Building Muscle to Gain Weight
Building muscle
through weight training will not only convert your extra weight into lean body
mass, but it will also stimulate your appetite. Consider these points before
you begin:
- The extra muscle will increase the speed of your metabolism, so you'll need to consume more calories to maintain or gain weight.
- During the first month of weight training, you may experience tremendous gains if you are faithful to your schedule. However, also expect this to level off after this initiatory period (known in the bodybuilding world as a plateau). You overcome this by re-evaluating your weight and muscle mass, while altering your diet to include more food and heavier weights.
- When you start a new training routine, you will often experience extreme muscle soreness, called DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness). This soreness is completely normal and should not prevent one from keeping to their weight training schedule. It goes away in 3 to 5 days.
