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lol ignore me, i was only playing! I have them on reserve, so if/when I manage to get them I shall let you know what they are like.

lol i new u wernt being offensive. And cheers would be good to know. Though i gues its not quite easy to say much if youve never tryed others. But all help is appricated

 

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lol Nahh I wouldn't be harsh like that.. Only one my freinds that I sometimes train with decided to take one of our mutual freinds to the gym once.. My friend did a set on 60kg to try and show off to him.. then leave the weight on for the guy whos never done bench press to do.. The weight goes straight from a locked out position to slamming the poor guy on his chest.. He ended up with a shoulder injury for a few months. I can't believe my friend is such a ****** he knew forewell he wouldnt be able to handle it...

Meet my fat retarded polish physics teacher.. I was in the top set for science (doing tripple science) and he entered me in for the foundation exam! I had to get my head of year to come into the lesson and get him to ask why I has been moved down.. (I had even got a B in the mock exam!!! we did) It comes to results day.. Oh look I got an A. He use to kick me out of his lessons all the time and even attempted to stop me from doing the practicals.. For my gcse coursework I had to get my friend to get 2 sets of equipment as he wouldn't give any to me. Biggest **** take of my LIFE!

I'm doing a Business degree and it's really boring.. I think I made a BIG mistake!!!

haha i had a feeling physics teachers well wide would be retards! Tbh if you get a physics degree you go build rockets or something. Not teach lol.

I used to put my hand through the bunsen buner flames in tripple science then be like OOOOO #!?!!! and the teacehr would bel ike AHHHHH but if u move it fast enough you get a cushion of air tehehe

Tho i did almost break my neck in biology when we had theese jabs and it lowered my blood pressuer to much and bout 3 minutse later i pased out off a science stall, smacked my neck on the corner of the cubbords behind, had a spaz on the floor and got my head stuck underneith a cuboard in the process.

had to have a neck brace for a week lol.

Ahh that must be a nigthmare knowing your racking that bill up and hating it in the process. At least the nightlife of a uni is great!

 

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Thanks, i think you guys are still thinking im looking for bigger then i actually am. I just dont wana be a stick basicaly.

Your right i dont have a clue about muscle gain but i do know it takes a lot of work and im certainly not looking for big guns.

The problem is my arms are not in proportion with my body. Id like to bring them back up to speed and when i say improve my chest i mean i ahve a totaly flat chest from top to bottem. having a wee bit of tone in my pecks would be nice if you get me.

So i dont really feel there is much need for strengthening my back and shoulders etc. If i did deside to keep at it then obiously yeah your totaly right.

And yeah i didn't really think about my tricepts i gues they are what makes quite a difference.

As for how to go about this, what compound exercises would you suggest which dont require a bench or signing up to a gym which im going to do when i go to uni as the gym will be cheap and well equiped. When i get to the gym in uni then ill probaly be looking to do a lot more with my body.

I think the best way to describe what im looking for is just somethign nicer to look at. I dont like wearing a t-shirt and seeing two sticks lol. If you guys kinda get me now?

 

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I used to think what you seem to think about the "body builders" in here - that they were all huge guys pumping tonnes of weight every other day, but it turns out it's actually really difficult for us skinnies to put on some muscles.

I read the sticky, and some of the discussion on it, and a few pages in, realised the guy who wrote it looked normal (see this post) not like some wrestler or world's strongest man contestant.

haha o my, excuse me while i go cry. And why am i up at half 3 when i gota do laods of work tomorrow and be up at 9? lol.

 

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Hey, dont ahve time to read through all the posts that have appeared this morning. So ill get back to you later but thanks for all the advice i have skim read through and i get what you lot trying to say. Ill be back later when i got time to reply proplerly

And thanks daven for letting me know.

 

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Ok then guys. I see what you all saying. Im goig to need to do a lot more then just do some weights to get my arms up to speed with my body. Obiously i didn't expect it to happen any time soon but i didn't quite expect it would be such a challenge.

However i am still quite determined to do so as im quite vain and dislike the state of my arms at the mo. But as you have also pointed out i will need to also work on the rest of my body which i understand now.


Is my current diet enough to be able to meat my self up a bit, remeber im really not looking for a lot and i am not going to be force feeding my self through out the day, i cant anyway i got college:

Start day off with a bowel of fruit and fiber with milk

Snack around 11 sometimes a chicken tripple sandwich or otherwize ham toasty and cheese (in college)

Lunch around 1 i usualy aim to have a proper meal, usualy with rice if i can. Otherwize i oftern get my self another sandwich from the co op or if desperate jacket potato and beans.

Snack around half 3, usualy grapes/oranges or yogart. If im eating grapes i usualy finnish a full bag in 2 days lol.

Snack around half 5 - Usualy something like a muffin etc.

