If you're
someone who is really struggling to gain
weight,
you need to put
yourself on a hardgainer diet. This is a diet that is more calorie
dense and will therefore provide an overabundance of calories in order
to help you generate lean body tissue.
Those who do not follow a hardgainer diet usually find themselves
struggling for years in a cycle where they'll gain a couple pounds but
lose them just as quickly.
Planning out your
hardgainer diet will leave nothing to chance so you'll know at all
times what you need to be eating in order to see the results you're
looking for.
Here is a sample meal plan that you should follow. It's based around an
intake of 4500
calories which should be
enough to get any skinny guy
growing. If you use this hardgainer diet for a week or two and still
aren't seeing progress, then double up on some of the serving sizes
until you do.
(Use my free
bodybuilding workout routine in
conjunction with this diet plan to get the best out of both of them)
Free
Sample Hardgainer Diet
Breakfast
(800 calories)
4
egg whites + 2 whole eggs
1
cup oatmeal (dry measurement)
1
slice whole grain bread
1
tbsp natural peanut butter
1
orange
Snack
(700 calories)
1
can tuna
1
whole grain tortilla wrap
2
tbsp low-fat mayonnaise
1
banana
1
cup low-fat milk
12
almonds
Lunch
(800 calories)
6
oz chicken breast
1
½ cups brown rice
½
chopped pepper
½
cup chopped mushrooms
½
cup chopped carrots
1
tbsp olive oil
Snack
(700 calories)
1
scoop protein powder - (I prefer Whey
protein - vanilla ice-cream
flavour..yum!)
1
cup low-fat milk
1
banana
1
tbsp peanut butter
1
whole grain bagel
Dinner
(800 calories)
6
oz steak
1
cup whole grain pasta
1
tbsp olive oil
2
cups chopped mixed vegetables (to
prepare stir-fry)
1
cup low-fat milk
1
cup berries
Snack
(700 calories)
1
cup cottage cheese
2
tbsp natural peanut butter
½
cup oatmeal (raw measurement)
20
almonds
TOTAL
= 4500 Calories
Spreading
your meals evenly throughout the day will be a good idea and will help
you get a steady stream of nutrients to the muscle tissues. As you
progress throughout the week for variation you can sub in foods of a
similar nutritional value and create your own mix of meals.
For
example in your hardgainer diet you may want to include an apple
instead of a banana on some days, some turkey rather than chicken, a
potato rather than rice, and so on. As long as you replace fruits for
fruits, meat for other protein sources, and starchy carbohydrates with
similar foods you should hit your daily total calorie intake and see
great results.
Coming up with a hardgainer diet that you do enjoy and can follow on a
daily basis is one of the most important things you can do for success
when trying to gain
muscle mass,
so be sure not to overlook this. If you can include foods that you
enjoy naturally and are more calorie dense in nature so easier to get
down, you should find that you have good success while following this
diet plan.
If you're struggling to figure out how to create more daily meal plans
similar to the one above, I feel your pain! It can be a real
HASSLE
and very time consuming...and that can really throw water on the
fires of your determination to get in shape and gain muscle mass.
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