Natural Weight Gain Shake

I receive hundreds of e-mails each and every day. Since it is nearly impossible for me to keep up with them all I am going to share some of my replies to the most common questions.

Question

I’m hoping you could share your expertise. I workout daily, but my challenge is gaining weight. My metabolism is fast and I’m pretty active.

What can I do to change that? Do you recommend weight gainer shakes? I’m cautious of all the products and know that they’re not all equal.

Thank You,

Garland

My Answer

Hey Garland, Great to hear from you! To gain weight you must eat enough quality foods and calories while training with weights and little to zero cardio. Adequate Sleep and hydration are very important as well. The best weight gain shake is a homemade one. One that I have had a lot of success is below:

THE MUSCLE MAKER

2 scoops Whey Protein Concentrate (chocolate) Preferably from grass fed cows
2 Tablespoons of Almond Butter
1/2 C. Gluten Free Quick Oats
16 oz. of unsweetened vanilla almond milk
4 oz. of water to make this formula less cement-like 🙂
1 Tbsp Greens (Mint flavored) this is equal to 5 servings of fruit and vegetables

This shake is approximately 630 calories

Drink 30-60 minutes before training and again before bed.

Be sure to consume 3-4 FUEL meals.

Let me know how it goes! Thanks Garland!

Live Greatly,

BB3

Billy Beck III

“He who conquers others is strong. He who conquers himself is mighty.”

Lao-Tzu

5 Comments

Medosabry on October 25, 2011 at 11:20 pm

Well said man but I didn’t get the part when you said “and little to zero cardio”. Why is that? what I understand that cardio will make you lose fat and that is great as we want to gain weight by gaining muscle not fat. So what is your point of view about not doing cardio exercises?

Billy Beck on November 23, 2011 at 9:34 am

Good question. Most of the time when someone is having difficulty adding weight they tend to not eat enough. To remedy the situation, I will often have the person cut back on or eliminate cardio in order to correct the caloric imbalance and add more food. I keep all physical activity specific to adding muscle, not fat. In other words, they lift weights, eat, drinking plenty of H2O and sleep 7-9 hours per night. That is ideal but not always conducive to some people’s lifestyle.

Janeyll on November 18, 2011 at 5:28 am

Thanks for sharing an informational blog.

mark on April 9, 2012 at 10:59 pm

It seems to me as I get older; I am sixty years old; even though I lift weights I am getting weaker. It appears
that I can not lift a 30 pound dumbell as easily as whenI was fifty. What I mean to say is I am training but it
appears like my muscles are getting weaker. Also when I eat a bit more and do not do cardio even if I am
lifting weights I get heavier. So at what age do all the rules change and what are the new rules if you want to
continue to lift weights and have muscle mass. thanks. Mark

Billy Beck on April 16, 2012 at 10:50 am

Mark, at what age do the rules change? that’s a great question and it is highly dependent on many factors including nutrition, hydration, sleep patterns, sugar intake, alcohol intake, drugs and smoking, prescription drugs, the body’s ability to digest and absorb nutrients, hormone levels and type and frequency of training. To put an age on it would be difficult as you can see. More information would certainly be needed to move you in the right direction but I can tell you with certainty that you can still make incredible gains at any age. Science has shown this and I have witnessed it many, many times. But you are absolutely right the rules do change. Training the same way as a 20 year old as a 60 year old is not going to work. More often than not the principle is you must do less but continue to challenge the body progressively.

Medosabry on October 25, 2011 at 11:20 pm

Well said man but I didn’t get the part when you said “and little to zero cardio”. Why is that? what I understand that cardio will make you lose fat and that is great as we want to gain weight by gaining muscle not fat. So what is your point of view about not doing cardio exercises?
- Billy Beck on November 23, 2011 at 9:34 am
  
  Good question. Most of the time when someone is having difficulty adding weight they tend to not eat enough. To remedy the situation, I will often have the person cut back on or eliminate cardio in order to correct the caloric imbalance and add more food. I keep all physical activity specific to adding muscle, not fat. In other words, they lift weights, eat, drinking plenty of H2O and sleep 7-9 hours per night. That is ideal but not always conducive to some people’s lifestyle.
Janeyll on November 18, 2011 at 5:28 am

Thanks for sharing an informational blog.
mark on April 9, 2012 at 10:59 pm

It seems to me as I get older; I am sixty years old; even though I lift weights I am getting weaker. It appears
that I can not lift a 30 pound dumbell as easily as whenI was fifty. What I mean to say is I am training but it
appears like my muscles are getting weaker. Also when I eat a bit more and do not do cardio even if I am
lifting weights I get heavier. So at what age do all the rules change and what are the new rules if you want to
continue to lift weights and have muscle mass. thanks. Mark
- Billy Beck on April 16, 2012 at 10:50 am
  
  Mark, at what age do the rules change? that’s a great question and it is highly dependent on many factors including nutrition, hydration, sleep patterns, sugar intake, alcohol intake, drugs and smoking, prescription drugs, the body’s ability to digest and absorb nutrients, hormone levels and type and frequency of training. To put an age on it would be difficult as you can see. More information would certainly be needed to move you in the right direction but I can tell you with certainty that you can still make incredible gains at any age. Science has shown this and I have witnessed it many, many times. But you are absolutely right the rules do change. Training the same way as a 20 year old as a 60 year old is not going to work. More often than not the principle is you must do less but continue to challenge the body progressively.

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