Your talking about full on body builders here though, not someone who is starting out, he may not want to be 22 stone of pure muscle, he might prefer the more (I know you hate the word ) 'Toned' look, when I mean toned I mean that they have muscle but are not 'over big'.
Take yourself for example, I'd class you as going onto 'big' size, just purely how you've trained and want to train. Wheras some of the other guys here are a lot more 'toned down' yet still have muscle and decent definition.
You can still do weights and not have to have 12 eggs and a bag of Whey every morning
Naturally though it depends on each person.
I'm hoping to get into weights properly when I move out, because at the moment I just can't do it due to various personal reasons and joint / health issues, which is really annoying me actually.
But anyway, pretty much all advice here is brilliant, and its helped me no end of time
And to the above post, that a great change! Well done
Of course you're right everyone has different goals. However, mr anant seems desperate to pack on some decent amount of size from the previous threads and my general perception of his posts - if I've mis-interpreted then I apologise! And to really kick start your ability to grow you need to eat more, but eat the right things. I agree a bowl of cereal is better than nothing, but there's better breakfasts out there.
How about a smoothie, containing apple, banana, blueberries and raspberries, yoghurt, milk, protein (of your choice, preferably unflavoured or hemp), oats, cinnamon. Blend that all together - I make about 1L of it and it can be between 600-800 cals depending on what and how much you put in it. It's not ideal for the amount of lactose, but I'm very tolerant and have low carb resistivity. It's just ideas like that, it's easy to do, but you need to research and use your imagination.
Heck some veggie burgers and an avocado and some fruits, and a bowl of cereal would be awesome too.
I know not everyone wants to develop beast like physiques, but thank you for the immense compliment about my own However, to even get started you do need to put some effort in, and eat the right things and enough of them and train hard too!
When I had to commute big distances I used to get up before 5am to have time to make food in the morning - I put a lot of effort in. If people want results they have to put the time and effort in, there's not quick win in this game. I just want to make sure he doesn't give up and realises that he does need to be dedicated.
I'm just trying to give him a bit of a kick up the bottom to get him going, not slate him for his attempts - afterall he is just starting out. The most gains are done in the first year or 2 of training - so he needs to monopolise it!