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Can you go from scrawny to brawny in just 10 weeks? MF’s Sam Rider investigates
I’m a skinny guy. My body type means I’m naturally thin. In many ways that makes me lucky but after more than a decade of intensive weight training in an attempt to pack on muscle I’ve got nowhere. My bodyweight has flatlined since I turned 17. No matter how many overhead press variations I use, or all-you-can-eat buffets I visit, I can’t seem to make my shoulders any less pointy, or my weight climb any further north than 76kg (12 stone).
I’m not the only one. The population is split into three different body types. My characteristics are typical of an ectomorph, also known as a ‘hard gainer’. The rest are either lucky mesomorphs who pack on pecks just by looking at a bench press, or the less fortunate endomorphs who’ll pack on fat just by walking past a burrito stand.
But that doesn’t mean you can’t overcome your genetic predisposition. In fact it’s possible to pack on considerable lean muscle, healthily, and quickly. At least that’s what transformation specialist Adam Gethin, founder of Creating Physiques, tells me when I challenge him to help me pack on as much lean mass as I can in just ten weeks. We set out a top-end target of adding 10kg but right now anything would be a bonus.
10 Week Body Plan, £9.99 from Men’s Fitness, has everything you need to know to help you pack on muscle in just four workouts a week. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/1IwwMya
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