How Do I Gain Weight?

[[old] kwadams]

Diesel (and others)--<br><br>I've been following this thread and am interested in a little more info on how you train.<br><br><span style='color:blue'>[QUOTE]<br>Actually I do multiple work sets (the number depends on the size of the body part) but usually 4 for biceps up to 10 for back and quads. But yes, I normally stay in the 4-8 rep set range. It's the best for strength retention, and if you're eating enough calories for stimulating mass growth. I train each body part once a week, and am currently lifting 4x a week and erging 8x a week. When I was heavy into powerlifting/bodybuilding - I was lifting 5-6x week.</span> <br><br>I'm in the middle of revamping my training routine and would like to start doing split routines of erging in the morning (before work) and weight training during the day. I have been doing <u>both</u> in the morning (with erging first) and find that I'm just too spent to be able to do any sort of meaningful weight training. I suspect that this is one reason that I've actually dropped weight (unintended) and also lost some muscle mass/strength (I am approx 6' and 160 LBS). I'm in good CV shape with very little fat, but I'd like to add a little lean muscle (and hopefully some strength) back to the frame, but still keep it around 165 for lw class.<br><br>I don't want to take up a whole lot of your time, but can you provide a brief description of what your weight training rountine is? When you train 4 x's a week now, how do you group muscles, i.e., do you do chest/tri's/shoulders together on say Mon, legs on Tues, bi's/back on Wed, etc. or do you separate these in another way? I'll only have approx 45-60 minutes during the day to weight train (lunch time at work), so I'll need to factor that into the equation. <br><br>I probably have a bunch of others things to ask you about diet, etc., but I don't want to overwhelm you right now! I appreciate any advice you care to offer. Thanks.<br><br>Kevin <br>

[[old] Rocket Roy]

How to gain wieght ? Eat more do less.

[[old] Canoeist]

<!--QuoteBegin-TomR/the elder+Jul 19 2004, 03:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'><span class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></span> (TomR/the elder @ Jul 19 2004, 03:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Paul--<br><br>If you were to compare yourself to the heavyweight men who made this year's US Olympic team, you would find that you're heavier than many of them.  <br><br><a href='http://www.usrowing.org/itemdisplay.asp?id=1352' target='_blank'>http://www.usrowing.org/itemdisplay.asp ... br><br>Tom Rawls<!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><br>Thanks for the link Tom.<br><br>It is interesting to note that all of the Olympians that are around my weight also are a few inches taller than me too. (Also about 25 years younger too!) It is hard to believe that I am "stocky" for a rower. But, of course, on water there is a large penalty to be paid for additional weight. The top three ergers in my class (40/H/M)at CRASH-B looked fairly beefy. That is why I was trying to gain a bit of weight.<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Paul Flack

[[old] TomR/the elder]

Paul--<br><br>It would be interesting to know what sort of times the "thin" guys pull on the erg. I suspect they've all got substantial engines to go with their technical proficiency. <br><br>And yes, they have their youth as well.<br><br>Tom<br><br>