How Should Skinny People Exercise?

Get-Fit Guy

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Health & Fitness, Sports

4.6 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Surprise! Skinny people can be unhappy with their bodies, too. I asked a bones-to-bulk expert to share some quick tips to help even the skinniest ectomorph build some muscle. Read the transcript. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows. Subscribe to the newsletter to get more fitness tips. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Links: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe https://www.facebook.com/GetFitGuy https://twitter.com/GetFitGuy

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Get Fit Guys' quick and dirty tips to get moving and shape up.
0:08.7	My name is Brock Armstrong, and I'm the Get Fit Guy.
0:11.7	A while ago, a listener named Louis wrote in and asked this,
0:16.4	I have thin legs and thin arms and a flat chest.
0:20.9	What I do have is a pretty big belly.
0:24.3	What is the fastest way to gain muscle?
0:28.2	Well, to start with, in the fitness industry,
0:30.6	Louis would be termed an ectomorph body type,
0:34.3	meaning he is naturally thin.
0:36.6	He's also what we would call a hard gainer, meaning his
0:40.6	body type has difficulty putting on muscle. Now both men and women can fall into this category,
0:47.4	and when they're out of shape, it's fairly common for extra fat to gather around the midsection,
0:54.0	which causes the look that Louis mentioned.
0:57.8	But don't worry, all hope is not lost. And to help answer this question, I reached out to coach
1:04.4	Brian Parody, who specializes in what he calls Bones to Bulk training. Here's Brian.
1:11.6	So I started Bones to Bulk.
1:13.1	I used to be a super skinny guy.
1:16.5	I weighed 118 pounds and was super insecure.
1:20.5	I walked with my shoulder sloop.
1:22.8	They couldn't look you in the eye.
1:24.0	I just had zero self-confidence.
1:26.4	And I was watching through the Rocky series one day
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