The Journey of the Skinnies

[BamaBruce]

dang....had chest aand shoulders today....went well, hit a PR for BB front raises I'm pretty sure with I think 30 or 35 plus weight of the bar (crappy bar, not at all like the 45 lb. olypic bars).

[redmond3]

dang....had chest aand shoulders today....went well, hit a PR for BB front raises I'm pretty sure with I think 30 or 35 plus weight of the bar (crappy bar, not at all like the 45 lb. olypic bars).

glad you had a great workout! Hopefully your not sore in the morning!! whats pr for bb?

[NoFive0]

glad you had a great workout! Hopefully your not sore in the morning!! whats pr for bb?

I think it's personal best for barbell?

[redmond3]

I think it's personal best for barbell?

makes sense! thanks oh do you know what IMO means???

[NoFive0]

makes sense! thanks oh do you know what IMO means???

In My Opinion.

[Gambo22]

aw c'mon man, challenge yourself. BB squats are like the best leg exercise ever, hell man i can't squat much at all but i still push myself every time i do them. and my legs are always sore afterwards. i even had to stop for a week cuz they were fukcin with my shins, but i still got back on the horse. and they STILL hurt my hips and back everytime i do them, but i still get up to the bar and pump 'em out.

I agree squats are the best form very important tho. when i started i would always pull my back up to get back to full standing once I learnt that to straighen by pulling in my hips the whole move became much better and I could lift more.

Just finished great workout very motivated hit 13 stone this morning did squats, bp and dl. well done on the pr BamaBruce next time ur shame 37 + bar.

[KufiSmacker]

Hey Guys, my name is Chris and I am a skinny...Started lifting this year just by going with friends, I actually wasn't even going to get a gym membership and now it is what I look forward to doing LOL! I had some injuries that have plagued me throughout the year (broke my wrist, out two months and now I tweaked my groin), but I have gained about 20 lbs since November. I finish school early May and I plan to do a pretty serious program and bulk all of summer. I need to learn how to eat!

What programs do you guys recommend? I have been looking at SS, but to be honest lifting only 3x a week is depressing haha.

[brian1570]

Hey Guys, my name is Chris and I am a skinny...Started lifting this year just by going with friends, I actually wasn't even going to get a gym membership and now it is what I look forward to doing LOL! I had some injuries that have plagued me throughout the year (broke my wrist, out two months and now I tweaked my groin), but I have gained about 20 lbs since November. I finish school early May and I plan to do a pretty serious program and bulk all of summer. I need to learn how to eat!

What programs do you guys recommend? I have been looking at SS, but to be honest lifting only 3x a week is depressing haha.

to be honest SS is the shiit for beginners. grab the book and dvd off of amazon if you can. and trust me 3x a week is plenty for a beginner. your body needs time to recover, and as a newby you will take a little longer to recover. so if you hit the weights hard and with proper form, you will see gains. i promise. i still work out 3 times a week and it's been working for me.

[NoFive0]

Hey Guys, my name is Chris and I am a skinny...Started lifting this year just by going with friends, I actually wasn't even going to get a gym membership and now it is what I look forward to doing LOL! I had some injuries that have plagued me throughout the year (broke my wrist, out two months and now I tweaked my groin), but I have gained about 20 lbs since November. I finish school early May and I plan to do a pretty serious program and bulk all of summer. I need to learn how to eat!

What programs do you guys recommend? I have been looking at SS, but to be honest lifting only 3x a week is depressing haha.

to be honest SS is the shiit for beginners. grab the book and dvd off of amazon if you can. and trust me 3x a week is plenty for a beginner. your body needs time to recover, and as a newby you will take a little longer to recover. so if you hit the weights hard and with proper form, you will see gains. i promise. i still work out 3 times a week and it's been working for me.

Same here bro, I can usually only work out 3 times a week anyways because when I do squats I'm so sore I can barely walk.

[redmond3]

Hey Guys, my name is Chris and I am a skinny...Started lifting this year just by going with friends, I actually wasn't even going to get a gym membership and now it is what I look forward to doing LOL! I had some injuries that have plagued me throughout the year (broke my wrist, out two months and now I tweaked my groin), but I have gained about 20 lbs since November. I finish school early May and I plan to do a pretty serious program and bulk all of summer. I need to learn how to eat!

What programs do you guys recommend? I have been looking at SS, but to be honest lifting only 3x a week is depressing haha.

