increasing body muscle mass

Hi

i have been going to the gym for a while now, and i am trying to increse my body mass, i have been a 58kg for as long as i remember. in the past 6 months i have incresed the weights i do, which has helped defined muscle, but not really increased it. and i am still 58kgs,

I started snacking on just proteins - meats (chicken and tuna) throughout the day - as i wouldnt have to inject for that, but was then told to increase body mass you need the carbs to fuel the muscke growth.

I have over come the problem of blood sugars (delayed hyppos) and i am quite static, if not running a little high.

I was thinking about taking some suppliments such as protein shakes and/or creatine. (or anything else someone can suggest??) Does anyone know how these effect blood sugars, or if they even work for diabetics?!

OR is they anything else anyone can suggest about my eating patterns/diet

i get a lot of conflicting advice from friends all of whom are NON diabetics so i dont really think it helps anyway!!

HELP!

Hello,

Is the program that you are using in the gym designed to increase muscle? Depending on your program, you may just be increasing strength with minimal increase in muscle size.

A hypertrophy program (one that is designed to increase muscle mass, typically has a low number of sets, and a low number of reps per set, but has a high load, so you are doing 6-8 reps with a very heavy weight that you would find near impossible to do 10-12 reps of.

It is also very important to have your program udated by a gym instructor/personal trainer every 6-8 weeks as the body is extremely good at adapting to change, and after 6-8 weeks, doing the same exercises will only produce minimal gains.

Increasing the eccentric phase of an exercise also helps with hypertrophy. The concentric phase is when you contract your muscles to lift the weight. The eccentric phase is when you gradually release the weight and it returns to rest. If you make that eccentric phase very slow release (5-6 seconds instead of 1-2), then your muscle mass should increase.

In terms of protein shakes, I have a whole bunch to use up at the moment, but I'm not sure that it helps me much. I use it more for quick recovery from exercise rather than building muscle mass beyond what I get from my cardiovascular exercise.

I find that with protein, I do need to dose for it if I don't take carbs with it, but at a rate of about half of what I would dose for for carbs. So if I have 30 g of protein in a shake, then I treat it as if I was having 15 g of carb. That works for me, but I know that for some diabetics, they don't need to dose at all, so it is a matter of testing before and after and seeing what your body needs.

Hope that helps.

Warwick.

more weight, less reps = more bulk

less weight, more reps = toning

So I believe.........someone at the gym could help.....

Hi....

thanks - i will start with the less reps more weights tonight! as well as the negative reps with a slow release.

Are there any suggestions around diet and suppliments? I am eating lots of pasta, but i guess i need to snack more and inject for it...

D

I take protein/ casein& creatine post workouts and no issues

I take protein/ casein& creatine post workouts and no issues