Skinny guy looking for advice, few simple questions

[RickRock13]

Good advice from all. John, i'm going to figure out what works with the weight and reps, good advice. I think it's best to stay away from steroids now especially because of my hair loss. I don't know if i'm willing to take that risk. I would keep your advice in mind about the test boosters, but from what i've read that and even creatine can increase your hair loss. I want to give my hair pills some time to kick in before that, then make that decision. I've been using concealer, caboki, and have even thought about a hair piece (not as bad of a choice as you might think immediately, there's some good stuff). I've been reading a lot in the hair department and it sparked my curiosity and some cross references to body building forums. I'm wary of modifying my hormones, even with the hair loss stuff. A stimulant might be a good idea for pre work out too, i might try that sparingly, though i try to go lightly with pharma as i kind of portray before.

Anyone have good info about creatine and hair loss?

I've heard growth hormone and maybe related substances are useful and also may regrow hair. This seems like something i'd keep in mind, considering as I said, i only really want to dabble on the edges with small doses.

Bonacris, good advice, i was just doing some reading before about that from a search engine, others had a similar idea. I would keep this keenly in mind.

Steve, haha, funny analogy, good advice, thanks, i think i should try more natural stuff first and will go over there. I think I have a decent understanding of manipulating hormones and as I said, I want to go very lightly to minimize the risks of hurting my body, or unintended consequences.

Rick, I'm going to keep that in mind and be very cautious regardless. I'm going to try to figure out my proteins, i've been already getting pretty great gains from my intense daily work outs, from nothing to bigger than some women in a week or two. I used to run a lot and put myself under some high intensity and stressful work outs, so I think I have a good mentality for making good progress. Thank you, your support is good, appreciate you helping my small self out, you'd probably smirk at me in the gym though, skinny as I am, calling me "bro." I try not to use that term, don't want to sound like a 'frat boy' haha, but it's gotten popular. Thank you though, broth, or brother.

I learned about doing slow speed reps, which makes it really intense and have been doing a lot of those. I believe the slow reps increases muscle growth, maybe due to the intensity.

Nah man, I would never look down to you or smirk at you in the gym. I enjoy helping people out in the gym, on the forums, etc. I was a small guy once myself, and in my mind I will always be that small guy (in a sense). People often confuse arrogance with confidence. I try to maintain my confidence in myself, while staying humble. I will never forget where I came from, and I'm still nowhere near where I want to be. We are all just trying to get better brother.

Anyways, I'm glad you are taking the advice constructively. You can make some great progress with the right diet, and the right training. Trust me on this from somebody that knows. I started as an extremely skinny kid with low self esteem, and busted my ass naturally all the way to age 36 before touching any AAS. I built a great foundation in that time, and I'm very happy with that decision.

 

[bonacris]

I will never look down on anyone in the gym who genuinely puts in the work. The group of teens that come in to show off will get thrown looks but if someone is there day in day out busting their ass to improve then I'm silently egging them on..

I started in the gym at 137lbs at 5'10". I just put in the time and eat everything in sight.. don't be afraid to get a little bit of fat.. I used eat super clean and would gain next to nothing..

Train like an animal
Eat like a king
Sleep like a baby

These are the keys to muscle growth regardless of steroids or not.

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[Essie]

Never look down on anyone in the gym, unless they are cocky and arrogant. If you are built like a twig, but I can see you are dedicated, then I would be the first to come over and start a chat (post workout, not during, unless I feel I need to correct your form).

There are 3 ESSENTIALS for growing to your natural maximum:

EAT
TRAIN
SLEEP

I would suggest you have a look at Stronglifts 5x5 ... that would be a really good place to start as far as training is concerned. That workout is filled with exercises which target you whole body while training and will gradually build up size and strength until you are really strong.

Once you have reached that level and decide to cycle, your muscles, tendons and ligaments will be used to shifting heavy weights and injuries will down to an absolute minimum when you start experiencing the strength boosts from cycling.

Best of luck to you going forward and remember, eat, train and sleep ... and you WILL grow.

 

[smalljohn]

5x5 is a good program. For me at the time, my buddy which is competing and is a die hard HIT fan is killing me with his 20,16,12 rep supersets. I dobt usually sweat all that much, but this leaves me soaked. I does help with a buddy cheering pussy up in your face while lifting. Its gets the mind games going. Train, eat and sleep, makes anything grow. Sleep is very important.

 

[stevesmi]

we were all new at one point.. I remember my first year in the gym I used to spend half the time working my abs lol! I was only 15 at the time.

I bought some weightlifting books and learned as much as I could... like I said you have a lot of knowledge at your finger tips in the sub sections of the website. I would take advantage!