Q&A – How to Gain Weight and Build Muscle for Skinny Guys (With Regev Elya)

Jan 20 by GuestPoster

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Author: Regev Elya, creator and author of FreshBeetle, a website dedicated to sharing my knowledge and passion of nutrition and exercise. I’m deeply interested in the biological sciences, and especially the human body. I’ve been through a 62lbs transformation and literally went from being a poor scrawny guy to the strongest guy among my peers.

These are questions that I get asked all the time. I thought it will be a good idea to write them down and answer them publicly so that everyone can benefit from their answers. If you have any more questions, feel free to drop me an email at regev@freshbeetle.com . I will do my best to answer each and every question that is being thrown on my way. Good luck!

Q: ” Do you need meal replacement shakes ? All of my friends say that because I’m a skinny dude, I can not possibly grow without unnatural intervention, such as these weight gainer shakes. What are your thoughts about it? Thanks in advance – Sean. “

A: First of all, these meal replacement shakes are not more ‘unnatural’ than a bag of cornflakes. This is just processed food, nothing more. You certainly don’t NEED these shakes although they might be useful if your appetite is not high enough. I have gone all the way from 55kg to 83kg without any powdered protein or gainer product. You can certainly do the same. It is just powdered nutrients. If you can get them from natural whole foods – all the better.

Q: How do I gain weight as a skinny guy with fast metabolism? Is it all about the foods as everyone says? Thanks!

A: Well, it’s mostly nutrition. I mean, the best plan in the world will not make you big – it will make you strong. Nutrition helps you get bigger. The exercise portion simply means you will get more muscle relatively to fat with the excess calories from nutrition. Make sure you consume loads of whole foods nutrients, and exercise heavy – squats, deadlifts, bench presses, and other complex multi joint exercise that will help your body to grow as a systematical whole. This is the way monsters have been produced for ages.