Mass Gain

[Matt Edwards]

What are people's favorites when trying to gain mass while on paleo?

[Allen Yeh]

Coconut milk.

[Mike ODonnell]

Not eating Paleo pwo

[Derek Weaver]

Not eating paleo at all.

[Gant Grimes]

Everything.

Especially this:
http://www.70sbig.com/?p=1025

[Darryl Shaw]

To gain weight simply eat more of everything.

If you're looking for a single paleo food to help you gain weight though I'd go with nuts as they're one of the few really energy dense foods that have no detrimental effect on health when consumed in large amounts.

[Mike ODonnell]

Originally Posted by Mike ODonnell

Not eating Paleo pwo

...it is also worth noting....my pwo window is 3-4 hours and has an additional 1500-2000 non-paleo calories in it...along with other daily eating and throwing in IF on other days.....and I'm not even looking for much mass gain, just more a slow and lean build....1lb at a time.

Anything else in the past with quicker "bulk" cycles just made me more fat and miserable.....and slower at hockey....which is not one of my goals....that and trying to diet/cut down after a bulk cycle sucks ass.....

[Donald Lee]

Originally Posted by Mike ODonnell

...it is also worth noting....my pwo window is 3-4 hours and has an additional 1500-2000 non-paleo calories in it...along with other daily eating and throwing in IF on other days.....and I'm not even looking for much mass gain, just more a slow and lean build....1lb at a time.

Anything else in the past with quicker "bulk" cycles just made me more fat and miserable.....and slower at hockey....which is not one of my goals....that and trying to diet/cut down after a bulk cycle sucks ass.....

I am totally in agreement with you. I'm cutting down after bulking, and the attempt at fast bulking was just not worth it.

BTW. I'd love to be at the point where I can do this with no regrets:

http://leangains.blogspot.com/2010/0...easter-10.html

[Derek Weaver]

Originally Posted by Mike ODonnell

...it is also worth noting....my pwo window is 3-4 hours and has an additional 1500-2000 non-paleo calories in it...along with other daily eating and throwing in IF on other days.....and I'm not even looking for much mass gain, just more a slow and lean build....1lb at a time.

Anything else in the past with quicker "bulk" cycles just made me more fat and miserable.....and slower at hockey....which is not one of my goals....that and trying to diet/cut down after a bulk cycle sucks ass.....

Yowza, 1500-2000 calories. Is that still the 1/2 gallon of whole milk PWO I think I saw you post about a while back?

Speaking of which, and somewhat applicable to this thread, Brad Pilon had a good post on milk the other day http://bradpilon.com/healthy-ramblin...ll-gone-crazy/

Granted, he uses his blog to plus his product (I don't blame him at all), but he's always sensible. At least in my opinion, and certainly compared to many others on the internet.

Semi-hijack. In no particular order of preference, I think the top bloggers/writers on the webz right now with regards to nutrition are: Robb Wolf (no surprise there), Brad Pilon, Martin Berkhan, Lyle McDonald, and Brian St. Pierre.

/hijack.

[Mike ODonnell]

Originally Posted by Derek Weaver

Yowza, 1500-2000 calories. Is that still the 1/2 gallon of whole milk PWO I think I saw you post about a while back?

No...I have toned down milk as I found it not to work out well in volume with leanness (and stubborn fat). Nowadays I just alter what I eat....could be a foot long tuna sub at subway....or the buffet.....or sushi......all in all 1500+ calories is pretty easy to take in over 3 hours especially if it is 2 meals....at least for me it seems (of course no way in hell I could do it "Paleo").

I use off workout days to really dial in more protein and IF to keep the bodyfat down.

Keep in mind too....I am a lean 190lbs even with the excess cal intake pwo and IF....not trying to bulk to 215+ like I was back in my college days. Seems the more I feast pwo...and the more I dial in IF on other days...the leaner I get, yet my weight increases little by little. Funny how that is.

Semi-hijack. In no particular order of preference, I think the top bloggers/writers on the webz right now with regards to nutrition are: Robb Wolf (no surprise there), Brad Pilon, Martin Berkhan, Lyle McDonald, and Brian St. Pierre[/url].

Robb is good of course, Brad is on my same wavelength about passing on the BS and living life outside of food, Martin does know his stuff, Lyle is book smart but needs a personality check, and I don't know much about Brian.

Other than that I vote for me and Scott....but that is because I am 100% biased. Nutrition isn't that hard once you just figure it out for your own body.