Some people aren't meant to be big

[BluMuscle]

For some people, trying to put on extra weight is very difficult and/ or impractical.

For example, I have a very fast metabolism and need to eat 4000 calories per day to gain weight (anything less does nothing [srs]). However, in order to reach 4000 calories per day, I have to eat foods that provide a lot of calories per unit weight (i.e. calorically dense foods), which tend to be unhealthy; such foods tend to cause me to break out in acne (e.g. wheat products such as bread and pancakes, simple carbohydrates such as french fries or baked potatoes, foods high on the hglycemic index, etc).

Alternatively, healthy foods, such as lean meats, veggies, whole grains, etc, provide very little calories per unit weight, which require me to eat so many pounds of it, that my gut would almost always protrude outward and be in pain.

Furthermore, due to the small size of my frame, I'm pretty sure that I have small organs, which can't efficiently process 4000 calories or more per day, which explains why I always look and feel unwell whenever I eat so much food in a day (e.g. puffy eyes and skin from water retention due to excess carbs and sodium).

Quite frankly, some people simply aren't meant to be big. What do you say in response to this, Misc?

[NYCLegend21]

People have different genetics

Man lands on moon

[SkinnyBeast24]

you just don't want it bad enough sadly

[L_Coops]

Wall of text.

At least you're not fat.

[Justifiedpipe]

Everyone can get big if they use gear

[Chrysippus]

I think anyone who claims they can't gain weight at 4k cals and weighs 145 lbs is ****in lying.

[Muzzlrpress]

you just don't want it bad enough sadly

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I think anyone who claims they can't gain weight at 4k cals and weighs 145 lbs is ****in lying.

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[allianc3]

I smell BS. You're 148lbs, eating more than a sandwich each day should allow you to put on muscle if you're actually doing things right in the gym.

You can spend all the time you want explaining why the diet is your Achilles heel, I can guarantee you there's other factors at play here. Also anytime I hear someone mentioning bloating in their face, water retention, sodium levels ect... Who doesn't look like they lift, I automatically assume they know nothing about diet as well.

[takingover22]

OP is right. Some people have ****ty small FRAMES: narrow clavicles, small wrists and hands, thin neck, narrow skull etc. Really genetics determine 95% of your potential. Some people just have bad genetics.

[EmanuelKant]

didn't read but I agree

[BluMuscle]

I think anyone who claims they can't gain weight at 4k cals and weighs 145 lbs is ****in lying.

I had to eat 4000 calories per day to reach 148 pounds, silly. I've been eating less than that for the past few months (about 3000 per day) and now weigh less. I truly do have a ridiculously fast metabolism. If I lived in a hunter gatherer society, I'd probably die during a period of food scarcity due to my inability to hold onto the calories that I consume.

[miscbehaving]

You look like you lift. So what if you can't get huge, just concentrate on staying fit and healthy.

[dhawkeye1980]

Increase your protein serious, i weighted 165lbs when i was in the academy and i went from around 12% bf to 8%. I began taking in 25 to 50 g of protein every 4 hours on top of 2 hours at the gym after the academy everyday and i left the academy at 190lbs

[Beauuu]

OP is right. Some people have ****ty small FRAMES: narrow clavicles, small wrists and hands, thin neck, narrow skull etc. Really genetics determine 95% of your potential. Some people just have bad genetics.

Can confirm, this is me. Have given up on lifting. What a waste of time

[Bando]

No one was "meant" to look like a bodybuilder, hence the whole eating, training, bulking, cutting etc. That said, I don't have the capacity to just torch through 4k calories, damn.

[Chrysippus]

OP is right. Some people have ****ty small FRAMES: narrow clavicles, small wrists and hands, thin neck, narrow skull etc. Really genetics determine 95% of your potential. Some people just have bad genetics.

No one is denying that small frames and bad genetics exist.

