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I have a new contract where I’m going up and down tall ladders all day long with a heavy tool belt on. I’m already a fairly lanky person, and the six months I have been doing this I have lost about 15 pounds of my muscle mass. I look scrawny as hell. I started going to the gym again and drinking mass gainer, but I can’t gain a pound because of my activity level at work. Anyone have any good strategies for gaining mass? I have a feeling most people are just going to say eat more but I already eat insane amounts of food it seems. I just have a super high metabolism. Looking for tricks or certain things that may help slow down my metabolism or help me gain faster than I’m losing

I have a new contract where I’m going up and down tall ladders all day long with a heavy tool belt on. I’m already a fairly lanky person, and the six months I have been doing this I have lost about 15 pounds of my muscle mass. I look scrawny as hell. I started going to the gym again and drinking mass gainer, but I can’t gain a pound because of my activity level at work. Anyone have any good strategies for gaining mass? I have a feeling most people are just going to say eat more but I already eat insane amounts of food it seems. I just have a super high metabolism. Looking for tricks or certain things that may help slow down my metabolism or help me gain faster than I’m losing

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Yeah I have no idea what my body fat is, but I have like none, I was just guessing. But I think I might be exerting myself as much as you’re talking about at work. I’m literally going up and down a 32 foot ladder with a toolbelt that weighs at least 50 pounds probably 80 to 100 times each day easily. And I’m carrying heavy materials. And I’m working a lot of times 10 to 12 hour days. I’m probably just pushing my body to its limits and I need to be doubling the amount of protein and calories I’m consuming

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I dont know if extra workouts are the answer. It sounds like you need more calories. Try supplementing with a daily protein shake. Buy a bag of frozen berries, some bananas, and a tub of almond butter. Mix some of that in a blender with organic whole milk, preferably non homogenized for more fat content. It will get you a tasty 500 calories twice per day and not break the bank.

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That actually sounds pretty good I’ll try that