After being approached by numerous skinny guys who have seen my new "look" I have decided to share my routine. I have edited a few little details and changed my skin color on the photo for security purposes. But long story short here's your routine to stop being a feather in the wind.
[attachment=6644]
The result is I've gained 40lbs. To clarify this photo was taken after lunch, no work out and after a glass of water. This is purely a look i have when i am not hitting the gym so you're not getting an "inflated photo"
[attachment=6645]
Now for the most important part, the laundry list of excuses:
1. "I am okay the way I am"
This may be true and if you want to be average that's great but very few people will last a long time being "average". Why not max out? Max out income, max out health max out everything. Women will tell you until the death of time that "you're great the way you are!" this is because they know if you get better looking be it face/body/style/everything else your quality of women will go up no doubt. As a final to the "i'm okay the way I am" I suggest looking strongly in the mirror and ask how you are going ot look when you hit late 30's... prob not great.
2. "But i am going to get fat"
Sure, I will absolutely admit that you will likely pack on weight to your lower abdominal region first because, by human nature, low quality humans gain fat in their lower abs as scientifically proven by "low class apes". The question here is more of "can you change what you eat". I included a sample daily diet at the bottom because you simply trim as you get to a higher chest to hip ratio. Once you have say "an 8" drop" but you waist is 1-2 inches bigger. Then you simply take off the rebuilt mass and focus on maintaining the upper body and running more. This is where you flip the script and run a lot more post workout and lift first. Notice for ectomorphs you run very little and its just to warm up, if you are on the "fat side" per this excuse, you switch to running much more.
3. "I don't have time"
This is an absurd comment that doesn't even warrant a response but i'll go ahead and give factual ways to fix your problem.
1. Pack gym bag at night.
2. Lay out the clothes you will wear for work before you go to bed.
3. Shower and change before you do anything else in the morning EVEN before checking emails!
4. Have a large box of protein bars in the exceedingly rare case you must jet out the door
5. Turn off your TV until you worked out, turn off your own internet until you worked out, no fun until you worked out because that's the #1 priority besides 8 hours of sleep and doing better on your job. Health is everything.
6. No alcohol until you have worked out
See a trend? No excuses or lame things before you hit the gym. I have never in my life heard a human complain "Oh man i am so sad i worked out today" it is always the opposite. So hit the gym, hit it hard and watch the leering eyes at the gym. You'll know you're in shape when people move out of their way and or ask you for advise.
4. "It's too expensive"
Really? Say you go to some cheap gym, 24 hour fitness $300 a year if you just do an annual membership. If you suck it up and hit it hard you will work out at least 300 days a year. Thats $1 a day. Compare that to your iPhone data plan... You're paying $2-4 a day. I'd rather be ripped to shreds than get an iMessage.
5. "I need inspiration to work out"
You are lazy.
If you're extremely nervous about the gym, get a trainer for your first month. I discourage this as your average dude at the gym will happily give you a spot. But at the end of the day working out will become a fun activity for you. I'd rather hit the gym instead of going out clubbing any day of the week because i know the long-term investment and even short term makes more sense.
Hope this helps some of the skinny guys out there (myself included) get their shit together. As a final note, after you make all the gains, don't simply kick all the protein and expect to keep your fitness. Your body is a memory chip no different from the computer. After you gain a lot you need to focus for at least a month on maintaining. Otherwise you'll regress and be at square one. I suggest a caffiene pill before workout where you're maintaining so you have a little more energy before hand (coffee works fine too for all the health nuts)
Have fun lifting players.
[attachment=6644]
The result is I've gained 40lbs. To clarify this photo was taken after lunch, no work out and after a glass of water. This is purely a look i have when i am not hitting the gym so you're not getting an "inflated photo"
[attachment=6645]
Now for the most important part, the laundry list of excuses:
1. "I am okay the way I am"
This may be true and if you want to be average that's great but very few people will last a long time being "average". Why not max out? Max out income, max out health max out everything. Women will tell you until the death of time that "you're great the way you are!" this is because they know if you get better looking be it face/body/style/everything else your quality of women will go up no doubt. As a final to the "i'm okay the way I am" I suggest looking strongly in the mirror and ask how you are going ot look when you hit late 30's... prob not great.
2. "But i am going to get fat"
Sure, I will absolutely admit that you will likely pack on weight to your lower abdominal region first because, by human nature, low quality humans gain fat in their lower abs as scientifically proven by "low class apes". The question here is more of "can you change what you eat". I included a sample daily diet at the bottom because you simply trim as you get to a higher chest to hip ratio. Once you have say "an 8" drop" but you waist is 1-2 inches bigger. Then you simply take off the rebuilt mass and focus on maintaining the upper body and running more. This is where you flip the script and run a lot more post workout and lift first. Notice for ectomorphs you run very little and its just to warm up, if you are on the "fat side" per this excuse, you switch to running much more.
3. "I don't have time"
This is an absurd comment that doesn't even warrant a response but i'll go ahead and give factual ways to fix your problem.
1. Pack gym bag at night.
2. Lay out the clothes you will wear for work before you go to bed.
3. Shower and change before you do anything else in the morning EVEN before checking emails!
4. Have a large box of protein bars in the exceedingly rare case you must jet out the door
5. Turn off your TV until you worked out, turn off your own internet until you worked out, no fun until you worked out because that's the #1 priority besides 8 hours of sleep and doing better on your job. Health is everything.
6. No alcohol until you have worked out
See a trend? No excuses or lame things before you hit the gym. I have never in my life heard a human complain "Oh man i am so sad i worked out today" it is always the opposite. So hit the gym, hit it hard and watch the leering eyes at the gym. You'll know you're in shape when people move out of their way and or ask you for advise.
4. "It's too expensive"
Really? Say you go to some cheap gym, 24 hour fitness $300 a year if you just do an annual membership. If you suck it up and hit it hard you will work out at least 300 days a year. Thats $1 a day. Compare that to your iPhone data plan... You're paying $2-4 a day. I'd rather be ripped to shreds than get an iMessage.
5. "I need inspiration to work out"
You are lazy.
If you're extremely nervous about the gym, get a trainer for your first month. I discourage this as your average dude at the gym will happily give you a spot. But at the end of the day working out will become a fun activity for you. I'd rather hit the gym instead of going out clubbing any day of the week because i know the long-term investment and even short term makes more sense.
Hope this helps some of the skinny guys out there (myself included) get their shit together. As a final note, after you make all the gains, don't simply kick all the protein and expect to keep your fitness. Your body is a memory chip no different from the computer. After you gain a lot you need to focus for at least a month on maintaining. Otherwise you'll regress and be at square one. I suggest a caffiene pill before workout where you're maintaining so you have a little more energy before hand (coffee works fine too for all the health nuts)
Have fun lifting players.