What are your thoughts on weight gainers?

[lyssword]

I don't care about weight, I'm around 145 5'8". A long as I feel healthy, and strong enough, I'm happy

 

[CKent]

They're BS, if you want to gain weight, you need to eat more. Skinny guys who successfully gain weight often claim they had to view eating as a job. There are no shortcuts.

Lifting won't do a thing unless you're getting enough calories, and enough of those calories are from protein. Protein shakes have almost no calories in them, try eating more meat / poultry / fish.

 

[psteng19]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
what is your lifting schedule like though?

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My workout... I used to do lots of isolation exercises almost daily but now I've switched over to more compound exercises 3-4x a week, usually 3 sets of 8 reps, or if I can't finish the last set, it would be to failure.

(Monday) chest/triceps:
flat/incline/decline bench
dumbbell bench flat/incline
skullcrusher
cable tricep extension?
dips

(Tues/Fri) legs:
squats on Smith
deadlifts
seated calf raises
leg extensions
leg curls
more leg extensions on sled machine

(Wed) bi's/back/shoulders:
pull ups
seated rows (cable)
lat pull downs
shoulder shrugs
shoulder upright row
overhead shoulder press

Thu/Sun rest, Sat sometimes