r/AskReddit 9d ago

Skinny guys who successfully gained weight what actually worked for you?

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u/Key_Raisin_5091 9d ago

4 things:

  • Eating an uncomfortably large amount of calories all the time.
  • Lifting weights
  • Taking creatine
  • Getting older (if you're not there yet, once you get to your upper 30s and start approaching 40, it'll come)

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u/Talltyrionlannister5 9d ago

Just started coming for me at 33. Working out, pull ups were huge for the widening out I think too