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5×5 Routine is updated!

Adrian — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:04:40 +0000

I updated the routine with 3 changes to it. It is better balanced now and even more effective than earlier. I’m proud of it and can go on to say that if you eat enough I guarantee gains with this routine. Here is the updated routine:

http://www.36pounds.com/2009/09/04/36poundscom-5×5-workout-for-beginner-and-intermediate-guys/

Enjoy and let me know how you like it!

Updating 5×5 Routine for beginners!

Adrian — Sun, 23 May 2010 22:08:19 +0000

During this week I will be updating the 5×5 routine. As my training progresses and my experience grows I want to change up some things and make the routine even better. No huge changes, just some small edits to make it more effective.

Also, second part about things you will hate when gaining muscle will be posted between Monday or Wednesday, it will feature probably the most hated thing which I’m sure has held tons of skinny guys from transforming their bodies. ;)

See you real soon,
Adrijus

1 Year Anniversary of 36Pounds.com!

Adrian — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:55:18 +0000

April 14th market an Anniversary for 36Pounds.com! I can proudly say that this blog has been online for 1 year. During it, I am pretty sure I achieved my goal of helping 1000 Skinny guys go buff! In a year more than 40 000 people from 154 countries visited the blog! Almost 3000 guys visited it more than 10 times!!WOW! Thanx everyone who has been here multiple times and gave me attention and chance to help!

In the second year my goal with this blog is to write an ebook and share it with you guys. I want to complete my own transformation and then inspire you to do the same! If I write an ebook then it will be step-by-step guide sharing my experience and making this journey of gaining muscle easier. I’d also be real happy to see 60 000 visits to the blog by the end of the second year (and that would mean 100 000 visits in total for the blog!!).

I want to thank you for reading this! Go eat now! ;)

Cheers,
Adrian

The Challenge is almost here!!!

Adrian — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:40:49 +0000

The Body Transformation Challenge which I plan to participate in starts real soon. Next week. Take a look at this and sign up! ;)

http://www.advancingman.com/articles/health-fitness/body-transformation-challenge-iii

I am writting my plan for challenge bit later today and will post it here later on. Time to act and improve discipline ;)

Cheers,
Adrian

Body Transformation Challenge Starts on April 1st

Adrian — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:22:33 +0000

So I decided to join a challenge at www.advancingman.com held by Tola (whom I have interviewed already on how he went from 130lbs to 170lbs here). I hope this will help me with motivation and will be nice experience (first ever challenge for me). It will be a tryout for the determination and organization for me since I plan to make myself some rules to follow on nutrition and follow them during the challenge.

I hope some you will join me there in the challenge. See you there on April 1st ;)

Cheers,
Adrian

P.S. I will post those rules on this blog soon for you to see. This will be accountability test for me. :)

6 Style Rules Every Thin Man Should Know

Adrian — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:02:15 +0000

Skinny men have in fact got an advantage over their plump counterparts when it comes to style. For example, it is more socially acceptable to be “skinny” than it is “fat” any day of the week.

Society tends to associate being lean with being attractive, which is a bonus to the thin man and a great starting block.
Naturally being a size that fits somewhere into the middle is ideal, which is why we need to turn to our good friend ‘perception’.

Perception

Perception is a very interesting concept and as they say “perception is reality”. So why not use this to our advantage and create a great “perception” wherever possible by following 6 simple rules that will help get us there.

Rule No. 1 – The fit
The fit of our clothes is very important and one that is overlooked by ALL men (not just thin men) way too often.
The core principles apply to thin men as they would any other body type. The fit needs to be snug, not too loose and not too tight. I know that it sounds a bit vague, but it is because the fit is always going to be slightly different for each piece of clothing. As a general rule, your clothes need to fit the contours of your body, but not in a way that you can see your body through your clothes because that would mean they are too tight.

For the thin gentleman there are a couple rules that must be abided by.

1. Loose clothes do not make you look bigger. In fact it is quite the opposite. A loose shirt that is bulging out where it is tucked into your jeans or trousers looks like the shirt is controlling you rather than the other way around.
2. Tighter clothes accentuate your slimness. Tight fit jeans, tight fit shirts etc. should not be worn unless you want to tell everyone you are skinny.
3. Always keep consistency between your tops and bottoms in terms of the fit, colors and patterns.

Rule No. 2 – Create Breadth

There are quite a number of small techniques that you can use to give the impression that you are bulkier/wider than what you actually are. Some of these include:
· Wearing double breasted suits, coats and jackets, and not just for formal occasions!
· Opting for a 3 button suit or blazer as opposed to a 2 or 1. Ever wondered why some tall skinny NBA players wear suits with 5 buttons? Because it just makes the proportions match, and gives a balanced look
· Wear pants with pockets – these add volume
· Opt for bulky fabrics wear possible. For example, high thread count cotton shirts, corduroy or heavy wool suits.
· Wear shirts with spread collars. As opposed to button down, try Tab and long point collars.
· Have a longer rise in your pants. The rise is the length from your waist to your crotch area.
· Wear trousers with cuffs: They certainly serve a purpose with creating breadth.

Rule No. 3 – Watch the colors

Ever heard the saying “black is slimming”? Is there any wonder why women always revert back to black clothes if they are in doubt.
Well this is because black actually does make you look slimmer.

