best place to start building muscle is from a lower body weight.

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

He said I can turn it into muscle later, right

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

No, that's not how it works at all. It's much faster + straightforward + productive to build muscle from scratch than to get fat and try and turn that to muscle. Best place to start building muscle is from a lower body weight.

Fat doesn't even turn into muscle and muscle doesn't turn into fat I don't know why this myth is still being talked about....is because some fat dudes seem to go from fat to muscular and people think that's fat being turned into muscle?

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Fat doesn't even turn into muscle and muscle doesn't turn into fat I don't know why this myth is still being talked about....is because some fat dudes seem to go from fat to muscular and people think that's fat being turned into muscle?

I think that's where it came from. In any case like you said it's bullshyt. You want to build muscle, build muscle. If fat could turn into muscle nobody would be obese

 

[The ADD]

Once I got the weight I can turn it into muscle, no?

As long as I got abs I'm good. I am considering doing deadlifts starting in week 3, though.

 

[GoldTeef]

As someone who spent the last 2 springs and summers dropping 40lbs, I want to shlap you

Why did it take you so long to lose 40lbs?

Once I got the weight I can turn it into muscle, no?

dont beat yourself up too much man, we all used to believe stupid shyt

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Why did it take you so long to lose 40 lbs

I did it in chunks and had a gaining phase in between

I think I lost like 33, gained back 13, down another 16 this phase. So almost 40. Total goal is 42

 

[DonKnock]

Muscle weighs more than fat by volume, so if you want to gain weight, why would you not want the heavier of the two

 

[OfTheCross]

Aight peeps, thanks for the info.

Based on the responses I'm going to start working out on Saturday and increase my weight gainer intake to a full serving instead of the half serving w/o working out that I'm presently doing.

At a minimum I still expect to gain 2lbs a week, but if muscle weighs more than fat my weight my increase even faster

 

[The ADD]

Aight peeps, thanks for the info.

Based on the responses I'm going to start working out on Saturday and increase my weight gainer intake to a full serving instead of the half serving w/o working out that I'm presently doing.

At a minimum I still expect to gain 2lbs a week, but if muscle weighs more than fat my weight my increase even faster

Tread lightly, there are limits to muscle gain depending on you variables.

 

[OfTheCross]

Tread lightly, there are limits to muscle gain depending on you variables.

Explain these "limits"

 

[The ADD]

Explain these "limits"

You can't consistently ensure that the weight gained is 2 pounds of pure muscle. The human body doesn't work like that without the assistance of PED's. If you aren't dialed in on nutrition, lifting and measurements you could pick-up more fat gain than desired.

I don't know your situation so I just caution you on the rate of weight gain.