Question from a reader. I am female with a skinny figure and would be considered by most people to be underweight. Will the women’s weight gain program that you recommend on this site work for me?
Yes! But it can only be achieved with sweat and hard work, regardless of your age. The same principles for weight gain apply to both men and women with only one major difference. Men and women were born with different shapes and hormones. Therefore any muscle gain you get as a result of diet and training will only serve to accentuate the feminine shape you already have. You will look sexy and feel better about yourself!
Weight gain can come in the form of fat, water and muscle. By far, muscle is the most attractive of the three. Since you are a female I can understand any concern you might have about getting too muscular. Most of the bodybuilding women you see have great genetics. They are not hard gainers like the majority of women and are usually taking steroids (male hormones). The only way a female could look this ripped is from steroid usage. And let’s not forget that the female bodybuilders which you see in bodybuilding magazines are professional athletes. Their diet and training is a full time job for them. They dedicate their life to building a better physique.
Regardless of what you may have read, it is possible for women to gain weight without looking “bulky”. And even if you do become more ripped then what you would have hoped, once you have reached your goal or feel that you are looking too muscular for your own tastes you can always modify the program a little to suit your needs.
Similar to weight gain for men, diet plays a key role for gaining weight with women. You need to be consuming excess calories so that instead of having a calorie deficit, the opposite is true. You are consuming more calories then what your body requires, so it has to store this energy somehow, and with a good training and diet program, it will turn these calories into muscle instead of fat.
First of all, determine your weight gain caloric needs. Once this is calculated, you want to consume 300-500 additional calories per day. This is no different for women is a topic which is well covered on this site. The main point which I wanted to discuss in this article, which relates to muscle building for women, is the issue of hormones.
As you may already know several hormones play a key role in the ability to gain muscle. Without going into too much detail, the “male hormone” testosterone is the muscle building hormone. The amount of testosterone in your body is a limitating factor because you can not build more muscle if your testosterone levels are not high enough. This is why you see female bodybuilders who use synthetic testosterone (steroids) experience faster muscle gains as their limitating factor has disappeared.
Testosterone is referred to as the “male hormone” because testosterone levels are lower in women. Women need not be discouraged though. Testosterone levels can be increased naturally through specific natural training methods and diet.
Several studies have shown the positive effect that resistance training has on increasing testosterone levels in the body, especially directly after a workout. This is why it’s a good idea to drink a protein shake post workout, to take advantage of the testosterone spike.
For the ladies: Don’t be afraid of the weights, get a gym partner and don’t be intimidated by the guys in the gym. Attend a reputable gym with a supportive staff that will assist you and give you proper guidance on how to lift. Your weigh training program should be focused on progressively increasing the resistance. Do special muscle building workouts with the aim of gaining mass instead of building muscular endurance, which includes doing fewer reps and lifting heavy.
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I’m 20 years old and weigh 70 pounds and im about 5ft tall. I try to gain weight in all the possible ways there is and it just doesn’t work i eat as much as i can and still nothing so i just ordered the GNC weight gainer 2200.
My question is once i start taking this product how much weight will i put on with this alone not including foods i eat and working out to keep a nice curvy figure?
Also how does the product work if i do gain weight where does it go and do i have to work out 2 remain a flat stomach i really focused on gaining weight in my legs to be a little thick and my arms because i look like a tooth pic lol so if you have answers for me i will very much appreciate them!
I have been put on a naturopath diet (for health reasons) where I have to eleminate many foods from my diet – weighing a happy, healthy sized weight of 60kgs at the start of the year. I now only weigh 50kgs which I am not happy about.
I am hungry all the time and feel nausiated when I do eat, so I am finding that I am unable to eat too much.
The foods I need to cut out from my diet are dairy, sugar, potatoes, bananas, coke, coffee and tea. (with the exceptions of sweet potatoes and goats, rice, oat and soy milks)
I would like to put my weight back on but am finding it very hard and need some guidence.
I have a very big problem im 30 years old and mother of 1 child and i’m just 50 kg. The problem is that when i get stressed i lose a few pounds and to gain the weight back is big problem for me. I eat 3 proper meals per day. Please suggest me what to do. Thankyou.
hi, i am 20 years old and am 5ft 5in. and am currently recovering from anorexia. i weigh 92.5 lbs and need to gain weight. I have already been hospitalized and am on the verge of going back in which i want to avoid. I am very much into fitness and really need to get my weight up to 113lbs. I came across vince delmonte’s weight gain program and was thinking of trying it. I think that it would be easier for me to gain the weight if it was muscle gain. What do you suggest I do? Thank you!
Hi I am 18 yrs old and extremely thin and i need to gain weight and however much i eat i still dont gain weight. Please advice me on how i can gain weight so that i can look more feminine and look great in my clothes. Thank you so much for your help!