

Here’s an example of what your portion should look like: Go for 50% Carbs, 30% Protein and 20% Fat. The low carb, fat-loss diets are NOT for you! Aim for Higher Carb, Moderate Protein and Low Fat. You should be consuming 750 - 1000 calories more than what you need to maintain your current body. Because your body tends to burn off energy faster than other body types, your calorie intake needs to be higher. When it comes to your diet, you should eat a mass gain-focused diet. You can treat it as your warm-up to avoid burning too much calories or muscle mass, but it’s still important to improve your stamina and heart health. Go for short cardio sessions, between 10 - 20 mins, twice weekly. Examples include, squats, lunges, bench press, push-ups, dead lift and pull-ups. Because compound movements recruit a large number of muscle fibers, it’s the most effective way to build most muscle mass and quickest to increase overall strength. Compound movements are basically exercises that work several muscles or muscle groups at once. Aim to strength train at least 3 - 4 times weekly or every alternate days.įollow a simple routine with heavy compound movements and minimal isolation movements per muscle group. The weights should be heavy enough for you to only be lifting between 6 - 10 reps, with longer rest times, 1 - 2 mins between sets, and go for 3 - 4 sets. In order to gain strength and size, you want to be lifting heavy.

Your training should be focused on strength and hypertrophy, which is to build muscle. Since your goals is to gain weight and lean muscle mass, we want to focus on resistance training and limit cardio or endurance-type training. Once you figured out which body type you fall under, let’s further understand the types of exercises and diet that best suit your goals and needs.

We are all created different but just as beautiful. We want to find your dominant body type and understand the exercises and diet that works best for your body and help you form more realistic goals. But knowing where you fit in, could help determine the best exercise and diet plan for you. What do you see? Do you see long, slim limbs? Wide hips and perhaps more fat accumulation around the belly area? Or a more sporty, muscular body? We know just how complex our body types can be. So without any judgement, look into the mirror.
