Don't gain fat before you gain muscle. The reason people believe you have to gain fat to gain muscle is because many of the things that build fat also build muscle. However, you can still gain the muscle without the fat (or atleast with minimal fat) it just takes a better approach to gaining weight and a little more effort.
Here's what I'd reccommend:
- avoid weight gainer shakes if you're looking to stay healthy.
- I would not recommend spiking your blood sugar, that's not healthy. The main reason people recommend high GI carbs is because they don't make you feel full so you can keep on eating them. You can gain weight on low GI carbs (healthier) but you'll have to continue eating even after you're full.
- eat, eat, then eat some more. You have to eat more calories then your body needs and hopefully, if you're doing everything correctly, those excess calories will go into muscle instead of fat.
- as long as your protein's above 15% of calories you'll be fine in that catergory
It's difficult to recommend anything for weight training when I don't know anything about you're past experience. Have you worked out before?  |