What is the best way for a person of a ectomorphic disposition to build muscle mass?
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The general consensus is to keep a much higher intake of protien and carbohydrates.  When lifting weights fewer repetitions(6-8) of higher intensity.  72 hours recovery time.\nHere is a wikiperia link in my sources.
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well, if you don't mind putting out effort, http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/index.html that site will tell you how to get in shape and what to eat and all to build up muscle mass
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If your goal is to put on as much mass as your genetics will allow, consider the following. First off, in order to gain muscle you may also need to gain some fat. This may sound discouraging but there are ways to keep the fat weight to a minimum. Get yourself in tune to eating about 500 calories more each day, and be sure to spread meals out to 5 or 6 daily. Be careful though, most athletes try to get these extra calories through fat sources. \n\nIt's best to get these calories predominantly from lean sources of protein (e.g. chicken, whey protein, etc.), with some complex carbohydrate and essential fats thrown in the mix. Make sure the extra calories are coming from the recommended percentages of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins. An increase in body weight of roughly 0.5 to 1.0lbs. per week is a reasonable goal. Anymore weight gain than that and you're risking the dreaded spare tire. \n\n For maximal gains in muscle mass, keep your reps between 5 and 12 and switch reps schemes every 3 to 4 weeks. This will keep the muscle guessing on what you're doing to it and keep you from overtraining. Now, here's the part that is guaranteed to get some of you hopping mad. DON'T TRAIN HEAVY ALL THE TIME. In other words, if you're training with reps of 10, don't train till failure every time you lift. And I don't care if you're natural or not. Your body will increase faster if you switch training intensity between light, medium, or heavy. \n\nTrust me, it works. You'll feel better, stay hungry for the gym, and you'll keep injuries to a minimum. If your main goal is mass, mass, mass, then I would keep aerobic training to a minimum. In fact, you may just want to keep aerobic training out of your training completely. I wouldn't do anymore than 20 minutes, 2 to 3 times per week. \n\nHere's an example of what a training program might look like. Now remember, this is not the magic program that you stick with for the rest of your life. In fact, I wouldn't stay on it any longer than 4 weeks. It's just an example. You need to switch things up every couple of weeks. \n\nNOTE: Click the exercise name to view the exercise and learn the correct form! \n\nMonday \n\n\nBench press 1x12, 10, 10 \nIncline press 1x12, 10, 10 \nMilitary press 1x12, 10, 10 \nSide-raise 3x12 \nTricep ext 3x12 \nKickback 3x12 \n\n Click Here For A Printable Log Of Monday! \n\nTuesday \n\n\nPull down 1x12, 10, 10 \nSeated Row 1x12, 10, 10 \nBent-over-raise 1x12, 10, 10 \nShrugs 3x12 \nBarbell Curl 3x12 \nDB Curl  3x12 \n\n Click Here For A Printable Log Of Tuesday! \n\nWednesday \n\n\nTake a day off. Eat plenty and sleep.\nThursday \n\n\nSquat 1x12, 10, 10 \nLunges 3x12 \nStiff-Legged Dead lift 3x12 \nLeg Curl 3x12 \nCalf-raise 5x12 \n\n Click Here For A Printable Log Of Thursday! \n\nFriday \n\n\nStart rotation over. Workout Saturday if you feel like it. If not, wait till Monday for another workout.
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Get fat.\nOnly exercise mixed with the protein produces muscle.
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find a good protein drink and work out with weights to gain muscle mass. muscle is heavier than fat.
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The best ones are: \nlunges\nsquats\nLeg lifts with squat push - stand upright, bend your right leg into your out to a straight leg and then squat with a straight left leg then after 20 reps swap over.  \nGlute pulls - you are on all fours on the floor, lift your right leg as far as it can go then pull down, do 10 long then do 20 pulses, swap legs. \n\n\nAlso go to www.bodybuilding.com you even get a pic. Don't forget the best thing to do 2 hours after eating at night is to set yourself up a mini circuit: \n\n50 lunges, 50 squats, 50 push ups, 50 burpies, 50 sit ups, 50 squat jumps, 50 tricep dips. When you get better at it increase reps. Make sure you refer to the site to ensure you execute all exercises correctly to avoid injuries.
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Yes, it is most assuredly possible for a female to build muscle mass without turning into a body-builder. Regular, intense swimming can develop the sort of long, smooth muscles you seem to want. I recommend you contact a local gym which can offer you expert advice about the best approach. \n\nYou already have a healthy diet, now add the physical development necessary to build the muscle mass and you'll be dyno-mite!  :D
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Do you want boobs, a voice like pee wee herman and have your junk shrink? Try it and find out. If you are willing to eat alot and exercise like hell go online to muscle media magazine and look up abcde. Anabolic burst cycling of diet and exercise and you can maximize testosterone, growth hormone, Igf1 and others naturally by forcing your body back to puberty by overeating for 14 days then dieting for 14 days. Read it, learn it , live it.
