The Journey of the Skinnies

[Aman1807]

Late to the crew but am glad I found this, a new member from UK.
I started training in 2009 at the start of university as, like all of you, have been forever the skinny one, 6"2 and about 66kg (145lbs), all the guys in my class was bigger than me, all of them.
Anyway, I started enjoying gym and the weightlifting. I had a friend to go with and I was getting stronger and lifting higher weights, only I didn't seem to see any change. My friend on the other hand seemed to lift a dumbell and the next day have biceps bulging out of his shirt. I spent a whole summer training hard, hoping to have some change for the next semester. I knew I was lifting more than my friend and I could feel that I was stronger, I felt more confident in myself for once as well.
I returned to the first day of semester and literally the first thing I heard from all the girls in the class was how big my friends arms were, they were gawping at him (he had only done bicep and tricep exercises over the summer) but yes his arms were massive and sleeves stretching. Needless to say I was so distraught and dejected that I had trained so much harder yet got no recognition for it at all, I was bigger but clearly not nearly as big a transformation as my friend. Unfortunately, and wrongly, that day made me quit the gym altogether and I did zero exercise for over a year after that, confidence low, motivation zero, hard work felt like it was for nothing.

But, now I'm ready to give it another go and this time stick with it to finally not be the "skinny guy" amongst my friends. I'm starting pretty much from scratch using very light weights, but at least that means the only way is up!
Good luck to you all and I hope to hear some of your tips that have helped you.

The Journey of the Skinnies

Go join the group if you are ready for our journey ! 2.9.11

OMG, not another forum for skinny people! Hey everyone I’m Robert Edmonds (Redmond3) on bodyspace. I have seen tons and tons of forums saying that they are dedicated to helping out people who are skinny. Some groups/forums don’t even give us advice, true motivation, and feel as if they truly care about our goals that we set. I have even seen one that makes you leave after you are “big”, how crazy is that. Wouldn’t you want to keep the people who have helped make the group more positive and driving people to see results that they have seen. Regardless this forum is dedicated for us, THE SKINNIES. It will be creating a group for us also for the people who subscribe and participate in this forum. We all have to start somewhere and this journey starts now! Everyone of us will walk together down the path to success and reaching every goal that we set forth. What do you get out of this? Well let me list some of the benefits

1. Sharing transformation stories with people who can relate to you
2. People who actually want to see you succeed, and will dedicate some of their time JUST TO HELP YOU OUT
3. Diet plans, and recipes
4. Supplement reviews, and products that have helped us in our journey
5. Workout plans that work, that we have tried first hand
6. Someone to personally talk to and new friends

So let me cut to the chase and say I was once and still consider myself pretty small/skinny. I guess as you workout more and become more dedicated you become more critical of how you look, which can be a good thing and also bad thing. I want to welcome everyone who decided to join this forum personally, and we may have a long journey up ahead but we will do it together. You can pm me or I can post my phone number, and email so people can get ahold of me.


everyone add this group- just for the skinnies of this fourm- look up The Journey of the Skinnies under bodygroups for some reason it wont let me post the url

[naderqud]

Man you went up 10 pounds in 2 weeks, and you got more reps than ever to top it off. That's more progress than any hardgainer can wish for.

Keep going man, you've only been in for 2 weeks. I've always been boxing too myself, I love doing a bit of boxing after a workout sessions when I had my own home gym. You're going to make gains, but make sure you're eating well, and you're committed.

Keep us updated man. Keep it up.

another skinny guy checking in, 6'3 150 pounds.

need some motivation lol, my bench is freakin terrible for starters. Started benching for the first time about two weeks ago, started at 65 lbs. When I seen how bad it was it killed my confidence. I did 5x5 for 3 days that week, didn't go too crazy with it since I'm not sure what I'm doing in that department. Only benched once last week, today I bumped it up to a whopping 75 pounds lol. But I at least managed a few extra reps.

ill take any advice I can for improving my bench as fast as possible, also because I'm trying to get fit enough to join a boxing club and maybe down the road join the military.

also any tips for someone who is planning to get into boxing would be greatly appreciated.

I've weighed 150 for the past 4 years. I can never get past 155, ever. Several times I ended up losing 20 pounds and dropping back to 130 but getting back to 150 was easy as hell, anything past that is tough as hell for me.

[NoFive0]

Sup Bobby, how you been.