Im not going to lie, i was told to do the same thing i didn't like the fact that its only 3 days a week. But as a beginner, and not having experience lifting this is a great routine to start with. You don't have to do it for a long time if thats the case, maybe you could do it for 2-4 weeks. It is a great idea, because you will learn how to do the basic compound exercises, and build your strength up, and better your form. i would say atleast do it for 2-4 weeks but thats just me

[stevep78]

What's happenin guys? How's everyones training been going this week? Everyone staying on top of things and forgetting any haters that get in the way?

[redmond3]

What's happenin guys? How's everyones training been going this week? Everyone staying on top of things and forgetting any haters that get in the way?

Everything is great, just started working out yesterday and dieting! I'm still 163 shocking after 2 weeks of hitting the gym only 3 times and barely eating!

my new routine is here, my chest and biceps are sore!!


http://www.muscleandstrength.com/wor...out-split.html



pretty intense i actually love the way its set up and doing different rep range. How is your week starting off brother

[redmond3]

So my friend recommended this pre workout supplement, i have tried many of them. I tried it one time, and i must say i was blown away....

muscle pharm assault.



http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/mu...m/assault.html

I can't wait til i run out of my current pre workout so that i can hit the gym with this stuff. It gave me SO MUCH ENERGY, FOCUS, STRENGTH, PUMPS. Point blank best pre workout supp i have ever taken better than jacked no jittery feeling. No crash, i will stick to this supp!

Everyone if you want something that works.... get this.

-Skinnies approved-

[stevep78]

Everything is great, just started working out yesterday and dieting! I'm still 163 shocking after 2 weeks of hitting the gym only 3 times and barely eating!

my new routine is here, my chest and biceps are sore!!


http://www.muscleandstrength.com/wor...out-split.html



pretty intense i actually love the way its set up and doing different rep range. How is your week starting off brother

Yes sir, keep destroying it man....Hold the focus you have right now..

Assault should be some good stuff, don't waste that money on that jacked which is just really stimulant loaded and nothing else that will benefit you.

[ilovejunkfood]

My eyes almost fell out of my skull this morning when I weighed in at 72kgs.

Thats a +3kg/6lbs gain in 3 weeks from lifting regularly and trying to eat every 3 hours.

Skeptical hippo is skeptical but quietly happy. Thanks for all your advice and support so far.

[executi0n]

My eyes almost fell out of my skull this morning when I weighed in at 72kgs.

Thats a +3kg/6lbs gain in 3 weeks from lifting light weights and trying to eat every 3 hours.

Skeptical hippo is skeptical but quietly happy. Thanks for all your advice and support so far.

Great work man, keep it up! You'll get to where you want in no time.

Were you just following the workout you posted? How many cals/day?

I hope to see some gains myself when I check tomorrow.

[ilovejunkfood]

Thanks. Yeah Im following that workout I posted.

But no idea how many cals/day Im consuming. I just eat every 3 hours until I cant eat anymore.

Good luck for your weigh in tomorrow!

[executi0n]

Thanks. Yeah Im following that workout I posted.

But no idea how many cals/day Im consuming. I just eat every 3 hours until I cant eat anymore.

Good luck for your weigh in tomorrow!

Cool, hopefully I should seem some good gains since I'm pretty much following the same workout as you are.

Cheers, I can't wait to see how I went this week!

[redmond3]

my eyes almost fell out of my skull this morning when i weighed in at 72kgs.

Thats a +3kg/6lbs gain in 3 weeks from lifting regularly and trying to eat every 3 hours.

Skeptical hippo is skeptical but quietly happy. Thanks for all your advice and support so far.

wow congrats !! See anything is possible keep eating!!!

[redmond3]

cool, hopefully i should seem some good gains since i'm pretty much following the same workout as you are.

Cheers, i can't wait to see how i went this week!

cant wait to see your results

[executi0n]

cant wait to see your results

I can't wait either. The first thing I'm doing when I get up tomorrow is going straight to the bathroom and hopping on the scales to see how I went. I must admit I'm pretty nervous about doing it (why?) because if I hop on just to see that I've haven't gained anything, I'm going to be pretty demotivated. But I really (hope) doubt that will happen as I feel like I've put in the extra work this week that it just has to pay off.

Hope you've been having a good week so far man!

[Axel93]

Up to 64kg again now, and got a new personal best deadlift: 220 wohoo

[TheSpecial1]

Hello everyone. Hope the progress is continuing, Im currently in the middle of the smolov routine for squats. squatting 4 times a week is kicking my ass but the results are meant to b unreal. Also for anybody who struggles with pull ups and who fails around the 10 rep mark you could try the following.