Dinner 7 - always a big dinner with meat. proper home cooking not junk, i cant stand cheap and greasy food haha

Snack around 9/10 - usualy ill have another bowel of fruit and fiber with milk.

Sometmes eat again at around 12/1 , occasionaly ill have a 3rd bowel of a differnt cerial like shreddies. Otherwize somtimes nuts or just what ever floats my boat at the time.

Pritty much my daily routeen, obviously i do mix the snacks up but i try keep it healthy. I get spots very easly as well from eating thinsg like chocolate. Dunno why, quite irritating.

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O and i do drink quite a bit. Is this going to effect my diet quite badly? Obiously i know its not good for me. But tbh i wana balance a life too.

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I also drink a lot of water, i dont drink fizzy drinks etc ever unless with alchole like jd and coke. Its not unusual for me to have 4-5L of water on a wintrs day evenn without exersize.

so what if he looks "normal"?
What is written is very good. The writer got himself to a level that he liked and kept at that size.



i don't get whats so funny?

Think yo umiss interpreted what we both ment. He was trying to point out to me something very true. that i aws more under the impression you wre all huge hunks lol. And me laughing was not at the guy at all. Was at the relisation that it does take a lot of work. besidse that guys a model whats to laugh at lmao.


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Sorry if im being a pain guys. But you know, i really dont have a clue about any of theese things haha Im trying!

 

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The quickest way to look less skinny is to constantly eat crap and not do any exercise. The problem with this is skinny guys with big stomachs look grotesque (unless you're 85 years old). You may be fortunate to gain weight evenly but you'll only know once it's on and then it's too late.

The alternative is to go after an athletic look which is a reasonable objective given your build. Forget buff and oily bodies, that's for gay parties. Think strong, fit and healthy. These are the most important factors, far above looks and size.

Being skinny with small chest, wrists and arms doesn't mean you'll never look like some big guy. When you hit 30 you'll change, trust me. Just focus on the three key points above.

Strong
Gain weight and muscle by eating plenty of good food and lifting the maximum weight strict form allows. Stick to compounds exercises. They're the most beneficial.

Look at the mechanics of your body, it's push/pull.

Bench is push (chest), row is pull (back)
Press is push (shoulders), pull-up is pull (lats/sides)

See what's going on? You need to balance the weight to be effective. Your arms too have a push/pull motion, use weights to build on this.

The golden rule is that everything comes from a strong core. This doesn't mean doing 100 situps, the best way to build core strength is to squat as it brings everything into one exercise, it's the mother of all compounds. Start with your bodyweight to learn form, then add the bar, then with experience and assistance, add weight. When you can squat effectively, you'll find gains in all other areas far easier to acquire, even arms.

While we're talking arms, Morba touched on this. Your bicep is small, the muscle under your arm (tricep) is big. It's this muscle that will give you bigger looking arms, not biceps. Bear this in mind.

Fit
When cutting the excess from the bulking process, intense cardio to boost stamina and fitness. You'll be surprised how effective weightlifting itself it for stamina and cardio. I hate running and cycling, swimming is too much hassle to keep up the frequency so I box and also do more weights. Instead of lifting heavy and slow, I lift light weights and keep up the intensity and repetitions. Try doing 100 squats with 40Kg, it hurts.

Healthy
By eating good clean foods you'll properly fuel your body for the shock of training but here's the important part, form. Form is where the exercise you perform is correct in terms of working the muscle without risking damage to the joints or over-extension. Correct form will allow you to gain faster. The reason people rarely use correct form is because you'll struggle to lift far lighter weights than the people around you and ego/pride etc will often steer you the wrong way.

Lift a heavy weight incorrectly, tear a muscle and it's over. I still have problems now from being a knob in the gym when I was a kid, things I could have avoided.

Finally
This isn't the opposite of a diet. Fat women are always dieting because they're looking for quick fixes, it's why they were trainers but don't run.

It's a lifestyle, if you want to look big, you'll need to live big. If you want to look fit, you'll need to live fit. It's this commitment that stops the large majority of people from looking after themselves or taking shortcuts in the form of drugs.

Good luck with it and remember, people are here to help but commitment is needed for people to commit to you.

"Big arms in 6 weeks?" will get you shot down in flames

Thankyou, explains quite a bit too me. Would this be possile without a bench if i bought a 50kg set from argos to get me going and worked on my diet i posted above and continued my running etc? Or really am i going to need a bench to get anywhere?


This is what you recon i should be starting with then:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke1eFazK1IA

At what point do you think i should incorperate a bar and at what weight. Obiously im quite far off this probably but it would be nie to know what im aimign for. I like goals they keep me motivated.

O yeah and just out of curioucity, what do you think of the rowing machines? Tryed them out before and i quite liked it actually haha