If you have been skinny all your life, you are probably classified as an ectomorph commonly also known as a hardgainer. You have a naturally high metabolic rate which is the reason why it is difficult for you to put on weight.
Because of your frail body frame, you are constantly teased and even been accorded some unflattering nicknames. You lack significant physical strength because you are also lacking in muscle mass. You may be slightly taller than the average person because of your gangly long limbs. Is the above more or less an accurate description of you?
Well, even if you are an ectomorph, you can gain weight and even have some additional benefits over other non-hardgainers when you train with weights to gain muscle mass. You see, just because you do not have the genetic propensity to build a professional bodybuilder's massive body frame does not mean that you cannot pack on slabs of lean muscle mass to your body if you are willing to work for it. So let us take a look at what you can do and what benefits that you have as a skinny person.
Burn Fat Fast - As already mentioned, a hardgainer has a red hot metabolism making fat burning particularly easy. So unlike other people who needs to lose fat after their bulking up phase to show off their ripped muscles, you will have very little or no fat to lose. So you may even be able to dispense with the cutting fat phase after bulking up.
Although this may seem like an advantage for the hardgainers, it is also a double-edge sword as you must be vigilant so that you do not burn off any of your muscles as well.
Looking Bigger Fast - Because you have a small skeletal structure, building a little muscle goes a long way. If you just add some muscles to your lighter frame, it will create the illusion that you are getting bigger real fast.
Muscle Gaining Exercises - Athough your longer limbs make it harder to move weights in many exercises, the advantage is that your longer arms gives you the mechanical advantage in the exercise called the deadlift. Deadflift is one of the best exercises to increase muscle mass and size for almost the entire body.
Metabolism Decreases With Age - As you get older your metabolism will begin to slow down and you will tend to gain body fat because of this. This is bad news for most people but good news for you if you are still training with weights because you will increase your ability to increase your muscle size without too much worries of putting on body fat.
Now, you must be realistic. Even for the average person, putting on muscle mass and weight is not an easy task. I am sure you have seen people hitting the gym regularly for years and yet they remained the same size.
There are exercises, exercise forms, nutritional requirements and a host of science for you to put on slabs of muscle mass. So hire a professional bodybuilding personal trainer to help you chart your way there or if you can't afford one, there are many affordable bodybuilding programs you can find when you search the internet. Just make sure that you get a good program by a reputable coach.
Yes, thin and skinny people can gain weight in the form of building muscle mass through weight training. Are you game enough to reap the benefits?
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