From Thin to Musclar

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If you’re naturally thin, then developing muscle mass will be more difficult for you.

There are several routines that many people subscribe to for the “hardgainer”, but the main thing to remember is not to lift too much (as skinny bodies tend to over-train quicker than others).

Overtraining will undercut any gains or growth momentum that you might have achieved. If you feel that you are overtraining (look out for loss of sleep, loss of appetite, unexplained fatigue, unintended weight loss, and very slow or non-existent gains in poundage), then you need to cut back on your training schedule.

A one hour workout or more is less likely to be effective as this may be considered as overtraining.

The best exercises to get you from skinny to muscular will be full body, bodyweight exercises to start with. These will give you strength and coordination and burn fat. The same goes for weight lifting exercises. The big compound exercises, where you are moving 2 or more joints to complete the movement. Examples would be:

* Clean & Jerks
* Squats
* Deadlifts
* Squat Presses
* Bench Press (flat, incline, decline)
* Dips
* Pull ups - Chin ups
* Military press

I would forego the isolation exercises in the beginning. Later on you can add a few in at the end of a workout, if you have time left over. These would be exercises that tend to require one joint to complete the movement. Such as:

* Bicep curls
* Tricep extensions
* leg curs
* Leg extensions

The exception to this rule would be calf raises, I would recommend you do these on your leg day, if you are doing a split routine.

So, how do you design a workout routine to get you from skinny to muscular? I would say, why reinvent the wheel? Cut loose with a couple of bucks and get a proven program that will teach you.

After that, turn into a perfect pupil and thoroughly follow the routine. Follow the original program and as you get used to the routine, you can start making modifications to suit your taste.
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For naturally skinny persons to develop muscles, they would need to exhibit persistence and dedication to the project. Your diet will be number one. You will need to design a diet plan, or have one designed for you, that will increase your caloric intake just enough to get you to your desired goal. The diet will have to take into consideration the proper proportion of protein, carbohydrates and fat.

Try checking out my best of health web sites if you can’t formulate a diet plan yourself, browse around and pick one that you think is best.

This is not guess work and to be successful it needs to be done correctly and followed at least 90% of the time.

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