Wrap your mind around this picture. Guy wants to lose
weight. In particular, he wants to lose fat. The fat around the arms, the
midsection, the chest. The only thing is, this guy has got no muscle underneath
those areas of fat he's talking about losing. What's gonna hold him up
afterwards? I mean, this guy is as skinny as a fence post, yet he wants to get
rid of what little body fat he is clinging on to.
Believe it or not, there are lots of guys out there making these kinds of
decisions, every day. They are so misguided into thinking that by getting rid
of unwanted (although much needed) body fat, that they would look good. All
they care about is looking “ripped.” With a body like that, the best they can
hope to look, if they shed the fat, is hungry.
Now you scrawny guys out there, especially if you're thinking like this,
probably don't want to hear things like that. But the sad truth is, you can't
get “ripped” with bodies like you've got. Not by losing that fat. No, what you
need to be thinking of doing, is going in the opposite direction. No, I don't
mean pack on the pounds and and try out for the Green Bay Packers as a
linebacker. Your skinny body could never take that on. What I mean is, instead
of trying to lose the body fat, you should focus on gaining muscles.
How much muscle do you gain, you ask? Not enough to be a linebacker, that's for
sure. What you need to do is go by your current height and weight. Those two
things will help determine what you need to do. Say, for instance, you are 5'8”
tall and weigh in at 150 pounds. With that kind of statistic, just build the
muscle you have into something more “ripped” and solid. If you were heavier,
I'd say lose the weight first, until you are at 150 pounds. For every inch
shorter or taller, your weight should be five pounds lighter or heavier,
depending on that height. If you find your body weight a bit under based on
your height, then by all means, pack on enough pounds to even things out while
you add on some muscles. If you are tipping the scales, then burn the fat while
packing on the muscle. But only if. You don't want to look anorexic. You want
that beach body, muscular look.
So, skinny man, gaining muscle is where your focus should be. Doing things this
way, the right way, will help to make you look healthy – and feel healthier –
and you will be transformed from a pencil-neck wisp of a fellow, into that
lean, muscle-bound mass of a man, with “ripped” abs to go with it.
One concern that may crop up in this situation is whether or not the skinny
person, after gaining muscle, would end up looking huge or not. The reality is,
if you go by the example above (5'8” and 150 pounds), a person would have to
(at that height) be thirty pounds heavier in order to look huge when packing on
more muscle.
So, start your muscle building program now, if you want to look “ripped” for
the ladies. Especially if you haven't done any hard weight training, as you put
on the muscle, you'd probably burn the fat along the way anyhow.
But do weight training workouts only while doing this. Forget about any high
intensity interval cardio for at least the first four weeks that you are
building your muscles up. And be sure to eat extra calories, like a bigger
breakfast and especially right after your workouts. Doing this will help build
those muscles and trim the fat, all at the same time.
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