Gain weight

[crosskore 0]

I was reading something about how to gain muscle mass to add weight to your body and it basicly says to go to te gym and all that, and to intake more calories then you use. Wouldnt this mean that the calories would turn to fat? Dont people want Muscle weight and not fat weight?

I read this in a book for hockey players, so I would assume that they know hockey players dont want to be fat. Maybe I'am looking into it wrong?

Any suggestions?

[D3nZ 0]

Best way to gain muscular weight is to do small sets but with heavier amounts of weights (from my friend at the gym and he also studies in Physical Education)

[CAINE 0]

In general, you'll need to consume more calories than you do now in order to gain and sustain any additional weight from lifting. If you just consume more calories and don't convert it to muscle or burn it off via exercise you will just get fat.

[D3nZ 0]

Lotsa meat.

[crosskore 0]

See, I thought that calories turned into fat, but what your saying is if you workout it will turn into muscle, but if you dont work out and it isnt used then it will turn into fat?

[CAINE 0]

Yes, generally, if calories are not used/burned then they turn to fat. Calories, especially those that come from sources of protein are more easily converted into muscle from exercise.

[SB39 2]

See, I thought that calories turned into fat, but what your saying is if you workout it will turn into muscle, but if you dont work out and it isnt used then it will turn into fat?

Crosskore: you need to read about nutrition and working out and their effects on the human body, because you sound like you are working entirely on hearsay. Go to a fitness website or pick up a magazine anmd read about what happens to your body when you do the various types of working out, from endurance runs to sprints to lifting weights. Learn before you start deciding about caloriesand dieting and working out.

Technically, a calorie is a unit of energy, specifically how much energy it takes to heat 1 gram of water by 1 degree, Fahrenheit or Celsius I don't know. Learn, then do...

[crosskore 0]

I read it in a book designed for hockey players. It has everything to do with hockey players. I didnt hear it in the local bar or anything. It said to consume more calories but I couldnt find the part in the book that says WHY. Thats why I came here. And you guysanswerd it for me. Thanks.

[chippa13 1844]

I read it in a book designed for hockey players. It has everything to do with hockey players. I didnt hear it in the local bar or anything. It said to consume more calories but I couldnt find the part in the book that says WHY. Thats why I came here. And you guysanswerd it for me. Thanks.

Well, if you're going to be increasing your exercising to increase your muscle mass then you are going to need more energy to do that, hence more calories. The additional lifting and exercising will use the additional calories for energy. Then, to add mass you will need to increase the amount of protein you intake as that is the best source for building muscle.

[SB39 2]

You have to remember, everything your body does takes energy. When you work out a lot, it makes you need more calories for several reasons. First, you are working out and that takes more calories than sitting on the couch. Second, especially with lifting weights, it takes a lot of energy (ie calories) to repair and rebuild muscles (when you lift, you cause tiny microtears in the muscle fibers, and that is what your body has to repair and prepare for in the future by building...). Thirdly, you are raising your metabolism in two ways; one, exercising makes your body do everything faster, including process and burn energy, and secondly, adding muscle to your body raises your metabolism because it takes more calories to maintain a muscular body than a chubby one...