[redmond3]

Sup Bobby, how you been.

ah man checking in huh, dam haven't been here for a minute.

Just got back from the doctors had check up. Everything was perfect, currently sitting at 173 slowly climbing to 180-195ish. YOU BRO?

[Zeyd1312]

started at 88 lbs lol. goals 188

[SuitedGhoul]

[DanDastardly]

Has anyone else suffered a lower back injury before? I've had this problem for a while, the pain is down the left side of my lower back, it usually flares up if I'm doing deadlifts or squats (even with strictest of form.) I stretch out my entire body before/after I do any form of exercise and yet still it bugs me! I was decorating my place over the weekend and the pain came back, making my legs feel numb too. I'm booked in to see my doctor tomorrow, I really don't know what it is..

[y0lked]

Has anyone else suffered a lower back injury before? I've had this problem for a while, the pain is down the left side of my lower back, it usually flares up if I'm doing deadlifts or squats (even with strictest of form.) I stretch out my entire body before/after I do any form of exercise and yet still it bugs me! I was decorating my place over the weekend and the pain came back, making my legs feel numb too. I'm booked in to see my doctor tomorrow, I really don't know what it is..

could be a pelvic fault

[DanDastardly]

could be a pelvic fault

Thanks for that, the Doc recommended similar exercises. I have to really watch my form when I deadlift/squat, focusing more on form than the weight I'm lifting

[redmond3]

Checking in at around 175lbs, Thought id give alittle update

Looking back where I started after hearing some bad news... The last time I remember getting a checkup from the doctors had to be when I was in middle school. Recently decided to finally go to the doctors and get EVERYTHING checked. Glad to see everything came back PERFECT, even after the high amounts of carbs I eat to put on size my sugar levels were spot on and the doctor was shocked after I mentioned how my diet looked like. The ONLY bad news I heard was that I unfortunately have very low TESTOSTERONE levels for a very long time now from what I was gathering from the doctors. I started to think if I could put on 75 lbs to my frame since the age 19 with low test, there isnt any reason i couldn't push any harder....THE STRUGGLE HAS BEEN REAL.... and if I can do it giving my conditions I know anyone else who is as motivated as me could do the same. I should have gotten checked long ago, but it is what it is. Have to meet with doctors to get them back to normal finally. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF YOU ARE WILLING TO WORK FOR IT...
start weight was 100lbs current weight 175.. not stopping til maybe hitting 180 ish but If i jump on trt to have the doctors fix my low test levels I should be able to push further. At the age of 24 years old they normally should be maxed out and slowly declining as the years go on. My level was around 284 which is.......very unbelievable after speaking to my urologist and endocrinologist. They recommended me to jump on asap since this can effect me very negatively going forward. Not really good news but the positive is atleast I didn't let that effect my gains after the years of pushing hard.

[DanDastardly]

Checking in at around 175lbs, Thought id give alittle update

Looking back where I started after hearing some bad news... The last time I remember getting a checkup from the doctors had to be when I was in middle school. Recently decided to finally go to the doctors and get EVERYTHING checked. Glad to see everything came back PERFECT, even after the high amounts of carbs I eat to put on size my sugar levels were spot on and the doctor was shocked after I mentioned how my diet looked like. The ONLY bad news I heard was that I unfortunately have very low TESTOSTERONE levels for a very long time now from what I was gathering from the doctors. I started to think if I could put on 75 lbs to my frame since the age 19 with low test, there isnt any reason i couldn't push any harder....THE STRUGGLE HAS BEEN REAL.... and if I can do it giving my conditions I know anyone else who is as motivated as me could do the same. I should have gotten checked long ago, but it is what it is. Have to meet with doctors to get them back to normal finally. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF YOU ARE WILLING TO WORK FOR IT...
start weight was 100lbs current weight 175.. not stopping til maybe hitting 180 ish but If i jump on trt to have the doctors fix my low test levels I should be able to push further. At the age of 24 years old they normally should be maxed out and slowly declining as the years go on. My level was around 284 which is.......very unbelievable after speaking to my urologist and endocrinologist. They recommended me to jump on asap since this can effect me very negatively going forward. Not really good news but the positive is atleast I didn't let that effect my gains after the years of pushing hard.

Man that's deep but you've still managed to pack on some decent size! You're making me think of going to the doctors for a general check up, it's about time to be honest.

