How to get buff?

<p>OK, I am not a fat guy or anything like that. I have a average built and I want get a muscular build. What is the quickest way of doing this? And NO, I won't take steroids.</p>

<p>lift everyday, increase your protein take dramatically should do the trick. BTW it is VERY hard to maintain the "6-pack" really cut look.</p>

<p>eat a lot, exercise a lot....simple law of physiology.</p>

<p>just stay away from processed foods and sugars (white bread, soda, junk food, etc.etc.), drink lots of water, eat a lot of protiens, carbs, fats(good kinds - poly, omega)...and just bust your bootie at the gym..</p>

<p>be patient you'll get pretty buff soon enuff</p>

<p>Why stay away from the sugars?</p>

<p>according to atkin's diet guys, sugars induce the production of insulin, which is used to make and store fat. The more sugar you eat, the more insulin you produce, the more fat you create and the hungrier you feel.</p>

<p>that's why the atkin's diet, south beach, etc work so well.</p>

<p>join my track team... its bootcamp. we had to wheel barrow the entire football fild twice. its a lot worse than it sounds. also, dont get me started on gassers.</p>

<p>but i guess for guys who want to be buff, its a combination of increasing how much you eat (healthy food!) and also lifting. dont run or swim bc they tend to make ppl lose weight on not gain muscle.</p>

<p>atkins diet is full of crap</p>

<p>yes, yes it is. people always want to know the secret to losing weight... EATING IN MODERATION AND GETTING OFF THE COUCH DUMB*****. i should write a book about it. :)</p>

<p>Don't lift everyday. One of the most important things is getting enough rest in between workouts. 48 hours, or until there is no more soreness.</p>

<p>Get a gym membership, and make your own schedule. I love working out in the gym, but haven't been able to in a while. I'll do it in college, definitely.</p>

<p>Lifting 5-6 days a week is probably a good idea. However, the key is to lift with different muscle groups on consecutive days. For example, I would work on my chest, triceps, and legs on Monday. Tuesday I would go with biceps, back, and shoulders. Also, extra protein isn't really all that necessary. You have a limit to how much your body needs, and the rest is just lost in waste product. A normal amount of protein is really all that is necessary.</p>

<p>How do you gain weight? I'm 5'9'' 130 and have been trying to gain weight for the past year or so but I really don't think it's possible. I mean i lifted weights for a couple months and ate as much prtein as I could but only gained no more than 5 lbs. Once I stopped I immediatly lost the weight that I had gained. Anyone know what to do?</p>

<p>6 Foot 142 lol. Then again I do track and cross country. But I really need to gain weight, esp. since ice hockey season started:)</p>

<p>Gta: You have to lift for more than a couple months. I started lifting when I was a soph. in HS and got pretty strong by the time I was a senior, but didn't really see big muscles until college. It takes time.</p>

<p>I don't have a skeleton... i'm all muscle</p>

<p>How to get buff?</p>

<p>Eat alot of good stuff (fibers, complex carbs, etc), drink alot of water, go exercise/work out, protein shakes after every lifting round (promotes muscle growth), develop a consistent work out pogram and stick to it (I do arms one day, legs the other, but, w/e works), run in the mornings, and have peanut butter on your bagel.</p>

<p>The most important thing is that you stick with it, consistency=you win! Also, peanut butter on bagel is good.</p>

<p>spammer -_-;</p>

<p>The Atkins Diet is friggin' racist diet.</p>

<p>It's aimed at all groups of ethnicities except for the Asian community. I mean… no carbs?!?! My bowl of rice is my apple-a-day, damn it.</p>

<p>how can people gain weight to get buff?</p>

<p>because fat and muscle are two different things, buddy.. i guess you're not a bio major =)</p>

<p>buff = muscular and bigger muscles = more weight. maybe you are thinking of ripped, which means having a low body fat percentage.</p>

<p>It is difficult to put on a lot of mass in high school since many of us have high metabolisms. I lift, yet I also swim. It is difficult to pack on the pounds doing both. However, my metabolism also doesn't permit me to easily gain weight, muscle, fat, or what have you. After speaking with my coach, he said he was a bean in high school, and it was right after high school where he started really filling out (he's jacked up now). Therefore, my advice would be to learn how to lift properly, learn a good workout routine, and then eventually it will pay off when your metabolism slows down (hwoever your metabolism might not be fast like mine)</p>