Monday regardless of what muscle your targeting do 1 pullup
tuesday 2 pullups
wed 3 pull ups
thu 4
fri 5

etc etc. found it on t nation, u do it for 60 days, i always failed around 11 but im banging out 20 now on the 20th day. I will say tho that its a tad unrealistic 2 expect to be pumping out 60 reps after 60 days but improvements should be noticeable for you.

when you start reaching 20 reps and onwards depending on ur conditioning, might be worth trying to complete them earlier in the day like 6 hours before your workout.

For a more detailed overview check t-nation it was on there '60 vday challenge' - ill keep u posted on results

[redmond3]

Hello everyone. Hope the progress is continuing, Im currently in the middle of the smolov routine for squats. squatting 4 times a week is kicking my ass but the results are meant to b unreal. Also for anybody who struggles with pull ups and who fails around the 10 rep mark you could try the following.

Monday regardless of what muscle your targeting do 1 pullup
tuesday 2 pullups
wed 3 pull ups
thu 4
fri 5

etc etc. found it on t nation, u do it for 60 days, i always failed around 11 but im banging out 20 now on the 20th day. I will say tho that its a tad unrealistic 2 expect to be pumping out 60 reps after 60 days but improvements should be noticeable for you.

when you start reaching 20 reps and onwards depending on ur conditioning, might be worth trying to complete them earlier in the day like 6 hours before your workout.

For a more detailed overview check t-nation it was on there '60 vday challenge' - ill keep u posted on results

Great advice thanks for the info! I'm sure people could use this. WOW SQUATS 4 TIMES A WEEK!! Just make sure your not over training buddy!

Up to 64kg again now, and got a new personal best deadlift: 220 wohoo

Great job!, thats pretty impressive congrats fellow skinny!!

I can't wait either. The first thing I'm doing when I get up tomorrow is going straight to the bathroom and hopping on the scales to see how I went. I must admit I'm pretty nervous about doing it (why?) because if I hop on just to see that I've haven't gained anything, I'm going to be pretty demotivated. But I really (hope) doubt that will happen as I feel like I've put in the extra work this week that it just has to pay off.

Hope you've been having a good week so far man!

Good, I'm pretty anxious to find out how everything is adding up! This week has been going pretty well today is back and calves!!

[TheSpecial1]

its a 3 week thing then week off then the next phase involves squatting 3 times per week for another 4 weeks. After this im going to drop it down to twice a week. Just ensuring I eat like a horse, living by the phrase 'there is no such thing as overtraining but there is undereating'

[SaintSam]

Hey just joined the forum and the group. Been Skinny my whole life and quite frankly im sick of it I have tried all the supplements and go to gym reguarly and have seen no results so am looking for genuine help from people who have been where I am and have done it. Look forward to talking to you all.

[Axel93]

If you aren't gaining weight, you aren't eating enough. It's as simple as that :P Buy a weight gainer, take 2-3 shakes in a day. eat loads of chicken and lift heavy in the gym. stay away from most of the machines and do lots of compound exercises, these work multiple muscle groups and you will have much better results, good luck!

[BamaBruce]

just finished a 51.47 hour work week....on spring break. wh well hittin the weights in a bit...back/arms......156.6 lbs this morning btw....bf was also up a little...had a cheat meal yesterday of, as Carl would say, "some of them french fried potaters." so I'm not suprised. it was the side that came with my lunch and I decided to eat it. at least it wasn't fast food!

[TheSpecial1]

just finished a 51.47 hour work week....on spring break. wh well hittin the weights in a bit...back/arms......156.6 lbs this morning btw....bf was also up a little...had a cheat meal yesterday of, as Carl would say, "some of them french fried potaters." so I'm not suprised. it was the side that came with my lunch and I decided to eat it. at least it wasn't fast food!

dont get so anal about what you call 'cheat' foods. As long as you work them as much as possible into your daily macros your good to go and you wont suffer so much. its gd to treat yourself just try to plan them more. Hell ive just had a mars ice cream but its all figured into my counts.

[executi0n]

Good, I'm pretty anxious to find out how everything is adding up! This week has been going pretty well today is back and calves!!

I reckon that's one of the best parts about gaining. Seeing how you did at the end of the week.

I want to work on my (almost non-existant) calves too, but not sure what to do since I'm doing all my stuff at home.

I got up, hopped on the scales (3 times just to make sure), and came out +0.6kg since Sunday. I'm pretty happy with that. I would have love to have seen a new number on the scale with something like a 1.0kg gain, but it will come in time I guess. Who knows, I might make it by Sunday!