text: want to gain weight n do body building? i am 32 yrs old and weigh 64 kgs. i used to do body building for about 6 months in yr 1997. suffered from disc herniation in 1998. been thru hell got better slightly after traction n massage. now i want to do body building and gain weight again. can i? pls guide me thx. gain weight or muscles ?  anyway there are two ways: one is the organic, the other in-organic. for organic growth check out heredity: parents, grand parents etc., if they had been heavy built there is every chance you may yourself become so, with good diet. well, inorganic way is by abusing your consumption with fatty/ high protein based diet or administering "steriods" like the wwf wrestlers. still if your body type is 'mesomorph', you wouldn't gain weight but burn all consumed calories and eventually load your liver and kidneys. take care. i am not a dr / nutritionist.