Skinny, want to bulk but concerned about Bodyfat.

aigamithite · 2017-05-31T00:38:01+00:00

There is no chance you are 20% bodyfat at this height and weight. None. This is the build of a starving Chinese rice farmer in the 9th century.

Start eating like mad and work out like mad. Now at the start, go all out on sugars while lifting, to at least put some glycogen volume while you build muscle. Feel like you can't eat more and you will puke? Good keep eating. No 5x5 no starting strenghts. Go put a weight that's 50% of your max and do 30-40 reps, to deplete every single molecule of glycogen in the muscle and make you eat more. Then eat some more.

If you were my son I would take you to the doctor to spoon feed you until you are at least 70 kg, and shove the shit back until the colon has extracted every single calorie.

theamazingswayze · 2017-05-31T00:26:05+00:00

20% isn't skinny

WhiskeyAndCondoms · 2017-05-31T00:33:50+00:00

Don't worry about BMI or body fat at your stage.
BMI is a system that gets flawed by so many small people around and determining body fat using pictures is hardly possible at your point because of your low muscle mass.
Get in a solid routine like stronglifts or greyskull, eat 500 calories above your tdee every day, get enough sleep and the gains will come.

4nt43us · 2017-05-31T00:36:41+00:00

Bulk - eat and life heavy weights as much as possible. You feel much more confident and have way more presence being a fatter, muscly dude then a scrawny, skinny dude.

At your weight and height, you are fucking super skinny. If you want to look good at that weight you need to be at least 65-70kg lean. Just commit, you don't want to be a scrawny cunt your swhole life.

canadianbacon22 · 2017-05-31T01:24:57+00:00

BMI is great for judging the health of the, "average", person. Like the name, it does so by using mass. Now, when your goal is to gain muscle, BMI is useless and obsolete. You could be overweight by BMI standards, but that extra weight is primarily what? 80% muscle, 20% fat? Are you now "unhealthy"?

Now, I don't mean to sound like an ass, but it sounds like you don't know much about bodybuilding; judging by your definition of bulking. When you're bulking, you eat more calories than you burn so your muscles can re-build and grow. When you're cutting, you eat less calories than you burn, and your body burns fat to compensate for those missing calories. You don't put on 15lbs of fat then turn that into muscle; that's not how it works.

You should start eating more and hitting up the gym. There are different sorts of exercises you can do to build muscle mass. I advise anyone who is knew to fitness to see a trainer or get some sort of guidance so that you are not wasting any time. If you are concerned about body fat, just eat more but don't start cleaning out the fridge because that's how you will put on unnecessary fat. Your muscles need extra nutrients to grow, not all the nutrients in the world.

hbPUA · 2017-05-31T22:48:07+00:00

With consistent weight training such as starting strength 5x5, you can easily bulk to 75kg by December 31, 2017. And later I would say go for 85kg.

Right now you really need to focus on eating at least one plate more each meal. As long as you lift and progress you don't need to worry much about fat.

You will get a huge increase of confidence from your transformation if you make it. Though be warned that your self image can lag for six months or longer. Meaning you won't feel fit, even though you are.

Bodyfat65 · 2017-06-01T04:00:24+00:00

Using kgs is your first mistake.

'merica!!!

Title	Skinny, want to bulk but concerned about Bodyfat.
Author	Bodyfat65
Upvotes	1
Comments	17
Date	May 31, 2017 12:15 AM UTC (9 years ago)
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