Today I want to show you how Christian changed his life. He should be very proud of himself for this! He quit smoking and drinking (and quite possibly damaging his health real bad), started working out and gaining muscle. Now he is on path to completely change his life. I’m real glad my blog played small part in it! So please read this story ;)

Hi all, my name is Christian. Adrian asked me to tell you all a bit of my story on
how I went through with the guide I found on 36pounds.com.

Through my low to mid 20’s, I was extremely underweight and was not looking after my
health at all. I was a heavy smoker and drinker. My weight not long ago was around
44KG (97pounds). I actually got used to being underweight that I did not really
think much of it, but I could all ways tell each time I wore a pair of shorts I
would get stares just walking down the road.
As I neared my high 20’s, I was starting to get very sick easily, after going to the
Doctors to find out why I was all ways feeling sick and weak he told me it was time
to quit smoking and alcohol and do something about my weight.
I went cold turkey with the cigarettes and as a result, my eating habits increased
(which was normally 1 big meal a day to 3 meals a day). After dropping the
cigarettes and drinking my weight increased to just under 54KG (119KG).

A friend of mine told me that I should look into doing some weights to start defining the fatty
arms and stomach I was getting and he recommended taking some protein shakes and
creatine while working out. As I did not know much about weight lifting I did a search through google.com for
weight training for skinny people and it took me to this blog.

I started off doing the exercise recommended under Beginner guide for skinny people
twice a week. I would swap out what I did not have equipment (like leg work – I
would on my days of get on a bike while watching the telly) (Adrian’s comment: Bike doesn’t count!!! Do dumbbell squats instead of squats at home when having no equipment) ;)

I started this around July 2009. At first it was very hard as I had not done any
training at all that I was hardly putting any weights on the bars, but it did not
take long. What increased my motivation to keep going was as soon as summer arrived
( December ) I would start wearing t-shirts and friends and family would comment on
how my body had changed and how I looked much healthier which this made me push
harder during my training. As a result my lifestyle became more active.

1. Why did you start training? What was the motivation? (Maybe some event
Happened that made you go ?that?s it? I?m bulking up and changing my
Life!!!?)

I started training for the sole reason that I was feeling all ways weak. I was not
leading a healthy lifestyle and as a result I was most of the time sick. It was a
bit of an eye opener when I went to the doctors and he told me if I did not change
what I was doing to my body there could be a lot of problems down the road as I
age.

2. What was the hardest thing to do?

The hardest thing to do was to get into a habit of training 3 times a week. I used
to come home from work and go straight to the pub or just sit on the couch and watch
the telly. The eating was another problem. I was used to eating 1 or maybe two
large meals a day. It is still a challenge now, but slowly I?m am changing my eating
habits

3. What do you enjoy most with training?

What I enjoy after a session of training is how your body feels sore and tense. And
the satisfaction of know that the 40mins to 1 hr that you spent exercising will
benefit you in so many ways. Even the morning after when you wake up and you are
still sore it is a great sensation, knowing that you worked you butt of the night
before.

4. How do you feel with your new body?

I feel fantastic with my new body. I feel a lot more active. A lot more confident in
myself. It feels awesome when you bump into someone you have not seen in a while and
they tell you have great you look.

5. What could you advice to fellow skinny brothers who want to repeat your success?

I would just say put your mind to it. Even if you start once a week, you will slowly
see the results which will motivate you to keep going! Try not to focus a lot of
huge gains at the start. Get the routine going, the rest will come on its own.

6. What are your future goals with training?

After following the beginner guide for just over 6 months I will look into
following the 5×5 guide posted on this blog and try and push myself into eating
properly

Thanks!

Christian

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