I'm just sitting here going through what I've been doing, the mistakes I've made training that have caused injury, losing faith, getting flu, losing weight and feeling deflated. I've got a goal in mind and I've just got to stick with it. It would help if you guys could follow my bodyspace page and give me some words of encouragement and tips as I go along!

[5k1nny5tr0ng]

Checkin in. Goal is about 175. I'll be there one day.

[Clense]

have made zero progress over the past year. starting to bulk correctly and actually prepping food and tracking macros, plan on being 160 lb shredded by next summer.

Starting weight : 160lb at roughly 16% bf

[redmond3]

have made zero progress over the past year. starting to bulk correctly and actually prepping food and tracking macros, plan on being 160 lb shredded by next summer.

Starting weight : 160lb at roughly 16% bf

Not too bad bro, so you are looking to clean bulk to 20% then cut down ? I'm sure you can do it clean bulk is def worth it in the long run coming from someone who has done both.

[redmond3]

Checkin in. Goal is about 175. I'll be there one day.

It def does take time, learning to be patient is probably the hardest thing

[redmond3]

Man that's deep but you've still managed to pack on some decent size! You're making me think of going to the doctors for a general check up, it's about time to be honest.

I'm just sitting here going through what I've been doing, the mistakes I've made training that have caused injury, losing faith, getting flu, losing weight and feeling deflated. I've got a goal in mind and I've just got to stick with it. It would help if you guys could follow my bodyspace page and give me some words of encouragement and tips as I go along!

Will def follow i'm going to go check it out now. Support is always a good thing to have on a hard journey as this one

[Zergish909]

just be consistent

[Zergish909]

willpower as well

[TheQuiet]

have made zero progress over the past year. starting to bulk correctly and actually prepping food and tracking macros, plan on being 160 lb shredded by next summer.

Starting weight : 160lb at roughly 16% bf

I made some silly mistakes too, but I found that tracking calories is enough. I increase calories to gain, decrease to lose. About 3000 to gain, 2000 to lose. I noticed I always consume 150+ grams of protein and fats and calories are always a good amount as well. Diet is definitely important. Consuming enough calories is one thing that a lot of skinny guys forget about. I lean bulk though, since dirty bulking only lead to me gaining too much fat. I learned that, but good thing is my metabolism is fast so it's easy to lose it.

This link might get deleted by this site, but it has helped me. It's from a site called Muscle And Strength. It's really basic, but that's all you really need to grow.
https://www.muscleandstrength.com/ex...le-building#36

Good luck!

[aznpersuazn0]

Last post July 26, 2015 - what happened to this thread?

[EjnarKolinkar]

Last post July 26, 2015 - what happened to this thread?

Everybody got "too big" from lifting weights?

[redmond3]

Last post July 26, 2015 - what happened to this thread?

Everyone made it brah

Still here not really as active as before, current update hit 182 which puts me at 82 pound gain since start. Now I'm cutting down :P kinda got out of shape this week weighed in at 178.6 Realized bigger isn't always better

[pokpokpok]

hows it going ecto lads?

[y0lked]

off season bulk going perfectly. Doing layne nortons PHAT gaining about 1lbs per week and BF% is staying the same. My waist is actually getting smaller so recomp FTW!

currently running 1-xd (DAA test boost) and ArA and its made all the difference. I used to think supplements were pointless, but now I realized the potential of them paired with excellent nutrition and training Regine.

[carlosben58]

I have started my work 6 months before. Hope this will help me

[Carolinecock]

I think this site supports skinnies with useful tips and suggestions.

[redmond3]

hows it going ecto lads?

Great bro hows things on your end?

[redmond3]

off season bulk going perfectly. Doing layne nortons PHAT gaining about 1lbs per week and BF% is staying the same. My waist is actually getting smaller so recomp FTW!

currently running 1-xd (DAA test boost) and ArA and its made all the difference. I used to think supplements were pointless, but now I realized the potential of them paired with excellent nutrition and training Regine.

Dam things are going really well for you, I always though test boosters were a waste of money lol

[redmond3]

I think this site supports skinnies with useful tips and suggestions.

What are you looking for more specific ????? Anyone here is willing to help

[anuragray006]

You will reach your goals soon just have faith as there are numerous people who have achieved their goal having the same conditions. Have Faith And Confidence.