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How to Gain Weight Healthfully

By Nancy Clark, CoachUp Nation, 02/20/18, 12:00PM PST

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Weight lifting and push-ups stimulate muscle growth so that you bulk-up instead of fatten up.

“No matter what I eat, I can't seem to gain weight...”

“What about those weight gain powders … do they work?”

“How much more protein should I eat to help me bulk up?"


Although two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, a handful of skinny people — including many athletes — feel very frustrated by their seeming inability to gain weight. Their struggle to bulk up is on par with that of over-fat folks who work hard to lose weight.