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http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/idssports10.htm  Try one of these programs.  The first work-out plan should help gain mass.  However, instead of 10-12 reps, try doing twice the number of sets with around 6 reps per set.  Change the work-out after a couple of months.\n\nBasically, to gain mass, you have to go for less reps (like 6 reps per set) and lots of weight.  Make sure you do each rep correctly (if you do it incorrectly, even with a lot of weight, you will barely gain anything).  Also, you have to eat a lot of food (healthy, not junk).  Don't just eat protein, but if you want extra protein, I suggest eggs and lean meats like chicken.  Start going to the gym more.  Concentrate on specific muscle groups each day (e.g. triceps, chest, shoulders one day; biceps, back, abs the other day).  Don't forget to work on cardiovascular work through running.
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Creatine does not build muscle mass, it simply adds water to the muscle.  It does enhance some strength parameters but it is not anabolic.  It has also been associated with bloating and cramping of the muscles.  Creatine is most likely useful only for high-intensity interval anaerobic sports that don't depend on body mass (like volleyball).\n\nFor working out, first, weight gain will depend on your age.  If you haven't hit puberty yet, you are missing some of the essential hormones needed to bulk up (androgens).  Working out will still make you stronger because the nerves learn how to stimulate the muscles better.\n\nTo bulk, you want 8-10 reps 3-4 sets for each exercise with 2-3 exercises per body part.  Work your core (stomach/back/butt) to improve your lifts.  You can use a 2/0/3 tempo, which means 2 seconds pushing the weight up, no pause on top and 3 seconds lowering the weight.  The weight should be heavy enough so you tire out between 8 to 10 reps (if you can go to 11 the weight is too light).  Make sure you have a spotter, especially if you are just beginning (someone to watch the weights and prevent you from dropping them on yourself).  Make sure to only rest 1 minute between sets.\n\nFor diet, eat 1.2-1.5g/kg body weight of protein.  Don't waste your money on supplements.  Just add it to your diet (meat products, soy, whole grains, some vegetables, milk, other dairy, nuts).  Watch out for too much fat though, because a lot of protein sources also have fat.  Choose leaner meats and fish so you don't up your fat intake stays at a healthy level.  It's good to eat something with some protein in it right after a workout (like yogurt or something else that is easily digested).\n\nAnd please, for the love of all things good, work your legs and your back.  You want a balanced, healthy and strong body, and don't want to walk around looking like an ape. Balance chest exercises with those for your upper back (rowing exercises and pulldowns/chin-ups).  Please work your legs, you use them every day and when you work the legs, you work the butt and ladies like a nice butt!\n\nHave fun and good luck!
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Lean?  okay then, Eat a LOT of protein foods (meats,nuts,eggs)and complex carbs such as bananas, whole wheat breads and other healthy foods.  This will help your muscles develop firmer and more flexible.  Drink a lot of water to hydrate soft tissue in your body.  Do stretching exercises to get oxygen into your muscles.  You WILL have to do some weight training  to develope muscles.  At home you can use store bought dumbbells or just use 1/2 full gallon jugs which are about 5 lbs each, or fill them for a ten pound weight.  The further from your body that you hold the weights, the heavier the work out for your body.
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To gain fat: Eat thousands of calories of junk food daily\n\nTo gain muscle: Make sure you get enough protein. A good target to shoot for is 1 gram per pound of lean body mass. Also, exercises of any type will help to stimulate certain muscles - causing them to grow. Also, it is important to be sure that you are hypercaloric to a degree. Your body must have a surplus of calories in order to ensure that there is enough left over to build muscle.
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Eat a balanced diet. If you cram in too much sugar and carbs you will only make your internal system go crazy and get weaker. You need to maintain a sensible pattern of eating but increase the calorie content. That is the key. Eat your maximum number of calories a day; eat them with foods that also give you protein (to build muscle mass which equals more concentrated weight and bulk); eat with three good meals a day; lift some weights to build mass.
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Research Vegitarian body builders. They often have an issue with weight (mass) gains. Im sure some solution can be found doing that.
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O.K forget the split thing, the best way to build muscle is as follows, train every day but split training days between upper and lower body, 1 day upper body, the next day lower body. The reason for this is that the muscles are not built in the gym, they are destroyed. We break down our muscles when we train in the hope that they re-build themselves that little bit bigger next time. In order to fully recover from this they need at least 36 hours and ideally 48 hours before they are trained again. This is how you will see the best and quickest result. Remember to vary the routine as your body becomes used to it after about two to three weeks and the gains will start to slacken if you don't. I personally do abdominal work daily, once as a fat burning exercise and the next day as a muscle building exercise. Also if you are serious you should be more concerned with getting your supplements right, consider using creatine, amino acid tablets and protein shakes, and remember if you are building muscle you should be eating plenty of lean protein.\n\nHope this helps, but remember keep it fun and once you find a routine that works for you stick at it.
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meats and nuts.  You only want to eat lots of protein when your building muscle.  Otherwise just keep a small amount in your daily diet
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ensure that you get plenty of extra calories through stuff like milk and eat plenty of meat or eggs. This will give you protein which is the building block of muscle. Ensure you eat balanced meals throughout the day, with a high protein one after exercise. However, dont forget to eat plenty of fruit, veg etc. \n\nThe important thing to remember however is that you're only 14, and so it will be extremely hard for you to gain large amounts of muscle mass quickly. Don't expect too much too soon, it could take years simply because as your body matures muscle will come more easily. The average man's muscle mass generally doubles between the ages of 18-21, so even if you're having trouble now, you should find it a lot easier in a few years.