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I talk a little about this in the upcoming book. A strong person is a useful person. There are many situations that I have noticed in daily life where being strong has served a purpose. Whether helping a friend to move house, lift the front end of a car off of an embankment or carry a dog with a wounded paw down a mountain (Yes I've experienced all of these!) But what happened last year really puts it in to perspective. If I was as weak as I had been a couple of years ago, this story might have had a different outcome. This kid weighed over 90kg, and at 6'1, is a big guy.

Here is an excerpt from my upcoming ebook 'The Skinny Guys Guide to Building More Muscle' -

Let me start by saying this: I want to be bigger. I want to build more muscle and I want to burn more fat. That’s it. I don't care about 'Cardio'. Sorry. I know everyone wants to be 'rounded' when it comes to fitness, but all the guys I see attempting to do this in the gym are exactly that. Rounded. On the flip side of that coin you have the very person that I want to address with this book. This particular wannabe fitness aficionado isn’t fat. He may even consider himself to have a pretty decent set of abs. The problem is that nobody (not even the 'Rounded' guy) wants to look like him. And he agrees. An internet meme coined it much better than I ever could – 'A sixpack on a skinny guy is like big tits on a fat chick- they don't count'. And the skinny guy knows this. But for all the time he spends on the treadmill and hitting his biceps from 6 different angles, he still sports a physique closer to Christian Bale in 'The Machinist' than that of his hulking adversary in 'The Dark Knight Rises'. Now I know this may come off as a little cruel. Not that its not entirely accurate, but at the same time it isn’t the aforementioned gym rats fault either. Their world does not likely revolve around diet and training 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. And if they were to implement the correct diet and training practices, their results would likely mirror what the average, uninformed female thinks will happen to her if she so much as looks at a dumbell. You see, it's not that the information you require isn't out there, you just have to know how to 'grab it'. The most important aspect of attaining what you desire is being able to sift through the bullshit. Just as the tabloids thrive on embellishment and sensationalism to sell copies, so too do the majority of commercial fitness magazines and websites. Supplement companies pay big bucks to advertise cornflour filled gelatin capsules with outrageous claims of being able to pack on 10 pounds of muscle in 10 days, playing to our want for massive gains but without the back-breaking graft that the very people we idolise have put in solidly for 10 years + to achieve. The cold hard reality is that the most anabolic substance on the planet is food and the best training program is the one that has a purpose. A goal to strive for. And not some lofty, unattainable goal of being able to bench press a blue whale in 6 weeks, but one that brings smaller, more consistent gains over a much broader time frame. Consistency is the universal truth when it comes to gaining slabs of fat free mass, and in this book I will show you how to stop spinning your wheels and finally achieve the physique you really desire

Rehab Training

Currently awaiting surgery for a torn bicep tendon so have had to be a little more creative with my training (thanks Chris Duffin @ Kabukiwarrior.com)I'm also training the side of my body that I did not injure with single arm bench press, bodyrows, snatches etc. I was asked if I would screw up my symmetry, but apparently you do get some cross comunication which allows you to hold on to more of the muscle you might otherwise lose. I have my fingers crossed!

'THE SKINNY GUYS GUIDE TO BUILDING MORE MUSCLE' EBOOK COMING SOON!

Welcome

For those of you who don't know me, I was always the skinny kid. The human embodiment of the Stickman. I didn't even start to build any appreciable muscle until I hit my thirties. It wasn't for lack of trying, but the literature for us weaklings is vague at best. After 10 years of experimentation I can safely say I have found the cure for the skinny weasel. If you want to know how to pack on slabs of muscle without the fat gain associated with 'Bulking' then pick up a copy of my book and prepare for some serious gains!! Check out my progress from one year of smart train