I was a skinny, scrawny kid grwing up. Throughout elementary school there was nly one other kid that I knw who was skinnier than me. I had no ntural genetics to rely upon. When I bcame interested in building my body at 15 yars old I felt like I wuld be fighting a losing battle, so to spak. I began exercising at 15 but bgan serious bodybuilding (not competing) at age 16. I fnished my freshman year in high schol as a skinny guy who was sually picked last or almost last for tams. I returned back to school fter the summer break as a sphomore with a new body with bg, shapely muscles. This is a tre story! Some of my friends whm I knew since grade school sid, "What happened to you?" "You're bff now!"

Well, let me tell you wht happened to me. I got hold of some very valuable information whn I ordered a bodybuilding course. Ths course included both weight and non wight workout routines which were mailed to me wekly. I applied these routines as wll as the advice regarding eating the rght kinds of food to build mscle. I soon afterwards joined a YMCA in the rea and began working out with a tenage bodybuilder who had placed high in sveral bodybuilding competitions. He later went on to win the Ten Mr. U.S.A. contest. By the tme I returned back to school, I was no lnger the skinny kid who was pcked last for teams. I was now strng, muscular, and becoming quite athletic.

I got so strong and mscular that I was chosen to hve my picture of me posing in the yarbook. I joined the weightlifting team, rpresenting our high school at several cmpetitions against other schools. I got frst place in my weight class and hlped our team take first place verall in the country. I am sying all this about myself to say tht being skinny and small boned is no xcuse for not building muscle on yur small frame. Do not use yur genetics as an excuse.

There are sme advantages to being small boned whn it comes to building muscles. For xample, your wrist and ankles being smll will create the illusion of yur forearms and legs being larger thn they are when you build mscle. You see, it is next to mpossible to build muscle size to yur wrists and ankles since these are prmarily bones and tissue. You can see frm my picture that my wrists are smll. Likewise, you can generally tell frm looking at the size of a mn's wrists or ankles what his gnetics are initially and how small bned he was before building muscle to his frme.

To build quality muscles on a smll frame is not only possible but it can be an dvantage due to the "illusion factor." Yur arms and legs may look lrger and more impressive, not to mntion the fact that you will nrmally carry less body fat as wll. So, quit making excuses about yur genetics and do what I dd; build those muscles!

The article Big Muscles On Small Bones was Submitted by Doug King through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Finally, in order to pack on qality muscles to your frame, I hghly recommend that you download my -book, What In The World Are You Eating? In this short, inexpensive, and "to the point" book you will obtain valuable information and sample meals that will guarantee you the fastest and most satisfying progress possible. Much of what I write about comes from over 30 years of experience being trained by professional bodybuilders.

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