Health Steward Q&A Men’s Health

What are the ways for men to gain weight?

Asked by：Althea

Asked on：Apr 11, 2026 07:56 AM

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Gryphon
Apr 11, 2026

Obesity is a common phenomenon among modern people, because most people sit for long periods of time, lack of exercise, emotional stress and abnormal diet, leading to overweight. We all know that obesity brings many diseases, but the same goes for people who are too thin, which may lead to anemia, memory loss, gallstones and other diseases. Studies have also found that boys who are too thin may easily harm their immune systems and develop osteoporosis. So, what are the ways for men to gain weight?

Drug weight gain method

Choose a product that is a regular and pure Chinese medicine oral liquid preparation, and gain weight through conditioning. And gaining weight does not mean that you can gain weight in two days a day. It needs to be regulated day by day, unless it is a hormone drug (which will also cause great harm to the body). Only in this way, the food eaten by the body can be fully absorbed by the conditioned gastrointestinal tract little by little, thereby storing it, developing fat, and becoming fat little by little.

Strengthen exercise

1. Lifting dumbbells can strengthen the chest muscles. Persistence can effectively achieve the effect of chest expansion and increase muscle and fat.

3. Chest expansion exercise-separate your legs, hold dumbbells with both hands, move your upper body forward, and keep your back and neck straight. Lift the dumbbell up and down toward your chest, inhale when you lift it up, and exhale when you lower it.

3. Strengthen the chest and abdomen exercises - keep the neck and waist straight at the same time, then straighten the hands, concentrate on the abdomen, and stretch the hands to both sides while exhaling.

4. Strengthen the chest exercise - put the upper body forward, hold a dumbbell in one hand, and press the other hand on the knee to support the body; lift the dumbbell to the chest, then hang it down, and do 10 times with the left and right hands in turn.
5. Decline press: Hold a 5-pound dumbbell in each hand. Pay attention to exhaling when pushing up. Keep your elbow joints slightly bent. When pushing to the highest level, hold for about 1 second; when lowering, keep your elbows at a 90-degree angle. You can do this about 12 times in a row.

6. Chest press - Use the triceps of the arm to exert force. When you are a beginner, you should lift a dumbbell of about 10 pounds, and pay attention to locking the back muscles.

7. Equipment exercises - When doing this mechanical chest expansion exercise, you should pay attention to the opening and closing movements of your hands slowly and not to open them too far. Just stretch them to 180 degrees, otherwise the chest muscles will be easily strained.