Although you are not entering into a fashion contest you might want to think about your attire.  Lets face it you can not walk into a gym and work out in a pair of blue jeans.  Proper attire is a must.

Myself I feel the most comfortable in a pair of workout or running pants.  I always pick out a pair that are not going to strangle me, I want them to be loose fitting so that I can get plenty of movement.  I also prefer dark colors like black or blue because when I sweat I don’t want it to look real obvious.  Secondly I prefer the type that have pockets no matter how light I want to travel, there is always something that I have to have, most of the time it is just the key to my locker, but I have to have it.

The next item is a shirt of course.  Here I just pick any comfortable T-Shirt, but for god sake don’t just show up in a plain white T.  Again I want it to be comfortable, I don’t like working out in a shirt that seems to be wrestling me and trying to hide in my armpits.

Shoes, often overlooked but anyone who has had a really good pair of shoes to work out in knows exactly what I am talking about.  A bad pair of shoes can ruin your form and posture and suck the joy out of your work out.  Don’t worry whether they are labeled athletic,cross trainer, running or what ever sub-category the shoe store has filed them under.  You want ones with good support that actually lace up!! Forget velcro or any of that other stuff, you want real laces.

Another thing that I wear, but you don’t have to is a hat.  Any baseball style hat will do.  For me it puts me in the right mindset for a work out and seems to focus me, I am not looking around distracted my eyes are drawn to the task at hand.  This may differ for you, but to me the hat is a must have.

One more thing to keep in mind.  You are going in there to workout so when you go the beach you will look good.  Save all the posturing for the beach, there will be plenty of time for the super snug shirt showing of ‘the guns.’  Also you don’t want to walk in dressed head to toe like your sponsored by Under Armor or Nike.  You are here to workout and achieve your goals, and you will, don’t get distracted by hype.  I promise you that muscles don’t know what brand you are wearing.

Gaining weight and building muscle is going to require exercise.  There is no other way around it.  If you just sat around eating all the calories your suppose to and live a very sedimentary life, you are going to regret it.  Good weight gain is going to require a good exercise program to follow.

Following a good exercise program with your goals in mind is going to make all of the difference.  After all the goal here is to look good, and that is one thing that exercise is good at, so don’t try to fight it, like Nike commercials say  ‘Just do it.’

You are also going to have to pick a workout routine that is geared for gaining weight.  I know there are hundreds designed for people to lose weight, but there are really some quality programs for us too.  When you see most people in the gym they appear to be just copying one another, a kind of monkey see, monkey do routine.  This is a path to failure.

You have got to understand what you are doing and why your doing it.  By this I do not mean just knowing what baody part you are working, but why you are working it.  This will be much clearer when you actually start in on your workout program, right now just keep it in the back of your head and don’t worry if no one else at the gym is doing what you are doing.