How to Gain the Right Kind of Weight One of the most common things we hear from young athletes—especially baseball players—is: “I need to gain weight.” Sometimes they do. Sometimes they don’t. There are plenty of athletes who already have enough size. They don’t necessarily need to become heavier; they need to become stronger and more explosive with the weight they already have. But there are also a lot of young athletes who are simply undersized for where they eventually nee