Light colors will actually have the opposite effect. As an example, all you need to do is take note of the difference between a black t-shirt and a white one. The black one makes you look skinnier, which means the white one wont.
For a more conservative light color lean towards a white, gray or khaki color to give you a bulkier effect.

Rule No. 4 – Watch the patterns

This rule is very similar to the rule above.
It is generally well known that vertical pin stripes on a shirt, suit jacket will make you look taller, because it focuses people’s vision up and down.
Naturally, Slim people should completely avoid any of these types of patterns. Try to stick to either 1. horizontal stripes (if possible, this will generally will only apply to t-shirts though) or 2.checked and cross-hatch type patterns with a horizontal aspect and effect.

Rule No. 5 – Carefully select your accessories

Accessories are great for every single man and I don’t think men dabble with them as much as they should.
The thin man should still wear accessories where possible, but should be slightly more careful when buying them.
Things like scarfs, the right sunglasses (ones that accentuate width i.e. heavy plastic wraparounds and oversize lenses) and hats can give you some width.

However, with watches and ties you need to be careful and not to get them too big. Naturally a thick tie is going to make YOU look smaller and If you have a small wrist what do you think a watch with a big face will do to your wrist?
Also, it can always be a good idea to dress in layers (where possible), as this will have a positive effect in creating a bigger body frame.

Rule No. 6 – Your body language

At the end of the day even if you’re wearing something that is completely complimentary for your body type, you’re not going to be able to pull the look off if you haven’t got the body language (and mindset) to back it up.
You need to be able to stick your chest out with confidence when you enter a bar, and have the ability to be able to talk to people you don’t know with self-confidence

Basically, your look and dress should be viewed as your business card only.
To give an example: If you meet a expert in a certain field, and they give you a business card with a long list of credentials after their name, needless to say you will be impressed.

If you then start to ask this person questions about the field that they are an expert in and he/she couldn’t answer any of them for you, my guess is that your respect for them would dwindle away pretty fast.
Same applies with style. Have everything you can to back your good look up. Have a great lifestyle, be able to talk to everyone and be the life of the party to compliment your great image and looks, and you can’t go wrong

Always Copy

Remember the quickest, easiest and sometimes the best way to being stylish is to pick someone with YOUR same body shape and personality that you think you can relate to and watch what they do. Someone famous can be a good starting point as there are always plenty of photos of them around and they pay their stylist thousands of dollars to make them look good (and bulkier).

This was a guestpost by Sam, author of http://www.stylethroughintelligence.com/. It’s a blog for guys who want to improve their stylishness and evolve. Pay him a visit and stick around there! ;)

Cheers
Adrian

36Pounds.com Poll: What advice do you need?

Adrian — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:29:26 +0000

On what subjects do you need advice? What would be helpful to you and make 36Pounds.com even better place for Skinny Brothers? Please vote on one of these things. The most popular one will be covered in 36Pounds.com either by me (finding best posts online and sharing links to you) or by guest posts from other blogs/sites who are covering it.

This DOESN’T MEAN that 36Pounds.com is changing it’s main topic into any of these. No, it’s still a blog for Skinny Guys gaining muscle, just with some additional advice. I think this would make 36Pounds.com better. Please vote and let me know your opinion ;)

Here is the Poll:

Cheers,
Adrian

Big Interview Coming!

Adrian — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:58:33 +0000

I have some GREAT news!!! In the coming week or two I am gonna post an interview with one Big Name guy from Bodybuilding/Nutrition world who is well trusted and doesn’t talk BS! It’s gonna be an interview where I will send him questions about training and nutrition for skinny guys who want to gain muscle. This is one step towards making 36pounds.com the BEST place for skinny guys to come and learn about gaining muscle.

I’m really really excited about it! I can’t be exact with the timing now, but I got promised that interview will happen. I’m currently thinking about questions which I’m gonna ask.

Hopefully, this will be first of many interviews with people who know how to help skinny guys gain muscle!
Stay tuned,

Adrian

What do you want?

Adrian — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:28:46 +0000

Hey guys,

I want to improve this blog as much as possible and make it as useful for you as much as it can be. Now, I can’t read your minds ( I wish I did, could provide posts that answer your answers 100 percent even before you wanted to ask them ;). Now, please let me know what would you like me to add.

A forum maybe?
Ability to have your Profiles in this blog and post pictures, updates and send messages to other guys here?
Maybe you need me to write more about training? Certain exercise? Certain food?
Or add section for recipes in this blog?
Or just close the blog cuz it sucks? ( I hope not this one lol..)

Any suggestion is appreciated!! So leave the comment here on this post or email me at adrian@36pounds.com!

Attention! Great Opportunity for 100 Lucky Guys!

Adrian — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:52:15 +0000

Today, I’m announcing a Special Small project of mine. A Special Newsletter of 36Pounds.com that will only be available for 100 visitors of my blog. Those who subscribes to this list will get Unique stuff from me that WILL NOT be posted on the blog!!! You will not get spam from me, only information. Good information ;) I think it might even be video content for you guys, maybe a video on how to make some delicious food or just simple advice not given here on the blog.

To make this even more useful to you, I will add a poll to first newsletter asking you about stuff you’d like me to write about. I try to be as helpful as I can and yo telling me what to write about would bring you closer to your goal of getting that Dream Body!

The first Newsletter will be sent to you guys on the 15th of August!

So don’t wait and subscribe below: