Skinny and Not Muscular? Know these 5 reasons now!
I’ve been working out since I was 5 years old through martial arts. Plus I started doing hard-core strength and conditioning routines since I was 12. Thus, keeping in shape wasn’t really a problem.
But I meet people who don’t look the way they want, and every time they open their mouth, it’s like hearing the same stories over and over again. That’s why I am writing this post, if you are
* Skinny and think you can’t put on muscle
* Obese and sense that you can’t count the calories
* “skinny fat” where you have no muscularity, but you’re just skinny
Therefore, I can verify that you are this way because of one of these 5 things:
First Reason: You Lack Specialized Knowledge
* You don’t know how to build strength.
* You have no idea how to watch your weight.
* You don’t know how to eat clean
* You don’t know how to cook, so you only eat fast food and food out of a box.
* You don’t know which training program is best.
Knowledge is always the initial step. The primary thing you need to understand is how your body works, how good nutrition and exercise changes the animal – then you realize how to make it do what you want it to do. In your case: change your physique for the better-build muscle and lose fat.
That’s why you’re here. I will give you the know-how you need. Though it’s up to you to use it. Knowledge is NOT power, only APPLIED knowledge is power.
Second Reason: You Are Lazy
* You know how to build muscle yet you don’t want to get going.
* You know how to build strength, but you think it’s “too much work”.
* You know how to count the calories, but you create reasons in the same way as “I don’t have the time!”
* You know how to eat healthy, but it’s easier to eat snack food and microwave box food
I’m a big fan of being what I call ambitiously lazy. That is, I find the very best ways (specialized knowledge) to get the maximum results I want in the minimum time. So I get in, get it done, and get out. You have to EARN the right to be lazy.
You can read every book on the planet about building muscle and losing fat, but if you never start exercising and eating nutritious then you’ll never get ANY results. You have to go for it. Don’t be afraid of failure, the most successful people realize that their entire life is one big mistake!
Reason No. 3: You Recognize Yourself As “Skinny” or “Fat” or “Not Muscular”
* You think of yourself as “skinny, fat or not muscular” rather than as what you want to be
* It doesn’t bother you much that you’re this way anymore
* If you truly cared enough, if it worried you enough, you’d change
* You’re HAPPY with the way you look
Being weighty and unfit in this day and age is considered usual. It wasn’t always like this. We used to be hunters and if you weren’t in shape-you were dead-end of story. During the industrial age each and everyone survived on hard physical labor, everybody was in shape and on top form.
You were considered “sickly” if you were lean and not brawny or teased for being overweight. You shouldn’t feel bad about yourself but don’t just say “this is just the way I am”. You can turn into whatever you want to become and achieve things you never thought you could achieve if you’re sick to death of your current situation and want to change bad enough.
Fourth Reason: You Believe Gaining Muscle and Burning Fat is difficult
* You accept terms like “hardgainer” and apply them to you
* You don’t get results in 2 weeks, so you quit
* You read books and magazines that talk about “battling the bulge” like it’s hard
Building muscle isn’t all that tough. If you’ve always been thin, try to get strong. Your body SHOULD adapt by building muscle to help you get stronger. It’s the way your body works.
Losing weight isn’t difficult either. You eat nutritious and you stay vigorous. Anybody who says they can’t get 12 minutes a day 3x per week to go on a diet is dishonest to themselves.
Reason No. 5: You Are Not Persistent Enough
* You haven’t said “no matter matter what happens”
* You haven’t told yourself “failure is not an option”
* You haven’t made up your mind yet that “this is the year I get this sh*t handled!”
To tell the truth, you can build muscle, burn fat, and reshape your body using practically ANY training routine and dietary program. That’s the reason why there’s so many of them out there. The key to success (ANY success) amounts to 2 things:
1. Come to a decision that you’re going to make a start and
1. Do it ANYWAY
I used to train with methods I wouldn’t make use right away. They’re not “proper” but it WORKED because I turned down in taking failure as an option. If you too develop the “do or die” attitude, you can attain whatever.
I will give you the understanding – or you can see it wherever. I like to think that I know the most immediate, coolest, very competent methods to make it – though you can acquire the knowledge you need from anybody. Besides you don’t need to be all that “positive” in your thoughts. Just come to a decision to go for it as well as look for means to get it through.