I'm 6'3" and I've been hovering around 130 lbs. (give or take stomach contents) for about four years now.
I don't build muscle quickly or easily, but I've always considered myself to be fairly athletic and to be in pretty decent shape/health.
As such, I've been doing a lot to actually build muscle mass as of late. I'm not expecting overnight miracles and I know I don't have the body type/physiology to become amazingly stacked, but I'm feeling pretty good about things so far and I'm doing a good job sticking with it.
I've increased the intensity dramatically in the last few weeks and I am starting to see some results. The thing that amuses me most about the situation is that nearly everyone I hear about exercises to lose weight, and I'm exercising to gain it. I guess I can't really complain, but in the amount of time it's taken me to gain 5 lbs. a good friend of mine has lost nearly 20. I just feel like things are almost harder from this side of the hill.
Oh well, just have to keep doing it and see how things go. Put a few pics up in my gallery and will probably continue to do so as I actually (hopefully) build.
I don't build muscle quickly or easily, but I've always considered myself to be fairly athletic and to be in pretty decent shape/health.
- My standing broad jump exceeds nine feet.
- I can leg press 500 lbs.
- I can dunk a basketball.
- I can toss a disc (see: Frisbee) about 100 yards with no tailwind.
- I can run a mile in less than nine minutes with relative ease.
- I can do sit-ups/curls until my back hurts from being on the ground so long.
- I'm skilled in several forms of martial arts.
- And I have the arms of a 12 year old girl (that isn't a gymnast).
As such, I've been doing a lot to actually build muscle mass as of late. I'm not expecting overnight miracles and I know I don't have the body type/physiology to become amazingly stacked, but I'm feeling pretty good about things so far and I'm doing a good job sticking with it.
I've increased the intensity dramatically in the last few weeks and I am starting to see some results. The thing that amuses me most about the situation is that nearly everyone I hear about exercises to lose weight, and I'm exercising to gain it. I guess I can't really complain, but in the amount of time it's taken me to gain 5 lbs. a good friend of mine has lost nearly 20. I just feel like things are almost harder from this side of the hill.
Oh well, just have to keep doing it and see how things go. Put a few pics up in my gallery and will probably continue to do so as I actually (hopefully) build.