Skinny guy tries to bulk up

[inzamam]

Hi mates,
I am a skinny guy with 65 kilos and 1,85 m. I have done some boxing and kickboxing but I don’t trust my punch since I don’t have the appropriate body weight to put behind. I wanna bulk up a little now. I already tried out a couple of things:
1.Weight lifting- too boring, I couldn’t get into a regular routine and nowadays I cannot afford the fees of a studio
2. Creatin- I am too forgetful
3. Weight Gainer- makes me stuffed so that I do not have any intention to eat something normal afterwards
I jointed a wrestling club recently. The guys in the club are much stronger than I am. I am using the fellows as weight lifting machines. It is a lot of fun but they are pushing me around and my shoulders hurt like hell. This makes me feel even more that I have to bulk up urgently.
My problems in gaining weight may be:
1. Fast metabolism- I don’t know whether it is genetical or due to long distance running and a couple of stomach parasites I catched in India and Pakistan; fact is that I am shitting at least three times a day
2. I hate breakfast, cannot eat in the morning
3. I am a student and cannot eat regulary
4. Hash Smoking- not a real problem anymore since my supplier is custody
5. Beer- I drink a lot of it, learned it at an early age in my football club
I do a lot of sports:
Mondays: wrestling
Wednesdays: running
Thursdays: wrestling
Fridays: boxing
Sundays: football
I bought some dumb bells recently. I am willing to try out weight lifting again, this time at home. When should I use them? After wrestling? Saturdays?
I am quite confused what to do. Any suggestions concerning diet and training are welcome.

[Biker]

To be blunt, you really need to change your lifestyle if you want to put on muscle.

To begin with, try weight lifting every other day. It may seem boring, but that is up to you to mix up your workouts. Do not do the same routine every workout. Change things around, change the order of the exercises you do.

As much as it may pain you, eating breakfast is a good idea. Gets the body going in the morning and provides a good basis for body energy for the rest of the day.

Being a student eating regularly can be difficult. If you can't sit down at regular times make sandwiches to take with you to eat when you are hungry.

Beer and hash is kind of self explanitory. I'm a non-drinker and non-smoker so I'll refrain from preaching since that is a personal choice.

Also be sure to get plenty of protein in your diet.

From the sound of it, you may be getting rotator cuff injuries in your shoulders. There are specific exercises to strengthen those. One is to lay on your side with the upper arm of the arm on top with the forearm draping down in front of you. Hold a light dumbbell in that hand and slowly raise your forearm up so it is perpendicular to your body then lower the weight. Probably 3 sets of 10 reps is a good place to start. Then do the same for the other arm.

[ryanhall]

ditto what biker said. having a beer now and then is different from getting piss drunk and shitting yourself (3 times a day in your case). i'm not gonna preach about the hash, but i have never seen a good fighter/athlete who smoked much. you're skinny because of your lifestyle. start eating and lifting more, and you'll bulk up. a reason for not eating/using creatine/whatever should not be "i am too forgetful." write yourself a note or something to remind you. keep in mind that just eating a lot and lifting some will help you make gains in weight/strength. creatine is secondary--you can do without it. it has been reported to cause possible long term to the liver/kidneys (can't remember which one), which may not sit well with a lot of alcohol. you may want to give the wrestling a rest for a couple weeks till the rotator cuff heals up. good luck.

[punk000]

u can try the lardass aproach,,,, but its risky



what you gotta do is stoip training for about 2 months, and plant ure self on the couch, and start to pack down junk food, BUT DONT TRAIN!!!!!. then at the end of 2 monts start up ure training!!! u shud have packed on a gut...

[RishDog]

Yuo sort of have the same figure as me. i am 65 kg, 174 cm and i used to run long distance a bit.

I also do lot of sports, i aint a strong swimmer so i have recently started swimming, but i have trouble gaining weight.


But i agree with others about their suggestions, give it try.

For breakfast, sometimes i can't be bothered to eat breakfast, but usually i eat fruit and toast with something yummy on it. I am not a big fan of cereal.

What time do you get up in the mornings inzamam?

[inzamam]

Well, I get up between 7 and 12 in the morning, depends on the programme for the day. Interestingly, it is easier for me to eat some noodles or pizza in the morning than bread or cereals. Smoked salmon is something I could eat every morning, but it is too expensive. Little bit fastidious, I guess.

[Scott Kano]

Yeah you sound just like me as well. im about 5 foot 7 and I weigh about 64kg. I got small dumbells and did lots of reps at night, and 50 pressups, situps, and stuff. Now Im more toned and a little more muscly so yeah I reccommend that. Ive also notcied I can now give the brown belts that are about 96kg and so a good randori session in my Judo Dojo as I feel I have got stronger and even they say that now. This certainley does help but a good diet with a good workout routine is essential.

cheers
Scott