I have a small frame and bad genetics. But guess what? If I eat a caloric surplus, I gain weight. Amazing, I know.

Sometimes it is hard to get the food down, but saying "I actually eat 8k calories a day and can't get past 130 lbs" is bullchit.

There are many reasons why a hard gainer can't get the food intake. Maybe gerd, gastritis, nervous stomach, whatever. But they are not eating massive amounts of food, they just aren't.

[Muzzlrpress]

Post a food log pls.

[crsaen010]

Just stop lifting stop eating stop moving stop stopping

[BluMuscle]

Increase your protein serious, i weighted 165lbs when i was in the academy and i went from around 12% bf to 8%. I began taking in 25 to 50 g of protein every 4 hours on top of 2 hours at the gym after the academy everyday and i left the academy at 190lbs

I consume anywhere from 0.84 to 1Lb of protein lean chicken per day. Is that not enough?

[takingover22]

Can confirm, this is me. Have given up on lifting. What a waste of time

Same feels. Wasted years in the gym and dieting only to get arm and handmogged by 80% of the male population. Genetics ****ing suck.

[Curlbrahhh]

I say youre a *******.
Anyone whos 5´7 would be able to eat WAY less than 4000 calories and gain weight. Youre not a magical leprachaun m8..

[dhawkeye1980]

I consume anywhere from 0.84 to 1Lb of protein lean chicken per day. Is that not enough?

1lb of chicken a day? And you think thats enough? Thats like 40g at best. Bro whats your 4k diet look like? Srs

[BluMuscle]

1lb of chicken a day? And you think thats enough? Thats like 40g at best. Bro whats your 4k diet look like? Srs

I'm talking about now and not when I weighed 148 LBs (I weigh less now). When I weight 148 LBs, I was eating way more food and way more meat.

[cheapshot555]

if you're in a surplus you will gain weight...same thing as if you're in a deficit you will lose weight...you obviously have a genetic max but that takes time to hit...either or you're counting cals wrong or not working out properly.

[DiscoSkeletons]

I was stuck at 155 lbs for the longest time, no matter how much I ate.

I had to drink a gallon of whole milk a day for 5 weeks to go from 155 lbs to 168 lbs. That's 2400 extra calories on top of my +3100 calorie solid food diet. After I stopped drinking the gallon a day, all of the bloatedness and squishyness melted off in 4 days tops with no effort. I eat +4000 calories a day now, and it took me a while to get into the mid 170's range.

My metabolism is so ridiculously high powered, that you wouldn't even understand it unless you had it. I don't have to worry about accumulating fat, even while drinking all of that milk. I've never had to worry about what I ate. I can eat anything I want and not see a change in my body composition. It's a blessing and a curse at the same time.

[ZMAg]

Not enough intensity at the gym + not enough sleep /thread

Increase both of those and you will see results if its true you are getting 4k/day

[bsmit107]

148lbs..............can't gain weight on 4000cals/day.

At 148lbs, I'm not even sure your jaws have the strength to consume 4000cals/day.

[takingover22]

if you're in a surplus you will gain weight...same thing as if you're in a deficit you will lose weight...you obviously have a genetic max but that takes time to hit...either or you're counting cals wrong or not working out properly.

Muscle mass numbnuts, nobody cares about just gaining "weight". Small frames simply hold small muscle mass.

What a fuking JOKE "counting cals improperly" "not working out properly"

just lmfao how deluded you are. Oh yeah, do your bench press 3 inches lower and you will magically increase your muscle mass genetic storage potential.

[dhawkeye1980]

I'm talking about now and not when I weighed 148 LBs (I weigh less now). When I weight 148 LBs, I was eating way more food and way more meat.

Just make it simple bro, take 1 shake every 4 hours, or a protein bar, take a 2 scoop shake after workout and before bed

[allianc3]

Not enough intensity at the gym + not enough sleep /thread

Increase both of those and you will see results if its true you are getting 4k/day

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