How to gain muscle weight without lifting weights?

[dsstang25]

Wouldn't a healthy diet, protein supplements, lots of calisthenics and lifting light weights fast every other day help more than eating like a pig? Just a guess though, I'm still learning.

I put on a small belly years ago and have not been able to loose it, every time I try I get the ultra munchies so it may not be a good idea to pig out to gain weight.

[Viktor777]

Why not use weights? I hope you realize that when you lift you'r building the same muscle you are when you do something such as a pushup except its more effective.

[steptwome]

Why not use weights? I hope you realize that when you lift you'r building the same muscle you are when you do something such as a pushup except its more effective.

That much is true but it is most effective when you mix it up calisthenics & weights. You have to alternate routines. one enhances the other.

[kenso]

without weights you have no choice but to do a lot of calisthenics. there's this article about training to do 1000 pushups a day that can give a decent amount of gain. also, when you eat to gain muscle, you're going to gain fat as well, but there's this trick to manipulate your metabolism so you can stay cut. i forget the details but the gist of it is you take in a high amount of calories one day and then a low amount the next day. i forgot the exact biological process but it tricks your body to keep a low fat % while keeping muscle. i'll link the articles if i find it again.

sounds ignorant. so you overeat one day then starve your body the next? both of those release cortisol which is not going to keep you cut.

get on a good diet, and use weights, there is no reason not to.

stronglifts.com

[Iamnotausername]

I heard about lowering your amount of cals for 6 days and overeating on one day so your body doesnt get too used to operating on a calorie deficit and the overeating day is supposed to trick your metabolism into thinking its running at a normal calorie intake. I've never tried it tbh tho.

I just excercise and eat properly!

[GTL]

All of you are giving horrible advice exepct kenso..

stronglifts.com will help you out.. get on that program, but its weights..

no weights, you would have to incorperate movements like heavy weighed pushups, heavy pullups, you need a horizontal pull but i cant really think of have bodyweight exercises that are a horizontal pull (barbell rows are good for that).. pistol squats.

all in all, if you wanna move up in weight, weight are your best bet.

[dino]

i got this problem too. im around 140 now, trying to put on about 10 lbs of muscle

you little ****

[Banderivets]

I put on over 20lb of muscle by doing pushups alone. Variety of them, elevated feet on a bed with two chairs (makes you really work your abs, also makes you go down a lot deeper then conventional pushups would). ALso pushups with your feet in the air against the wall.

That way I was able to build up my upper body big time. Sholders grew three sizes, neck grew a lot, chest got massive.

However your biceps will barely grow at all. (for me at least that was the case)

I would do 1000 pushups a day, 5 days a week. (its extremly difficult at first, well first off I never started off at 1000 a day). I started with 5 sets of 20 in the span of 40min...eventually going from 20 to 100, then doing sets of 100 10 times.

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Putting on weight with pushups will take a VERY long time. We are not talking about 3-4 months here.....we are in the 12-14months for those 20lb.

But keep in mind that no body is alike and everyone gets different results.

[JulioCesaChavez]

Do alot of circuits, and especially burpees, dips and pull ups.