Strength Training for Weight Gain: Exercises and Progress
Gaining weight often seems like the opposite of bodybuilding or gaining muscle. However, you can gain weight by doing strength training with the right program and exercises. Strength training is an effective method to increase muscle mass and speed up metabolism. Here are exercises and progression techniques you can use when strength training to weight gain:
Squat
Squatting is a basic strength exercise and helps increase your body weight while strengthening your leg muscles. In the beginning, you can start with your body weight and then progress by adding weight over time.
Progress:
Start with high reps and then decrease the reps by increasing the weight.
Add squat variations, such as front squats, back squats or goblet squats.
Deadlift
Deadlift is a comprehensi...
