Dear Santa, All I Want For Christmas is 10 Extra Pounds

Healthy fitness expert offers gift of lean muscle and no fat to people who are "hard gainers."

New York, NY (PRWEB) December 14, 2005

Regular exercise and disciplined eating help keep the body's metabolism boosted enough so that you do not "naturally" gain weight as you age, but does that mean that no exercise and a free-for-all approach to food provides the solution for people who want to add pounds to their frame.

"Of course not!" says healthy fitness expert Anthony Ellis. "People who want to gain weight need to follow a very similar regiment to people who are trying to lose weight or simply maintain their weight.

Diet Right

Ellis says that weight gain should always be in the form of muscle, not fat. "If you think you're too thin and want to gain weight, don't just stuff yourself with food, especially high fat foods," he cautions. To build muscle, start a weight-bearing exercise program and make healthy food choices.

”You don't need to eat a lot more, because it takes only 15 extra grams of protein a day to build a pound of muscle a week," says Ellis. "And as you gain muscle through an exercise program, your appetite increases naturally. Then the key is to eat lots of meat, fish, beans, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.

According to Ellis, the answer for everyone who wants optimum health is a program of diet, exercise, and nutritional supplementation. "The key is to find a program that's "customized to your specific needs and your specific genetic or metabolic make-up," he explains. But that can be elusive."

A Needle in a Haystack

"It's no surprise that most websites concerned with weight are aimed at people trying to lose, not gain," he says. "But what is surprising is the incredible discrepancy in how much information is available. He notes that a search for "healthy weight loss" on Google returns 21,500,000 hits, but a search for "healthy weight gain," yields only 8,850,000 results.

One of the shining exceptions is Ellis' own website http://www.fastmusclegain.com where more than 70,000 healthy fitness fans in over 100 countries visit frequently to get his advice, insights, support and guidance for gaining lean muscle. His "fans" have weight problems that are the result a wide spectrum of causes "The reason for being underweight can be genetic, or an eating disorder or a chronic disease," Ellis explains.

Regardless of the cause, below-average body weight is a challenge for people of all ages, especially those in mid-life "who our being judged every day on how they look," says Ellis, referring to study's that show that people, especially men, who are underweight have more problems socially as well as in the workplace.

"My step-by-step training and nutritional system is ideal for almost every hard-gainer," he explains. "It was originally designed to help someone who was really struggling…me."

Once a "135-lb.hard gainer" himself and now an undisputed hard body, Ellis wants to help other hard gainers put on lean muscle mass" the right way" so that they can enjoy all the benefits of health. "I gained 32 pounds of muscle in 12 weeks and reduced my body fat by 3%.

"I did it naturally, without steroids or any designer drug" says Ellis with undisguised pride. "Instead of succumbing to the lure of the 'magic pill,' I studied, researched, tested and ultimately succeeded."

To learn more, download Ellis' free muscle gain report at http://www.FastMuscleGain.com.

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