Back in 2005, I was a pretty frustrated guy.

I’d tried every workout plan I could get my hands on, followed all the advice of my various super-buff friends and worked out like a crazy machine – for about 4 years solid.

I knew what I wanted – I wanted mass on my skinny frame…huge slabs of muscle to give me some shape. I wanted to fill a t-shirt. I wanted people looking at me with envy (when I say ‘people’. I obviously mean women – let’s be honest here).

I wanted to be able to look in the mirror and feel proud of my body – but there was no way that was ever going to happen when I still felt like a skinny schoolboy.

I was proud of the hard work I’d put in, but not of the results.

So I decided that enough was enough, and I became determined to get to the bottom of what was going on. How was it that I could train like a monster (like all the ‘experts’ told me to), yet see no more than a few pounds gained in 4 years?

Then a brainwave suddenly hit – ‘if I want to reach a goal, I need to find someone who has achieved that goal who used to be where I am now, figure out how they did it, then do the same thing myself…OF COURSE!!’

So that’s what I did – I spoke to one big guy after another who used to be skinny like me, and they all said the same thing - ‘yes, you need to train hard, but if you want to get big, it’s all in the diet’.

Then the penny dropped – how could I expect to gain weight if I’m not eating more calories than it takes to stay at the same weight?

The secret is simple…there is no secret.

There is no magic pill you can take, no perfect workout system, and no amazing supplement that will result in enormous slabs of muscle magically appearing onto your body while you sleep….sadly.

HOWEVER…there is one small fix that you can make right now, that will allow you to gain a ton of mass really quickly – if you’re frustrated and skinny like I used to be, you may want to consider giving this a try.

Simply eat more.

Whatever you’re eating now, eat at least 500 calories (or preferably 1000) more per day. That equates to just two weight gainer shakes of 500 calories each.

Let’s say you’re currently eating 3 meals a day - breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Simply take one weight gainer shake mid-morning, between breakfast and lunch, and another mid-afternoon between lunch and dinner and keep the rest of your diet the same (assuming your meals are fairly nutritious to begin with, and not KFC pig-fests).

In day 3 of the free ecourse (just stick your name and email in the box on the top right of this page and hit submit to get it) I actually give you a diet you can use yourself.

I also explain away all the confusion around calories/protein, when to eat, how much to eat, how often to eat…etc etc etc.

If you follow these simple rules:

• Have 6-7 500-600 calories meals per day (a weight gainer shake counts as a meal)
• Space each meal 2-3 hours apart
• Take on at least 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight per day;

whilst continuing with your current workout programme, there is no way you can fail to gain weight quickly.

Seriously – 99% of the emails I get from guys complaining about not gaining weight are all because of the same reason – they don’t eat enough.

If you’re not gaining right now, take a moment to consider if you might also be one of those guys…

Richard

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