How do I gain muscle fast

[wamondr]

Best practices to gain muscle fast

[whome]

Massive doses of anabolic steroids. Oh, wait, you said "best" - sorry

Good luck

[betpchem]

I don't think  muscle is something you can gain "fast". It has to be built up over a period of time. The best way to build muscle is to use your muscles and increase the load a little at a time. Slow and steady wins the race. 

[Heybales]

Eat in surplus of course, with a progress overload weight lifting routine.

That's the fastest you'll get, perhaps 1 lb of muscle every 2 weeks if you are done tapping out what you've got.

Eat 500 more than maintenance. Of course the faster you want to gain muscle, the faster you'll gain the fat that will go along with it.

Slowest method is eating at maintenance and doing lifting.

[runnin-for-dayz]

I wouldn't say that slow and steady wins the race. I believe that pushing yourself until you become so tired that you cant do it anymore is the best way to go. You have to work extremely hard to gain muscle mass as fast as possible.

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[Heybales]

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@runnin-for-dayz wrote:

I wouldn't say that slow and steady wins the race. I believe that pushing yourself until you become so tired that you cant do it anymore is the best way to go. You have to work extremely hard to gain muscle mass as fast as possible.

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Except, overloading your muscles with fatigue (pushing until tired could be that) doesn't tell the body it needs more muscle - it signals to store more glucose in muscle for this intense effort that caused the fatigue.

Overloading your muscles with weight is the way to tell the body you need more muscle.

So while a set of reps does indeed reach the point that you couldn't do anymore. With some rest minutes you could indeed do some more, as in another set.

[Beezy1978]

Am I allowed to post a link here?
I just read the community guidelines, but didn't see it...
Anyhow, you can limit the fat you gain, while maximizing muscle gain. There is a rate of ideal gain, a kind of maximum rate your body can actually create new muscle.
I'm in the same boat, I'm 5'7" and as of tonight 111.4 lbs. and 14% bodyfat.
Guys should aim for 250 extra calories (above maintenance) and women 125.
This isn't totally set in stone, as I've found I need 300-400 "extra" calorie in order to gain.
I'm going to bed now, but well check up on this tomorrow to see if I can give you a helpful link on this subject.
Good night! 😊

[Beezy1978]

BTW I went to school for this, also. 😉
Just found it difficult to find my "sweet spot" of calories, and this article explains it quite succinctly.
Once again, Good night!
😴