Weight Gain With Exercise

Exercise is an activity that a lot of people look to for losing weight. When it comes to weight gain, exercise can also be utilized, but in a different way. You need to do compound exercises, which can recruit a maximal amount of muscle fibers. These exercises involve more than one muscle group and more than one joint movement.

Tips and Warnings

• For push presses, you can also use a loaded barbell, but the dumbbells allow more range of motion. When you do deadlifts, if you need more clearance with the weight plates, stand lengthwise on an aerobic step. When doing squats, place a towel or pad around the bar if there is too much stress on your back. Do no do any form of cardiovascular exercise since you want to gain weight.

Things You'll Need

• Barbell
• Weight plates
• Bench
• Dumbbells

References

• Compound exercises
• Barbell push presses