How to Gain Weight if You're Skinny (NUTRITION MYTH!)

Where skinny guys come to build athletic muscle...

If you are a skinny guy there is nothing more frustrating than eating everything in sight and still not being able to put on muscle mass. I know because I struggled with this myself. Learning how to gain weight fast if you're skinny is made complicated because the truth is, you're getting bad advice. Most will tell you that in order to get big you have to eat big. This is just too damn simplified to have any real merit.

As I show you in this video, in order to build muscle if you are skinny you need to FIRST focus on the quality of the food you eat before you even think about the quantity. Eating a lot of bad food will do nothing to help you build muscle size since the building blocks are founded on garbage. Eating less of healthier foods will do far more to help you get bigger, even if that means taking in far fewer calories than you do now.

As a self admitted junk food eater growing up, I can tell you that I never was really able to add any muscle eating the food I was eating. It wasn't until I decided to clean up my nutrition and start following more of a bodybuilding diet or eating plan that I started to see my gains skyrocket. The problem was, the bodybuilding meal plan was downright bland! I learned more about nutrition and realized that eating well didn't have to be painful.

If you are looking to add muscle fast, you'd simply eat more of the right foods to establish a caloric surplus while making sure the food quality was high. If you needed to lose weight you'd cut back on the quantities but always ensure that the quality was kept high. So whether you're skinny and looking for how to gain weight or how to get big fast...or you're an overweight guy looking to lose weight your approach to the foods you eat would be the same.

[kobelambert]

It's hard cause media now is all about loosing weight, so it's kinda hard to find stuff out there to help us skinny people out, thank you.

[brownsinatra]

"you can't expect to put in crap and get out diamonds" great quote

[diogosoares]

Sleeping is also important. You will notice more improvements if you sleep 7 - 10 hours a day. Your body changes when you're sleeping.

[yaboimacaroni]

Sorry Jeff but those leftover pancakes arent gonna eat themselves

[LaRusso]

*that awkward moment when skinny Jeff is like twice the size of me*

[Roadbash]

This guy is one of the only fitness youtubers that knows what he's talking about

[shant_mark]

“If you want to eat big, you have to get big”.

*9000 iq*

[fastlegenmin]

"Ate 6000 calories a day and couldn't gain weight"

An obese person's dream, seriously!

[mespetitsmodels]

i am 2 month old, and i weight 7 pounds. Should i try supplements?

[PST]

I gained 10 pounds of muscle by just watching this video. Jeff is a genius.

[braylon]

Me eats 7 pound of icecream
*loses 1 pound*

[zirusmiguelaragon]

"you can't expect to put crap in and get diamonds"
Literrally every plant out there: hold my organic fertilizers

[incarnate]

Young skinny jeff had potential to be a soundcloud rapper

[huejanus]

Just eat a good mix of healthy foods. Vegetables, meats, eggs, fruit, some whole grain breads and stay away from processed foods, candy and limit alcohol. Train hard, sleep enough and eat right and be patient. The gains will come.

[paper]

Am mild skinny 17 y/o who knows what to eat but has no access to them because my family thought they’re overly pricey

[conkubar]

"Skinny Jeff" still has more muscle than me!!! 😂

[michaelsmith]

let me tell you this everyone out there. What he says is so true. I don't think I was a hard gainer, but I had cancer and got down to 167lbs after surgery. Then I started following everything Jeff says and all his workouts and meal plans. I'm now doing the most resent NXT. I now weight 210lbs a year later from starting with Athlean-X. I started out with 40lb dumbbell bench press and now using 90lbs. So you decide for yourself, but it works for me. It will work for you if your willing to put in the time and

[bandzajus]

Jeff is the only trainer on youtube that i listen to :) innovative, honest and passionate about his job.

[michaelrodriguez]

I’ve been watching Jeff’s videos since I started working out and went from 125 to 165 in two years because of his free advice. Thanks Jeff! I can’t wait to hit more goals. On a side-note, brown rice is legit.

[mukundsharma]

“Unprofessional” he says, oh past Jeff you have no idea what Jesse will make you do in 2019-20